German Introductory 11

Core Competencies

Communicating
 
Collaborating
Critical and Reflective Thinking
 
Creative Thinking
Personal Awareness and Responsibility
 
Positive Personal and Cultural Identity
 
Social Awareness and Responsibility

Students are expected to know the following:

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Big Ideas

Big Ideas

Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of a new language.
Stories
Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity.
 help us acquire language and understand the world
by exploring, for example, thoughts, feelings, knowledge, culture, and identity
 around us.
Expressing ourselves in a new language requires courage, risk taking, and perseverance.
Exploring diverse forms of cultural expression
representing the experience of the people from whose culture they are drawn; for example, celebrations, customs, folklore, language use, traditions, and creative works (e.g., books, paintings, pictures, sculpture, theatre, dance, poetry and prose, filmmaking, musical composition, architecture)
allows us to experience and appreciate cultural diversity.
Acquiring a new language provides a unique opportunity to access and interact with diverse communities.

Content

Learning Standards

Content

German phonemes
individual speech sounds (e.g., ä, ö, ü, eu, äu, au, ei, ie, sch)
German letter patterns
gender, case, and number
Nouns have genders (masculine, feminine, neuter), cases (Nominativ, Akkusativ, Dativ, Genitiv), and numbers (singular or plural; e.g., der kleine Junge versus die kleinen Jungen) and must be capitalized.
First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, including oral histories
e.g., conversations with an Elder about celebrations, traditions, and protocols
, identity
Identity is influenced by, for example, traditions, protocols, celebrations, and festivals.
, and place
Place is any environment, locality, or context with which people interact to learn, create memory, reflect on history, connect with culture, and establish identity. The connection between people and place is foundational to First Peoples perspectives on the world. A sense of place can be influenced by territory, food, clothing, and creative works.
common, high-frequency vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions, including:
  • types of questions
    e.g.,Wie alt bist du?, Wie viel kostet die Jacke?, Wie sagt man…?, Wo ist die Stadt?, Wann hast du Geburtstag?, Wer kommt mit?
  • time and frequency
    e.g., heute, gestern, morgen, jeden Tag, immer, manchmal, nie
  • descriptions of people, objects, places, and personal interests
  • comparisons
    e.g., auch, aber, mehr/weniger als, so viel wie
  • sequence of events
    e.g., zuerst, erstens, zweitens, drittens…, danach, dann, darauf(folgend), schließlich, zuletzt, abschließend
  • needs, opinions, and preferences
    e.g., Ich mag…; Oliver hat… (besonders) gern…; Rebecca liebt…; Wir haben... (gar) nicht gern…; Ich verabscheue…; Sie hasst…
cultural aspects
e.g., celebrations, festivals, food, geography, history, population, territory, traditions
 of German communities
e.g., Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Canadian Prairies, Okanagan Valley, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Washington State, Argentina, Namibia, South Africa
 around the world
past, present, and future time frames
past, present, and future time frames for common verbs in context (e.g., Wir haben [jetzt] Deutsch; Er hat [gestern] einen Film gesehen; Ich werde [heute Abend] meine Hausaufgaben machen)
elements of common texts and stories
For example:
  • format (letter versus email message), language, context, audience (informal versus formal), purpose
  • place, characters, setting, plot, problem and resolution
German works of art
e.g., creative works in dance, drama, music, visual arts
ethics of cultural appropriation
use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, knowledge, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn
 and plagiarism

Curricular Competency

Learning Standards

Curricular Competency

Thinking and communicating

Recognize the relationships between German letter patterns, pronunciation
e.g., a, e, er, i, o, u, ä, ö, ü, ß, eu, äu, au, ei, ie
, intonation, tone of voice
For example:
  • question and statement intonation patterns
  • use of tone to express different emotions
, and meaning
Comprehend key information
answers to questions such as wer?, was?, wo?, wann?, and warum?
and supporting details in texts
“Text” is a generic term referring to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communications. Oral, written, and visual elements can also be combined (e.g., in dramatic presentations, graphic novels, films, web pages, advertisements).
Use language-learning strategies
e.g., interpretation of gestures, facial expressions, intonation, tone of voice, and contextual cues; use of prior knowledge, familiar words, and cognates
to increase understanding
Narrate
  • Use expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progression.
  • Use past, present, and future time frames.
stories, both orally and in writing
Exchange ideas
with peers, teachers, and members of the wider community; can include virtual/online conversations
and information, both orally and in writing
Seek clarification and verify
Request or provide repetition, word substitution, reformulation, or reiteration (e.g., Ich verstehe nicht; Wiederholen Sie bitte; Wie bitte?; Was bedeutet…?; Wie sagt man…?; Wie schreibt/buchstabiert man…?).
meaning
Share information using the presentation format
e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media
best suited to their own and others' diverse abilities

Personal and social awareness

Consider personal, shared, and others' experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens
e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions
Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing
e.g., First Nations, Métis, and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, and intuitive
, and local cultural knowledge
Engage in experiences
e.g., blogs, school visits (including virtual/online visits), concerts, exchanges, festivals, films, letters, plays, social media, stores and restaurants with service in German
with German people and communities