GERMAN I CP
CURRICULUM
A.P. SCHALICK HIGH SCHOOL
PITTSGROVE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOLS
PITTSGROVE, NJ
2009
GERMAN I CP CURRICULUM
SHS 2009
PITTSGROVE BOARD OF EDUCATION
ADMINISTRATION
Fiore J. Copare, M.D. (President)
Henry Bermann, Superintendent of Schools
Cheryl Berwick (Vice President)
Melissa Conover
Michael Brodzik, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum &
Instruction
Nedd Johnson, Sr.
Suzanne Fox, Business Administrator
Larry R. May
Evans W. Robinson
William H. Rumpp
SUPERVISOR OF HUMANITIES
Patricia Schneider
Patricia M. Snyder
Diane Bernstein
TEACHER
Courtney Schnyderite
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
The German I curriculum is designed for those students who are college bound and are interested in learning to communicate in
German and also experience German culture through activities offered both during the day and as co-curricular events. The focus of
German I is communication through listening, speaking, reading and writing. Activities will include individual and group
work, presentations and interpretation of reading. Grammar will be taught to support and enable the student to communicate in
German. Students will also gain knowledge and understanding of the German culture and history, its comparison to our culture and its
place in today’s global economy. In German I, the focus is on the self and the student’s surroundings and expressing
those ideas. Students planning to study German should plan to study for a minimum of two or three years beginning no later than the
10th grade.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS AND PERFORMANCE TASKS
Following the Understand by Design format, we have added Essential Questions and Performance Tasks to this curriculum. By adding
Essential Questions, we are striving for students to reach a deeper understanding of the material in each course and thus not only
retain the information, but also be able transfer the knowledge to different situations as needed. The performance tasks are written to
provide real world application of the material. Therefore, where noted, the performance tasks must be the assessment used for that
particular section. Complete copies of each UbD unit are available from the department supervisors upon request.
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Timeline
Essential Questions
Content
Standards/Skills
Assessments/Performance
Tasks
Resources
September
2008
How can I competently
communicate important
information about myself to
others?
How does the content of the
German classroom help me
understand who I am and the
world in which I live?
How are cultural
perspectives reflected in a
culture's products and social
practices?
How is learning vocabulary
and grammar in the context
of a story more beneficial to
you?
Greetings (3 days)
Ways to introduce yourself (3
days)
Classroom phrases and
commands (4 days)
Alphabet (3 days)
Numbers, Identify your age
(4 days)
Places of origin (3 days)
Geography and facts of
German-speaking countries (3
days)
Definite articles (der/die/das)
(1 day)
Free-time activities (2 weeks)
Verb/subject agreement (2
weeks)
Introduce yourself with your
German name and various
greetings
Perform certain commands of
basic TPR vocabulary
Learn alphabet song, spell
words and abbreviations using
the German alphabet
Repeat and learn numbers,
telephone numbers and
identify your age
Discuss phrases of where you
come from and where you
live
Identify German-speaking
countries, neighboring
countries, capitals, and basic
geographical features
Identify vocabulary of freetime activities and action
verbs
Create oral story from freetime vocabulary
Oral questions
Mini-dialogues
Respond to commands
Written test with listening
component of alphabet and
numbers
Lotto with numbers
Communicative activities with a
partner
Create map of Germany and
Europe with German names
Map identification quiz
Free-time survey of friends and
family
Free-time activity identification
quiz
Verb/Subject agreement
translation quiz
Classroom notes
Worksheets of dialogues
Math equations worksheets
Baby picture of yourself
Maps of Europe, Germanspeaking countries
Free-time activity
vocabulary worksheets
October
2008
How are cultural perspectives
reflected in a culture's
products and social practices?
What can we learn about our
own culture and language
through the study of another?
How is learning vocabulary
and grammar in the context
of a story more beneficial to
you?
Why do people from
different cultures sometimes
say, write, and do things
German Unity Day (1 day)
German-American Day (1
day)
Oktoberfest celebration (2
days)
Days of the Week and
adverbs of time (3 days)
TPRS story: Die
Katzengeschichte (1 week)
Identify and describe family
members (2 weeks)
Numbers 21-1000 (4 days)
Colors (3 days)
Discuss holidays of German
Unity Day and GermanAmerican Day and how they
are celebrated
Discuss the history behind
and celebration of
Oktoberfest
Sing "Mein Hut, der hat drei
Ecken"
Identifys days of the week,
adverbs of time (today,
tomorrow, yesterday, etc.)
