Junior Cycle MFL (German) – First Year

DESCRIBING MY PET

LEARNING OUTCOMES IN FOCUS

Students should be able to:

1.17 write words and create short sentences using various media (emails, letters, blogs, postcards…) on everyday topics with accuracy.

2.1 recognise, describe and use language patternssuchaswordorder,verbal system, nouns,adjectives,spellingand punctuationconventions.

LEARNING INTENTIONS

We are learning to:

• writeadescriptionofapetusing accurateGerman.

• usesuitableadjectives. • usesuitableverbs.

TEACHING AND LEARNING CONTEXT 1st year students have learnt vocabulary includingadjectivesandverbsrelatedtothetopicofpets.Theyalsodrawfrompreviouslyacquiredadjectivessuchascolourstocarryoutthistask.

TASK

Studentscreateawrittendescriptionoftheirpetinablogentry.Studentsthensaveitintheirlanguageportfolio.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

I can:

SC1 writeaboutmypetinGermanusing accuratepunctuationandusingcapital lettersforallnouns.

SC2 usesuitableadjectiveswe’vealready learned.

SC3 use the ich and er/sie/esformsofverbs inthepresenttense.

Junior Cycle MFL (German) – First Year

Junior Cycle MFL (German) – First Year

TEACHER ANNOTATIONS USING THE SUCCESS CRITERIA

The annotations capture observations by the teacher, using the success criteria, with a view to establishing the level of achievement this work reflects. The annotations and judgments were confirmed by a Quality Assurance group, consisting of practising teachers and representatives of the Inspectorate, the State Exams Commission and the Junior Cycle for Teachers support service.

SC1: The student has written some descriptive sentences, using a number of regular and irregular verbs and a range of adjectives but with a number of inaccuracies. Punctuation and capitalisation are generally correct. However, there is confusion between Sie/sie.

SC2: Adjectives in accusative form are declined correctly but there are many errors with the nominative form, with endings being added that shouldn’t e.g. sie ist aktive, gut-aussehenede, und süße.

SC3: Conjugation of present tense has not been fully understood. There is confusion between sie plural (they) with en ending and sie singular (she) with “t” ending.

OVERALL JUDGEMENT IN LINE WITH EXPECTATIONS

Exceptional Above expectations In line with expectations Yet to meet