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!