Read, illustrate and act out
German-American Influences
Poster Project
Classroom discussions
Create calendar
Daily questioning of date
Oral vocabulary quiz of
Katzengeschichte
Oral questions
Family member vocabulary quiz
Family Tree Project with oral
component
"Ich sehe etwas" Color game
Readings and questions on
German Unity Day, GermanAmerican Day, and
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest video, pictures
Worksheets of vocabulary
"Look, I Can Talk" TPRS
Story 1
Family members notes,
worksheets
Math equations worksheets
Mein/dein worksheet
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Timeline
Essential Questions
Content
differently from the way I do
them?
Mein/meine and dein/deine
(3 days)
November
2008
How is learning vocabulary
and grammar in the context
of a story more beneficial to
you?
How are cultural
perspectives reflected and
portrayed through different
media (film, photographs)?
How can I competently
communicate important
information about myself to
others?
What strategies do I need to
communicate in linguistically
and culturally appropriate
ways?
Months and Seasons (4 days)
TPRS story: Jens und seine
Haare (3 days)
Original German movie
Titanic (2 days)
TPRS story: Die Kuh und der
Affe (2 weeks)
School subjects (2 weeks)
Zuerst, dann, danach, zuletzt
(3 days)
German school system (2
weeks)
December
2008
What strategies do I need to
communicate in linguistically
and culturally appropriate
ways?
Why do people from the
German culture sometimes
say, write, and do things
differently from the way I do
them?
School supplies and objects (1
week)
TPRS story: Das verloren
gegangene Buch (1 week)
Telling time (4 days)
St. Niklaus Day celebration
(2 days)
Chapter book "Hilde und
Gunter" (3.5 weeks)
Standards/Skills
story of Die
Katzengeschichte
Identify names, relationships,
and descriptions of family
members
Discuss the pattern of
numbers 21 and higher
Identify colors with personal
descriptions and classroom
items
Relate gender of nouns to
possessive adjective endings
Identify months and seasons
with birthdays and holidays
Tell stories with TPRS
vocabulary, read and act out
"Jens und seine Haare"
Watch and discuss the history
of the movie Titanic
Discuss vocabulary, read and
retell TPRS story "Die Kuh
und der Affe"
Identify school subjects and
describe in order with your
schedule
Discuss organization of the
German school system
Identify and label school
supplies in classroom
Read and retell TPRS story
with new vocabulary
Tell time on the hour, 1/2hour, 1/4-hour, etc.
Discuss and celebrate St.
Niklaus Day
Read, discuss, and answer
Assessments/Performance
Tasks
Resources
Draw illustration of months and
seasons
Months and seasons quiz with
holidays
Illustrate and re-write TPRS
story
Translation TPRS story quiz
Student retell of TPRS story
Oral communication activity of
school schedules with subject,
teacher, and a description
Venn diagram
Compare/contrast essay on
German school system
Notes, worksheets on months
and seasons
TPRS story "Jens und seine
Haare"
Titanic movie
"Look, I Can Talk" TPRS
Story 2
Notes, worksheets on school
subjects
Graphic organizers of
school system
Oral questions
Identification school supply quiz
Answer time questions with
clocks
Time quiz
2 Unit tests on Hilde und Gunter
Comprehension oral discussions
Simon Sagt game
Perform written script of Hilde
"Look, I Can Talk" TPRS
story 3
Classroom clocks
St. Niklaus Day reading
"Hilde und Gunter: Der Fall
der gestohlene Uhr" reader
Body part worksheets
Readings, worksheets,
activities on Christmas
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Timeline
Essential Questions
Content
Standards/Skills
Assessments/Performance
Tasks
Resources
How is culture influenced by
language?
How can I learn about my
own language and culture
from the study of others?
How are cultural
perspectives reflected in a
culture's products and social
practices?
Body parts (4 days)
German Christmas customs
(3 days)
questions of "Hilde und
Gunter" story
Write "Hilde und Gunter" as a
play
Label body parts on skeleton,
Sing "Kopf, Schulter, Knie
und Fuss"
Discuss German Christmas
customs, sing songs, identify
phrases
und Gunter
Christmas vocabulary games
vocabulary, customs
January
2009
How is learning vocabulary
and grammar in the context
of a story more beneficial to
you?
Why do people from the
German culture sometimes
say, write, and do things
differently from the way I do
them?
How do I develop
communicative competence?
How is language a product
of culture?
How are cultural
perspectives reflected in a
culture's products and social
practices?
