World Language Consensus Mapping Template

Please Note: This consensus map is a work in progress. We will continue to engage in conversations, reflection and revisions as we explore how to more clearly align and articulate our German consensus map.

GERMAN – Level 1 First Quarter

Essential Question (s): How do greetings in German differ from greetings in English? How does a German speaker describe family?

Theme/Unit Content Students can… Teaching Strategies Resources Assessment (I1, I2, P) Strategies (I1, I2, P) 1. Introduction  Greetings  Greet someone  Simon Says  Numbers 0-21 and say goodbye  Spelling Bee  Classroom objects  Ask how  Object  Classroom someone is identification expressions  Introduce  Dialogues  Special characters someone  Subjects and verbs  Ask how old  Subject pronouns someone is  definite articles  Ask about things  The verb “to have” in a classroom  Negation  Give classroom  Question words and commands and basic questioning ask the teacher ?s techniques  Ask how words  Command form intro are spelled  Ask for and give e-mail addresses 2. Family  Physical descriptions  Ask about and  Draw and act out  Describe a person and personality traits describe people descriptions – from a picture  Family and pets  Ask for and give Pictionary/Simon  Draw a given

I1= Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 1/82011  The verb “to be” opinions says description of a  Adjectives  Identify family  Draw a family person  Indefinite articles members picture  Fill out a blank  Possessive adjectives  Ask about  Family photo family tree w/  It is versus he/she is someone’s family albums w/ family  Plural nouns  Ask about likes or written relationships and  Numbers 21-100 dislikes and descriptions possessive  Basic colors answer same adjectives  Gern/nicht gern questions  spielen 

I1= Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 1/82011 GERMAN – Level 1 Second Quarter

Essential Question (s): How does school in Germany differ from school in the United States? How do people in Germany spend their free time compared to people in the US?

Theme/Unit Content Students can… Teaching Strategies Resources Assessment (I1, I2, P) Strategies (I1, I2, P) 3. School  School subjects  Ask about classes  Fill out school  Intro to German  Ask for and give schedule for a school system opinions week (days and  Days of the week  Ask others what classes)  Time they need and tell  Describe classes  School supplies what you need  Ask and tell time  Colors  Inquire about and  Draw time on  Numbers 31-1000 buy something clock as teacher  Regular verbs  Express says it  To buy, to go, agreement or  Bingo gern/nicht gern, disagreement  Color by number lieber  Likes and dislikes in and out of school  Command forms review  Questioning techniques review 4. Free time  Sports and activities  Ask about  Ask and answer  Follow directions  Likes and dislikes interests / likes round robin to draw and label  Season and months of and dislikes a town. the year  Ask how often  Birthdays someone does an

I1= Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 1/82011 activity  Extend, accept, and refuse an invitation  Make plans  Ask how old someone is  Ask how well and activity is done and talk about preferences

I1= Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 1/82011 GERMAN – Level 1 Third Quarter

Essential Question (s): What are differences between Germany and the US in terms of food and the restaurant culture?

Theme/Unit Content Students can… Teaching Strategies Resources Assessment (I1, I2, P) Strategies (I1, I2, P) 5. Café/  Breakfast food/drinks  Offer, accept, and  Create a menu  Dialogue – restaurant foods  Café foods/drinks refuse food  Identify café/restaurant  Place settings  Inquire about realia/pictures   Regular verbs: essen, food and place an trinken, bestellen order  The verb to want and  Ask for an give an would like (modal opinion verbs)  The verb to take

I1= Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 1/82011 GERMAN – Level 1 Fourth Quarter

Essential Question (s): How are German cities different from American cities?

Theme/Unit Content Students can… Teaching Strategies Resources Assessment (I1, I2 P) Strategies (I1, I2, P) 6. Around town  Places around a town  Ask for and give  Draw and label a  Draw and label a  Directions directions town town from  Means of  Ask about the  Simon says w/ written directions transportation weather and directions  Weather describe the  The verb to do/to current weather make  Question words review  Adverbs  The verb to go review  The verb to come  Intro to past tense

I1= Interpersonal I2=Interpretive P=Presentational Salt Lake City School District/WL German Level 1/82011