German 2A/10C: Additional, Small Assignment for 5/4

When you read the Landeskunde-Info on p. 327. Look at the photo:  what are those strange objects that the children are carrying?  Also, take a look at the earlier post I had made about the 'Gesamtschule".  

German 2A/10C: Assignment for 5/4/15: Kapitel 11

Please work on the workbook/lab manual for Kap 11, to hand in on 5/18.  Be sure to self-correct, using the answer key in the back of the workbook, and using a different color of ink.  As mentioned in class last evening (4/27), I am revising the plan for the 10C students' final presentations: they will be given, as originally planned, on the evening that the final is scheduled.  Students will take the listening section and then we (myself + 10C students) will go to a nearby room, where we will hear/watch the presentations.  I could plan to have a laptop available for use, if you prepare some sort of internet presentation or a Power Point presentation.  Topics will be posted alongside next week's assignment.    


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

Akt. 6 will be done in class.

Prepare answers to Akt. 7, to be done in class.  Consult the list under "Erwartungen", p. 324 in jotting down your job requirements.  Try associating some of these "Erwartungen" with the professions on pp. 324-325, so that you can more easily recommend something to a classmate.   

Go here to this website, a student job website.  Look at "Marley Spoon" and jot down responses to the following questions:  

Was ist Marley Spoon 
Welche Sprachkenntnisse soll man haben? 
Muß man Computergrundkenntnisse haben?  
Wie ist das Team? 
Ist Marley Spoon das coolste Unternehmensumfeld in Berlin? 
Was sind die Arbeitszeiten Mittwochs? 
Wie viele Stunden arbeitet man pro Woche? 

P. 327: Landeskunde-Info.  Please read and be prepared to answer the questions.  

Grammatik im Kontext, p. 331 

Read "The Future Tense", p. 331 and write 6 sentences for Übung 1

Read "Expressing Probability", p. 333, and prepare 3 "conversations" to review, Übung 2.  Use "wohl" or "wahrscheinlich" in your answers.  

Read “The Interrogative Pronoun was für (ein)”, p. 337 and read notes

Listen to Ȕbung 7, p. 338 and circle the correct answers.  

Prepare correct form of "was für" to Ȕbung 8, p. 338 (z.B., Was für Bücher liest du gern? Am liebsten lese ich Krimis.) to complete in class as questions to your classmates.   

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 327 and be prepared to answer the questions. 

The Gesamtschule in Germany: An Alternative System

Gesamtschule in Germany

The Gesamtschule: Comprehensive schools that offer college preparatory classes.  Germany has a comprehensive school known as the Gesamtschule. While some German schools such as the Gymnasium and the Realschule have rather strict entrance requirements, the Gesamtschule does not have such requirements. They offer college preparatory classes for the students who are doing well, general education classes for average students, and remedial courses for those who aren't doing that well. In most cases students attending a Gesamtschule may graduate with the Hauptschulabschluss, the Realschulabschluss or the Abitur depending on how well they did in school. The percentage of students attending a Gesamtschule varies by Bundesland. In the State of Brandenburg more than 50% of all students attended a Gesamtschule in 2007,^[1] while in the State of Bavaria less than 1% did. Starting in 2010/2011, Hauptschulen were merged with Realschulen and Gesamtschulen to form a new type of comprehensive school in the German States of Berlin and Hamburg, called Stadtteilschule in Hamburg and Sekundarschule in Berlin (see: Education in Berlin, Education in Hamburg). Germany's most famous Gesamtschulen are the Helene-Lange-School in Wiesbaden and the Laborschule Bielefeld.

German 2A/10C: Extra Practice with relative pronouns - Übung macht den Meister!

Click here to access some self-correcting exercises from GROW (German Resources on the Web) for extra practice with relative pronouns.  The first three are especially good, you can choose from masc., fem., neuter and mixed categories. 

German 2A/10C: assignment for 4/27/15: Kapitel 11: Der Start in die Zukunft

Announcements (please read):  Students registered in 10C will give their final presentations on 5/11 (during the second half of the class) and will also take the listening section of the final on that evening and hand in their lab manual for Kap 11, as well.  The final topic will be posted on the 28th, giving you two weeks to prepare a knock-out presentation.  It will have to be a bit longer and comprehensive (ca. 5-6 minutes), reflecting a semester-end project.  Details to follow.   

For 4/27/: 

Kapitel 11:  

Alles Klar?  P. 321 

Read and study, write answers to A.  Listen to B and write answers

P. 322: Thema 1, p. 322.  Lesen Sie und kreuzen Sie an!  Was erwarten Sie vom Beruf, was ist Ihnen wichtig, was ist unwichtig?

Study Neue Wörter, p. 322, and Wortschatz, p.p. 346-347Listen to Akt. 1 and write answers to Akt. 2. 

Akt. 3 will be done in class. 

Write answers to Akt. 4, prepare answers with a few sentences. 

Grammatik im Kontext:

Describing People or Things: Relative Clauses, Pronouns, pp. 333-334 

Read and study, and read the "notes"
 
Read Analyse, p. 335 and answer questions
 
Write answers to Übung 3 and bring any questions to class

Übung 4: Prepare Schritt 1

Übung 5: Write answers, take some time with this. 