"Wo ist Einstein?" TPRS
story (3 days)
Personal Pronouns (4 days)
Verb/subject agreement (4
days)
Clothing vocabulary (2
weeks)
Colors (4 days)
"Ins Kaufhaus" TPRS story
(4 days)
Food and drink vocabulary (2
weeks
"Die Mondgeschichte" TPRS
story (3 days)
Karneval celebration (1 day)
Oral questions
Penny drop ending exercise
Pronoun and verb ending quiz
Clothing identification quiz
"Ins Kaufhaus" vocabulary quiz
Katalog project
"Im Restaurant" skit
"Die Mondgeschichte"
vocabulary quiz
"Wo ist Einstein?" story and
worksheet
Personal pronoun WS
Vocabulary notes, culture
readings on clothing and
shopping
"Ins Kaufhaus" TPRS story
Food and drink vocabulary
notes and culture readings
"Look, I Can Talk" TPRS
Story 7
Karneval culture readings
and video
February
2009
How can I competently
communicate important
Greetings (3 days)
Ways to introduce yourself (3
Create mini-stories with
vocabulary, Read and retell
"Wo ist Einstein?" story
Differentiate between using
personal pronouns and
agreement with verb
endings
Identify what you are wearing
and its color
Discuss the culture of
shopping in Germany
Read, retell, and act out "Ins
Kaufhaus" TPRS story with
familiar vocabulary
Discuss how clothing fits
Identify vocabulary of food
and drink by menu sections
Discuss culture of eating in
German-speaking countries
Read and illustrate "Die
Mondgeschichte" TPRS
story
Discuss celebration of
Karneval
Introduce yourself with your
German name and various
Oral questions
Mini-dialogues
Classroom notes
Worksheets of dialogues
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Timeline
March
2009
Essential Questions
Content
Standards/Skills
Assessments/Performance
Tasks
Resources
information about myself to
others?
How does the content of the
German classroom help me
understand who I am and the
world in which I live?
How are cultural
perspectives reflected in a
culture's products and social
practices?
How is learning vocabulary
and grammar in the context
of a story more beneficial to
you?
days)
Classroom phrases and
commands (4 days)
Alphabet (3 days)
Numbers, Identify your age
(4 days)
Places of origin (3 days)
Geography and facts of
German-speaking countries (3
days)
Definite articles (der/die/das)
(1 day)
Free-time activities (2 weeks)
Verb/subject agreement (2
weeks)
Karneval celebration (1 day)
greetings
Perform certain commands of
basic TPR vocabulary
Learn alphabet song, spell
words and abbreviations using
the German alphabet
Repeat and learn numbers,
telephone numbers and
identify your age
Discuss phrases of where you
come from and where you
live
Identify German-speaking
countries, neighboring
countries, capitals, and basic
geographical features
Identify vocabulary of freetime activities and action
verbs
Create oral story from freetime vocabulary
Discuss celebration of
Karneval
Respond to commands
Written test with listening
component of alphabet and
numbers
Lotto with numbers
Communicative activities with a
partner
Create map of Germany and
Europe with German names
Map identification quiz
Free-time survey of friends and
family
Free-time activity identification
quiz
Verb/Subject agreement
translation quiz
Math equations worksheets
Baby picture of yourself
Maps of Europe, Germanspeaking countries
Free-time activity
vocabulary worksheets
Karneval worksheets, video
How are cultural perspectives
reflected in a culture's
products and social practices?
What can we learn about our
own culture and language
through the study of another?
How is learning vocabulary
and grammar in the context
of a story more beneficial to
you?
Why do people from
different cultures sometimes
say, write, and do things
differently from the way I do
Foreign Language Week
topics (1 week)
Days of the Week and
adverbs of time (3 days)
TPRS story: Die
Katzengeschichte (1 week)
Identify and describe family
members (2 weeks)
Numbers 21-1000 (4 days)
Colors (3 days)
Mein/meine and dein/deine
(3 days)
Discuss contributions of
German-speaking countries to
America and famous Germans
and/or sites
Sing "Mein Hut, der hat drei
Ecken"
Identifys days of the week,
adverbs of time (today,
tomorrow, yesterday, etc.)
Read, illustrate and act out
story of Die
Katzengeschichte
Identify names, relationships,
and descriptions of family
German-American Influences
Poster Project
German-American scavenger
hunt
Classroom discussions
Create calendar
Daily questioning of date
Oral vocabulary quiz of
Katzengeschichte
Oral questions
Family member vocabulary quiz
Family Tree Project with oral
component
"Ich sehe etwas" Color game
Internet for GermanAmerican scavenger hunt
Worksheets of vocabulary
"Look, I Can Talk" TPRS
Story 1
Family members notes,
worksheets
Math equations worksheets
Mein/dein worksheet
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Timeline
Essential Questions
Content
them?
April 2009
May 2009
How is learning vocabulary
and grammar in the context
of a story more beneficial to
you?
How are cultural
perspectives reflected and
portrayed through different
media (film, photographs)?
How can I competently
communicate important
information about myself to
others?
What strategies do I need to
communicate in linguistically
and culturally appropriate
ways?
What strategies do I need to
communicate in linguistically
and culturally appropriate
ways?
