Year 11 - German
Rechte: 'wer', 'wen', 'wem'
People and lifestyle: Menschenrechte
Study Hub
Study Guides
This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Unit Summary
This unit revisits known grammar with an emphasis on simple past and perfect tense, 'obwohl' with single verb structures, word order 2, and 'zu..' clauses following verbs (for example planen, hoffen). New vocabulary is added to support the discussion of human rights.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand and read aloud vocabulary relating to human rights and can ask questions using 'wer', 'wen' and 'wem' when discussing rights for disabled people.
Key Notes
- Learning and revisiting vocabulary benefits from read-aloud pratice to cement sound-spelling correspondences
- Reading aloud needs initial practice focussing on SSCs, compound and unknown words prior to whole text practice.
- The interrogative pronoun 'wer' becomes 'wen' in the accusative.
- The interrogative pronoun 'wer' become 'wem' in the dative.
Vocabulary To Learn
- sound-symbol correspondence: (SSC) relationship between letters and their sounds
- wer, wen, wem: question word meaning 'who' or 'whom' which changes according to case
- nominative: case used for the subject or 'doer' of the action of a verb in a sentence
- accusative: case used for the direct object in a sentence, after most verbs and some prepositions
- dative: case used for the indirect object in a sentence and after a dative verb or preposition
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The question word 'wer' is used whenever we want to say 'who'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.
Learning and revisiting vocabulary benefits from read-aloud pratice to cement sound-spelling correspondences. Reading aloud needs initial practice focussing on SSCs, compound and unknown words prior to whole text practice.
2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'sound-symbol correspondence'
(SSC) relationship between letters and their sounds. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.
3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.
Mistake: The question word 'wer' is used whenever we want to say 'who'. Correction: 'Wer' means 'who' in the nominative case only. It changes to 'wen' in accusative and 'wem' in the dative case. In English, 'wen' and 'wem' also mean 'whom', although this word is used less frequently.
More Lessons In This Unit
Browse all guides in the Year 11 German guide library.