E6 G - An invitation to a special event

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E6 G - An invitation to a special event

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E6 G - An invitation to a special event

Mini description: Understand and write a short English invitation to a fictional party or special event.

Level: English as your first foreign language, class 6, Baden-Württemberg, G-level.

Learning rule: Try English first → Hint → German help → example → solution.

Important: All names, places and dates in this course are fictional. If you make an audio recording, do it only if you want to and keep it private unless your teacher gives you a safe school space. Do not upload personal data. If you use AI, check the result and write the final text in your own words.

Look first: What tells you that this is an invitation? Look for a title, a date, a time and a place.

I can ...

After this mini-course, you can say:

1. I can find the important information in a short invitation.
2. I can understand simple invitation phrases.
3. I can invite a friend to a fictional event.
4. I can write a short invitation with date, time and place.
5. I can read my invitation aloud so that other people can understand me.

Before you start

Try English first.

What words do you already know?

Picture / idea	English word	Help
✉️	invitation	Einladung
📅	date	Datum
🕒	time	Uhrzeit
📍	place	Ort
🎉	party	Fest / Party

Quick check: Say three words from the table without looking.

Notice: What is in an invitation?

A short invitation usually answers four easy questions:

1. What? What is the event?
2. When? What day and what time?
3. Where? What place?
4. Extra? What should the guest bring or do?

Small word bank: invitation – party – event – Saturday – at 5 pm – in the school hall – bring – come – join – please.

Picture input

Try English first: What event could this be?

Hint: Use: It could be a ...

Deutsch-Hilfe: Schau auf den Kuchen und die Dekoration.

Example: It could be a birthday party.

Understand: Read a short invitation

Fictional invitation:

YOU'RE INVITED!
Event: Mia's Game Night
Day: Friday, 16 October
Time: 5 pm
Place: Room 2, Sunny School
Please bring: your favourite game
Message: Would you like to come? See you there!

Try English first:

What is the event? When is it? Where is it? What should you bring?

Hint: Find the words after Event, Day, Time, Place and Please bring.

Deutsch-Hilfe: Suche nur die vier Kerninformationen. Du musst nicht jedes Wort übersetzen.

Example: The event is a game night.

Solution: Game Night – Friday, 16 October – 5 pm – Room 2, Sunny School – a favourite game.

Audio input: Listen for key information

Listen once for the main idea. Listen again for details.

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Fortfahren Ausblenden

First listening: Is it about a party, a school lesson or a sports match?

Second listening: Listen for day, time, place and what a person should bring.

Hint: You do not need every word.

Deutsch-Hilfe: Höre gezielt nach Tag, Uhrzeit, Ort und Mitbringen.

Optional extra listening

This video gives more examples for inviting, accepting and saying no politely. Use only the parts you understand.

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Vocabulary in context

Use only a few new words.

English	Easy meaning	German help	Example
invitation	a message: please come	Einladung	This is my invitation.
event	a special activity	Veranstaltung / Fest	Our event is on Saturday.
join	come and be with us	mitmachen / dazukommen	Please join us.
bring	take something with you	mitbringen	Please bring a drink.
place	where something happens	Ort	The place is the school hall.
guest	a person who is invited	Gast	You are our guest.

Useful invitation phrases

Read the short chunks aloud.

1. You're invited!
2. Would you like to come?
3. Please join us.
4. It is on Saturday.
5. It starts at 5 pm.
6. It is in the school hall.
7. Please bring a drink.
8. See you there!

German help: Lerne die ganzen Satzbausteine. Du musst keine komplizierte Grammatikregel auswendig lernen.

Pronunciation: Be easy to understand

Speak slowly and in short groups:

Would you like / to come / to my party?

It starts / at five pm.

Please bring / your favourite game.

Focus on the important words: like – come – party – starts – five – bring – game.

Goal: Be clear. You do not need a perfect accent.

Pair practice: One person reads. The other person points to the information they hear.

Practise: Build an invitation

Choose one item from each box.

Part	Choice A	Choice B
Event	movie afternoon	class picnic
Day	Saturday	Sunday
Time	3 pm	5 pm
Place	school hall	park
Bring	a snack	a game

Now say:

You're invited to my ... . It is on ... at ... . It is in the ... . Please bring ... . See you there!

