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The German Department Programme of Study:


Y8:

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Greetings

Numbers

Countries

Days/ Months/ Dates

Items in school bag

Classroom instructions

Subjects

Timetable

Food and drink at break

Clothes at school

Time

GRAMMAR:

Definite and indefinite articles

Verbs in the present tense

Family

Pets

Likes/dislikes

Appearance and character of people

Sports

Hobbies

Arranging a date

Favourite things

Expressing opinions

GRAMMAR:

Irregular verbs in the present tense

Plural of nouns

Question words

Possession

Where you live

House(type of house/rooms/what is in the rooms)

Domestic tasks

Town(places/activities)

Food(ordering and likes and dislikes

of food/drinks)

GRAMMAR:

Separable verbs

Prepositions + dative

Kein(e/n)

Cases

Es gibt + accusative

Modal verbs

 

Y9:

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Personal details

Weather and seasons

Classroom language

Activities in the past

Time

Recent holiday

Transport

Types of accommodation

Holiday activities

Buying train tickets

Lost items

GRAMMAR

Present tense

Perfect tense

Word-order

Expressions of time

Mit + dative

Manner/Place

Er/sie/es meaning ‘it’

Adjective endings in nom. and acc. after the definite article

Parts of the body

Illnesses

At the doctor’s

Keeping fit

Daily routine

Breakfast

Fruit and vegetables

Quantities

Shops/shopping

Pocket money

 

GRAMMAR

Plurals of nouns

Haben and acc.

Present tense(rev.)

Man kann + infinitive

Separable Verbs

Word-order

Gern-lieber-am liebsten

Prepositions and dative

Family members and personality

Activities

Useful language when staying with hosts

Plans for a week

Directions

 

GRAMMAR

Perfect tense (rev)

Modal verbs

Word-order

Time/manner/place

Zu = dative

 

Y10:

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Types of home, rooms, furniture and garden

Information about yourself, family and friends

Helping around the house

Food and drink

Routine at home

GRAMMAR:

Cases

Prepositions that are followed by the dative or the accusative

Word order rules

Subordinate clauses

School life and routine

Different types of jobs

Job advertisements, applications and interviews

Future plans and work experience

GRAMMAR:

Present perfect tense

Separable verbs

Reflexive verbs

Subordinate clauses

Prepositions that are followed by the dative

Special occasions

Hobbies, interests and sports

Free time entertainment

Shops, shopping and money matters

Accidents, injuries, common ailments and health issues (smoking, drugs)

GRAMMAR:

Word order rules(revision)

Future tense

Modal verbs

All tenses

 

Y11:

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Life in the town, countryside, seaside

Things to see and do

Weather and climate

Travel, transport and directions

Holidays, tourist information and accommodation

A,B + C ROLEPLAYS

GRAMMAR:

Imperfect

Relative clauses

Active and passive

All tenses (revision)

Adjectives

Accommodation (continued)

Services and shopping abroad

Customs, everyday life in target-language countries and communities

A, B + C ROLEPLAYS

GRAMMAR:

Irregular verbs-all tenses

Prepositions that are followed by the accusative

Subordinate clauses

Comparative and superlative of adjectives

Sport, fashion and entertainment

Famous personalities

The media
Current affairs, social and environmental issues

A, B + C ROLEPLAYS 

GRAMMAR:

Individual revision as required

Adverbs

Genetive

 

Y12:

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Travel / Tourism

Family

People and their feelings, relationships

Collect Material for Module 3, select and read

GRAMMAR:

THE VERB

All tenses

Modal verbs

Reflexive verbs

Separable verbs

Subordinate clauses

Verbs followed by the dative

Cases

Subjunctive

Relative clauses

Health / Food / Fitness

Media and current affairs

Leisure and Arts

GRAMMAR:

NOUNS

Gender

Singular

Plural

Adjectives

Comparative and superlative

Prepositions

Rights (people and animals)

Education, training and employment

Industry / Information technology

GRAMMAR:

Adverbs

Imperative

Revision of all grammar

 

Y13:

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Environmental issues

Social topics

Collect, select and read material for coursework 1

Write coursework 1

Translations from English into German

GRAMMAR:

Cases and prepositions

Conditional

Indirect speech

Adjectives - revision

Social topics continued

Ethical topics

Third world countries

Collect, select and read material for coursework 2

Write coursework 2

Translations from English into German

GRAMMAR:

What is needed individually

Politics and History

Finish coursework 2

Translations from English into German

GRAMMAR:

As required


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