Unit 12 — Year-End Festival

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 speak for 90 seconds about my Klasse-6 year.
  • I can use grammar from the year (past simple, comparatives, will/going to, frequency adverbs, because/so/although).
  • I can host a small year-end festival event in English.

Bildungsplan alignment Link to heading

  • 3.1.1 Soziokulturelles Orientierungswissen / Themen
  • 3.1.3.4 Sprechen – zusammenhängendes monologisches Sprechen
  • 3.1.3.5 Schreiben
  • 3.1.4 Text- und Medienkompetenz

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

Lead-in story Link to heading

The class is planning a year-end festival in the school courtyard. Lina is in charge of the snack table. Sam is in charge of the music. Mr. Flint is in charge of looking calmly worried, which he does professionally. Captain Cody is in charge of nothing, because he is fictional, but everyone agrees his treasure-map-themed games stand will be the most popular.

1. Activate Link to heading

Year-end scan. In your notebook write three lines: In September I …, Now I …, At the festival I will …

2. Input Link to heading

The 90-second talk — Klasse 6 version Link to heading

  1. Then. Where I started in Klasse 6.
  2. Now. Three things I can do (with one concrete example).
  3. Forward. What I will do at the festival or next year.

Festival vocabulary Link to heading

stall, stand, performance, snack table, raffle, decoration, banner, hosting, MC (master of ceremonies), volunteers, headphones, microphone, applause, crowd, queue, demonstration.

3. Practise Link to heading

Niveau E — controlled Link to heading

  1. Build a 6-line festival talk using Then / Now / Forward.

Niveau E — productive Link to heading

  1. Build a 90-second talk using past simple, one comparative, going to, and one frequency adverb.
Answer key

Controlled. Open.

Productive. Open.

4. Produce Link to heading

Festival rehearsal. In groups of 4, rehearse your stall. Each person prepares one short statement (15 seconds) explaining what their stall is, plus one polite invitation to a visitor.

Sample Link to heading

Welcome to the snack table! We are going to have homemade pretzels and English scones today. Would you like to try one? They are warmer than they look.

5. Reflect Link to heading

  • I can speak for 90 seconds about my Klasse-6 year.
  • I can use 5 grammar points in one talk.
  • I can host a stall at a year-end festival.

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 to Lina’s festival speech.

“Hello everyone, welcome to the snack table! In September I couldn’t bake bread. Now I can bake scones. They are tastier than my first attempts. Tomorrow we are going to sell them for one euro each. Please come and try one!”

  1. September: ___ . 2. Now: ___ . 3. Tastier than: ___ . 4. Price: ___ .

Task 2 — Reading (8 BE) Link to heading

Read.

“At the festival there will be six stalls: a bookshop, a snack table, a music corner, a games stand, a treasure-hunt stall, and a photography booth. The festival starts at 4 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m.”

  1. Number of stalls: ___ . 2. Two stalls: ___ . 3. Start: ___ . 4. End: ___ .

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

Mixed grammar review.

  1. Last summer I __________ (visit) Cornwall.
  2. The festival is __________ (interesting) than last year’s.
  3. Tomorrow we __________ (sell) scones. (planned)
  4. We __________ (always / start) at 4 p.m.

Task 4 — Writing (6 BE) Link to heading

Write 100 words: your festival stall, one Klasse-6 achievement, and what you will do next year.

Answer key
T1. couldn’t bake, can bake scones, first attempts, one euro. T2. 6, any two, 4 p.m., 7 p.m. T3. visited / more interesting / are going to sell / always start. 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

  • Reading aloud word-for-word; bullets only.
  • Vague claims; give a concrete example instead.
  • Welcome at → ✗ / Welcome to → ✓.

Further reading / listening Link to heading

  • BBC Sounds — Short Cuts.
  • British Council Schools Online — festival ideas.

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