Wednesday, October 30, 2013

German 2B Assignment - 11/5/13

Class will meet from 6:00 - 7:25

Begin workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 12

Akt 3 and Akt 4 will be covered, assigned last week.

Thema 2, p. 354.  Read and study.  and write answers 1-8

Akt. 5, p. 355.  Listen and fill in blanks

Akt. 7, p. 356

Grammatik im Kontext, p. 363

Read carefully and study: The Subjunctive, p. 363

Page 364: Übung 6.  Write answers
                Übung 7: rewrite statements/questions
                Übung 8: Prepare statements 1-8

The Use of würde with an infinitive, p. 365.  Read and study

Page 365: Übung 9.  Prepare responses

Read Expressing Wishes .. and write 5 of your own sentences expressing a wish in a hypothetical situation
For example: Wenn ich nur wüsste, ob es heute regnet.  Dann würde ich meinen Regenschirm mitbringen.

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 368 and be prepared to discuss the two questions.

Go to this website:  https://www.studentenwerk-berlin.de/jobs/datenbank/index.html

Welche Jobangeboten findest du am interessantesten?  Welche Jobs zahlen gut (mehr als 12 Euro), was für Jobs zahlen am wenigsten?  

Then, click here:  https://www.studentenwerk-berlin.de/jobs/weihnachtsmann/index.html

Play the video!  Würdest du auch als Wehnachtsmann (frau?) arbeiten?  

German 2A Assignment - 11/5/13

Class will meet from 7:25->.

Begin workbook and lab manual for Kap 9

Thema 2: Im Hotel, p. 265

Listen to dialog

Study Neue Wörter, p. 265 and complete "Bilden Sie Sätze".

Akt. 3, p. 266: complete sentences
Akt. 4, p. 266: study pictures and write a sentence for each one.  Then, rewrite the story using the present perfect tense.

Go to this website:  http://www.aohostels.com/en/berlin/ Click on the German flag in the upper right hand corner to read the site auf deutsch.  Choose a hostel or a hotel and write 6-7 sentences (in German) describing the hotel, using the vocabulary from Kap. 9.  Include the price of a room, what kind of services are available, location, etc.  Click on "Freizeitzangebote" and include a few places you'd like to visit in your report. Try to include a couple of uses of the genitive case, for good measure.   And, be sure to watch the short video included for the hostels to get a sense of what it looks like!

Grammatik im Kontext:

Prepositions with the Genitive, p. 273., read and study
Übung 5, p. 274.  Fill in the blanks.
Übung 6, p. 274.  Prepare to give directions for 3 of the locations listed in the first column, "Wie komme ich"

Attributive Adjectives, p. 275.  Read carefully and study the charter for Adjectives after a definite article.
Write answers to Übung 7.
Write sentences for Übung 8.  Do not use "haben mir gefallen" for each one!
Write sentences with adjective endings for Übung 9








Wednesday, October 23, 2013

German 2B: Assignment for 10/29 - Kapitel 12 "Haus und Haushalt"

Please note: per the schedule, class will meet at 7:25 on 10/29
Begin workbook/lab manual

Alles Klar? p. 349

Study chart, "Mehr als nur ein Notgroschen" and write answers to questions in A.

Listen to B, p. 349, and write answers

Wörter im Kontext: Thema 1, p. 350

Study Neue Wörter, pp. 350 & 351

Read about and study chart 1, p. 350

Write answers to B and C

For D, instead of percentages, just write figures, or if this is too intrusive, just make something up for purposes of conversation.

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 351 and answer questions

Listen to Akt. 1, p. 352 and write answers

Akt 3: using the chart, write answers to 1-9

Listen to Akt. 4, p. 353 and check/write answers

Grammatik im Kontext: p. 359

Verbs with Fixed Propositions: read and study

Write answers to Übung 1

Da Compounds, p. 360: read and study, write answers to Übungen 2, 3 p. 361

Wo compounds, p. 362: read and study, and write questions for Übung 5 to ask in class

German 2A Assignment for October 29 - Kapitel 9: In der Stadt

Class will meet at 6:00 p.m., per the schedule.  However, beginning on 11/5, we will alternate the meeting times with the 2B, and continue that way until the next test on 11/19.