Hint: Change only the words from the table.

Deutsch-Hilfe: Nutze das Satzmuster und tausche nur die markierten Informationen aus.

Speaking: Invite a partner

A: Hi! Would you like to come to my game night?

B: Yes, I'd love to. When is it?

A: It is on Friday at 5 pm.

B: Where is it?

A: It is in Room 2.

B: Great. See you there!

Alternative answer: Sorry, I can't. Thanks for inviting me.

Task: Change the event, day, time and place. Keep the dialogue short.

Reading: Find the four key facts

Invitation B

Come to our Cupcake Afternoon!

Saturday, 7 November – 3 pm

Sunny School Café

Please bring a cup.

See you there!

Try English first: Find the event, day, time and place.

Hint: Underline four pieces of information.

Deutsch-Hilfe: Suche nicht nach einer Vollübersetzung. Suche nur nach den vier Informationen.

Solution: Cupcake Afternoon – Saturday, 7 November – 3 pm – Sunny School Café.

Use: Write your own short invitation

Write 5–7 short lines.

Word bank: party – game night – picnic – movie afternoon – Saturday – Sunday – at 3 pm – at 5 pm – school hall – park – classroom – bring – join – please.

Writing frame:

You're invited!

Come to my __________.

It is on __________ at __________.

It is in / at __________.

Please bring __________.

Would you like to come?

See you there!

Deutsch-Hilfe: Nutze erfundene Namen, Orte und Daten. Schreibe keine echte Adresse und keine private Telefonnummer.

Optional language mediation

Your German-speaking friend asks: Wann und wo ist das Fest?

Read this:

Movie Afternoon – Sunday – 4 pm – Room 5, Sunny School.

Answer in simple German with only the important information.

Example: Der Filmnachmittag ist am Sonntag um 16 Uhr in Raum 5 der Sunny School.

Do not translate every word. Give the useful message.

Feedback: Check your invitation

Use this short checklist.

Check	Yes / not yet
My event is clear.	□ / □
I have a day or date.	□ / □
I have a time.	□ / □
I have a place.	□ / □
I used a friendly invitation phrase.	□ / □
I used fictional personal information.	□ / □

Feedback sentence starters:

I understand your ... .

Please add the ... .

This sentence is clear: ... .

Check this word: ... .

Focus on a few important points: missing information, word order and understandable spelling.

Use again: Improve one thing

Read your feedback.

Change one or two things.

Then read your invitation aloud once more.

Optional private recording: You may record yourself only if you want to. Keep the recording private or use a safe school platform chosen by your teacher.

AI rule: If AI gives you a sentence, check every word. Then write your final invitation yourself.

Can-do check

Tick what you can do now.

1. □ I can find event, date, time and place.
2. □ I can understand Would you like to come?
3. □ I can say a short invitation.
4. □ I can write a short invitation.
5. □ I can improve my text after feedback.

If you have three or more ticks, try the next task. If not, repeat the reading and word bank.

Interaktive Aufgaben

Quiz: Teste Dein Wissen

Which sentence is an invitation? (Would you like to come to my party?) (!I have got a blue pencil.) (!My brother likes football.) (!The book is on the table.)

Which detail tells you when the event starts? (Time) (!Colour) (!Weather) (!Name of a pet)

Which phrase gives the place? (It is in the school hall.) (!It is on Saturday.) (!It starts at five.) (!Please bring a game.)

What does "Please bring a drink" mean? (Take a drink with you.) (!Buy a new school bag.) (!Go home early.) (!Call your teacher.)

Which answer accepts an invitation politely? (Yes, I'd love to.) (!The room is green.) (!It is a pencil.) (!I play tennis.)

Which answer says no politely? (Sorry, I can't. Thanks for inviting me.) (!No party.) (!I not come.) (!Bad invitation.)

What information belongs in a short invitation? (Event, day, time and place) (!Only your favourite colour) (!Only your school subject) (!Only your pet's name)

Which sentence is best for the end of an invitation? (See you there!) (!Open your maths book.) (!My shoes are black.) (!The bus is big.)

Which sentence uses a friendly request? (Please bring a game.) (!You bring game now.) (!Game blue table.) (!I am game.)

