Unit 1 — Hello World

Track E · Klasse 5 · Niveau E

Template: Activate → Input → Practise → Produce → Reflect.
Niveau: E. class test (“Klassenarbeit”) at Niveau E (30 BE).

Learning objectives Link to heading

  • I can introduce myself with name, age, town, and one detail.
  • I can ask a partner four questions and report what they said.
  • I can use to be and to have in short sentences.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

  • 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
  • 3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
  • 3.1.3.5 Schreiben
  • 3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik

(Source: https://www.bildungsplaene-bw.de/,Lde/LS/BP2016BW/ALLG/SEK1/E1)

Lead-in story Link to heading

Mia stands at the door of Klasse 5e. The room is freshly painted. Theo sits in the back row, swinging his feet. A small red fox is sitting on the windowsill — which is unusual. The fox waves. Mia hesitates, then waves back. “Hello,” the fox says. “My name is Frida. I’m here to learn English with you. Foxes need second languages too.”

1. Activate Link to heading

Mingle and report. Walk around for two minutes. Find three new classmates. Ask name, age, and one thing they like. Be ready to report one classmate to the class.

2. Input Link to heading

Vocabulary — meeting people Link to heading

Hello, hi, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodbye, see you later, please, thank you, you’re welcome, nice to meet you, how do you do, what’s your name, where are you from.

Grammar — to be + to have Link to heading

to be (am / is / are):

  • I am Mia. She is my friend. We are in Klasse 5.

to have: in BrE often have got; in AmE have:

  • I have a brother. / I’ve got a brother.
  • Mia has a cat. / Mia’s got a cat.

Questions and short answers:

  • Are you from Stuttgart? — Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
  • Do you have a brother? — Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

Reporting frame Link to heading

  • His name is …, He is …, He has …
  • Use the third-person -s on regular verbs.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Fill in: I __________ ten years old. We __________ in Klasse 5e. Theo __________ a brother.
  2. Build the question: (your age?) → ___ ; (your town?) → ___ .

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Report sentence. Lina: ‘I am ten. I live in Stuttgart. I have one cat.’ → ___
  2. Build a 4-line dialogue between two new classmates.
Answer key

Controlled. 1. am, are, has. 2. How old are you? / Where do you live?

Productive. 3. Lina is ten. She lives in Stuttgart. She has one cat. 4. Open.

4. Produce Link to heading

Class wall. On a strip of paper, write 4 sentences about yourself: name, age, town, one true thing. Stick the strips on the class wall in a long line.

Sample Link to heading

Hello, I’m Mia. I am ten years old. I live in Stuttgart. I have a cat called Pepper.

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can introduce myself with four facts.
  • I can use to be and to have.
  • I can report what a partner said using the third person.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence that uses something you learned in this Unit.

Exam example Link to heading

class test ("Klassenarbeit") — Niveau E (45 minutes)
Time. 45 minutes. Total. 30 points.

Task 1 — Listening (8 BE) Link to heading

Listen twice.

“Hi, my name is Lina. I am ten years old. I live in Stuttgart. I have one brother and a small dog. I love books and bike rides.”

  1. Name: ___ . 2. Age: ___ . 3. Town: ___ . 4. One thing she has: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“Hi, I’m Theo. I am eleven. My favourite colour is blue. My best friend is Mia. We have a cat called Pepper. I play football on Saturdays.”

T or F: 1. Theo is twelve. 2. His best friend is Mia. 3. He has a dog. 4. He plays football.

Task 3 — Use of English (8 BE) Link to heading

Fill in am, is, are, have, has.

  1. I __________ ten. 2. Mia __________ a cat. 3. We __________ in Klasse 5. 4. Theo __________ a football.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 5 sentences about yourself: name, age, town, one thing you have, one thing you like.

Answer key
T1. Lina, 10, Stuttgart, brother / small dog. T2. F, T, F, T. T3. 1. am, 2. has, 3. are, 4. has. T4. Open. 1 BE per correct sentence + 1 BE language.
Notenschlüssel (von 30)
| 28–30 | 1 | 24–27 | 2 | 20–23 | 3 | | 15–19 | 4 | 9–14 | 5 | 0–8 | 6 |

Downloads Link to heading

**Slide deck timing.** 45 minutes total. Lead-in 3 min · Activate 4 min · Input 12 min · Practise 8 min · Produce 13 min · Reflect 5 min.

Differentiation — support (below Niveau E).

Complete each line, then copy your four sentences onto the strip for the class wall:

  • Hello, my name is __________ .
  • I am __________ years old.
  • I live in __________ .
  • I have __________ . (a dog / a little brother / a red bike …)

Extension (above Niveau E / Oberstufe).

Write two short self-introductions in Frida the fox’s voice: one for meeting the school’s head teacher, and one for meeting a new classmate on the playground. Then, in three sentences of your own, explain how your greeting, word choice, and tone shift with the audience, and why a speaker changes register depending on who is listening.

Common pitfalls Link to heading

  • I has a brother → ✗ / I have → ✓.
  • She have a cat → ✗ / She has → ✓.
  • L1 trap: Wie heißt du? → What is your name? (not how).

Further reading / listening Link to heading

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The vocabulary, dialogues and reading texts of this unit as audio, spoken by a native voice. The spoken text is shown beneath each clip.

Vocabulary 1
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Hello / Hi · Good morning · Goodbye / Bye · Please · Thank you · Nice to meet you · What's your name? · How old are you? · Where do you live?

Vocabulary 2
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I · you · he / she / it · we / you / they

Text 1
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"Hello, what's your name?"\
"I'm Lina. What's yours?"\
"I'm Theo. How old are you, Lina?"\
"I'm ten. And you?"\
"I'm eleven. Where do you live?"