Scotch College

GERMAN Year 10 — 2012

Student Outcomes 

Semester 1:

• 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

Course Content

• 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

Semester 2:

• 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
• summaries and write a short story in German

Course Content

• Topics:   Daily life and routine; personal hygiene; school life; leisure, nutrition and exercise; going 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.

Assessment 

Examination 

Listening and Speaking Tasks

Reading Tasks

Writing Tasks