German 2A: Kapitel 8: Wie man fit und gesund bleibt. Assignment for 3/3/14

German 2A: Kapitel 8

Begin work on lab manual and workbook for Kap. 8 P. 235: 

Write answers to A, listen to B and check answers

Study Neue Woerter, p. 236 and Wortschatz, pp. 258-259

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 236.  How is this system different from the one in the US?  How is it similar? 

P. 236: Listen to Thema 1, p. 236 and write answers to A, B. 

Then: Write 5-6 ways YOU look after your health, using phrases in A

p. 237: Prepare answers to Akt. 1, Schritt 1 and write 3-4 sentences for Schritt 2, 3-4 for Schritt 3


Grammatik im Kontext, pp. 244-245

Read Subordinating Conjunctions and Indirect Questions

Write answers to Uebungen 1, 2 Prepare answers to Ueb. 3 to discuss in class

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 246 and prepare answers to questions

P. 247: Prepare answers to Uebungen 5, 6, and note word order

Write answers to Uebung 7, paying special attention to word order/verb placement  

Office Hour - Monday, 2/24 - Language Lab in Library @ Mission

The 2/24 office hour will be held from 4:50-5:50 p.m. in the Language Lab in the Library, 4th floor of the Mission Center.  Stop by to clarify or review anything before the test, which will be given during class time on 2/24.  

German 2B - Assignment for February 24

No class next Monday, on 2/17.  

Continue working on the Workbook and Lab Manual, Kapitel 11.  Be sure to do the Journal section.  Students receive credit for completing this section.  As mentioned in the course information, you are to  to correct your work in the workbook, using a different color of pen to show your corrections (if any!).The answer key to most of the exercises are in the back.   No credit will be given for assignments that are not self-corrected.  This is not busy work!  It is actually a helpful exercise!

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 (also assigned below)
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

Watch the video for Kap. 11, p. 341.  You access it here:

http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Center/oll/german/index.htm

user name:  german                        password:  ccsf

Try to answer A, B, C, D with key words.  Write 4-5 sentences for E "Was werden Sie in zwanzig Jahren tun?"  

Grammatik im Kontext, p. 331

Read “Future tense”, p. 331
Read Analyse, p. 332 and answer questions
Write answers to Übung 1, 332, following the "Beispiel".  
Read “Expressing Probability”, p. 333
Übung 2, choose three people from the list and write three dialogs, following the "Beispiel".  

For extra practice with relative pronouns, click here and here.  

Test, Kapitel 11, on Monday, 2/24/14.  

Here are the basic contours of the test for Kap. 11:  

Listening Section: Topic: "Lebenslauf"

Career vocabulary identification 

Written: 25-30 words describing the process of looking for a job.  Some vocabulary is provided. 

Grammatik: relative pronouns
                      future tense
                      "was für"

Reading comprehension: short paragraph, true/false, two written Q&A 

Schreiben: 

Ein Lebenslauf. Sie bewerben sich um einen Platz als Austauschstudent/Austauschstudentin 
in Österreich. Dafur müssen Sie einen kurzen Text über sich selbst schreiben. Beschreiben Sie in Ihrem Text: 
• Ihre Schulausbildung 
• Ihre Berufsausbildung oder Berufserfahrungen (work experience) 
• Ihre Interessen 

Ihr Text sollte 50–60 Wörter lang sein. (20 Punkte) 

You may gather your vocabulary together, prepare some answers, but written notes may not be used during the test!  

The test will begin at 7:45.  

German 2A - Assignment for February 24

No class next Monday, on 2/17.  Thus, an assignment for you to post on this blog.  See below.

Continue working on the Workbook and Lab Manual, Kapitel 7.  Be sure to do the Journal section.  Students receive credit for completing this section.  As mentioned in the course information, you are to  to correct your work in the workbook, using a different color of pen to show your corrections (if any!).The answer key to most of the exercises are in the back.   No credit will be given for assignments that are not self-corrected.  

Assignments below will be reviewed in class on 2/24, before the test.

