KS4 · German · Year 11
Gesundheit: read and respond to texts
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Your learning goal
I can read and understand a variety of texts, identifying and eliminating distractors, and write an extended text about health and lifestyle.
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Gesundheit: read and respond to texts: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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I can read and understand a variety of texts, identifying and eliminating distractors, and write an extended text about health and lifestyle.
Key learning points
- Reading and understanding texts needs attention to vocabulary, structures and a focus on required details.
- A distractor is a misleading detail in a text or question option which tests your understanding of the detail of a text.
- We can use time phrases and verb tenses to distinguish between past, present and future actions and events.
- The BORDER acronym is a useful tool to respond fully and accurately to bullet point writing prompts.
- To develop answers, you can add information about another person, add a contrast or add another time frame.
Words to know
- distractor
- a misleading detail in a text or question
- BORDER
- extended writing acronym
Common mistakes
When writing in German, accuracy is the most important thing, so it's best to keep sentences short and clear.
When producing written work in German, try to develop and extend your sentences to demonstrate grammatical complexity. This must, of course, be balanced with accuracy, which enables you to communicate your ideas clearly.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Actively encourage students to discuss distractors when focusing on reading and listening tasks in class. Distractors test student understanding of the detail of the text, and need to be identified before being eliminated.