curriculum+grades+5-6

**1. Objectives to be achieved**

 * development of a differentiated ability to communicate orally (reception, production, interaction)
 * development of a differentiated ability to communicate in a written way (reception, production, interaction)
 * development of the ability to reflect on language use:
 * ability to use stylistic devices
 * basic grammatical and syntactical means to form simple sentences
 * translation to compare mother tongue with foreign language
 * basic elements of intonation and phonetics
 * basic lexis
 * development of the ability to reflect on texts:
 * identification of simple literary genres and active usage of these
 * form and answer questions on the text
 * development of an intercultural competence
 * changing perspectives to interact with others in a tolerant way
 * development of the ability to apply strategies related to a specific field
 * basic strategies to reflect on language, basic communicative strategies
 * simple strategies to work with language
 * recognize that general learning strategies are necessary to language acquisition
 * able to use different media
 * usage of basic presentation strategies

**2. Contents to be covered**

 * **strategies related to a specific field**
 * language comparison, context, elements of word formation
 * using dictionaries, memory strategies (clustering, word icons, hierarchies, mind mapping, word families, lexical fields,....)
 * first usage of learning-software
 * strategies to comprehend and work with texts
 * developing expectations towards a text
 * reading techniques (silent, aloud)
 * reading techniques (skimming, scanning,....)
 * certain techniques for taking notes and fixing results (keywords,catchwords, subheadings, conclusions, underlining)
 * strategies to show text comprehension (illustrating, retelling)
 * apply strategies for the productive use of language on planning and performing, controlling and correcting
 * know strategies of **how** to learn (Mnemo technigues, organizing and assessing personal learning success, cooperating,finding/interpreting/evaluating)
 * simple forms of reference books
 * Internet
 * know simple modes of presentation (recitation, short report, poster, collage)


 * **Linguistic basics**
 * know basic tenses (present perfect simple, past progressive)
 * apply basic tenses (present progressive/simple, past simple, will/going to- future)
 * Use basic structures to express: affirmation/ negation, ownership, questions, answers, comparison, scales, orders,modalities, demands, requests reasons and conditions)
 * know the English alphabet
 * apply essential elements of phonetics and intonation of the standard language (voiced and voiceless consonants, vowels, diphthonges, binding, opposition to differentiate meaning,essential intonation patterns of speaking purposes


 * **Texts and Topics**
 * further development of knowledge about age specific text genres
 * writing a poem
 * presenting a poem in front of the class
 * writing and presenting a self-written short-story
 * developing and producing a scene/an act of a theater play
 * conveying knowledge about text forms according to their age: writing invitations, e-mails, letters, descriptions and reports
 * development of basic literal and linguistic knowledge of the topic //Personal Identity//
 * family
 * house and home
 * daily routine
 * clothes
 * free-time
 * shopping
 * pets and animals
 * development of knowledge about how to introduce oneself
 * development of knowledge about the relationship of basic conflicts and ways of solving them
 * development of knowledge about the topic of //body and health//
 * parts of the body and health problems in specific situations
 * positioning oneself on the topic of food and drink
 * development of knowledge about the topic of //environment//
 * on a farm
 * weather
 * care for the environment
 * development of knowledge about the topic of //education, jobs and career//
 * school in Britain
 * names of common jobs
 * development of knowledge about the topic //media and communication//
 * making a phone call
 * positioning oneself on the topics of radio, television and preferred music
 * development of knowledge about //culture and interculture// (traditions, celebrations,...)
 * development of knowledge about the topic of //social studies//
 * British Town in comparison to the own hometown
 * sights and places
 * asking and telling the way
 * different currencies in english-speaking countries
 * development of knowledge about the topic of //science and technology//
 * how do things work
 * household chores
 * working with the computer
 * recipes (how to make a .....)


