AC9LG4U02 Years 3 to 4 Languages

Content descriptor recognise German language conventions, grammatical structures and basic syntax in familiar texts and contexts

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• • Elaboration using phonic knowledge to spell and write some unfamiliar words containing, for example, ch, r, th, u and z and consonant clusters such as sch
• • Elaboration applying spelling rules for high-frequency words and punctuation in modelled writing activities, for example, full stops, exclamation marks and question marks
• • Elaboration comparing pluralisation of nouns in German and English, for example, der Apfel/die Äpfel, and gaining an awareness of terms referring to quantities such as mehr, viel/e, nichts and kein/e
• • Elaboration recognising that indefinite/definite articles and possessive adjectives agree with the gender of the noun they precede, der Bruder, ein Bruder, mein Bruder dein Bruder
• • Elaboration applying capitalisation when writing nouns
• • Elaboration understanding and using pronouns to refer to people, for example, ich, du, er, sie (singular); wir, ihr, sie (plural); Sie heißt Anna. Sie heißen Ben und Sarah.
• • Elaboration using gern/nicht gern in modelled sentences to express likes, dislikes and preferences, for example, Ich spiele gern Fußball, Ich esse nicht gern Erbsen

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• • Elaboration locating events in time such as days, months and seasons, for example, Er spielt am Freitag Basketball. Ich spiele im Winter Fußball.
• • Elaboration recognising ordinal numbers for the date, for example, Heute ist der dritte Juli, Er hat am 7. August Geburtstag and noticing differences in punctuation
• • Elaboration using the correct verb form associated with a noun or pronoun, for example, Ich singe gern. Singst du gern? Die Lehrerin singt ein Lied. Mein Freund und ich sprechen Englisch.
• • Elaboration using present tense forms of irregular verbs such as haben and sein, and recognising similarities to the English verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to be’
• • Elaboration joining words, phrases and sentences using und, oder and aber and using common time phrases, for example, heute, dann and zuerst
• • Elaboration understanding and formulating questions using subject+verb inversion, for example, Magst du Sport?
• • Elaboration understanding an increasing range of question words, for example, woher, welcher and wie viel
• • Elaboration understanding the location or origin of a person or object using isolated prepositions such as auf, aus, hinter, in, neben and unter