German 2A/10C: Assignment for 2/9/15: Kapitel 8

Continue to work on workbook/lab manual, Kap 8 to hand in on 2/23, when the test will be given.  The general test topics will be posted on 2/16 (when class will not meet due to the holiday).  

Note: do the Grammatik im Kontext, p. 248 assignment regarding reflexive pronouns and verbs (see below) and then return to 

Thema 3, p. 242, Morgenroutine and answer A, B to practice reflexive verbs. 

Akt. 7: order the actions as appropriate. 

Akt. 8, will be done in class, but it would be helpful if you assemble the sentences in advance and have your own Morgenroutine written up to share with a classmate. 

Grammatik im Kontext, p. 248, Reflexive Pronouns and Verbs

Read this section carefully.  Note that the reflexive pronouns and verbs are used more extensively in German than in English.  Study especially the verbs that always and typically use an accusative reflexive pronoun, p. 249.  

Go here for a number of additional exercises with reflexive pronouns and sentences.  

Übung 8, p. 250, listen and mark the correct answer

Be prepared to answer the question:  Was findest du stressig?  Wie entspannst du dich? 

Read:  Verbs with reflexive pronouns in accusative or dative, p. 251.  Read carefully, bring questions to class if anything is not crystal clear!  Read also the two notes carefully. 

Übung 9, p. 251, write in correct reflexive pronouns 

Übung 10, p. 252: prepare and/or write your advice.  

German 2A/10C: Assignment for 2/2/15: Kapitel 8: Wie man fit und gesund bleibt

German 2A: Kapitel 8.  

After completing this assignment, begin work on lab manual and workbook for Kap. 8.  Both (2A) will be due on the evening of the first test, 2/23.  Students in 10C are required to hand in the lab assignment only, but are welcome, and encouraged, to also do the workbook, self-correct, and hand in for review (but no grade).    

Alles klar?  P. 235: 

Write answers to A, listen to B and check answers.  Audio is available here on the Online Language Lab:  The user name is: german and password is:  ccsf

Study Neue Wörter, 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, at least twice, p. 236 and write answers to A, B. 

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

Schritt 3: give reasons why you do 2 positive things for your health and reasons why you don't do 2 of the activities in Schritt 1.  Use the subordinating conjunction "weil", which we briefly reviewed at the first class session and which is assigned below.  It might be helpful to complete the Grammatik section first before doing Schritt 3.   


Akt. 2 will be done in class. 

Study vocabulary, pp. 258-59.  Make flashcards using a flashcard app of your choice or Quizlet.  

Thema 2, p. 238  Note: we are doubling up on (part of ) the Themen for this chapter due to the holiday on 2/16.  Usually, there will be one Thema assigned per week.  

Study Wortschatz, Der Menschliche Körper, p. 238 

          Neue Wörter, p. 239 and 

          Wortschatz, pp. 258-259 

Make flashcards!  

Listen to "Ein Telefongespräch", p. 239, at least twice, thrice is even better, read along with the text and write/check answers for A, B

Akt 3, p. 240: Write 5 sentences, describing Christoph's story.  

Akt 4, p. 240.  Listen and number body parts referenced

Read: Landeskunde-Info, p. 240 and be prepared to answer the two questions.  

Grammatik im Kontext, pp. 244-245

Read Subordinating Conjunctions and Indirect Questions

P. 245: Write answers to Übung 1, either just note the correct letter or, even more helpful to you, write out the complete sentence. 

Übung 2, write out the sentences in full, using "weil" to connect the two ideas.    

Prepare answers to Üb. 3 & 4 to discuss in class with a neighbor

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

P. 246: Übung 4 will be done in class.  Be prepared to make some statement and use "weil" in your reply. 

P. 247: Prepare answers to Übungen 5, 6, and note word order.  If it helps, feel free to write the answers.  

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

Note that Nos. 4 and 6 will start with "ob" in the dependent clause, as they begin with modal verbs rather than question words.  

Welcome to German 2A/10C: Spring 2015 at CCSF

Welcome to German 2A/10C!  The first session will meet on Monday, January 26 at 6 p.m. at the Mission Center in Room 230.  Please endeavor to bring your textbook, Deutsch: Na Klar! (6th ed.) to class, as we will be reviewing previous chapters (5, 6, 7) before launching into Kapitel 8.  If you don't have the book, do order it now, along with the lab manual and workbook.  Or, you can purchase it at the Mission Center or Downtown Bookstore, or at the Ocean Campus.  Even better, order from Amazon or Half-price Books.  The textbook and lab manual and workbook are also on reserve at the Ocean Campus library, the Downtown Center library and the Mission Center library.  However, you may not take the material out of the library.        

You can access the Spring 2015 syllabus by clicking on the link on the right.  There is also information about CCSF Insight, which will be used to post to a weekly forum.  

Hope to see you all there on Monday, ready to learn about reflexive and relative pronouns, and, yes, adjective endings, as well as many interesting topics such as keeping healthy and fit, making hotel and travel reservations, and the world of work!  

Here is something to keep you inspired until then:  

  

German 2B: Final Exam General Topics: 12/15/14 at 6:00 p.m.