What should you use for a practice invitation in this course? (Fictional names and details) (!Your full home address) (!Your private phone number) (!A friend's password)

Memory

invitation	Einladung
event	Veranstaltung
bring	mitbringen
guest	Gast
place	Ort
join	dazukommen

Drag and Drop

Ordne die richtigen Begriffe zu.	Thema
What?	Event
When?	Day and time
Where?	Place
Bring?	Extra item
Friendly ending	See you there

Kreuzworträtsel

invite	What verb means "jemanden einladen"?
party	What short word can mean a celebration?
guest	What do you call a person who is invited?
place	What word tells you where the event is?
bring	What verb means taking something with you?
event	What word means a special activity or occasion?

Lückentext

Vervollständige den Text.

A short invitation tells you the . It also gives a or date. The start is shown by the . The invitation tells you the . A friendly question can be: Would you like to ? You can ask a guest to something. A friendly ending is: See you !

Offene Aufgaben

Leicht

1. Invitation word bank: Make a mini word card with six useful invitation words and one small picture for each word.
2. Four key facts: Take a fictional invitation and mark event, day, time and place with four symbols.
3. Speaking chunks: Practise three invitation chunks with a partner and focus on clear speech.
4. Picture invitation: Draw a small picture for a fictional event and add only a title, day, time and place.

Standard

1. Mini invitation: Write a 5–7 line invitation to a fictional game night, picnic or movie afternoon.
2. Partner dialogue: Create and perform a six-line dialogue in which one person invites and the other accepts or says no politely.
3. Listening notes: Listen to the embedded listening video again and write down four key details you understand.
4. Peer feedback: Exchange fictional invitations and give feedback with two sentence starters from the course.

Schwer

1. Two invitations: Write two different invitations for the same event, one very short and one with one extra helpful detail.
2. Language mediation: Read a short English invitation and explain the key information in simple German without translating every sentence.
3. Invitation redesign: Improve a confusing invitation so that event, day, time and place are easy to find.
4. Private audio task: If you choose, make a private recording of your fictional invitation, listen once and improve one unclear sentence.

Lernkontrolle

1. Information auswählen: Du bekommst eine kurze Einladung mit einigen unwichtigen Zusatzwörtern. Markiere nur Event, Datum oder Tag, Uhrzeit und Ort und begründe, warum diese Angaben wichtig sind.
2. Einladung vervollständigen: Ergänze in einer unvollständigen Einladung zwei fehlende Kerninformationen so, dass ein Gast weiß, wann und wo das Event stattfindet.
3. Höflich reagieren: Formuliere je eine kurze, passende Antwort für das Annehmen und das höfliche Ablehnen derselben Einladung.
4. Text verbessern: Überarbeite eine Einladung mit unklarer Reihenfolge. Ordne die Informationen so, dass sie schnell verstanden werden.
5. Transferaufgabe: Verfasse für ein neues fiktives Event eine eigene kurze Einladung und nutze mindestens einen passenden Satzbaustein aus dem Kurs.
6. Sprachmittlung: Gib einer deutschsprachigen Person die vier wichtigsten Informationen aus einer kurzen englischen Einladung wieder, ohne den gesamten Text zu übersetzen.

Lernnachweis

Für einen Lernnachweis solltest Du zeigen, dass Du:

1. die Kerninformationen einer kurzen englischen Einladung findest,
2. einfache Einladungsformulierungen verstehst,
3. ein fiktives Event mit Tag oder Datum, Uhrzeit und Ort beschreibst,
4. eine freundliche Einladung mit kurzen verständlichen Sätzen formulierst,
5. eine Einladung mündlich verständlich vorlesen oder in einem kurzen Dialog verwenden kannst,
6. Rückmeldung nutzt und Deinen Text gezielt verbesserst,
7. bei Beispielen und Aufnahmen Datenschutz und Freiwilligkeit beachtest.

Wiederholung

Say the four questions again:

What? – When? – Where? – Extra?

Then complete this sentence from memory:

You're invited to my ________. It is on ________ at ________. It is in ________. See you there!

Folgekurs

Next, practise how to answer an invitation:

E6 G - Replying to an invitation

You can also continue with:

English class 6

OERs zum Thema

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Englisch Klasse 6 Invitation Vocabulary Listening Reading Speaking Writing Language mediation Pronunciation