KS3

Key Stage Three Curriculum Overview

year 7

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
Term 1	Introduction to German Family and pets	*Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Introductions, dates/birthdays, colours, school items, countries/ where you live, Members of the family and details about them, descriptions of people, pets, characteristics. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Word order in number, conjugating verbs, genders, articles, question words, adjective endings, telling the time (Digital), comparatives and superlatives. *Students will learn the following culture:* The first day of school in Germany The Grimm Brothers and their stories* *Students will also learn German phonics and how to pronounce words in German.	Vocabulary tests Languagenut self testing End of Unit 1 reading, writing and grammar test Informal translation tests
Term 2	School life Christmas in Germany	*Students will learn the following vocabulary:* school subjects and opinions, days of the week and times, school uniform, food items at break time. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* finden + adjective/ sein + adjective (giving opinions), subordinating conjunctions to justify their opinions (weil), verb as the 2^nd idea, plurals. *Students will learn the following culture:* Christmas in Germany	End of unit reading, listening and writing tests Languagenut self testing Vocabulary tests Informal speaking assessment
Term 3	Sport and Free time activities Revision of the course	*Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Free time activities, hobbies. *Students will learn the following grammar point:* Adverbial phrases of time. *Students will learn the following culture:* Life in Germany- after the end of year exams.	End of Year reading, writing and grammar, listening tests.

NAME OF TOPIC

KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC

ASSESSMENT POINTS

Term 1

Introduction to German

Family and pets

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Introductions, dates/birthdays, colours, school items,

countries/ where you live, Members of the family and details about them, descriptions of people, pets, characteristics.

Students will learn the following grammar points:
Word order in number, conjugating verbs, genders, articles,

question words, adjective endings, telling the time (Digital), comparatives and superlatives.

Students will learn the following culture:
The first day of school in Germany

The Grimm Brothers and their stories*

*Students will also learn German phonics and how to pronounce words in German.

Vocabulary tests

Languagenut self testing

End of Unit 1 reading, writing and grammar test

Informal translation tests

Term 2

School life

Christmas in Germany

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
school subjects and opinions, days of the week and times, school uniform, food items at break time.

Students will learn the following grammar points:
finden + adjective/ sein + adjective (giving opinions), subordinating conjunctions to justify their opinions (weil), verb as the 2^nd idea, plurals.

Students will learn the following culture:
Christmas in Germany

End of unit reading, listening and writing tests

Languagenut self testing

Vocabulary tests

Informal speaking assessment

Term 3

Sport and Free time activities

Revision of the course

Students will learn the following vocabulary:
Free time activities, hobbies.

Students will learn the following grammar point:
Adverbial phrases of time.

Students will learn the following culture:
Life in Germany- after the end of year exams.

End of Year reading, writing and grammar, listening tests.

Year 8

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
HT1	Where I live	*Students will recap the following content:* Countries, the future tense, adjective endings. *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Different types of house, different types of area (town, village etc), items of furniture, places in a town, directions, shopping. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* The dative case, prepositions *Students will learn the following culture:* Living in Germany, exploring German towns (Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart via google Earth).	Languagenut self testing End of Unit reading, writing, listening, grammar tests Translation tasks in class
HT2	Health	*Students will recap the following content:* Plurals, items of food, free time activities, time phrases, dative case. *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Parts of the body, illnesses, medication, going to the doctors, healthy lifestyles. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Seit with the dative case, modal verbs, the imperative. *Students will learn the following culture:* Easter in Germany	End of Unit reading, writing, listening, grammar tests Vocabulary tests
HT3	The environment	*Students will recap the following content:* Genders, articles, the dative case. *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Environmental habits, types of pollution *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Modal verbs *Students will learn the following culture:* The Pfand system in Germany, recycling in Germany.	Languagenut self testing End of Unit reading, writing, listening, grammar tests Speaking assessment- Wie kann ich der Welt helfen? Translation tasks in class
HT4	Holidays	*Students will recap the following content:* Free time activities, word order, conjugating verbs, telling the time. *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Different weather conditions, types of accommodation, activities while on holiday, types of transport. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Subordinating conjunctions at the start of a sentence (wenn), the perfect tense, the imperfect tense for high frequency verbs, the future tense, telling the time (analogue) *Students will learn the following culture:* Holiday destinations/habits in Germany	Languagenut self testing End of Unit reading, writing, grammar tests Translation tasks in class
HT5	Revision of the year	*Students will recap the following content:* All of the Year 8 content *Students will learn the following:* How to succeed in exams- revision and exam techniques	End of Year exams in Listening, Reading, Writing and Translation
HT6	Customs and traditions	*Students will recap the following content:* How Christmas works in Germany *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Different traditions and customs in Germany, German festivals. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Separable and reflexive verbs in different tenses, Time Manner Place *Students will learn the following culture:* Traditional German food and eating habits, German sports, popular German musicians/bands.	End of unit assessments

YEAR 9 - In Year 9 the topics are more in depth and so overlap half terms. Students are taught to go into more detail than in Key Stage 3 as they have more confidence and fluency.

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
Term 1	Entertainment	*Students will recap the following content:* All grammar from Key Stage 3 *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Types of TV programmes and films, what you can do on the internet, different music genres, likes and dislikes and reasons. *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Subordinate conjunctions *Students will learn the following culture:* A German film	End of Unit assessments Weekly vocabulary tests
Half Term 3	Tourism	*Students will recap the following content:* Places in a town, modal verbs (können) *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Interrogatives, the imperative voice *Students will learn the following culture:* A virtual tour of a German town	End of Unit assessments Weekly vocabulary tests
Half Term 4	School rules and daily routine	*Students will recap the following content:* School subjects, times of the day, opinion phrases *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* School rules, Daily routine activities *Students will learn the following grammar points:* Comparatives, to prefer *Students will learn the following culture:* Life at school in Germany compared to in the UK (Students are encouraged to participate in the German exchange to fully understand the school system).	End of Unit assessments Weekly vocabulary tests
Half Term 5	Free time activities, eating out	*Students will recap the following content:* Free time activities *Students will learn the following vocabulary:* Food and drink, eating habits *Students will learn the following grammar points:* The perfect tense *Students will learn the following culture:* German food tasting	End of Year exams
HT6	Post exam analysis and culture projects	This half term is given over to looking at how we did in the exams, where we need to improve and how we can develop. After this, we then spend time looking at an aspect of German culture that interests us. Students complete an individual research project and present it to the class. We also prepare grammar booklets for Year 10.	Speaking test

What can parents do to support their sons?

Check that your son is working on his vocabulary – this should be done on a regular basis, revisiting old vocabulary constantly too. He should always revise vocabulary, even when tests are not set. He can access all of the vocabulary needed via www.Languagenut.com (he has a username and password). He also has an assessment booklet, in which he should highlight the vocabulary he knows from each module and continue to highlight it regularly. You should test him on the highlighted words.
Check he is working on his grammar – this, again, should be done on a regular basis. Grammar notes are in his exercise book and available on www.klar.co.uk (he has the username and password). He has a grammar review section in his assessment booklet so you can quiz him on the grammar topics too.
There are a number of other websites that your son should visit to help him. Please ask him about them.
Any opportunity for your son to experience authentic German would be a real confidence booster for him, for example, visiting Germany, reading online news articles via the newshound app, watching German Youtube videos and working with our Language Assistant.