Study for the test, Kapitel 9 on 4/4/16. 

Complete workbook and lab manual, plus the Journal.  These will be helpful in reviewing for the test.  

ALSO NOTE: Please complete the "Schreiben" assignment before the test and bring to class to turn in.  

To review adjective endings, try these: 

Exercise A

Exercise B

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

1.  Listening section: Will have to do with following 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 to be found in a city.

4.  Genitive case questions.  Review pp. 271-272.   

5.  Genitive prepositions questions - know the prepositions!   There are only 5, so, no excuses not to remember them!  

6.  Adjective endings, all three groups (after a "der" word, "ein" word or unpreceded). 

7.  Reading passage w/questions.

8.  Schreiben:  NOTE:  This is to be written outside of class.  Please note that there will be NO option to write this during the test, and therefore you will forfeit 20 points.  This way, you can approach the topic more deliberately and double check your grammar, adjective endings, verb conjugations, etc.  Write 40-50 words on the following to hand in.  

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. 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 Landeskunde-Info assigned to read.

German 10C: 

Presentation topics.  Prepare a presentation of no shorter than 3 minutes' length.  You may have note cards with key words, but otherwise this is to be "presented" as in a conversation, rather than reading from something word for word: 

1.   Prepare a "tour" of your hometown or favorite city.  There will be a projector available with laptop attached, so you could bring photos on a flash drive and enhance the interest for your presentation.  

OR 

2.    Find a hotel in your favorite city in a German-speaking country and present the following:  

1. location

2. cost for single and double room 

3. what is included in the price 

4.  Amenities on-site 

5.  What you would visit in the vicinity, 

6.  Why did you choose this particular hotel?  What do you like about it? 

A. on page 263 has vocabulary to get you started.  You could include photos of the room, tourist sites, neighborhood, etc. on a flash drive and project to the class.  

German 2A/10C: Adjective ending practice to do over Spring Recess

Just so you all don't get rusty with the adjective endings over the break, please go to this test and this one, and complete them to the best of your ability.  Be sure to check your answers by clicking on the "Prüfen" button.  If you can, post your results as a comment at this post.  Your classmates will be very encouraged!  

German 2A/10C: Assignment for 4/4/16: Kapitel 9

Finish up workbook (and self-correcting) and lab manual for Kapitel 9 to hand in on 4/4.     
Complete handout from 4/21 on adjective endings. 

See the next post for test/presentation topics. 

Sprache im Kontext:

Lesen, Zum Thema, p. 282:  


A.  Write a few short responses:  "Vorteile und Nachteile des Stadtlebens."

B.  Schreiben Sie 5-6 Sätze über Ihre derzeitige Nachbarschaft.  Wie heisst sie?  Was für Leute wohnen dort?  Welche Geschäfte besuchen Sie gern?  Was für Wohnbauten sieht man am meisten?  Was finden Sie besonders an Ihrer Nachbarschaft?    

Grammatik im Kontext: 

Read: Adjectives referring to cities and regions, p. 281 

Übung 15: Write sentences 1-8 as complete sentences and we will review this in class.  

Watch the video and answer questions/fill in blanks, p. 282, A, B, C. 

We will review the "Katze und Maus" aand "Der alte Mann" assignment for 3/27 (Spring Break fun!).  Please try it to your best ability, print out, and bring to class.  

German 2A/10C: Assignment for 3/21/16: Kapitel 9

Continue to work on workbook/lab manual for Kap 9, to hand in on 4/4/16 (after Spring Recess).  

Thema 3, p. 267

Match answers to A.  There is no separate 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.   Google it!   (google.de)

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

Giving directions:  Now, 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 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 (Sie stehen) as your starting point and match them with a different destination (Sie wollen).  You will then have a short exchange (x3) 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 at least one response to the first question: Was sind zwei wichtige Daten in der Geschichte Ihrer Stadt”? (Geburtsort oder jetzige Heimatstadt).  Heads up:  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 two locations in SF of your choice.  Make good use of the "directional" vocabulary introduced in Kapitel 9.  See esp. Dialog, p. 268, and p. 269, Akt. 7 "Redemittel".  

Grammatik m Kontext

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”  Note, again, as with the adjective after a definite article, where the indefinite article DOESN'T change, then you have to provide the gender-specific ending on the adjective.  Thus, der Park = ein großer Park or das Haus = ein schönes Haus.