 * **Compulsory electives**
 * drama workshop (developing/choosing a whole play or a scene of a play, performing it with requisites & costumes)
 * the world of nature (collecting & producing material on the topic - e.g. poster, film, developing lexical fields, excursions - e.g. zoo, museum)
 * learning games (creating a learning game like jigsaw, memory or domino by organizing material & adding linguistic information)
 * intensifying work on a compulsory topic (extended vocabulary & knowledge of topic)

**3. occasions for working with digital media**

 * e-mails with class mates about family structures, pets, animals, daily routines, clothes, free-time,......
 * production of invitation cards
 * posters about school in Britain with pictures and descriptions from the internet
 * phone calls via skype
 * using software to make a film (editing, adding music & headings), e.g. on the world of nature
 * making power point presentations or wikis, e.g. on the world of nature
 * creating learning games with the help of programmes like Word or with internet programmes like www.puzzle-maker.com
 * finding information on British cities with the help of google

=Concrete Project Idea=

1) pupils shall, in pairs, produce **invitation cards** to home parties


 * goals/students shall:
 * produce age-based functional texts
 * develop and apply linguistic basics
 * find and organize information according to the topic of invitation cards
 * use the internet adequately
 * practice the use of a dictionary
 * apply vocabulary according to the different topics of the curriculum (vocabulary about food, clothes, time and place,....)
 * working with the computer:
 * written text on the inside produced in Microsoft Word-program (concrete party program, things to bring, food to prepare, costumes, time and place,...)
 * also available as e-mails to be sent to other members of the class (2 pages)
 * pictures etc taken from the internet (google)
 * time for the project: 4 lessons
 * first lesson: explanation of the project, group formation, teacher shows an example of an invitation card, development of party idea
 * second lesson: writing and production of the text, first looking for pictures
 * third lesson: arrangement of text and pictures in form of an invitation card, sending via e-mail to classmates
 * fourth lesson: pupils present each others invitation cards and talk about the parties they have been invited to
 * there might be a fifth lesson where the whole class has a little party together; everybody has to bring something and to wear a costume
 * choice of media:
 * Microsoft Word shows the language and spelling mistakes
 * looking for pictures on "google" is only possible if the word is spelled correctly
 * usage of the computer and its programs is developed (further) as well as the usage of the internet

__**remarks:**__ - Do pupils know what an invitation card includes? Do they really understand it? - perhaps preparation of a blank invitation card (to fill it out) - maybe more than one lessen for preparation necessary - invite other persons in, like parents, other classes,.... - How about the copyright licenses of pictures; how do we deal with that? - technical problems have to be considered (provide a template for the pupils)

2) pupils shall talk to each other via **skype**
 * goals/students shall:
 * practice speaking: intonation, pronunciation, lexis and grammar
 * use basic communicative strategies
 * develop and apply linguistic basics (basic structures to express oneself: questions, answers, affirmation, negation, ownership,.....)
 * talk about topics of personal identity: like family, house and home, pets, daily routine,...
 * develop social skills: listening to others, reflect on similarities and differences, respecting each other, supporting each other with vocabulary,...
 * working with skype:
 * usage of a special medium to communicate through/with the help of the internet
 * listener should develop a profile of the habits and special features of the person they have talked to (written by hand)
 * all profiles are published afterwards on a class page
 * time for the project: 3 lessons
 * first lesson: introduction to skype, teacher explains how it is used, pupils shortly try it out themselves, preparation of profile sheets and questions and answers
 * second lesson: finding of skype-partners (with the help of drawing lots), partners have to sit away from each other (distance between them), talk to each other and write down the answers to the questions on the profile sheets
 * third lesson: every pupils brings a picture of him-/herself, profile sheets are written a second time in a nice and appealing way, photographs are stuck to the specific profiles; designing of a wall newspaper with all profiles (so that pupils of the 5th grade get to know each other)
 * choice of media:
 * based on "normal" phone calls the pupils are used to
 * concentrated way of listening to others and getting information
 * listening and writing down at nearly the same time
 * development and usage of vocabulary of the topic "personal identity" in a different way (instead of using textbook and workbook)
 * pupil-centered activity; teacher as observer