Unit 8 — Hobbies and Sports

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 hobbies and 8 sports.
  • I can use can / can’t and to be good at + -ing.
  • I can run a 90-second Find Someone Who mingling task.

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
  • 3.1.3.7 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Wortschatz

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

Lead-in story Link to heading

Theo can do a perfect cartwheel on the school field. He cannot, however, fold a T-shirt. Mia can fold a T-shirt with surgical precision. She cannot do a cartwheel without falling onto her dignity. Frida the fox watches both attempts and writes nothing down. Foxes do not need cartwheels.

1. Activate Link to heading

Mime corner. Teacher mimes 8 hobbies; class shouts the English.

2. Input Link to heading

Vocabulary — hobbies and sports Link to heading

Hobbies: reading, drawing, painting, dancing, playing the guitar, singing, baking, gardening, video games, photography. Sports: football, basketball, tennis, swimming, running, cycling, skateboarding, climbing, judo, yoga.

Grammar — can / can’t + be good at + -ing Link to heading

can / can’t + base verb:

  • I can swim. / I can’t ride a unicycle.

be good at + noun or -ing verb:

  • Mia is good at maths.
  • Theo is good at swimming.
  • Are you good at drawing?

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Build: I __________ swim, but I __________ swim 100 metres. (can / can’t)
  2. good at: Theo / football → ___ ; Mia / drawing → ___ .

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Mini-survey: write three Find someone who questions for a partner.
  2. Negative + question: He can’t / Can he? — three sentences each.
Answer key

Controlled. 1. can / can’t. 2. Theo is good at football. Mia is good at drawing.

Productive. 3-4. Open.

4. Produce Link to heading

Find Someone Who. Walk around with a list of 8 things (can play chess / can ride a unicycle / is good at baking / can swim 50 metres / …). Get signatures. 90 seconds.

Sample Link to heading

— Can you play chess? — Yes, I can. — Sign here, please!

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can name 10 hobbies and 8 sports.
  • I can use can/can’t and be good at + -ing.
  • I can mingle for 90 seconds in English.

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.

“Lina can play the piano very well. She can also swim 100 metres. She can’t ride a horse, but she wants to learn. She is very good at drawing.”

  1. Two things she can: ___ . 2. Distance she can swim: ___ . 3. Cannot: ___ . 4. Good at: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“Theo plays football twice a week. He is good at passing but bad at heading. He can ride a bike, ride a skateboard, and bake bread. He can’t yet bake a cake.”

  1. How often football: ___ . 2. Good at: ___ . 3. Three other things he can do: ___ . 4. One thing he can’t yet do: ___ .

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

Fill in can/can’t or be good at + -ing.

  1. I __________ ride a bike.
  2. ___ you ___ a unicycle? (ride)
  3. Mia __________ (good / draw) horses.
  4. We __________ (good / cook) pasta.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 5–6 sentences about your hobbies. Use can/can’t twice and be good at + -ing once.

Answer key
T1. play piano / swim 100 m, 100 m, ride a horse, drawing. T2. twice a week, passing, ride a bike / skateboard / bake bread, bake a cake. T3. 1. can, 2. Can ride, 3. is good at drawing, 4. are good at cooking. 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

  • can to swim → ✗ — can + base verb.
  • She cans dance → ✗ — can never takes -s.
  • good in → ✗ / good at → ✓.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

  • BBC Sport — short kids’ articles.
  • British Council — Hobbies topic.

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