Begin workbook/lab manual

Alles Klar? p. 261
Read A, and write answers for 1-5.

Listen to B and check answers.

Wörter im Kontext, p. 262
Thema 1.  Read and study ads, p. 262
Read Sprach-Info, p. 263
Check answers to A
Write answers to B and C, p. 263

Study Neue Wörter, pp. 262 & 263 and Wortschatz, pp. 286-287

Listen to Akt. 1, p. 264 and mark answers

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 264.  And prepare answers to the 2 questions.

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Grammatik m Kontext, p. 271

The Genitive Case

Read and study information, charts on p. 271.  How does the genitive case function in a sentence, how is it formed?

Read and study "Proper Names in the Genitive", p. 272

Read Analyse and answer questions

Write answers to Übungen 1, 2

Write answers to Übung 3, p. 273, Schritt 1, 2



Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Test, Kaps. 8, 11 Tuesday, 10/22/13

Test tonight!  Nicht vergessen!  Bring completed workbook/lab manual along to turn in.  Intruction will be from 6:00-7:30, test 7:45 >.

Frau Pahl will hold an office hour from 4:45 to 5:45 in 822.  

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

German 2B Assignment - 10/22/13



German 2B Assignment – 10/22
Instruction:  6:00-7:30
Test: 7:45 – 8:50

Continue Kap. 11 workbook and lab manual to hand in 10/22

Read: Abi 2009: Rein ins Leben, p. 342. 
Write answers to Zum Text 1

Read: Sara, 22 Jahre, p. 344 and write answers to Zum Text 2, A, B, C, D

Watch Videoclips, p. 341 here:
Choose In-Text Audio/Video, Kap. 11.   User name: german   password: ccsf
A, B, C

Go to this web page:
and do exercises on 3, 4, 7 (counting from the top).  Print them out when finished (and checked) and bring to class.  Feel  free to have some fun and do any of the other exercises to practice the relative pronoun clauses!


Study for test, Kap. 11.  Use “Das kann ich nun!”, P. 347 REVIEW.  Review Wortschatz, pp. 346-47.  Review Grammatik im Kontext, pp. 331-340.  Workbook/lab manual – nicht vergessen!
In lieu of the "Schreiben" section, there will be 10 true/false questions for Goodbye, Lenin!

German 2A Assignment - 10/22/13



German 2A Assignment – 10/22
Instruction:  6:00-7:30
Test: 7:45 – 8:50

Continue Kap. 8 workbook and lab manual to hand in 10/22
Write 3 sentences for D, p. 257, Welcher Frühstückstyp sind Sie?

Zu guter Letzt: Ein idealer Fitnessplan, p. 257
Write answers to Schritt 1, first 4 questions
Schritt 2: Write your “idealer Fitnessplan”

Watch: Video clips, p. 253 here:
Select In text audio/video, Kap. 8.  User name: german  password: ccsf
Write answers to A-F

Go to this web page:
and do the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th exercises (counting from the top).  Print out and bring to class.  Even if some verbs are new, you will know the reflexive verb because of the subject (i.e. ich, du, etc.)

Study for test, Kap. 8.  Use “Das kann ich nun” as your study guide, p. 259.  Study Wortschatz, p. 258-59.  Review Grammatik im Kontext, pp. 244-252.  There will be no Schreiben section this time.  Instead, there will be 10 richtig/falsch questions for Goodbye Lenin. 


Wednesday, October 9, 2013

German 2B Assignment - 10/15

German 2B – October 15 

Instruction: 6:00-7:25

Continue working on workbook and lab for Kap. 8 to hand in on 10/22.  Test on Kap. 8 on 10/22.  Class will meet per schedule. 

Thema 3, p. 328

Read and study “Ein Stellenangebot and prepare answers. 

Study Neue Wörter, pp. 328 and 329

Read and study Eine Bewerbung and order sentences

Write answers to Akt. 8

Play Akt. 9 and check answers.  Rewrite 1, 3- 7 using some form of negation, see pp. 339-340

Akt. 10, p. 330.  Prepare answers to both S1 and S2 roles to do in class.

