The article describes the experience of the joint work of the author and the methodists of Gorodishchenskii district , Volgograd region Education Department on designing a sample municipal educational and socializational program ("New Generation of Mesopotamia") of students' training at the stage of basic general education.

Keywords: municipal sample program, moral values, education, socialization, personal culture.

The article deals with the items of reader's competence formation on the example of work with the artistic text from the German-language children's literature. It also highlights the methods of information extraction, of using the text as a pretext for the development of oral speech.

Keywords: productive reading, active approach, German-language literature, family traditions, favorite holiday.