Unit 4 — A School Day

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 name 10 school subjects.
  • I can tell the time in 5-minute steps (quarter past, twenty to, etc.).
  • I can hold a 90-second conversation about my school day using present simple.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

  • 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
  • 3.1.3.1 Hör-/Hörsehverstehen
  • 3.1.3.3 Sprechen – an Gesprächen teilnehmen
  • 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’s timetable is taped to the inside of her locker door. Monday: maths, German, English, biology, sport, music. The lockers are new this year. They click when they shut. Theo says the click is the best sound in the school. Frida the fox watches the lockers from the corridor. “I would like a locker,” she says. “Foxes also need a private space.”

1. Activate Link to heading

Timetable cross-talk. Pair up. Take 90 seconds. A asks B about Monday and Tuesday. B asks A about Wednesday and Thursday. Use What do you have at … o’clock?

2. Input Link to heading

Vocabulary — school subjects Link to heading

English, German, French, Spanish, Maths, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, History, Geography, Religion, Ethics, Music, Art, PE / Sport, IT.

Telling the time — five-minute steps Link to heading

  • It’s eight o’clock. (8:00)
  • It’s five past eight. (8:05)
  • It’s ten past eight. (8:10)
  • It’s quarter past eight. (8:15)
  • It’s twenty past eight. (8:20)
  • It’s twenty-five past eight. (8:25)
  • It’s half past eight. (8:30)
  • It’s twenty-five to nine. (8:35)
  • It’s twenty to nine. (8:40)
  • It’s quarter to nine. (8:45)
  • It’s ten to nine. (8:50)
  • It’s five to nine. (8:55)

Grammar — present simple, all persons Link to heading

  • I/you/we/they: base form. I start at eight.
  • he/she/it: base + -s. Mia starts at eight.
  • Negatives: I don’t / She doesn’t + base verb.
  • Questions: Do you …? / Does she …?

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Time: 9:15 → ___ ; 11:20 → ___ ; 14:45 → ___ .
  2. Verb form: I __________ (start), Mia __________ (start), We __________ (have), He __________ (do).

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Build the question: (Tuesday / first lesson?) → ___ ; (your favourite subject — why?) → ___ .
  2. Negative: I don’t / She doesn’t — write three true negative sentences about your week.
Answer key

Controlled. 1. quarter past nine, twenty past eleven, quarter to three. 2. start, starts, have, does.

Productive. 3-4. Open.

4. Produce Link to heading

Pair speaking — My Week. 90 seconds each direction. Cover: start time, three subjects, one favourite, one you don’t like, lunch time, end time.

Sample Link to heading

— What time do you start on Monday? — I start at quarter past eight. We have maths first, and I don’t really like maths. After the break we have biology, which is my favourite.

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can name 10 school subjects.
  • I can tell the time in 5-minute steps.
  • I can hold a 90-second conversation about my school day.

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.

“On Monday I start at quarter past eight. First I have German, then maths. After the long break we have English and music. I finish at twenty past one.”

  1. Start: ___ . 2. First lesson: ___ . 3. Two lessons after the break: ___ . 4. Finish: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“Theo’s favourite subject is biology because the teacher tells stories about animals. He doesn’t like maths, but he is good at it. He has six lessons every day.”

  1. Favourite: ___ . 2. Why: ___ . 3. Doesn’t like: ___ . 4. Lessons per day: ___ .

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

Fill in present simple, positive or negative.

  1. I __________ (have) maths on Monday.
  2. Mia __________ (not / like) PE.
  3. ___ they ___ (start) at eight?
  4. Mr Flint __________ (teach) English.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 5–6 sentences about your school day: start, two subjects, one favourite, one you don’t like, end.

Answer key
T1. 8:15, German, English / music, 13:20. T2. biology, animal stories, maths, six. T3. 1. have, 2. doesn’t like, 3. Do … start, 4. teaches. T4. Open.
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. Below Niveau E (mixed group): provide a support card with the key structure. Above Niveau E: extension question linking to the next Unit’s grammar.

Common pitfalls Link to heading

  • Forgetting the third-person -s with negatives and questions: Does she has → ✗ / Does she have → ✓.
  • half eight (BrE colloquial = 8:30) sometimes confuses German learners; stick with half past eight in writing.
  • L1 trap: Wir haben Mathe → We have maths (no preposition).

Further reading / listening Link to heading

  • BBC Learning English — Telling the time.
  • LearnEnglish Kids — School subjects games.

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