German 2B: Assignment for 12/1/14: Kapitel 14

German 2B will meet at 7:35. 

After doing this assignment, begin work on lab manual and workbook for Kapitel 14, which will be due on the evening of the final, 12/15/14.

Read and study chart on p. 407.

Write answers to A, listen to B and answer, p. 407.

 Read and study Neue Wörter,  p. 408.  There is a lot of new, advanced vocabulary in this chapter.  You will not, however, have to actively know them for the final.  

Thema 1: Globale Probleme, p. 408.  Answer A and B.  

Listen to Die Kunst der Diskussion, p. 409, complete the sentences at the end and study Neue Wörter, p. 409.  

Akt. 1 will be done in class.  

Akt. 2: Listen carefully, at least twice and identify the speakers and identify the solutions. 

Akt. 3: choose 1 Gesprächstheme from Thema 1, Globale Probleme and take a stand on it, with 2-3 "student" responses, as in the example.   When the book refers to Redemittel, it means the phrases and sentences in B, p. 408.  

Akt. 4, p. 411.  Read and complete BOTH Schritt 1, and Schritt 2.  

Grammatik im Kontext, p. 414: 

Read "The Passive Voice", p. 414, what is it, how is it formed.    

Read carefully the Analyse, p. 415 and take note regarding the the use of the passive voice.  

Read "Expressing the Agent", pp. 415-416, and write answers to Übungen 1, 2, 3, and 4. 

Read "Expressing a General Activity", p. 417 and write answers to Übung 5, p. 418.

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 418 and answer questions.  

Übung 6 will be done in class.   However, it is best to prepare this by writing out the information as a complete passive sentence, as in the example.  Thus, for the first row, you would write: Zuerst sind Tipps für umweltbewusstes Leben an alle Bürger verteilt worden.  

German 2A: Assignment for 12/1/14: Kapitel 10 Auf Reisen

German 2A will meet at 6:00 p.m.  

AFTER you have completed this assignment, begin working on workbook/lab manual assignments for Kap. 10.  They will be due on the evening of the final, 12/15/14.  

Read Alles Klar?, p. 291 and answer A, listen to B and write answers.

Study, repeat, learn: Neue Wörter, p. 292, Wortschatz, p. 318

Read and study:  Thema 1, p. 292, and write 5 answers to A, p. 293, prepare answers to B 
For A, you might prefer to read about the Superlative,p. 300 before beginning A.  

Study: Checkliste vor der Reise, p. 293 and write 3 things for Akt. 2

Prepare: Akt. 1, p. 293

Read: Landeskunde-Info, p. 294 and prepare answers to the two questions.

Akt. 3 will be done in class.  

Akt. 4, p. 294: write 5 sentences using 5 of the 7 transportation options, stating "Vorteil" or "Nachteil" for each. 

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Grammatik im Kontext, p. 300

Read:  Expressing Comparisons: The Superlative, p. 300

P. 301, Übung 1, complete the table. 

Übung 2, prepare answers to Schritt 2 to do in class

Übung 3 will be done in class.  

Read: Read and study “Attributive Adjectives in the Comparative”, p. 302

Listen to Übung 4, p. 303

Note: the comparative functions and is formed much as in English, with similar exceptions
Write answers to Übung 5, p. 303

Read: Attributive Adjectives in the Superlative, p. 303 

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 304 and write answers to Übungen 6 and 7

Rotkäppchen: Adjective Endings Practice

Click here to access the adjective ending practice.  

German 2B: Assignment for 11/24 and Test, Kapitel 13, topics

Continue working on workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 13 to hand in on 11/24.  2B will meet at 6:40.  There will be ca. 30 minutes of instruction and then the test.   

Read and study: Subjunctive 1: Past tense, p. 398.  This functions similar to the present perfect tense (using haben or sein + past participle), that you already know.  You are just using a subjunctive form or either haben or sein.  

Write answers to Übung 11 and Übung 12, p. 399.  For 12, just write the present tense of the verbs.    

Sprache im Kontext, p. 399 

Lesen, p. 401, Auf den ersten Blick.  Check answers for A, fill in blank for C.  

