VI- German
YEAR PLAN 2019 –2020
Grade – VI – GERMAN
The
academic year is divided into two
sessions
Session One:
June 2019 to October 2019
Session Two:
November 2019 to March 2020
Continuous assessments:
Class tests by the end of every month, except for October and March.
Summative Assessment I:
October 2019
Summative Assessment II:
March 2020
Please
check the index page in the
notebooks for Continuous Assessment marks.
AIM: To
develop the ability to use a foreign language (German) for basic interactions,
by creating a sound base of the language.
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING:
The child develops a positive attitude towards new languages and gets to know
new cultures. He/She will be able to communicate in German in a very basic
manner.
OBJECTIVES: To
understand and respond to some basic things (day to day interactions) in
German.
Projects/ Field trips:
Collage works (Hobbies, Family-tree making), Quiz, Drawing and Painting works
(related to specific topics), Calendar making.
Session One - JUNE 2019 TO OCTOBER 2019
Duration
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Topics/Units
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Specific Learning
Objectives
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Activities
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Skills
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June ‘19
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· Introduction to
the new language
· Lesson 1
· Greetings
· Numbers
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·
Greetings, Self-introduction, Enquiring about
someone’s well-being, Numbers 1-100
·
Grammar- Personal pronoun – ich & du
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·
Songs- (1)Hallo
Leute!; (2)Hallo Hallo Hallo…..
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Listening
activity
to learn numbers
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· Greeting others
appropriately (Language & Communicative skill)
· Improving the
concentration and attention through listening activities
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July ‘19
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·
Personal Pronoun
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·
Grammar- Introducing different personal pronouns in
German and the changes happening in verbs according to the respective
pronouns (Verb Conjugation)
·
Paragraph writing on the topic ‘Self Introduction’
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·
Number Game
– ‘mehr oder weniger’
·
Paragraph writing
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Film
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·
Ability
to convert thoughts to words (Communicative skill)
·
Ability
to use certain German words at the appropriate time (commucative and
cognitive skill)
·
Passive
learning through videos
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August ‘19
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· Lesson 2
· Drinks (different
Beverages)
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·
Expressing one’s opinion and wish, Different Drinks
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Grammar- W-Questions, Yes/No Questions, Verb form in
singular
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·
Memory test (Beverages)
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Making short conversation
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Project – Hobbies
·
Song - Erntedankfest
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·
Finding
out ones own ways to memorise the articles (Developing problem solving skill
and Self Learning)
·
Improving
language skill through song
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September ‘19
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· Hobbies
· Biding Goodbye
· Revision
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·
Free time activities and other Hobbies, Basic
greeting and parting lines in a conversation, Paragraph writing on the topics
‘Different Drinks’ and ‘My Hobbies’
·
Grammar- Modal verb ‘möchten’
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·
Paragraph writing
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Film
·
SA1 Preparation/Model
test
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·
Ability
to convert thoughts to words (Communicative skill)
·
Passive
learning through videos
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October ‘19
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·
Simple questions and answers
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·
Introducing a set of simple questions and answers
about oneself
·
Practicing the Verb-Conjugation for a firm Grammar
base
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·
Videos
·
Discussion – Halloween,
Oktoberfest
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·
Passive
learning through videos
·
Understanding
a land’s culture through videos (social awareness)
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Session
Two November 2019 - March 2020
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November ‘19
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·
Lesson 3
· Family
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·
Names of family members, To introduce the members of
one’s family, Asking ones age
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Possessive Pronouns – mein/meine, dein/deine,
Practicing the Personal Pronouns – He, She, They
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·
Small Dialogue
making
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Project - Making one’s
own Family-tree
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Bring a family
photo and introduce every
member to the class
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Song- Ich gehe mit
meiner Laterne… (Martinstag)
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·
Application of the learnt topic (Language and speech
skill)
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Talking
in front of an audience (Social skill by developing self-confidence)
·
Finding
out ones direct relatives and relationship with them and sketching a family
tree (Social & Communicative skill)
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December ‘19
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·
Numbers 101-2000
· Conversations
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·
Numbers till 2000, Activities at home, To understand
and also to respond to simple telephone conversations, Paragraph writing on
the topic ‘My Family’
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Vocabulary related to Christmas, Discussion- how
Christmas is celebrated in Germany
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·
Paragraph writing
·
Song- Tante Frieda….
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Calender making
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Film/PPT on
Weihnachten(Christmas)
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· Ability to convert
thoughts to words (Communicative skill)
·
Passive
learning through song
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Sense
of oneness during festive times (Social & Emotional skills)
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January ‘20
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· Lesson 4
· Negation
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· German speaking
countries, Activities at home, Introduce a third person
· Simple verbs
(those related to household activities), Negation – ‘nicht’
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·
Get an orientation on the location of German speaking nations and Identify them on the map
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Flag making
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Films/PPTs
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· Orient oneself by
understanding a world map (cognitive skill)
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Passive learning through videos
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February ‘20
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· Names of
countries in German
· Revision
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· Names of
different countries in German and names of some important cities in Germany, Paragraph writing on the topic ‘My
Brother/Sister’
· W-Questions –
‘Woher & Wo’
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·
Paragraph writing
and other writing works
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Exam oriented learning and Model Test
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·
Ability
to convert thoughts to words (Communicative skill)
·
Checking
the long term memory and re-anchoring the topics through revision
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Facilitators’
name:
Devi Balan
Textbook & Reference books: Planet A1, Worksheets provided from the German
Institute (Goethe-Zentrum, Trivandrum), Hallo Deutsch 1,2 , Deutsch lernen mit
Spielen und Rätseln – Level 1, Schritt für Schritt ins Grammatikland.