Module 1: Whether You Like It or Not, You Have To

Hoćeš-nećeš, moraš

• Lesson 1: Plans and Wishes
• Lesson 2: Weekend Trip

Module 2: If You Don’t Help Your Own, No One Will

Tko će kome ako ne svoj svome

• Lesson 1: Thinking of Others
• Lesson 2: You Are in My Thoughts

Module 3: Whatever Floats Your Boat

Tko voli, nek’ izvoli

• Lesson 1: I Like It
• Lesson 2: The Seventh Art

Module 4: Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover

Odijelo ne čini čovjeka

• Lesson 1: (In)Appropriate Clothing
• Lesson 2: Swiping the Credit Card

Module 5: 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:

• Read and understand stories about events in the future.
• Talk about people and things that you like or dislike.
• Talk about presents/gifts that you buy for others on a specific occasion.
• Understand the importance of traditional souvenirs in Croatia and the region.
• Ask for advice, suggestions, or help.
• Make a dialogue in a store/shop.
• Express your preference in clothing.
• Understand and follow the dress code in public institutions.
• How to ask for clothing items (size, style, and color).
• Discuss your movie and music preferences.
• Talk about people and their characteristics.
• Talk about the weather and temperature.

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

• Future Tense
  • Auxiliary verb htjeti
  • Verbs ending in -ti and -ći
• Verbs in Present Tense
  • Difference between the verbs htjeti and željeti
  • Form of the verb smjeti
• Irregular verb moći
  • Present Tense
• Dative Cases
  • nouns
  • pronouns
  • adjectives
• Reflexive pronoun sebe/se
• The verb sviđati se + pronouns in Dative case
• The verbs indicating the meaning “to dress up, to put on”
  • nositi
  • obući
  • odjenuti
  • obuti
• Comparative forms of adjectives
  • dobar (good)
  • lijep (nice/beautiful)

Vocabulary covered in this Unit relates to:

• Traditional souvenirs
• Weather forecasts
• Gifts for friends and family
• Clothing items
• Fashion and style
• Movie genres
• Personality traits

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

Final assessment (Scenario):

Two friends meet on a street. The dialogue might have several stages (topics) that gradually develop in one single cohesive dialogue. The conversations might include the following topics:

• Meeting a friend on a street, expressing excitement and asking where they are going.
• As they realize that they have similar intentions, the friends agree to go together, but they need to decide on where to go.
• On the way to their destination(s), the friends continue talking and they make plans for the upcoming weekend.
• After making plans for the weekend, friends ask each other for help in buying souvenirs/gifts for family/friends, and they make plans for the following day to go together as both need help/ideas.
• However, since they are already in the city, the friends invite each other to go shopping together as they both need help in buying clothes for a certain event they are invited to.

Note: All locations, shopping centers, stores, souvenirs, and gifts should be authentic and related to the target area.

Break the goal down into smaller learning targets.

• Module 1
  • I can make arrangements for the upcoming weekend. I can express my interest, desires, and negotiate plans for a weekend activity.

• Module 2
  • I can search for, talk about, and express my opinion about traditional souvenirs. I can discuss and ask for help on what to buy for family members and friends (based on their interests and what they like)
• Module 3
  • I can talk about my personal likes and dislikes and I can express what I like/want to do.
• Module 4
  • I can talk about fashion. I can ask for specific clothing items, express my needs, personal fashion preferences, and say what I like to wear on a specific occasion and why.

• Module 5
  • Performance-based final unit assessment.

For each learning target (Modules 1-4), determine a concrete task that will demonstrate that the students have reached it.

• Module 1
  • Telephone conversation with a friend. Invite your friend to spend a weekend with you. Suggest what you would like to do and agree on something that you both would be interested in doing.

• Module 2
  • Table conversation. Conversation with a friend about traditional B/C/M/S souvenirs. Ask for friend’s help since you are not sure what to buy for your family and friends.
• Module 3
  • Based on your personal interests and what you like, express your future plans to your friend. Discuss where you want to go and why, what you will do there. Invite your friend to join you.
• Module 4
  • A dialogue in a store asking for specific clothing item, size, and fashion style.