Akt. 11, and write answers to Schritt 1, 2

Grammatik im Kontext, p. 331

Read “Future tense”, p. 331

Read Analyse, p. 332 and answer questions

Prepare Übung 1, p. 332 to do in class

Read “Expressing Probability”, p. 333

Übung 2, prepare answers to discuss in class
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Movie, Goodbye Lenin: 7:45-8:50. 

Bring handout for Goodbye Lenin.  After the film, you will be completing the “fill in the blank” exercise.  Save handout to turn in on 10/22.  

German 2A Assignment - October 15

German 2A – 10/15/13

Movie, Goodbye Lenin: 6:00-7:15. 
Bring handout for Goodbye Lenin.  After the film, you will be completing the “fill in the blank” exercise. 

Instruction:  7:30-8:55

Prepare: Übung 5 to do in class.  Note word order with “wenn”

Prepare: Übung 7 to do in class.  Note word order with interrogative pronoun s (wo, was, etc.)

Thema 3: Morgenroutine, p. 242

Prepare A, B to do in class

Write answers (in order) to Akt. 7, p. 243

Prepare Akt. 8 to do in class

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 253 and prepare answers to question: Was essen und trinken Sie gewöhnlich zum Frühstück?  Was isst oder trinkst du nie?

Continue to work on workbook and lab manual to hand in on 10/22.  Test, Kap. 8 on 10/22.  Class will meet per the schedule.  

Read and prepare to discuss in class:  Lesen, pp. 254-56.  Auf den ersten Blick, A, B

Read: Sage mir, was du isst … and write answers to Zum Text, p. 256, A & B.  

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

German 2B - Assignment for October 8

German 2b – October 8 – 6:00-9:00

Movie “Goodbye Lenin”:  6:00-7:15

Instruction: 7:35-8:55

Kapitel 11:

Begin workbook and lab manual to hand in on 10/22

Thema 2, p. 324
Read and study categories of employment, pp. 324-25 and write answers.
Study Neue Wörter, p. 325 and Wortschatz, p. 346
Write answers to Akt. 5, p. 326
Prepare answers to Akt. 7
Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 327 and be prepared to answer the question: “Was halted Sie von einem Schulsystem mit drei verschiedenen Schulen?”

Grammatik im Kontext

Read “The Interrogative Pronoun was für (ein)”, p. 337 and read notes
Listen to Ȕbung 7, p. 338
Prepare answers to Ȕbung 8, p. 338 (z.B., Am liebsten lese ich Krimis.)
Read, “Negating Sentences”, pp. 339-340 and write answers to Ȕbung 9
Prepare answers to Ȕbung 10. 
Read (or reread) Landeskunde-Info, p. 342, then read “Rein ins Leben, p. 343 and answer questions in Zum Text 1. 


German 2A Assignment for October 8

German 2a – October 8 – 6:00-9:00
Instruction:  6:00 – 7:30
Movie: 7:45- 9:05

Kapitel 8:

Begin workbook and lab manual, Kap. 8 to hand in on 10/22.  Be sure to do the Journal section for full credit. 

Thema 2, p. 238

Listen to “Ein Telefongespräch”, p. 239
and complete A, B
Study Neue Wörter
Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 236 and p. 240
Prepare Akt. 3, p. 240.  Be prepared to tell the story.
Listen to Akt. 4 and check vocabulary
Listen to Akt. 5, p. 241 and answer questions
Read and study vocab in Sprach-Info, p. 241


Grammatik im Kontext: Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs

Read and study charts, etc., pp. 248-49,  read Analyse, p. 249 and answer questions
Listen to Ȕbung 8, p. 250 and answer questions
Read Verbs with Reflexive Pronouns in the Accusative or Dative, p. 251.  Read especially the two Notes.

Write answers to Ȕbung 9, p. 251
Prepare answers to Ȕbung 10, p. 252
Read Expressing Reciprocity, p. 252, write answers to Ȕbung 12.