German 2A/10C: Assignment for 11/23/15: Kapitel 10 + Test, Writing and Presentation Topics

Continue working on workbook/lab manual to hand in on 11/23.  Be sure to self-correct the workbook! 

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. 

Watch the video, pp. 311-312.  Fill in the blanks for A and the chart in C.  

Grammatik im Kontext: 

P. 305: Adjectival nouns.  Read, study and fill in blanks for Übung 8.  Note that these are adjectives used as nouns, and as such, they take the adjective endings that you are already familiar with.  

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.  To refresh your knowledge of the present perfect, see Kapitel 7, pp. 217-222.  

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

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: adjectives in the comparative and superlative

6.  Reading passage and questions

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

8.  For the writing section. Again, this is to be done at home to turn in. It is worth 20 points.  Here is the topic:   

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 PC cart and LCD projector available if you would like to prepare a Power Point presentation or use websites.