Year 8 Term 3.1 Week 1

Context, communication, and culture: Nachrichten, In the news, Understanding a non-fiction text

Key ideas: Talking about the movement and location of things, Text: semi-authentic non-fiction text

Grammar: an vs auf R2(acc) and R3(dat)

Year 8 Term 3.1 Week 2

Context, communication, and culture: Pläne mit Freunden, Talking about plans for this weekend

Key ideas: Talking about what we are going to do

Grammar: Present vs Future plans (present + future time phrase) (all persons, except 2nd person plural); nach vs zu + R3(dat) meaning 'to'; weil + WO3, denn + WO1

Year 8 Term 3.1 Week 3

Context, communication, and culture: Pläne mit Freunden, Who is supposed to do what?

Key ideas: Talking about what people should do

Grammar: Modal verbs - sollen können / müssen / dürfen / wollen; 2nd verb rule (1st, 2nd, 3rd persons singular);

Year 8 Term 3.1 Week 4

Context, communication, and culture: Pläne mit Familie, Plans for a boat trip (der Bodensee), weekend plans

IKey ideas: Talking about what we want to and will do

Grammar: Future tense singular vs will; 2nd verb rule; Future tense 1st vs 3rd person singular , 1st vs 2nd person singular; infinitive clauses with 'zu'

Year 8 Term 3.1 Week 5

Context, communication, and culture: Ein neues Haus, What is it like? Describing attributes

Key ideas: Describing attributes

Grammar: adjective endings with definite articles R2 (accusative); with definite articles R1 (nominative); with kein; an vs auf (R2 & R3); revisit word order 2 wiith multiple elements, numbers

Year 8 Term 3.1 Week 6

Context, communication, and culture: Neue Nachbarn, Tell me more: describing attributes in more detail

Key ideas: Describing attributes in more detail

Grammar: Adjective endings with definite and indefinite articles after prepositions aus, mit + R3 (dative)

Year 8 Term 3.2 Week 1

Context, communication, and culture: Auf Sylt, What people did and when, (Greetings at different times of day in Germany, Switzerland and Austria)

Key ideas and grammar: Talking about past events

Grammar: Past perfect - sein & haben (singular, 1st/3rd plural), 3 forms of you, (du, Sie, man), + in/an/auf + R2 (accusative) or R3 (dative); including weil + WO3, denn +WO1, time with halb, nach, vor, numbers

Year 8 Term 3.2 Week 2

Context, communication, and culture: Auf einem Musikfest, Describing what you saw and did,

Key ideas: Asking and answering questions about past events

Grammar: Past perfect, including question-forming, imperfect (war, hatte, es gab), adjective endings R1/R2 + indefinite articles, comparatives, intensifiers, plurals (rules 1-5), numbers & dates

Year 8 Term 3.2 Week 3

Revision / Assessment week

Year 8 Term 3.2 Week 4

Context, communication, and culture: Erlkönig (Goethe), Extended reading

Key ideas: Understanding a literary text, Using articles

Year 8 Term 3.2 Week 5

Context, communication, and culture: Meine Pläne, (Texts: Der Ball der Tiere | Siddharta - Hermann Hesse)

Key ideas: Talking about future plans

Grammar: Consolidation: Future tense 1st, 2nd, 3rd singular; 2nd verb rule; infinitive clauses with 'zu'; VSO questions (+W words) [Text: Der Ball der Tiere]

Year 8 Term 3.2 Week 6

Context, communication, and culture: Träume und Ziele, Dreams and goals for the future, (Texts: Traumberuf Straßenbauerin | Ich lebe für den Fußball)

Key ideas: Adding detail (using the conjunction wenn), Text: authentic non-fiction texts - Ich lebe für den Fußball, Traumberuf Strassenbauerin' 

Grammar: wenn + WO3, preposition 'aus' + R3 (dative) (vs von to mean from)

Year 8 Term 3.2 Week 7

Context, communication, and culture: Was ist dir wichtig?, (Authentic-adapted text: 10 Tipps für ein glückliches Leben)

Key ideas: Talking about what is important to you

Grammar: Pronouns: subject R1, object R2 and indefinite object R3