German 2B: Assignment for 5/5/14: Kapitel 14

Assignment for 5/5/14

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 persoenlich für die Umwelt?  

Complete B, write 7 sentences according to the Beispiel.  

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 413 and write answers to questions. 

Listen to Akt. 5, Langsamer, Bitte and order the sentences.  

Grammatik: 

Read The Passive with Modal Verbs, p. 419 and write answers to Übungen 7, 8.

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 420 and answer the two questions.  

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!  

Write answers to Übungen 9, 10. 

German 2A: Assignment for 5/5/14, Kapitel 10

Assignment for German 2A: 5/5/14

Continue working on workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 10.  Completed work will be collected on the evening of the final, 4/19/14.  No late workbooks will be accepted!  

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. 

GRAMMATIK:

Read and study “Attributive Adjectives in the Comparative”, p. 302

Listen to Übung 4, p. 303

Write answers to Übung 5, p. 303

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 304 and write answers to Übungen 6 and 7

Read and study “Adjectival Nouns”, p. 305

Write answers to Übung 8 and 9, pp. 305-306

Read  and study “Narrating Events in the Past: The Simple Past Tense,” pp. 306-307

Write answers to Übung 10, p. 307.  Refer to p. 196 for a chart with the modals in the simple past.  The rest of the exercises covering the simple past tense will be assigned for 5/12, but I wanted to get a start on this, although it shouldn't present too many problems.  

German 2B: Assignment for 4/28/14: Kapitel 14: Die Öffentliche Meinung

Assignment for 4/28/14: Kapitel 14.

After doing this assignment, begin work on lab manual and workbook for Kapitel 14.

Read and study chart on p. 407.

Write answers to A, listen to B and answer, p. 407.

 Read and study Neue Wörter,  p. 408.  There is a lot of new, advanced vocabulary in this chapter.  

Thema 1: Globale Probleme, p. 408.  Answer A and B.  

Listen to Die Kunst der Diskussion, p. 409, complete the sentences at the end and study Neue Wörter, p. 409.  

Akt. 1 will be done in class.  

Akt. 2: Listen carefully, at least twice

Akt. 3: choose 3 Gesprächsthemen from Thema 1, Globale Probleme and take a stand on each one, using the Beispiel as your guide.  When the book refers to Redemittel, it means the phrases and sentences in B, p. 408.  

Akt. 4, p. 411.  Read and complete BOTH Schritt 1, and Schritt 2.  

Grammatik im Kontext, p. 414: 

Read "The Passive Voice", p. 4114.  

Read carefully Analyse, p. 415 and take note regarding the the use of the passive voice.  

Read "Expressing the Agent", pp. 415-416, and write answers to Übungen 1, 2, 3, and 4. Be sure to identify and write the passive sentences. 

Read "Expressing a General Activity", p. 417 and write answers to Übung 5, p. 418.

Read Landeskunde-Info, p. 418 and answer questions.  

Übung 6 will be done in class.   

German 2A: Assignment for 4/28/14: Kapitel 10 "Auf Reisen"

Kapitel 10 - 4/28/14

AFTER you have completed this assignment, begin working on workbook/lab manual assignments for Kap. 10.  

Read Alles klar?, p. 291 and answer A, listen to B and write answers.

Study, repeat, learn: Neue Wörter, p. 292, Wortschatz, p. 318

Read and study:  Thema 1, p. 292, and write 5 answers to A, p. 293, prepare answers to B 

Study: Checkliste vor der Reise, p. 293 and write 3 things for Akt. 2

Prepare: Akt. 1, p. 293

Read: Landeskunde-Info, p. 294 and prepare answers to the two questions.

Akt. 3 will be done in class.  

Akt. 4, p. 294: write 5 sentences using 5 of the 7 transportation options, stating "Vorteil" or "Nachteil" for each. 

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Grammatik im Kontext, p. 300

Read:  Expressing Comparisons: The Superlative, p. 300

Write answers to Üb. 1 & 2, p. 301. For 2, write answers to Schritt 1 and prepare answers to Schritt 2 to do in class

Übung 3 will be done in class.  

