Module 1: Like Father, Like Son

Kakav otac, takav sin

• Lesson 1: Family Tree
• Lesson 2: Blood Is Thicker than Water
• Lesson 3: Brothers and Sisters
• Lesson 4: Wedding
• Lesson 5: Living Situation
• Lesson 6: Visits
• Lesson 7: Living Portrait of…
• Lesson 8: Conversation

Module 2: Culture and Heritage

Kultura i baština

• Lesson 1: Traditions
• Lesson 2: Origins

Module 3: Practice Makes Perfect

Ponavljanje je majka znanja

• Lesson 1: Review
• Lesson 2: Conversation (Test)

By the end of this Unit, you will be able to:

• Talk about your nuclear family
• Talk about your extended family
• Talk about your interests
• Talk about your free time
• Express your likes and dislikes
• Talk about family values
• Talk about your friends and mutual interests
• Talk about famous people
• Talk about physical appearance
• Discuss items related to specific countries
• Talk about languages you speak
• Express opinions about people and things related to specific areas
• Discuss marital status
• Talk about wedding ceremonies
• Understand the importance of marriage in B/C/M/S area

To achieve the outcomes, you will learn the following grammar structures:

•  Accusative case
  • regular forms
  • irregularities in form (sound changes)
  • difference between masculine animate and inanimate nouns
• Adjectives in the Accusative case
  • singular forms for all three genders
  • plural forms for all three genders
• Personal Pronouns in the Accusative case
  • stressed forms
  • unstressed forms
• Present Tense
  • verbs in -ati, -iti, and -jetir
  • reflexive verbs (introduction)
• Masculine nouns tata, otac, stric, and braća
  • masculine animate nouns and their irregularities
• Possessive adjectives
  • animate forms
  • inanimate forms

Vocabulary covered in this Unit relates to:

• Family relations
• Languages
• Geography
• Countries and traditional items
• Traditional food
• Traditional drinks
• Activities related to free time

At/by the end of the unit, what do you want the students to be able to do with the language?

Final assessment (Scenario):

You are an international student who is studying in Zagreb and you are invited to one of the student evenings. You meet new friends and you talk with one of them. You are discussing topics, like where are you from, why are you studying a specific subject, about your city, family members and what they usually do in a city where they live. This is a combination of topics from Unit 2 and Unit 3. Be sure to make a cohesive/natural dialogue.

Break the goal down into smaller learning targets.

• Module 1
  • I can talk about my nuclear family and extended family.

• Module 2
  • I can talk about my family members, their interests, likes and dislikes.

• Module 3
  • Performance based final-unit assessment.

For each learning target (Modules 1-2), determine a concrete task that will demonstrate that the students have reached it.

• Module 1
  • You and your friend are showing each other a family picture. You want to find out who the people in the picture are, and will provide comments on what you discovered.

• Module 2
  • Your friend wants to know more about your family and to see how much you are all alike. You will discuss your interests, free time activities, education, profession, languages, and likes and dislikes in food and drinks.