Read: Gute Freunde im Netz, 1) Zeilen 23-27: Welche Tatsachen über Mel weißt du? 
                                                       2) Zeilen 28-38: Schreib 3-4 interessante Tatsachen über die deutschen Jugendlichen.  
                                                       3) Glaubst du, dass es einen Unterschied zwischen jungen US-Amerikanern und jungen Deutschen im Gebruach des Computers gibt?  

Study for Test, Kapitel 13: 

1.  Listening section based on media vocabulary 

2.  Types of media and describing them.  Study vocab, Akt 1. , p. 384, Akt. 2, p. 386 and Akt. 4, p. 387.  

3.  Know vocabulary for various modern household devices. 

4.  "zu" construction 

5.  Subjunctive 1.  

6.  Reading passage and questions. 

7.  Schreiben: 

Prepare to write 50-60 words on the following: 

Die Medien. Schreiben Sie über die Rollen der Medien in Ihrem Leben oder in Ihrem Land. Ideen:

Wie wichtig sind Ihnen Medien wie Internet, Fernsehen, Radio, Zeitungen, Zeitschriften, SMS, Bücher oder Musik? Wie viel Zeit pro Tag verbringen Sie normalerweise vor einem Bildschirm? Womit beschäftigen Sie sich da am meisten? Inwiefern (to what extent) haben diese Medien einen negativen oder positiven Einfluss auf Ihr persönliches Leben? Schreiben Sie 50–60 Wörter. (20 Punkte)

8.  Culture questions based on one of the assigned Landeskunde-Info. 

German 2A: Assignment for 11/24/14: Kapitel 9. Test topics.

Continue working on the workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 9 to hand in on 11/24. 

Note: 2A will meet at 6:00 p.m.  There will be instruction until 6:30, then the test will  be given.  

Work through and complete the "Rotkäppchen" exercise for adjective endings.  A completed exercise will be posted on this blog by Thursday, so that you can compare your answers.  Please feel free to email me with any questions as to why, why, why! 

From last week:  Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 270.  Be able to give two responses to the first question: Was sind zwei wichtige Daten in der Geschichte Ihrer Stadt?  A "Kulture" question about this Landeskunde-Info will be on the chapter test for Kap. 9. 

Be prepared to do Übung 14, p. 280 in class.

Grammatik: 

Read: Adjectives referring to Cities and Regions, p. 281.  

Übung 15: write complete sentences for S1 and S2, per the example.  


To review adjective endings, try these: 

Aufgabe #1

Aufgabe #2


Study for the test, Kapitel 9:

Use "Das Kann ich nun", p. 287 as a guide (disregard #7)   

1.  Listening section: Follow directions

2.  Be able to write directions to two locations on a city map.  Study vocabulary in Nach dem Weg fragen, p. 268 to prepare, as well as "Redemittel", p. 269, Akt. 7.

3.  Know vocabulary pertaining to things  found in a city.

4.  Genitive case questions

5.  Genitive prepositions questions

6.  Adjective endings.

7.  Reading passage w/questions.

8.  Schreiben:  Prepare to write 50-60 words on the following:

Ein Rundgang durch die Stadt. Ihr deutscher Freund / Ihre deutsche Freundin besucht Sie in Ihrer Heimatstadt. Zeigen Sie ihm/ihr Ihre Stadt und schreiben Sie seine/ihre Beobachtungen (observations) auf (50–60 Wörter). Benutzen Sie mindestens fünf Adjektive in Ihren Beschreibungen. (20 Punkte)

mögliche themen

• den Weg durch die Stadt

• bestimmte Gebäude (buildings) und Sehenswürdigkeiten (tourist attractions), die sie sehen

• Gebäude in Ihrer Nachbarschaft (Schule, Kirche)

• etwas Historisches über die Stadt oder wofür die Stadt bekannt ist

9.  Culture questions based on one of the Landeskunde-Info assigned to read.

German 2A/2B: 11/17/14: Office Hour

The 11/17 office hour will be held from 4:50-5:50 p.m. I will be in the teacher's prep room in 360; call at 415-920-6018 to reach me.  If I do not answer, then I will be in the Media Lab in the Library, 4th Floor, Valencia Building.     