Read: Attributive Adjectives in the Superlative, p. 303 and write answers to Übung 7, p. 304

German 2B - Assignment for 4/21: Kapitel 13: Workbook/lab manual due, test Kap. 13

Continue working on workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 13 to hand in on 11/24.   

Read and study: Subjunctive 1: Past tense, p. 398.  This functions similar to the present perfect tense (using haben or sein + past participle), that you already know.  You are just using a subjunctive form or either haben or sein.  

Write answers to Übung 11 and Übung 12, p. 399.  For 12, just write the present tense of the verbs.    

Sprache im Kontext, p. 399 

Lesen, p. 401, Auf den ersten Blick.  Check answers for A, fill in blank for C.  

Read: Gute Freunde im Netz, 1) Zeilen 23-27: Welche Tatsachen über Mel weißt du? 
                                                       2) Zeilen 28-38: Schreib 3-4 interessante Tatsachen über die deutschen Jugendlichen.  
                                                       3) Glaubst du, dass es einen Unterschied zwischen jungen US-Amerikanern und jungen Deutschen im Gebruach des Computers gibt?  

Study for Test, Kapitel 13: 

1.  Listening section based on media vocabulary 

2.  Types of media and describing them.  Study vocab, Akt 1. , p. 384, Akt. 2, p. 386 and Akt. 4, p. 387.  

3.  Know vocabulary for various modern household devices. 

4.  "zu" construction 

5.  Subjunctive 1.  

6.  Reading passage and questions. 

7.  Schreiben: 

Prepare to write 50-60 words on the following: 

Die Medien. Schreiben Sie über die Rollen der Medien in Ihrem Leben oder in Ihrem Land. Ideen:

Wie wichtig sind Ihnen Medien wie Internet, Fernsehen, Radio, Zeitungen, Zeitschriften, SMS, Bücher oder Musik? Wie viel Zeit pro Tag verbringen Sie normalerweise vor einem Bildschirm? Womit beschäftigen Sie sich da am meisten? Inwiefern (to what extent) haben diese Medien einen negativen oder positiven Einfluss auf Ihr persönliches Leben? Schreiben Sie 50–60 Wörter. (20 Punkte)

8.  Culture questions based on Landeskunde-Info assigned. 

German 2A - Assignment for 4/21 - Kapitel 9: Test and Workbook/lab manual due

Continue working on the workbook and lab manual for Kapitel 9; they are due on 4/21 and will also help you to review for the test.  I have noticed that students who are very thorough with the workbook and lab generally do well on the chapter tests.

Be prepared to do Übung 14, p. 280 in class.

From last week: 

From the vantage of the I (information) kiosk, write directions for a tourist to your chosen destination. Tip: you might want to study the Neue Wörter, p. 268 for suggestions for giving directions, or look first at “Redemittel”, p. 269. 

(this will be helpful in reviewing for the test, as well).

Akt. 6 and Akt. 8: be prepared to do in class. 

Übung 14, p. 280: in class, if timw

Grammatik: 

To review all categories of adjective endings, do this exercise, print out and bring to class next week. 

http://www.geradstetten.wn.schule-bw.de/klasseklasse/lernen/endungen.htm

Check your answers, review and we will review anything tricky that people encountered. 

Sprache im Kontext:

Watch the video, p. 282.  You can access the video here: http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Language_Center/oll/german/index.htm

Complete A, B, and C, p. 282.

Lesen:

A.  Write a few short responses:  Vorteile und Nachteile

Auf den ersten Blick:

A.  Complete.  The simple past will be introduced in the next chapter. For now, try to put the two together: infinitive and simple past form.

Read:  Die Gitarre des Herrn Hatunoglu.  But FIRST, look at B, p. 285 and keep the questions in mind.

Complete B, C, and D, p. 285.

For D: "interview" Herr Hatunoglu and one other person in the story.  Write at least 3 questions addressed to each person.

To review adjective endings, try these: 

http://schubert-verlag.de/aufgaben/xg/xg05_16.htm

http://schubert-verlag.de/aufgaben/xg/xg05_17.htm



Study for the test, Kapitel 9:

Use "Das Kann ich nun", p. 287 as a guide (disregard #7)   

1.  Listening section: Follow directions

2.  Be able to write directions to two locations on a city map.  Study vocabulary in Nach dem Weg fragen, p. 268 to prepare, as well as "Redemittel", p. 269, Akt. 7.