Übung 6: Study the pictures, write answers to Schritt 1 and Schritt 2, using relative pronouns

Read  Landeskunde-Info, p. 342 and answer questions.  

German 2A/10C: Assignment for 4/21/15: Kapitel 10 and test topics for 2A and 10C

Continue working on workbook/lab manual to hand in on 4/21.  Be sure to self-correct the workbook! Any assignments not reviewed in class on 4/13 will be completed on 4/21.  

Thema 2, p. 295: Listen to “Im Reisebüro”.  Study Neue Wörter and fill in blanks “Ergänzen Sie”. 

Read Sprach-Info, p. 296 

Read LandesKunde Info, p. 296 and prepare answers to the two questions 

Write answers to Aktivität 5, p. 296, based on Thema 2 Gespräch

Listen to Akt 6, p. 297 and write answers to Wie?, Wohin?, Warum?, Wie lange?

Prepare your own “Urlaub” to tell the class about: answer the questions wie, wohin, warum, wie lange?  und wie viel kostet das? 

Then, based on the “Urlaub” you just planned, look at Akt. 7, be prepared to persuade a classmate to go on a trip with you. 

Grammatik im Kontext: 

Read and study, "The Past Perfect Tense", p. 311 and write answers to Übung 15.  
It is simply using the past tense of "haben" or "sein" and the past participle, which you already are familiar with.  

Pay special attention to the note about "bevor" and "nachdem" and how they are used to connect sentences. 

Note: much of this is based on concepts you already know, but it might be helpful to review the present perfect, presented in Kapitel 7, pages 217 >.  


Topics for test, Kapitel 10: 

1.  Listening section "Am Bahnhof." 

2.  Verkehrsmittel fill in blank

3.  Two things you take on a trip to various locations

4.  Fill in blanks: simple past, strong verbs and weak verbs.  Strong verbs: know the simple past for:  fliegen, kommen, schlafen, fahren, stehen, verstehen, verlieren, anfangen, gehen, lassen, sitzen, sprechen, finden.  Know the formation of the simple past for weak verbs.  

5.  Fill in blanks: comparative and superlative

6.  Reading passage and questions

7.  Culture questions based on information in the assigned Landeskunde-Info.  

8.  For the writing section.  A bit different this time:  Here is the topic.  This will be a take-home essay.  Bring the completed 50-70 word passage to class to receive credit, (as due, considering vocabulary, correct grammatical useage, addressing the questions) on the test: 

Wohin möchten Sie:  Beschreiben Sie eine Reise, die Sie machen möchten and schreiben Sie etwas zu jedem der folgenden Bereiche: 

•   Wohin Sie möchten
•    Warum Sie dieses Reiseziel (detination) wählen (was man dort       unternehmen oder sehen kann) 
• Wann Sie dorthin wollen 
• Wie lange die Reise dauert, oder wie lange Sie dort bleiben
• Wie Sie dorthin kommen (z.B. Schiff, Flugzeug, ??) 
• Was die Reise kostet (pro Person)

10C students:  Prepare a presentation based on the above topic, including information addressing all of the questions of Wohin, warum, etc.  Please pace your presentation so that it does not exceed 5 minutes.  Some visuals of your destination would be an interesting addition to your presentation!  I will have the laptop and projector available.  

  

German 2A/10C: Assignment for 4/13: Kapitel 10: Auf Reisen

Continue to work on the workbook and/or lab manual, to hand in on 4/20.  Test/presentation will be on 4/20.  Assignments from 4/6 that were not covered will be continued on 4/13.  

Thema 3: Eine Fahrkarte, bitte! (p. 298).   Here is some useful information about train travel in Germany. 

Answer questions to: "Wo ist das", p. 298, study Neue Wörter

Listen to Am Fahrkartenschalter am Bahnhof, 

Write answers to Akt. 8, p. 299.  

Listen to Akt. 9, p. 299 and fill in the chart. 

Read here about Germany: Tipping and Etiquette in Restaurants.  And from Lonely Planet, some information to help you plan your next trip! 

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Grammatik im Kontext:

Read: Narrating Events in the Past: The Simple Past Tense, pp. 306-7. 

Übung 10, p. 307: fill in the blanks.  See page 196 for a chart of modals in the simple past.  

Übung 11, p. 307.  Rewrite the sentences as indicated per the example.

Read "Analyse", p. 309 and identify all the verbs in the simple past.  Write them down in three columns: strong, weak and modal verbs.  Write the infinitives for all verbs.  Don't be concerned with the new past participles you might encounter.  

Read and study "Strong Verbs", p. 308.  Note that verbs that are strong in English (i.e. don't form the past tense with "ed") also tend to be strong in German.  However, these are ones that have to be memorized.   

Read "mixed verbs" and "Sprach-Info" (p. 308-9)

Fill in the blanks for Übung 12, p. 310 (this is based on the Analyse, p. 309) 

Write sentences for Übung 14.  Be sure to read Sprach-Info (p. 309) before doing this one. 

Note: there will be a section on the final covering the "simple past tense".  However, I will give you a list of 10 verbs (strong) that you should be familiar with in terms of the SPT.  The modal forms must be memorized, as well as how to form the SPT with weak verbs (easy!).