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German I
First Six Weeks
Week 1
Classroom rules, Syllabus, Note-taking
strategies
Vocabulary:
 Classroom phrases
 Greetings, farewell, How are you
Week 2
Vocabulary:
 German Alphabet
 German names
 Textbook hardcopy/online
Week 3
Vocabulary:
 Deutschland; Das ist…
Culture/other:
 Germany/Europe geography
 Population density
 German states
Week 4
Chapter 1-1: Wer bist du?
Vocabulary:
 Asking for and giving names
 heißen
Grammar:
 Open-ended vs. Y/N-questions
 Question words (Wer, Was, Wie)
Week 5
Chapter 1-1: Wer bist du?
Vocabulary:
 Asking for and giving names
 sein
Grammar:
 Articles der/die/das (die)
 Plural forms
Week 6
Chapter 1-2
Vocabulary:
 Talking about age
 numbers
Grammar:
 Subject pronouns
 Conjugation sein/to be
Year-At-A-Glance
Second Six Weeks
Week 1
Chapter 1-3
Vocabulary:
 Talking about where one is from
Grammar:
 Conjugation of regular verb (kommen)
Week 2
Chapter 1-3
Vocabulary:
 Talking about how one gets to school
Grammar:
 Word Order
Week 3
Chapter 2-1 Spiel und Spaß
Vocabulary:
 Free-time activities using spielen +
machen
Grammar:
 Word order
Week 4
Chapter 2-1
Vocabulary:
 Free-time activities using other verbs
Grammar:
 Conjugation of verbs (cont.)
Week 5
Chapter 2-2
Vocabulary:
 Liking to do s.th: gern
Grammar:
 Word order using gern
First Semester
Third Six Weeks
Week 1
Chapter 2-3
Vocabulary:
 Time expressions
 Expressing opinion using finden
 Agreeing/disagreeing
Grammar:
 Word order with time expressions
 Verb stems ending on –d, -n
Week 2
Chapter 3-1 Komm mit nach Hause
Vocabulary:
 Talking about where one lives
Week 3
Chapter 3-1 Cont.
Vocabulary:
 Food vocabulary
Grammar:
 Modal verb möchten
Week 4
Chapter 3-2
Vocabulary:
 Furniture vocabulary
 Adjectives describing a room
Grammar:
 Pronouns replacing nouns
Combining two clauses using und vs. aber
Week 5 : Finals
German I
Fourth Six Weeks
Week 1
Chapter 4-1 Alles für die Schule
Vocabulary:
● Class subjects & time expressions
Grammar:
● Conjugation; haben/to have
Week 2
Chapter 4-1 Cont’d
Vocabulary:
● Sequencing words
Grammar:
● Word Order
Culture/other:
● Class schedules, Daily school routine
Week 3
Chapter 4-2
Vocabulary:
● Expressing likes and favorites:
Culture/other:
● German grading scale, report card
scale
Week 4
Chapter 4-3
Vocabulary:
● School supply vocabulary
● was vs. wie viel
Grammar:
● Kostet vs. kosten
Week 5
Chapter 4-3
Vocabulary:
● School supply vocabulary
● adjectives teuer/billig
Grammar:
● Plural forms of nouns
Week 6
Chapter 5-1: Klamotten kaufen
Vocabulary:
 Clothing & Additional colors
Grammar:
 Irregular verb tragen
 Direct object: der vs. den
Week 7
Chapter 5-2
Vocabulary:
 Commenting on clothes
Grammar:
 gefallen vs. gefällt
 Direct object pronouns: er vs. ihn
Year-At-A-Glance
Fifth Six Weeks
Week 1
Chapter 5-3
Vocabulary:
 An/ausziehen; anprobieren
Grammar:
 Separable pre-fix verbs
 Irregular verb nehmen/to take
Week 2
Chapter 6-1: Pläne machen
Vocabulary:
 Telling time: um…
 Tell time formal vs. informal
Culture/other:
 Tell time a.m. vs. p.m. time
Week 3
Chapter 6-2
Vocabulary:
 Additional free time vocabulary
Grammar:
 Modal verb wollen/want
Week 4
Chapter 6-3
Vocabulary:
 Restaurant food vocabulary
Grammar:
 Conjugation essen/irregular verb
Week 5: STAAR English
Chapter 6-3 Cont’d
Vocabulary:
 Vocab to order food in a German restaurant
Culture/other:
 German restaurant etiquette; seating,
smoking, asking for check, tipping
Week 6
Chapter 7-1: Zu Hause helfen
Vocabulary:
 Household chores; “zu Hause” vs. “nach
Hause’
Grammar:
 Irregular verb helfen/to help
Week 7
Chapter 7-1 cont’d
Vocabulary:
 Silly chores
Grammar:
 Modal verb müssen/have to; must
Second Semester
Sixth Six Weeks
Week 1
Chapter 7-2
Vocabulary:
 Additional time expressions
 Asking for help & offering help
Grammar:
 Für mich/dich/ihn/sie…
 Modal verb können/be able to; can
Week 2
Chapter 7-2
Vocabulary:
 Additional time expressions
 Asking for help & offering help
Grammar:
 Für mich/dich/ihn/sie…
 Modal verb können/be able to; can
Week 3: STAAR, AP Testing
Chapter 7-3
Vocabulary:
 Weather vocabulary
Culture/other:
 Temperature: Celsius vs. Fahrenheit
Week 4: AP Testing
Chapter 7-3
Vocabulary:
 Weather vocabulary
Grammar:
 It is raining. vs. It is wet.
Culture/other:
 Temperature: Celsius vs. Fahrenheit
 European countries & capitals
 European climate
Week 5: REVIEW
Week 6: FINAL EXAMS