German 2B: Assignment for 11/10 AND 11/17/14 - Kapitel 13 - Medien und Technik

Continue to work on WB/LM for Kap 13.  Class will meet at 6 p.m on 11/17.

For 11/10: 

Send via email, either in the body of the email or as a Word attachment: p. 400, Lesen, Zum Thema.

A.

	Sehr wichtig	Nicht so wichtig	Stunden pro Woche	Reihenfolge
Fernsehen
Radio hören
Zeitung lesen
Am Computer arbeiten
Im Internet surfen
Bücher lesen
Videos, Filme sehen
Musik hören

You can cut and paste the table and put it into the document and fill in the blanks.   

C.  Check the boxes and then write a short report per instructions in D.

For 11/17/14: 

Thema 2, p. 388.  Look at graph (das Schaubild) and answers questions for A and B, p. 389

Write answers to Akt. 6 and 7, pp. 389-90

Akt. 8: Read Der Korkenzieher and write answers to 1-5, p. 391

Akt 9: How inventive are you?  Choose one area and describe a possible invention.

Akt. 10: Be prepared to do in class

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Grammatik im Kontext

Read Infinitive Clauses with um…zu, p. 394-395

Rewrite 1-7, Übung 7 according to the instructions 

Read Indirect Discourse, p. 396 and write answers to Übung 8

Übung 9,  and rewrite in Subj. I.  Bear in mind that the indirect discourse subjunctive is used less and less in spoken German.  It is, however, common in writing, especially in newspapers.  Important just to recognize the forms.  Note also that Subjunctive I forms are mostly limited to the 3rd person singular.  

Übung 10, p. 398 Listen and jot down “Problem” and “Ausrede”, paying attention to the use of the subjunctive I. 

Watch the video for Kapitel 13, pp. 399-400, fill in blanks for A and answer questions to B.

C. p. 401.  Ein Interview.  Fill in the blanks in the chart below and be prepared to report to the class about yourself and another person's media preferences. 

	NAME:	NAME:
Welche Zeitung liest du?
Was liest du zuerst?
Welchen Teil liest du ganz genau?
Was überfliegst du?
Was siehst du im Fernsehen?
Welche Filme siehst du gern im Kino oder mit Streaming?

Now for something completely different!

From Deutsche Welle.  Listen to the video and try to discern the one use of the Subjunctive I that is used.  Hint, it is in the first 40 seconds.  Try to write down the entire sentence!  Viel Spass!

German 2A: Assignment for 11/10 AND 11/17/14 - Kapitel 9 - In der Stadt

Continue to work on WB/LM for Kap 9.  Be sure to do the self-correcting.  Class will meet from 7:35-9:05.  

For 11/10, to be sent via e-mail to lpahl@ccsf.edu either in the body of the email or as a Word attachment: 

Übung 5, p. 274: In complete sentences, fill in the blanks with the appropriate genitive prepositions (see p. 273).  

Thema 2: Listen (again) to Dialog and match 1-6 to a-f.  Write the answers and include in your email.  

Akt. 3, p. 266: Just write the correct answers.  

Akt. 4, p. 266: Write a sentences for each picture, 1-6, to come up with a short narrative of Herr Thompson.  Then, rewrite the story using the present perfect tense (covered in Kapitel 7).  

For 11/17: 

Thema 3, p. 267

Match answers to A.  There is no vocabulary for this section, as you can look for cognates and guess from context.  

Exercise: Identify one historical location on the map of the Lutherstadt Wittenberg and write 3-5 sentences (in German!) about that location, be it a building, a tree, a museum, a church.   Just as a suggestion: tell us how old the place/building is, if it’s a museum, what are the hours.  Just an idea.  Come up with something of your own.   

Giving directions:  From the vantage of the I (information) kiosk, write directions for a tourist to your chosen destination (above). Tip: you might want to study the Neue Wörter, p. 268 for suggestions for giving directions, or look first at “Redemittel”, p. 269. 

