German 2A/10C: Assignment for 4/18/16: Kapitel 10

Begin or continue to work on the workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 10.

Note: any assignments from 4/11/16 that were not reviewed will be reviewed on 4/18.  

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, 

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

D., page 312.  Prepare answers to ask a classmate and then report back to the class. 

Bring handout: Die Deutschen und Urlaub (7th ed. DNK) and have 3 sentences written to ask class based on the reading.  

Einen Urlaub planen:  

Click here to go to the Deutsche Bahn website. Then: 

1.  Choose "Urlaub" from top row.  Click on "Städtereisen".

2.  Type in "Hamburg" as your "Reiseziel".  

3.  Choose the dates for two nights for one adult.  Click "Suchen".  

4.  You will see various options for accommodations in Hamburg.  Choose one and write 3-4 sentences describing what this place offers.  What does it cost for the entire trip with train and hotel?  Note that you can set a filter for "Haustier erlaubt" and "WLAN kostenfrei" in the left side navigation bar.  

Grammatik im Kontext:

Read: Narrating Events in the Past: The Simple Past Tense, pp. 306-7.  Pay particular attention to the "Notes".  

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 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)

First: Read "Sonderbares Erlebnis einer Reise," p. 309, and THEN fill in the blanks for Übung 12, p. 310.

Listen to Übung 13 and try to jot down the changes.  

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

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

Note: there will be a section on both the test for Kapitel 10 and 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, but that is very simple.