Why do people from the
German culture sometimes
say, write, and do things
differently from the way I do
them?
How is culture influenced by
language?
How can I learn about my
own language and culture
from the study of others?
Months and Seasons (4 days)
TPRS story: Jens und seine
Haare (3 days)
Original German movie
Titanic (2 days)
TPRS story: Die Kuh und der
Affe (2 weeks)
School subjects (2 weeks)
Zuerst, dann, danach, zuletzt
(3 days)
German school system (2
weeks)
School supplies and objects (1
week)
TPRS story: Das verloren
gegangene Buch (1 week)
Telling time (4 days)
Chapter book "Hilde und
Gunter" (3.5 weeks)
Body parts (4 days)
"Wo ist Einstein?" TPRS
story (3 days)
Personal Pronouns (4 days)
Verb/subject agreement (4
days)
Clothing vocabulary (2
Standards/Skills
members
Discuss the pattern of
numbers 21 and higher
Identify colors with personal
descriptions and classroom
items
Relate gender of nouns to
possessive adjective endings
Identify months and seasons
with birthdays and holidays
Tell stories with TPRS
vocabulary, read and act out
"Jens und seine Haare"
Watch and discuss the history
of the movie Titanic
Discuss vocabulary, read and
retell TPRS story "Die Kuh
und der Affe"
Identify school subjects and
describe in order with your
schedule
Discuss organization of the
German school system
Identify and label school
supplies in classroom
Read and retell TPRS story
with new vocabulary
Tell time on the hour, 1/2hour, 1/4-hour, etc.
Read, discuss, and answer
questions of "Hilde und
Gunter" story
Write "Hilde und Gunter" as a
play
Label body parts on skeleton,
Sing "Kopf, Schulter, Knie
und Fuss"
Assessments/Performance
Tasks
Resources
Draw illustration of months and
seasons
Months and seasons quiz with
holidays
Illustrate and re-write TPRS
story
Translation TPRS story quiz
Student retell of TPRS story
Oral communication activity of
school schedules with subject,
teacher, and a description
Venn diagram
Compare/contrast essay on
German school system
Notes, worksheets on months
and seasons
TPRS story "Jens und seine
Haare"
Titanic movie
"Look, I Can Talk" TPRS
Story 2
Notes, worksheets on school
subjects
Graphic organizers of
school system
Oral questions
Identification school supply quiz
Answer time questions with
clocks
Time quiz
2 Unit tests on Hilde und Gunter
Comprehension oral discussions
Simon Sagt game
Perform written script of Hilde
und Gunter
Oral questions
Penny drop ending exercise
Pronoun and verb ending quiz
Clothing identification quiz
"Look, I Can Talk" TPRS
story 3
Classroom clocks
"Hilde und Gnter: Der Fall
der gestohlene Uhr" reader
Body part worksheets
"Wo ist Einstein?" story and
worksheet
Personal pronoun WS
Vocabulary notes, culture
readings on clothing and
shopping
"Ins Kaufhaus" TPRS story
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Timeline
June 2009
Essential Questions
Content
How are cultural
perspectives reflected in a
culture's products and social
practices?
weeks)
Colors (4 days)
"Ins Kaufhaus" TPRS story
(4 days)
How is learning vocabulary
and grammar in the context
of a story more beneficial to
you?
Why do people from the
German culture sometimes
say, write, and do things
differently from the way I do
them?
How do I develop
communicative competence?
How is language a product
of culture?
How are cultural
perspectives reflected in a
culture's products and social
practices?
Food and drink vocabulary (2
weeks)
"Die Mondgeschichte" TPRS
story (3 days)
Weather conditions (3 days)
Standards/Skills
Assessments/Performance
Tasks
Create mini-stories with
vocabulary, Read and retell
"Wo ist Einstein?" story
Differentiate between using
personal pronouns and
agreement with verb
endings
Identify what you are wearing
and its color
Discuss the culture of
shopping in Germany
Read, retell, and act out "Ins
Kaufhaus" TPRS story with
familiar vocabulary
Describe how clothing fits
Identify vocabulary of food
and drink by menu sections
Discuss culture of eating in
German-speaking countries
Read and illustrate "Die
Mondgeschichte" TPRS
story
Identify different weather
conditions, evaluate weather
maps and symbols, compare
Fahrenheit to Celcius
"Ins Kaufhaus" vocabulary quiz
Katalog project
"Im Restaurant" skit
"Die Mondgeschichte"
vocabulary quiz
Draw and interpret a weather
map
Resources
Food and drink vocabulary
notes and culture readings
"Look, I Can Talk" TPRS
Story 7
Maps of Germany, weather
reports
Note: Standard numbers will be added once the new NJCCCS for World Languages are released.
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