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 "ein" plus adjectives with correct endings to describe the nouns.  See the Beispiel for guidance.    

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. (note: the exception is in the genitive sing. masculine and neuter) In essence, again, since the gender is not indicated with a definite article, the adjectives without a preceding article must indicate the gender and are taking the place of the definite articles!  Ganz einfach! 

Übung 12, write answers.  Read the directions before beginning!  You will be using the "Analyse" material on p. 279 for this.  

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 and we will review.  Note that some blanks will remain empty.  This is not a test, BUT BRING THE COMPLETED PAGE TO CLASS (to review).  Keep calm and carry on!  

Finally, a bit of fun and cultural interest in this video in which people are asked what their definition of "Gemütlichkeit" is.  As you can tell, it does mean different things to different people, but there is a unified sense of "well being" in all of the definitions.

Kapitel 9: Welche Stadt kennst du gut?

Heidelberg bei Nacht

Von letzter Woche (3/7/16):  

Welche Stadt kennst du gut?  Sei  bereit, diese Stadt zu beschreiben.  

Wie alt ist die Stadt? 

Wo liegt die Stadt?  

Wie viele Leute wohnen dort?  

Was findest du gut an dieser Stadt, und was nicht so gut?  

Bist du in dieser Stadt geboren und/oder aufgewachsen?  Oder hast du die Stadt später in 
deinem Leben entdeckt?  

Üben Sie! Übung macht den Meister/die Meisterin!

Since our SLO for this semester will be "speaking", we will focus on the pronunciation aspect of that competency.   Click on this link: "Die Laute des Deutschen",  This comes from the University of Iowa "Sounds of Speech" series.  Of course, you can explore the entire site, but right now, focus on the "Monodipthonge", including "vorn", zentral" and "hinten."  When you click on a pronunciation symbol, such as /y/, you will bring up the video window with sound files for each example.  Go through all three of these categories and practice, practice, practice!  

 

Das Deutsche Currywurstmuseum!

Im Herzen Berlins, in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Checkpoint Charlie, präsentiert das Deutsche Currywurst Museum Berlin in einer mit viel Liebe zum Detail inszenierten Erlebnis­ausstellung alles rund um die Kultikone Currywurst.

Besucher gehen auf Entdeckungstour und können an den einzelnen Exponaten viel Spannendes zu den Legenden rund um die Erfindung der Currywurst, ihrer Bedeutung in Film und Fernsehen und ihre weltweite Verbreitung erfahren!

Marzipan Currywurst: Who  Knew?

German 2A/10C: Assignment for 3/14: Kapitel 9: In der Stadt

Continue to work on the workbook/lab manual for Kapitel 9.  

Complete the handout (both sides) re: genitive case to review on 3/14. 

Thema 2: Im Hotel, p. 265

Listen to dialog, study Neue Wörter, p. 265 and write a short summary (4-5) sentences based on the dialog "Im Hotel" in which you give information about the wer, was, wie, warum, etc.   Z.B: Herr Thompson kommt im Hotel an.  Er meldet sich an ... u.s.w. 

and then 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. (present perfect tense was covered in Kapitel 7)

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!  Have some fun with this! 

Grammatik im Kontext: 

Attributive Adjectives, p. 275, "Adjectives after a Definite Article".   Read carefully and study the chart for "adjectives after a definite article."  Note: it is important to know the genders of the nouns that are being modified and to recognize which case (i.e., nominative, accusative, dative or genitive) the noun is in!  This is where it all comes together!   

Note: it's not as complicated as it might seem.  There are only two adjective endings used with the adjectives after a definite article: -e and -en.  And -e is only used in five places (see chart), all the rest are -en.  

Think of it this way: where the definite article remains unchanged, i.e. 

masculine: nominative (remains "der") and  
neuter: nominative and accusative (remains "das") 
and feminine: nominative and accusative (remains "die")  
THEN you have an "e" on the adjective.  Everything else is "en".  Ganz einfach!   

Write answers to Übung 7.

Read Sprach-Info, bottom of p. 275

Write sentences for Übung 8.  Do not use the verb "gefallen" for each one!  Try using some other vocabulary to vary your answers.  For example: for No. 2, you could say how much the small and comfortable hotel cost per night.  

Write sentences with adjective endings for Übung 9.