3.  Know vocabulary pertaining to things to be found in a city.

4.  Genitive case questions

5.  Genitive prepositions questions

6.  Adjective endings.

7.  Reading passage w/questions.

8.  Schreiben:  Prepare to write 50-60 words on the following:

Ein Rundgang durch die Stadt. Ihr deutscher Freund / Ihre deutsche Freundin besucht Sie in Ihrer Heimatstadt. Zeigen Sie ihm/ihr Ihre Stadt und schreiben Sie seine/ihre Beobachtungen (observations) auf (50–60 Wörter). Benutzen Sie mindestens fünf Adjektive in Ihren Beschreibungen. (20 Punkte)

mögliche themen

• den Weg durch die Stadt

• bestimmte Gebäude (buildings) und Sehenswürdigkeiten (tourist attractions), die sie sehen

• Gebäude in Ihrer Nachbarschaft (Schule, Kirche)

• etwas Historisches über die Stadt oder wofür die Stadt bekannt ist

9.  Culture questions based on Landeskunde-Info assigned to read.

German 2A - Assignment for 4/7/14 and 4/14/14 - Kapitel 9

German 2A - Assignment for 4/7 and 4/14/14 - Kapitel 9

Please note: there are "extra" assignments due to the spring break and also the holiday on 4/7.   We will cover all the material on 4/14.  The test for Kapitel 9 will be on 4/21. 

Continue working on lab manual/workbook for Kapitel 9 to hand in on 4/21.  There is a high correlation between doing well on the tests and having thoroughly gone through the workbook and lab manual.  So ...    

Thema 2: Im Hotel, p. 265

Listen to dialog, study Neue Wörter, p. 265 and write a short summary (4-5) sentences based on the dialog "Im Hotel in which you give information about the wer, was, wie, warum, etc.   

and then complete "Bilden Sie Sätze".

Akt. 3, p. 266: complete sentences
Akt. 4, p. 266: study pictures and write a sentence for each one.  Then, rewrite the story using the present perfect tense. (present perfect tense was covered in Kapitel 

Go to this website:  http://www.aohostels.com/en/berlin/ Click on the German flag in the upper right hand corner to read the site auf deutsch.  Choose a hostel or a hotel and write 6-7 sentences (in German) describing the hotel, using the vocabulary from Kap. 9.  Include the price of a room, what kind of services are available, location, etc.  Click on "Freizeitzangebote" and include a few places you'd like to visit in your report. Try to include a couple of uses of the genitive case, for good measure.   And, be sure to watch the short video included for the hostels to get a sense of what it looks like!

Thema 3, p. 267

Write answers to A

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 a couple of ideas. 

For everyone to do: From the vantage of the I (information) kiosk, write directions for a tourist to your chosen destination. 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: Post directions on this blog by 4/8 in which you give directions from the CCSF Downtown campus to three locations in SF of your choice.  Make good use of the "directional" vocabulary introduced in Kapitel 9.  This will be marked as an assignment and credit given for those who follow through.  

Grammatik m Kontext, p. 271

Read and study “Adjectives after an Indefinite Article”

Übung 10, write adjective endings for blanks

Übung 11, be prepared to do in class

Read “Adjectives without a Preceding Article”

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:

http://www.geradstetten.wn.schule-bw.de/klasseklasse/lernen/endungen.htm

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 4/14 and we will review.  

The Genitive Case

Read and study information, charts on p. 271.  How does the genitive case function in a sentence, how is it formed?

Read and study "Proper Names in the Genitive", p. 272

Read Analyse and answer questions

Write answers to Übungen 1, 2

Write answers to Übung 3, p. 273, Schritt 1, 2

Übung 4 will be done in class. 

Read "Prepositions in the Genitive", p. 273, and write answers to Übung 5, p. 274

Send in an email to me at lpahl@ccsf.edu by 4/8 the following (either in body of text or as a Word attachment: 

Answers to: Übungen 1, 2, 4, 5 (prepositions only are fine).   This is an assignment that will be credited.  I am also assigning it as we miss that extra class and I would like to see how you are understanding the genitive case.