German 2A/2B: Assignments for Week of 9/22-9/29. Note due date via Insight for 2B

German 2A:  For review in class on 9/29.  Note: no test 9/29.  Instead, the 2A students will come in on 10/6 at 6 p.m. to take the test for Kapitel 7 only.  Students may leave upon finishing the test and, of course, handing in the self-corrected workbooks and lab manuals.  The lab manual does not need to be self-corrected.  

The topics for the text, Kap. 7, willl be posted on 9/29, along with a short assignment to complete for class, 

Office hour on 9/29 in the classroom, 4:50-5:50.  

Review: 

Continue to study "das Wetter", "Sportarten" and "Hobbys: vocabulary

Review the present perfect tense, pp. 217--222.  

Using the verbs given in the text box on p. 221, Übung 7, write your own short summary of a restaurant that you went to in the past.  Use at least 7 verbs in the present perfect tense.  

Sprache im Kontext: 

Watch the video for Kap 4.  Available here.  Circle, check or write answers for A-E, p. 229.  

Zum Thema: Lesen, p. 229 

A. Jot down short answers

B.  Compare your leisure activities with Germans, based on graphic on page 207.  

Grammatik im Kontext: 

Read Mixed verbs, p. 223 and take note of common verbs in this category. 

Read p. 223: Past Participles of Verbs w/Prefixes.  Note that they can either be strong or weak verbs.  

Note especially top of p. 224.  

Übung 10: fill in blanks, Schritt 1, 2

Übung 11, p. 225: select the correct past participle 

Übung 12, p. 225:  Be prepared to discuss in class and tell about 3 activities.  

P. 226: review note at bottom of p. 226, "als" and write sentences for Übung 14.  Note that your answers to 5-7 will depend on actual weather conditions.  

Read Expressing Equality, p. 228 and write 7 sentences for Übung 15.  

Übung 16: Be prepared to have a conversation in class on 9/29.     

GERMAN 2B:  Due in Insight on 9/30 

Continue working on workbook/lab manual to hand in on 10/6.  Self-correct workbook in a different color of ink.

Note: Please complete the Akt. assigned by typing up or writing the correct answers and handing in on Insight.  

Thema 3, p. 328

Study the ad and answer the questions.  Complete sentences are preferred!  

Study Neue Wörter, p. 329, then order the sentences under "Eine Bewerbung" as per the instructions.  

Akt. 8, complete with the correct vocabulary.  

Listen to Akt. 9 and check answers.  

Akt. 10 will be done in class.  Please prepare.  

Akt. 11, p. 330.  Look at the "Lebenslauf" and write Schritt 2, using the information obtained from the questions in Schritt 1.  

Grammatik:

P. 340: read about negation w/noch nicht ...

Übungen 10 and 11 will be done in class.  Prepare answers.  You need not write anything to post on Insight for these two.  

The topics for the text, Kap. 11, will be posted on 9/29, along with a short assignment to complete for class, which will be 1/2 usual length, then the test after the break.