Topic Area B - Education and Employment - Edexcel

							                                    3: Topic Area B – Education and Employment

            Topic                   Vocab                        Grammar                                             Activities
                                                                                                 Listening             Speaking                  Reading                       Writing

1   Childhood                      toys / games                imperfect (hatte/war/                            pairwork -                                       50 wds: Was für ein Kind
                                   characteristics              modals)                                          comparing then and                               warst du?
                                                                pluperfect                                       now:
                                                                nachdem clauses                                  A: als ich jünger
                                                                                                                      war ...
                                                       SKILL: comparing now and then                              B: aber jetzt ...
2   School life and routine –      school types               12 and 24 hour clock          p48 ex2+3           interviews about        logic puzzle –           50 wds – Was lernst du gern
    school day                     school subjects            comparative adjectives                            school subjects         complete timetable       in der Schule?
                                   adjectives                                                                                            based on info on a
                                                       SKILL: making comparisons                                                          German school day
3   School life and routine –      buildings, rooms           B WUFDOGE                     pairwork running    pairwork running        pairwork running         pairwork running dictation –
    my school                       and facilities              prepositions with             dictation – focus   dictation – focus on    dictation – focus on     focus on adjective endings
                                                                accusative                    on adjective        adjective endings       adjective endings
                                                               adejctive endings             endings                                                              50 wds – Meine Schule
                                                               wo man ...                                                                Q6 style task based
                                                                kann/soll/darf                                                            on a German school

                                                       SKILL: forming correct adjective
                                                       endings
4   School life and routine –      school rules                modals (man darf/ darf       p52 ex4             pairwork cards –        comparison of rules in   150 wds – Meine ideale
    school rules                                                 nicht)                       p53 ex 6+7          turn up a school rule   British and German       Schule (focus on wenn
                                                                conditional                  p56 ex 3            and give opinion (to    schools                  clauses – Wenn ich
                                                                wenn clauses                                     include subordinate                              Schuldirektor wäre, würde
                                                                                                                  clause)                                          ich ...)
                                                       SKILL: using the conditional after
                                                       „if“
5   School life and routine -      clothes                     adjective revision –         p55 ex3+5           presentation on         texts on pros and cons   50 wds – Schuluniform: pro
    uniform                        colours /                    comparatives and                                 uniform based on a      of uniform               oder kontra? (check partner’s
                                    patterns                     adjective endings                                picture                                          work – spot errors)

                                                       SKILL: improving written accuracy                                                                           150 wds – Meine Schule
6   Work / careers –               jobs                       sollen / wollen (ein guter    p104 ex2            describe and identify   Q6 style task on         50 wds – Was willst du
    professions                    associated verbs            Arzt soll... / nach der                           job                     advantages/              werden?
                                   qualities                   Schule will ich ...)                                                      disadvantages of a
                                                               weil/obwohl revision                                                      particular job

                                                       SKILL: linking personality traits to
                                                       jobs
                                3: Topic Area B – Education and Employment

            Topic               Vocab                         Grammar                                       Activities
                                                                                          Listening            Speaking             Reading                         Writing

7   Work / careers –           money                        weil with modals (weil   p106 ex2           class survey about   read results of a     50 wds – Hast du einen Nebenjob?
    part-time jobs             time phrases                  ich gern draußen                            part-time/weekend    survey (could use
                                                              arbeiten will)                              jobs                 speaking activity
                                                             um...zu... clauses                                               survey if suitable)
                                                                                                                               and create
                                                    SKILL: coping with more complex                                            summary
                                                    word order
8   Work / careers –           work places                 revision of imperfect     p109 ex3+4         work experience      accounts of three     150 wds – Mein Arbeitspraktikum
    work experience            work activities /            modals                                       feedback – agree     varied work
                                tasks                       weil with different                          questions as class   experiences – list
                                                             tenses                                       and all ask one      advantages and
                                                            inverted subordinate                         person - report      disadvantages
                                                             clauses (verb,verb)                          back in 3rd person

                                                    SKILL: structuring simple
                                                    arguments (advantages and
                                                    disadvantages)
9   Work / careers –           cv categories                conditional with gern    p110 ex3           interviews for a     job adverts –         150 wds – Ein Bewerbungsbrief
    interviews and future                                                                                 holiday job          match with
    plans                                                                                                                      applicants
                                                    SKILL: saying what you would
                                                    like to do
    FOCUS: subordinate                                                                 ASSESSMENT:                                                   ASSESSMENT:
    clauses (complex word                                                              p118 part 1                                                   150 wds: Eine Schule für alle
    order)                                                                             complete table                                                (bullet points to encourage use of
                                                                                       of advantages                                                 comparisons and modal verbs)
                                                                                       and
                                                                                       disadvantages
                                                                                       of job in German

                                                                                       SKILL: preparing
                                                                                       for harder
                                                                                       listening tasks