Scotch College

GERMAN Year 10 — 2010

Semester One

Topics: Berlin and Other Big Cities; transport; the environment; youth culture and going out; daily routines; part-time jobs; apprenticeships; careers.

Grammar: Modal verbs können, müssen, dürfen; separable verb anrufen; comparative and superlative;

plural dative pronouns; present perfect and subordinating conjunctions; reflexive verbs in

the accusative and dative; simple past of haben and sein.

Culture: Potsdam and Schloss Sans Soucis; recycling and Der grüne Punkt; TV in Germany; holiday jobs

and pocket money; apprenticeships and training (as opposed to Australian system); German cars.

Student Outcomes

Students will learn to:

• discuss holiday destinations and activities
• describe where places are located
• understand directions to places around town
• make arrangements to meet up with others
• discuss modes of transport
• discuss nature and the environment
• make comparisons
• talk about youth culture and going out
• explain their daily routine
• describe where they work and what they earn
• talk about apprenticeships and careers

Semester Two

Topics: Daily life and routine; personal hygiene; school life; leisure, nutrition and exercise; goint out with friends; cooking; drug abuse; relationships; fashion.

Grammar: Passive voice; imperatives; modal verbs with separable verbs; articles; nominative; accusative; dative case.

Culture: Coping with teenage issues; recipes for famous German dishes; peer-pressure.

Student Outcomes

Students will learn to:

• make lists of activities they do on normal and special days
• interpret and design a press advertisement
• identify elements of a German recipe
• complete a quiz to evaluate physical fitness
• talk about their leisure activities
• write a news item about recent events
• give an opinion on tattoos and piercings
• summarise and write a short story in German