1.  Listening section on the topic of television 

2.  Vocabulary (fill in blanks)  Know two adjectives each describing various types of television shows, similar to the test in Kapitel 13.  and 
      vocabulary: match words with definitions. 

3.  Subjunctive (Present Subjunctive II): know subjunctive forms for haben and sein, the würde + infinitive construction,  and how the Subjunctive II (present) is constructed.  

4.  Relative pronouns and clauses

5.  "Da" compounds

6.  "Wo" compounds

7.  Infinitive clause + zu

8.  Present passive voice

9.  Present passive with modals

10.  Using "man" as an alternative to passive

11.  A reading passage with questions

12.  Kultur: A and B, based on Landeskunde-Info assigned over the course of the semester.  

German 2A: Final Exam general topics for 12/15/14 at 6:00 p.m.

This exam will cover material from Kapitel 7-10:

1.  Listening section on the topic of Freizeit

2.  Vocabulary identification

3.  Giving Directions

4.  Comparative and superlative forms

5.  Conjunctions:  subordinating and coordinating

6.  Present perfect tense

7.  Simple past (imperfect)
           The strong verbs that you will need to memorize the simple past tense forms are:
                     a. kommen
                     b. essen
                     c.  fahren
                     d. gehen
                     e.  schreiben
                     f.  schlafen
                     g.  bleiben
                     h.  trinken
                     i.  laufen
                     j.  nehmen

also know the simple past of: haben, sein, and the modals.   To review simple past of modals, see the chart on page 196, Kapitel 6.  They are formed similarly to weak verbs, but lose the umlauts, where they have occurred in the present tense.  The "ich" and the "er,sie, es" form are identical.  

8.  Adjective endings !!  Review a similar section on the Kapitel 9 test.  Note the errors that you made there and make mental notes.

9.  Reflexive pronouns

10.  Genitive case

11.  Genitive prepositions

12.  A reading passage with comprehension questions

There will not be a writing passage.

German 2A: Assignment for 12/8/14: Kapitel 10

German 2A will meet at 7:35.

Continue working on workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 10.  Completed work will be collected on the evening of the final, 12/15/14.  No late workbooks will be accepted!  

Due to time constraints, we will skip Thema 2 in favor of Thema 3, as you are more likely to use the information in that Thema than the information in Thema 2.  

Thema 3: Eine Fahrkarte, bitte! (p. 298). 

Answer questions to: "Wo ist das", p. 298, study Neue Wörter

Listen to Am Fahrkartenschalter am Bahnhof, 


Write answers to Akt. 8, p. 299.  

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

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Grammatik im Kontext:

Read "Analyse", p. 309 and identify all the verbs in the simple past.  Write them down in three columns: strong, weak and modal verbs.  Write the infinitives for all verbs.  Don't be concerned with the new past participles you might encounter.  

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. 309)

Fill in the blanks for Übung 12, p. 310 (this is based on the Analyse, p. 309) 

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

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.  Note: this will not be included on the final, but it is a useful concept to review.  

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

Note: much of this is based on concepts you already know, i.e. you already know the present perfect tense, the past tense of "haben" and "sein", and that's it, folks!    

Note: there will be a section on 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 (easy!).  

We will review the practice test, sections: II, A, B, III, A, B, and VI.  Please complete these as homework and use them also with an eye toward the final.  

German 2B: Assignment for 12/8/14: Kapitel 14

German 2B will meet at 6:00 p.m.

Continue working on workbook/lab manual for Kapitel 14.  They are to be handed in on the evening of the final on 5/19/14.  No late workbooks will be accepted!  

Thema 2: p. 412: Umwelt

Study chart and answer the question in A: Welche 3 Punkte sind für Sie am wichtigsten?  Was tun Sie persönlich für die Umwelt?  

Complete B, write 7 sentences according to the Beispiel.  

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 413 and write answers to questions. Also, answer practice test, VI, #2 after reading this.  

Listen to Akt. 5, Langsamer, Bitte and order the sentences.   The vocabulary for this Thema will not be on the test, but it is an important topic and therefore bears some coverage.  

Grammatik: 

Read The Passive with Modal Verbs, p. 419 and write answers to Übungen 7, 8.  Note: there will be a brief (5 questions) section w/modal verbs and passive on the final, but if you know how to conjugate the modal verbs and how to form a past participle, then this will not be too challenging.  

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 420 and answer the two questions.  Also, answer practice test, VI, #1 after reading this. 

Read and study "Use of man as an alternative to the Passive", p. 421.  Note: alternative publications often use frau/man in place of only "man"!  Note: there will be a short section (2 sentences) using this structure on the final.  

Write answers to Übungen 9, 10. 

Read "The Present Participle", p. 422 and try, to the best of your ability, to fill in the blanks for Übung 11.  Note: This will absolutely not be on the final, but it is a useful linguistic construction in German to be familiar with.   

For the practice test: Proceed as above with the Kulture sections.  

Complete: 
II, A.  
II, B: choose one and write a solution. 
III, A: Write sentences for both pictures.  Not in one you are using "wurde" and in the other, you are using "wird".  
B.  As mentioned above, both B and C material will be covered (briefly) on the final, so this is good practice for that).    
C.