Objective:

The general objective of the worksheet is to develop students' understanding of different types of articles in journalism and to enhance their writing as well as media literacy skills across various formats.

Content and Methods:

The worksheet covers the characteristics of different article types, including news reports, feature articles, opinion pieces, and magazine articles. It employs a variety of methods, such as reading comprehension exercises, writing prompts, and media analysis, to engage students in analyzing articles.

Competencies:

• Development of critical thinking skills through the analysis of different article formats
• Improvement of writing skills tailored to specific audiences and purposes
• Media Literacy

Target Audience and Level:

Grade 10 and above

Objective:

The general objective of the worksheet is to enhance email writing skills by understanding different registers and structures, enabling learners to communicate effectively in various contexts.

Content and Methods:

The worksheet covers the essential components of email writing, including subject lines, greetings, body content, closings, and signatures. It incorporates examples and exercises to identify appropriate registers for different scenarios, as well as practical writing tasks to apply these concepts. Methodologically, it employs both individual written exercises and peer feedback to foster learning.

Competencies:

• Improvement of written communication skills in formal, semi-formal, and informal contexts
• Ability to adapt language style to the intended audience
• Development of critical thinking through peer review and constructive feedback

Target Audience and Level:

Grade 10 and up

Objective:

The general objective of the worksheet is to understand and apply the different registers in letter writing to improve communication skills in formal, semi-formal, and informal contexts.

Content and Methods:

The worksheet addresses the various registers in letter writing, including formal, semi-formal, and informal language. It includes examples that illustrate the differences between these registers, as well as exercises for categorizing letter phrases and analyzing letters. Methodologically, both written exercises and practical applications are promoted.

Competencies:

• Improvement of written expression skills in various communication contexts
• Ability to adapt language style to the respective target audience
• Promotion of empathy and social skills through the exchange of personal experiences in letters

Target Audience and Level:

Grade 10 and above

Objective:

The students practice reading a diagram and extracting information from it.

Contents and methods:

The students will first answer guided questions about the shown diagram. Afterwards they will analyze the diagram in more detail.

Skills:

• Reading charts and diagrams
• Extracting information from charts and diagrams
• Analyzing charts and diagrams

Target group:

Grades 8 and above

Objective: Color in a picture on a topic of your choice

Content and methods: An image that can be colored in

Competencies:

• stay in the lines

Target group and level:

Elementary school

Objective: Learners develop an understanding of a chosen period and the people who lived at that time.

Content and method: Using role cards, learners deal with three different historical figures from the same period. In doing so, they learn more about differences and similarities as well as their role in history. The worksheet is intended to provide a better overview of history in order to make interdependencies visible.

Competencies:

• compare and evaluate their own culture with other cultures in terms of their historical conditionality
• Recognize the possibilities and limits of individual and collective action in historical situations
• Analyze historical facts in their interdependencies (multi-causality)

Level: Intermediate

Objective: Learners can explain a selected event in the context of the Second World War and categorize it in the overall context of the war.

Content and methodology: Using various texts and audio messages, learners work through the most important information in the context of the Second World War. They focus specifically on one event during the war and receive information about the time before the war and the consequences in the post-war period. The learners summarize this information in a final essay task.

Competences:

• Analyse historical facts in their causal contexts (multi-causality)
• Reconstruct historical facts (reconstruction)
• Characterise and evaluate the Second World War

Level: 9th/10th grade

Objective:

The students practice reading and understanding literary texts and exercise formats they are likely to encounter in exam settings.

Contents and methods:

The worksheet contains an text written by AI on a topic and in a format of your choice and several reading comprehension exercise formats. The teacher can delete the exercises that are not needed.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension

Target group:

Grade 10 and higher

Objective:

The students practice reading and understanding literary texts and exercise formats they are likely to encounter in exam settings.

Contents and methods:

The worksheet contains an excerpt from a novel from gutenberg.com and several reading comprehension exercise formats. The teacher can delete the exercises that are not needed.

Skills:

• Reading Comprehension

Target group:

Grade 10 and higher

Objective: Learners acquire basic knowledge of a selected topic in history.

Content and methodology: Learners read a basic text and can answer comprehension questions based on it.

Competences:

• Promote reading skills
• Deepen historical knowledge

Level: Grades 5 - 7

Objective: Learners acquire basic knowledge of a selected historical topic.

Content and methodology: Learners read a basic text and are able to answer historical comprehension questions based on it.

Competences:

• Promoting reading skills
• Assessing and explaining historical contexts

Level: Intermediate level (8th - 10th grade)

Objective: Learners acquire basic knowledge of a selected historical topic.

Content and methodology: Learners read a basic text and are able to answer historical comprehension questions based on it.

Competences:

• Promoting reading skills
• Assessing and explaining historical contexts

Level: Upper levels (11th - 13th grade)