| Content |
past, present, and future time frames |
German 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: time frames |
Elaboration: including past tenses (Perfekt, Plusquamperfekt, Präteritum), Präsens, Futur; difference between past tenses (Perfekt versus Präteritum) |
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| Content |
increasingly complex vocabulary, sentence structures, and expressions, including:- complex questions
- sequence of events in stories
- explanation and justification of opinions
- points of view
- prepositions and the respective cases
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German 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: sequence of events |
Elaboration: using appropriate verb tenses and expressions of time (e.g., zuerst, danach, anschließend, schließlich, nach 30 Minuten, eine Stunde später, am nächsten Tag) |
| Keyword: opinions |
Elaboration: e.g., Meiner Meinung nach…, weil…; Ich finde, dass…, weil…; Ich bin der Ansicht, dass…, weil… |
| Keyword: points of view |
Elaboration: e.g., Ich finde, dass…, aber er findet, dass…; Sie hat Recht; Meiner Meinung nach…, ihrer Meinung nach… |
| Keyword: prepositions and the respective cases |
Elaboration: prepositions with Dativ (e.g., aus, nach, von…), with Akkusativ (e.g., gegen, durch…), and with Wechselpräpositionen (e.g., Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch versus Ich lege das Buch auf den Tisch) |
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| Content |
gender, case, and number |
German 11 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
German declination |
German 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: declination |
Elaboration: grammatical forms/endings for gender, case, and number (e.g., das kleine Haus, die kleinen Häuser) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify and explore educational and personal/professional opportunities requiring proficiency in German |
German 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: educational and personal/professional opportunities |
Elaboration: e.g., academic research, translation, international affairs, government, teaching, travel, study abroad |
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| Curricular Competency |
Analyze personal, shared, and others' experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens |
German 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: cultural lens |
Elaboration: e.g., values, practices, traditions, perceptions |
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| Curricular Competency |
Engage in experiences with German communities and people |
German 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: Engage in experiences |
Elaboration: e.g., blogs, school visits (including virtual/online visits), concerts, exchanges, festivals, films, letters, plays, social media, stores and restaurants with service in German |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge |
German 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: ways of knowing |
Elaboration: e.g., First Nations, Métis, and Inuit; and/or gender-related, subject/discipline-specific, cultural, embodied, intuitive |
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| Curricular Competency |
Investigate regional and ethnic diversity of German language and culture |
German 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: regional and ethnic diversity |
Elaboration: e.g., distinguishing features of major German regional dialects, connections between language and culture |
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| Curricular Competency |
Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others' diverse abilities |
German 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: presentation format |
Elaboration: e.g., digital, visual, verbal; aids such as charts, graphics, illustrations, music, photographs, videos, props, digital media |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information with growing fluency, both orally and in writing |
German 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Exchange ideas |
Elaboration: with peers, teachers, and members of the wider community; can include virtual/online conversations |
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| Curricular Competency |
Narrate stories, both orally and in writing |
German 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: Use expressions of time and transitional words to show logical progression.Use multiple time frames. |
| Keyword: stories |
Elaboration: Stories are a narrative form of text that can be oral, written, or visual. Stories are derived from truth or fiction and may be used to seek and impart knowledge, entertain, share history, and strengthen a sense of identity. (e.g., a series of pictures, First Peoples oral histories, personal stories, skits, student-created stories). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize how choice of words affects meaning |
German 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: choice of words |
Elaboration: words with close but not identical meanings (e.g., malen versus zeichnen, kennen versus wissen, der gleiche versus derselbe) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use various strategies to increase understanding and produce oral and written language |
German 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: strategies |
Elaboration: For example:use circumlocution, paraphrasing, reformulation, reiteration, repetition, word substitutioninterpret body language, expression, and toneuse contextual cuesinterpret familiar words |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify perspectives in texts |
German 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: perspectives |
Elaboration: A text can reflect the author's personal point of view, which may include bias. |
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