Listen to “Nach dem Weg fragen”, p. 268.  Study Neue Wörter.  Write answers to B.

Listen to Akt. 5 and fill in dialog blanks.

Be prepared to do Akt. 6 in class. 

Akt 7:  Using “Redemittel”, p. 269, Write 3 exchanges between 2 people, as in the example.  Choose 3 different locations for which you ask directions and also give a reply.  This is based on the Stadtplan von Wittenberg, p. 267.  

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 270. Be able to give two responses to the first question: Was sind zwei wichtige Daten in der Geschichte Ihrer Stadt”?   A "Kultur" question about this Landeskunde-Info will be on the chapter test for Kap 9.  

Akt 8: Write directions  from the CCSF Mission Center to three locations in SF of your choice.  Make good use of the "directional" vocabulary introduced in Kapitel 9.  

Grammatik m Kontext, p. 271

Review again, if unclear, the chart on page 275, Adjectives after a Definite Article. THEN, 

P. 277, read and study “Adjectives after an Indefinite Article”

Übung 10, write adjective endings for blanks

Übung 11, be prepared to do in class, but prepare at least three questions to ask a classmate, using adjectives to describe the nouns.  

P. 278, read “Adjectives without a Preceding Article.”  Notice that the endings correspond to the definite articles that you already know so well:  For example, Masc.: der - guter, den = guten, etc.  In essence, the adjectives without a preceding article are taking the place of the definite articles!  Ganz einfach! 

Übung 12, write answers.  Read the directions before beginning!

Übung 13, listen and fill in blanks, Texts 1 and 2

EXTRA PRACTICE with adjective endings:

Here and here and here, 

and finally, Here   The story of Little Red Riding Hood, with adjective endings!  

This exercise covers the three categories of adjective endings: after a definite article, after an indefinite, and unpreceded, so it will really benefit to work through this.  Try doing this without looking back and forth to the charts.  Go with what you know: look at case, gender, number (i.e. singular or plural).  Ask yourself: Is the noun preceded by a definite or an indefinite article, or no article at all? Fill it out and check your answers.  Bring to class on 11/17 and we will review.  Note that some blanks will remain empty.  This is not a test, so keep calm and carry on!  

German 2B: A common pitfall in using the subjunctive

Common Pitfalls (best understood after the past subjunctive exercises are assigned) 

Mixing Present and Past Subjunctive

Common mistakes that indicate you have not understood the subjunctive are using "würde" (which is used to form the present subjunctive) with a past participle of a verb (which is used to form the past subjunctive), or using "hätte" or "wäre" (which are used to form the past subjunctive) with the infinitive of the verb (which is used to form the present subjunctive):
 

Falsch	Richtig
Ich würde gegangen. Ich wäre gehen.	Ich würde gehen. [=I would go] Ich wäre gegangen. [=I would have gone]

German 2B: A Short Discussion about the use of "I could": indicative vs. subjunctive

"I could": Indicative vs. Subjunctive Revisited

The English "could" can denote indicative or subjunctive moods.  Here's how to tell the difference:

If could indicates something you might do in the future, it's subjunctive: "Ich könnte ein 'A' in diesem Kurs bekommen."  If it indicates something you were or were not able to do in the past, it's just the past tense of "können," not subjunctive: "Ich konnte letztes Semester ein 'A' in meinem Deutschkurs bekommen" [no umlaut on "konnte"].  For what you could have done in the past (but didn't), you need past subjunctive ==> the double infinitive construction: Ich hätte ein 'A' bekommen können, wenn ich mehr gelernt hätte."  More examples:
 

Ich konnte schlafen	I could [was able to] sleep [==> I did sleep!]
Ich könnte schlafen	I could [would be able to] sleep [something I might be able to do now or in the future]
Ich hätte schlafen können	I could have slept [but didn't]
Ich konnte mein Fahrrad reparieren	I could [was able to] repair my bike [==> I did repair it!]
Ich könnte mein Fahrrad reparieren	I could [would be able to] repair my bike [something I might be able to do now or in the future]
Ich hätte mein Fahrrad reparieren können [quite rarely used]	I could have repaired my bike [but didn't]