Thema 3, p. 212

Die Jahreszeiten- Das Wetter 
Prepare A, B to review in class. 
Study Neue Woerter, p. 213 and Wortschatz, das Wetter, pp. 232-233

Prepare Akt. 7, p. 214

Listen to Akt. 8, p. 215 and check answers.  Be sure to note the temperatures.  

Read "Landeskunde-Info", p. 215. 

WRITE a few sentences for Akt. 9, p. 215 and POST them in a comment to this post.  Be sure your name is somehow associated with the post.  Completion of this will be marked as participation for the missing week.    

Read "Expressing Equality", p. 228 and write Übung 15.  Prepare Übung 16 to review in class.  

Watch the video, p. 229.  Access it through the Online Language Lab here:

http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Center/oll/german/index.htm

User name: german        password:  ccsf

Try to answer as much as you can of A, B, c, D.  And write 5-6 sentences about yourself for E: Wo haben Sie letztes Jahr Ihren Urlaub verbracht?  This will be reviewed in class.  

Since we didn't get to Übung 14, here are the correct answers.   Compare them to what you wrote:

Übung  14: Vergleiche, p. 227

1.        In der Schweiz ist es wärmer als in Österreich.

2.       In den Bergen ist es kälter als in der Stadt.

3.       Die Tage im Winter sind kürzer  als die Tage im Sommer.

4.       Die Tage im Sommer sind angenehmer als die Tage im Winter.

5.       Das Wetter im Frühling ist regnerischer  als das Wetter im Winter.

6.       Das Wetter heute ist besser als das Wetter gestern.

7.       Die Temperatur gestern war höher als die Temperatur heute.    

If you would like a bit more practice, here are some exercises to try:

Present Perfect tense:


Study for the test on 2/24.  The section "Das Kann ich Nun" is a helpful guide to the chapter (p. 233). 

Here are the general contours of the test:  

Listening section on "Freizeit" and "Das Wetter".  
Written: Sport vocabulary section, 
Present Perfect, 
Coordinating Conjunctions
Comparative

Schreiben:   So that you can prepare your thoughts and vocabulary, here is the topic of the "Schreiben" section.  You may not, however, use any notes you might make during the test!   

Schreiben Sie einen kurzen Aufsatz (short essay)  (40–50 Wörter)

Im Perfekt (present perfect tense). 

Schreiben Sie, was Sie letztes Wochenende gemacht haben, wo Sie hingegangen sind usw.

Zum Spaß können Sie das Wochenende aus der Perspektive einer interessanten Person oder Figur

schreiben. (20 Punkte)

German 2B - Assignment for February 10, 2014

NOTE: No class on 2/17.  

Ger 2B.  Kapitel 11: 

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 halten Sie von einem 

Schulsystem mit drei verschiedenen Schulen?”

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

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

Read, "Negation: noch nicht...", p. 340 and Prepare answers to Ȕbung 10 to review 

German 2A - Assignment for February 10, 2014

Note:  There will not be a class on 2/17, due to Presidents' day, so I am assigning a bit more so that we don't fall behind with the material. 

Students should already be working on Kapitel 7 workbook and lab manual.  If you didn't complete it for German 1B, please do so now to hand in on the 24th.  The lab manual and workbook reinforce the textbook material, so it's a win-win situation! 

Ger 2A:

THEMA 2: 

Hobbys und andere Vergnügungen, p. 210, read, study, learn

Write answers to Schritt 1

Listen to Akt. 3 and 6, p. 211 and follow instructions

Prepare 5-6 answers to Akt. 4 to complete in class as a conversation.  Try using some new verbs and look up with past participle.   . 

Study Wortschatz, p. 232-233

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 223 and prepare answers to the questions. 

Read, study, familiarize yourself with "Das Wetter", bottom of p. 212.  

GRAMMATIK:

Read and study “Use of haben” or “sein”, p. 221-222.

Write answers to Übung 8, p. 222

Read “Mixed Verbs” and “Past Participles of Verbs w/Prefixes”, pp. 223-224.

Write answers to Übung 10, 11, pp. 224-225

Prepare 3 answers to Übung 12, p. 225 

Read and study “Expressing Comparison”, p. 226

Write answers to Übung 13, 14

Read and study “Coordinating Conjunctions:, p. 216

Write answers to Übung 1, 2, p. 217