Unit 11 — Captain Cody's Map

Track E · Klasse 6 · 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 understand a short narrative with embedded clues.
  • I can use will / going to to plan a journey.
  • I can write a 100-word continuation of an adventure story.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

  • 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
  • 3.1.3.2 Leseverstehen
  • 3.1.3.5 Schreiben
  • 3.1.3.8 Verfügen über sprachliche Mittel – Grammatik
  • 3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

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

Lead-in story Link to heading

Sam pieced the two halves of Captain Cody’s map together on Lina’s kitchen table. Half from his envelope. Half from a hollow book in the school library. The whole map showed a coastline, an X, and the words Tomorrow’s tide will tell. Lina stared at the map. “This is either the best or the worst week of our lives.” Sam said, “Both, maybe.”

1. Activate Link to heading

Map clue read. Slide shows a small puzzle with three clues. With your partner, write down what you think the map points to.

2. Input Link to heading

Reading — Captain Cody’s Map (extract 2) Link to heading

Tomorrow we are going to take the early train. We will meet at the station at 6 a.m. We will bring biscuits and a torch. We won’t bring our phones — they spoil the mood. The plan: arrive, follow the coastline, count the steps from the lighthouse, and dig — but only with the lighthouse keeper’s permission.

Grammar — will / going to (review) Link to heading

will for predictions and spontaneous decisions:

  • I will help you with that.

be going to for plans and visible evidence:

  • We are going to take the early train.

Time clauses: when, as soon as, before + present simple.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Choose: will or going to: We have already booked tickets — we __________ travel tomorrow. Look at the clouds — it __________ rain.
  2. Time clause: I will text you __________ I arrive.

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Build 4 sentences: two with going to (plans) and two with will (predictions).
Answer key

Controlled. 1. are going to / is going to. 2. as soon as.

Productive. 3. Open.

4. Produce Link to heading

Story continuation. Write 100 words continuing Captain Cody’s Map. Use going to and will.

Sample Link to heading

Sam and Lina arrived at the lighthouse at 7:30. The keeper was already up. “You’re going to need a shovel,” he said quietly, before they had asked anything. “And probably more biscuits than that.” He gave them a small, worn shovel and a paper bag of ginger biscuits. “I’ll be in the garden,” he said. “Shout when you find something. Or when you give up. Either way, I will be making tea by the time you come back.”

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can read a story with embedded clues.
  • I can use will / going to correctly.
  • I can write a 100-word continuation.

One thing in your notebook: Write one sentence using 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.

“Tomorrow we are going to take the 6 a.m. train. We will meet at the station. We’re not going to bring our phones. We will bring biscuits and a torch.”

  1. Train time: ___ . 2. Meeting place: ___ . 3. Won’t bring: ___ . 4. Will bring: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“Captain Cody’s note ended with: ‘When you find the X, dig only with permission. The keeper of the lighthouse will know what to do. Don’t try at night.’”

  1. Find: ___ . 2. Permission: ___ . 3. Knows: ___ . 4. Not at: ___ .

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

Fill in will or going to.

  1. We __________ (travel) tomorrow. (planned)
  2. Look! It __________ (rain).
  3. I __________ (help) you carry that.
  4. They __________ (visit) Paris in July.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 100 words continuing the Cody story. Use one going to and one will.

Answer key
T1. 6 a.m., the station, phones, biscuits and a torch. T2. the X, the lighthouse keeper’s, the keeper of the lighthouse, at night. T3. are going to travel / is going to rain / will help / are going to visit. 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. Above Niveau E: extension question linking to the next Unit.

Common pitfalls Link to heading

  • I will to do → ✗ / I will do → ✓.
  • I am going to will → ✗.
  • when I will arrive → ✗ / when I arrive → ✓.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

  • Project Gutenberg — children’s adventure stories.
  • Roald Dahl Stories Online — extracts.

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