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German Future Plans — Die Pläne

Eighth graders learn to talk about future plans in German — Ich werde…, morgen, am Wochenende — so they can say what they will do auf Deutsch.

Grade 8Die Pläne50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Talk about the future.
  • ✓Use “ich werde.”
  • ✓Say when.
  • ✓Make plans.
Essential Question

What are you doing tomorrow? Let’s talk about future plans in German — die Pläne!

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Interactive Task
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German Future Plans Check

Project each item and have students answer about future plans in German.

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The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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Warm-Up — Was machst du morgen?

5 min

What are you doing tomorrow? Let’s talk about future plans in German!

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask their weekend plans.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Share.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Die Pläne

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to German Future Plans Check.
  • Note “ich werde.”
  • Note time words.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Ich werde…”
  • Add “morgen.”
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Add it.
  • Say.
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Speak — Speak

12 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a plan for tomorrow.
  • Say a weekend plan.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Ich werde…”
  • Say “morgen.”
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-High).

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe plans.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: discuss the future.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to time and planning.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare future expressions.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Plan/time cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Morgen werde ich ___.”
  • Model plans.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with “ich werde.”
  • Use one example.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add nächste Woche.
  • Plan a whole weekend.
  • Write three plans.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 📆Plan cards
  • 💻German Future Plans Check
  • 🗣️Audio
  • ✏️Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

der Planplanich werdeI willmorgentomorrowam Wochenendeon the weekendWas machst du?What are you doing?späterlaternächste Wochenext weekvorhabento plan/intend
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What does “Ich werde Fußball spielen” mean?
I will play soccer.
QUESTION 2
What does “Was machst du morgen?” mean?
What are you doing tomorrow?
QUESTION 3
What does “morgen” mean?
Tomorrow.

Reflect: deine Pläne.

Have students say one plan for tomorrow in German (like “Morgen werde ich lernen”). A printable plans sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: am Wochenende, der Plan, ich werde, morgen, nächste Woche, später, vorhaben, Was machst du?
  1. to plan/intend
  2. plan
  3. tomorrow
  4. on the weekend
  5. What are you doing?
  6. I will
  7. later
  8. next week

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “Ich werde Fußball spielen” mean?
  2. What does “Was machst du morgen?” mean?
  3. What does “morgen” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) vorhaben · 2) der Plan · 3) morgen · 4) am Wochenende · 5) Was machst du? · 6) ich werde · 7) später · 8) nächste Woche
Part B: 1) I will play soccer. 2) What are you doing tomorrow? 3) Tomorrow.