Teacher(s) Abdelaziz Zedan Subject group and discipline Language B (German )

Unit title Unit 1: Begrüßungen und Verabschiedung MYP1 Leavel 1 Unit duration (hrs) 20-25 hrs
6 weeks
Angaben zur Person , Berufe
Die Familie

Inquiry: Establishing the purpose of the unit

1- Find out how to introduce yourself to others, how to greet and say goodbye to others
2. Find out how you talk about your job and others
3. I talk about my family

Key concept Related concept(s) Global context

structures -Identities and relationships

Communication
Accent

Statement of inquiry

How does accent affect communication and identity?

Inquiry questions

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Factual—

-How does language shape our perception of the world?

-How do German grammar and sentence structure differ from English grammar ?

-What are some German cultural norms related to communication?

-How does language acquisition affect cognitive development ?

Conceptual—
-What is the role of language in constructing and conveying meaning?
-How does the structure of German sentences affect the way that ideas are
communicated?
-What are the benefits of learning German idioms and
expressions?
-How can German cultural norms related to communication help to build relationships with native German
speakers?
Debatable—

-Is it important for learners of German to learn to speak with a native accent.

-Is it more important to learn the grammar and sentence structure of German, or the vocabulary.

-Are German idioms and expressions essential for communicating effectively in German.

-According to you, the german language helps you to communicate better with other people from different

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cultures.

Objectives Summative assessment

Outline of summative Relationship between

1. Discover How to introduce assessment task(s) including summative assessment task(s)
assessment criteria: and statement of inquiry:
yourself to others and talk about
Criteria A: listening
yourself and about your family. Listen to a short conversation and answer Using and speaking the language correctly
questions about the text. expresses our identity and helps us
2. Explore how to learn a foreign communicate with others understandably
Criteria B: reading
Read a text and understand it well, then
Goal :
language and use it correct. summarize the text and answer questions Your goal is to design a board to write about
related to it. yourself in German
3. learn how to talk about family
Criteria C: speaking Role :
members and their jobs. Create a conversation with your friend and You are the designer of board
introduce yourself and talk about your family.
Audience :
4. Take action by thinking about Criteria D: writing
Your audience will be the persons who will
Introduce yourself, talk about your age and see your board , your teacher and your
strategies for learning german education, introduce your family members, and
colleagues
talk about your family and their jobs.
Situation :
Make a design a board in german Product :
You will choose a person from your family
and put his picture in that board and talk
about that person, for example. Who is that
person, what is his job, what languages does
he speak, where does he live, and how old is

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 he?

Approaches to learning (ATL)

Skill category: Communication.

In order to know How can they communicate with others, introduce themselves, introduce their family members, talk about
their jobs, and use the language correctly.
Skill category: Research.
Find how to identify themselves and others using the German language correctly.

Action: Teaching and learning through inquiry

Content Learning process

-sich begrüßen/verabschieden. Learning experiences and Formative Differentiation
teaching strategies Assessment
-nach dem Befinden fragen. Warming up with group activity then get Evaluation formative 1
to know the students and know their
-sich und andere vorstellen. names and what their favorite hobby is. Asking some oral questions to
And ask many questions revolving the students at the beginning
around the topic of the lesson. and end of the session and
-Sprechen über die Berufe und über
evaluating the students
sich selbst. accordingly.

-Kenntnisse über verschiedene For example:

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 Activity 1 : Reading many texts about Introduce yourself in German.
Länder und ihre Sprachen. different subtopics.
Evaluation formative 2
Activity 2 : Listening to several
-Schreiben einen Steckbrief / kurzen Audios related to our topics. This activity can be evaluated
according to write a short
Text über sich.
Activity 3 : Writing short texts about letter about themselves or
- Sprechen über die Familie und über the main topic. about a family member.
Sprachkenntnisse. Activity 4 : speaking together inside
the class about our main topic and
conduct conversatiom between students.
Activity 5 : solving many grammar
exercises.

Resources

Print:Menschen Kursbuch / support materials/ powerpoint /

worksheets /teachers resources
Digital:Educational and other web pages / Audios / Videos

Reflection: Considering the planning, process and impact of the inquiry

Prior to teaching the unit During teaching After teaching the unit

- The students will find this unit

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 interesting because they will be able
to express their feelings about their
personalities, their preferences and
about their families in a new language
and learn to frame simple
conversation phrases in the german
language with their friends.
- The students have to know how to
greet and say goodbye to others and
ask how they are.
- They can talk about themselves and
their families and their jobs.
-They will teach new expressions and
new vocabulary that they can use to
introduce themselves in a new and fun
language.

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