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Unit: Familien in den deutschsprachigen Ländern
Unit Duration: 4 weeks
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Goal/Focus of Unit: Students will be able to read, write and discuss essential questions like :What do I look like?
What is my personality?
What do my friends and family look like, and what are their personalities?
Who among my family and friends are married? How important is marriage to you?
How do the roles that families and communities assume differ in societies around the world?
What constitutes a family in different cultures?
Modern v's traditional family structures, What are important Rites of Passage. What important events are celebrated?
Common Vocabulary:
das Einzelkind (er) – only child der Vater - father
die Mutter – mother die Eltern (pl) - parents
die Großeltern (pl) - grandparents die Oma – gran
der Opa - grandad die Großmutter - grandmother
der Großvater - grandfather die Stiefmutter – stepmother
der Stiefvater – stepfather die Stiefschwester – step-sister
der Halbbruder – half-brother der Stiefbruder – step-brother
die Geschwister (pl) – brothers & sisters der Neffe - nephew
die Kusine / die Cousine - cousin (fem.) die Nichte - niece
der Sohn – son die Tochter - daughter
der Ehemann – husband die Ehefrau - wif
der/die Verwandte – relative der Vetter / der Cousin – cousin (mas.)
der Schwiegersohn - son-in-law die Schwiegertochter – daughter-in-law
der Schwiegervater – father-in-law die Schwiegermutter – mother-in-law
der Schwager – brother-in-law die Schwägerin – sister-in-law
der Onkel – uncle die Tante - aunt
ledig – single verheiratet – married
geschieden – divorced verlobt – engaged
gleichgeschlechtlich - same sex die Regenbogenfamilie - rainbow family
die Kernfamilie - core family die Patchworkfamilie - the patchwork family
die Großfamilie (traditional, and nowadays)
die Kleinfamilie die Alleinerziehende Familie - single parent family
DOKIntroduce (I)
Developing (D)
Master (M)
Reinforce (R)
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CodeStandardDOKMastery Level
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Speaking: Novice HighNovice High speakers are able to express personal meaning by relying heavily on learned phrases or recombinations of
these and what they hear from their interlocutor. Their language consists primarily of short and sometimes incomplete
sentences in the present, and may be hesitant or inaccurate. On the other hand, since their language often consists of
expansions of learned material and stock phrases, they may sometimes sound surprisingly fluent and accurate. Pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax may be strongly influenced by the first language. Frequent misunderstandings may arise but,
with repetition or rephrasing, Novice High speakers can generally be understood by sympathetic interlocutors used to nonnatives. When called on to handle a variety of topics and perform functions pertaining to the Intermediate level, a Novice
High speaker can sometimes respond in intelligible sentences, but will not be able to sustain sentence-level discourse.		5DM
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Writing: Novice HighWriters at the Novice High sublevel are able to meet limited basic practical writing needs using lists, short messages,
postcards, and simple notes. They are able to express themselves within the context in which the language was learned,
relying mainly on practiced material. Their writing is focused on common elements of daily life. Novice High writers are
able to recombine learned vocabulary and structures to create simple sentences on very familiar topics, but are not able to
sustain sentence-level writing all the time. Due to inadequate vocabulary and/or grammar, writing at this level may only
partially communicate the intentions of the writer. Novice High writing is often comprehensible to natives used to the writing of non-natives, but gaps in comprehension may occur.		5DM
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Listening : Novice High At the Novice High sublevel, listeners are often but not always able to understand information from sentence-length
speech, one utterance at a time, in basic personal and social contexts where there is contextual or extralinguistic support,
though comprehension may often be very uneven. They are able to understand speech dealing with areas of practical need
such as highly standardized messages, phrases, or instructions, if the vocabulary has been learned. 		2DM
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Reading : Intermediate LowAt the Intermediate Low sublevel, readers are able to understand some information from the simplest connected texts
dealing with a limited number of personal and social needs, although there may be frequent misunderstandings. Readers
at this level will be challenged to derive meaning from connected texts of any length. 		6DM
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Unit: Technologie heutzutage und der Einfluss von Technologie in unseren Leben
Unit Duration: 4 weeks
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Goal/Focus of Unit: Students will be able to read, write and discuss in German the following essential questions :
How do we communicate with each other?

How does communication by Internet change our social habits?

What do my media habits say about me?

The importance of technology in my life

The pros and cons of technology

How do people gather data and information?


 What does propaganda look like?
Common Vocabulary:
DOKIntroduce (I)
Developing (D)
Master (M)
Reinforce (R)
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CodeStandard
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Speaking : Intermediate MidIntermediate Mid speakers are able to express personal meaning by creating with the language, in part by combining and
recombining known elements and conversational input to produce responses typically consisting of sentences and strings
of sentences. Their speech may contain pauses, reformulations, and self-corrections as they search for adequate vocabulary and appropriate language forms to express themselves. In spite of the limitations in their vocabulary and/or pronunciation and/or grammar and/or syntax, Intermediate Mid speakers are generally understood by sympathetic interlocutors
accustomed to dealing with non-natives.
Overall, Intermediate Mid speakers are at ease when performing Intermediate-level tasks and do so with significant quantity and quality of Intermediate-level language.		5DM
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Writing : Intermediate LowWriters at the Intermediate Low sublevel are able to meet some limited practical writing needs. They can create statements and formulate questions based on familiar material. Most sentences are recombinations of learned vocabulary
and structures. These are short and simple conversational-style sentences with basic word order. They are written almost
exclusively in present time. Writing tends to consist of a few simple sentences, often with repetitive structure. Topics are
tied to highly predictable content areas and personal information. Vocabulary is adequate to express elementary needs.
There may be basic errors in grammar, word choice, punctuation, spelling, and in the formation and use of non-alphabetic
symbols. Their writing is understood by natives used to the writing of non-natives, although additional effort may be required. When Intermediate Low writers attempt to perform writing tasks at the Advanced level, their writing will deteriorate significantly and their message may be left incomplete. 		5DM
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Listening : Intermediate MidAt the Intermediate Mid sublevel, listeners are able to understand simple, sentence-length speech, one utterance at a
time, in a variety of basic personal and social contexts. Comprehension is most often accurate with highly familiar and
predictable topics although a few misunderstandings may occur. Intermediate Mid listeners may get some meaning from
oral texts typically understood by Advanced-level listeners.		4DM
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Reading : Intermediate MidAt the Intermediate Mid sublevel, readers are able to understand short, non-complex texts that convey basic information
and deal with basic personal and social topics to which the reader brings personal interest or knowledge, although some
misunderstandings may occur. Readers at this level may get some meaning from short connected texts featuring description and narration, dealing with familiar topics. 		6DM
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Listening : Intermediate Low.At the Intermediate Low sublevel, listeners are able to understand some information from sentence-length speech, one
utterance at a time, in basic personal and social contexts, though comprehension is often uneven. At the Intermediate Low
sublevel, listeners show little or no comprehension of oral texts typically understood by Advanced-level listeners. 		5DM
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Writing : Intermediate LowPresent prepared or spontaneous information on familiar topics through written, spoken or signed language.4DM
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