Grade 9 Communicating

It is expected that students will:

• describe and exchange information related to activities, people, and things
• express opinions and preferences relating to a variety of personal interests
• participate in a variety of situations drawn from real life

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At this level, students should continue to participate in real-life situations. Students have developed some language skills but need ongoing support to expand their abilities to communicate on a variety of topics that interest them.

• Invite students to role-play various situations in which they ask for assistance (e.g., inquiring about lost luggage, asking for directions, describing a medical problem).
• Have each student plan a party or activity and create an invitation to send out. Ask students to exchange their invitations and respond by accepting or declining. Then have students in pairs practise and present their dialogues to the class.
• Provide students with questionnaires related to their activities of the previous weekend (e.g., leisure, sports, volunteer work, part-time jobs). After students have completed the questionnaires, ask them to interview partners. Have each pair of students then exchange findings with another pair. As a follow-up, suggest that each group of four students report their survey results to the class in oral, written, or graphic form.
• Ask students in groups to organize small garage sales, real or simulated. Have vendors and purchasers exchange greetings. Purchasers then state what they are looking for and ask for information about the items. Students should discuss prices and should bargain, keeping in mind specific budgets.

As students develop increasing repertoires of vocabulary, structures, and language-learning strategies, assessment activities can involve an increasing range of purposes and situations.

• As students participate in a variety of oral activities (e.g., role-playing, dialogues, reporting, interviewing, participating in a garage sale), note the extent to which they are able to:
  • use German to ask and respond to questions
  • demonstrate the correct use of the du and Sie forms of address
  • include details, reasons, and examples in their presentations and role plays
  • sustain interactions with some fluency and spontaneity
  • adapt and apply the words and patterns they have learned to new situations
  • respond to and support one another when they are speaking German
  • differentiate between present and past events or activities
• When students compose written statements, look for evidence that they are able to:
  • convey understandable messages
  • demonstrate the correct use of the du and Sie forms
  • include details, reasons, and examples to make meaning clear
  • use an increasing range of vocabulary and language patterns
• Provide frequent opportunities for students to reflect on what they have learned and set personal goals related to language skills. For example, at the beginning of a week (or class), ask students to write down two goals or intentions relating to:
  • the number of times they will speak German
  • expressions or structures they wish to master
  • new vocabulary or structures they want to learn

  Teachers can gain important insight into students' attitudes and development by reviewing and commenting on their goals and records at regular intervals.

Print Materials

• 501 German Verbs
• Active German
• Collins 10,000 German Words
• Collins Pocket German Dictionary
• Collins Pocket German Grammar
• Collins Pocket German Verb Tables
• The Concise Oxford-Duden German Dictionary
• Du und Ich
• German Grammar
• German Today - Overhead Transparencies
• German Vocabulary
• In Play
• Klett's Modern German and English Dictionary, Second Edition
• Langenscheidt's Grosswoerterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache
• Langenscheidt's Pocket German Dictionary
• Langenscheidt's Standard German Dictionary - Indexed
• Language Fundamentals: German
• Lies Doch Mal!
• Master the Basics: German
• Neue Horizonte - Overhead Transparencies
• Pack's An
• Schreib Mir Bitte
• Take Your Partners: German Pairwork Exercises
• Wort und Bild Series

• Deutsch Aktuell (Levels 1-2)
• Deutsch Heute Neue 1, 2, 3 (Neue Ausgabe)
• Gute Reise!
• Heute Hier, Morgen Dort - Lieder, Chansons und Rockmusik im Deutsch-Unterricht
• Kopfhörer auf! - Listening Pack
• Lernexpress

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