German 1B/10B: Assignment for 11/4/14: Kapitel 6: Wir gehen aus

German 1B/10B: Assignment for 11/4/14: Kapitel 6.  Continue to learn/study/memorize new vocabulary introduced for this chapter.  Pay close attention to the genders and plural forms.

P. 193, Übung 9: Review vocabulary for room furnishings, interiors, on pp. 80-81 and be prepared to ask questions "Wo steckt die verlorene Theaterkarte?"

Thema 3: Im Restaurant, p. 184

Study the Neue Wörter and match the pictures to the statements 1-6.

Akt. 8: listen (3 times) and fill in the blanks.

Akt. 9: will be done in class.

Akt. 10: listen (3 times) and check the correct boxes

Read Landeskunde-Info and be prepared to answer the questions.

Watch this informative video and pick up a few tips about dining out in Germany:

Grammatik im Kontext: 

P. 194: Read Expressing events in the past and study the notes. This will be an introduction to the simple past tense, the "narrative" tense, covered more completely in Kapitel 10 (German 2A, Spring 2015).  

Übung 11:  Complete the sentences using haben or sein, as appropriate, in the simple past. 

Übung 12:  Will be done in class.  Try to prepare a few of these questions and answers to facilitate. 

P. 196: Read The simple past tense of modals and study the notes.  Note especially that modals in the simple past have no umlauts.  

Übung 13: fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the modals for A and B

P. 197: Übung 14: fill in the blanks

Übung 15: Write 4 sentences, based on your experiences.

Übung 16: will be done in class.  : 

Sprache im Kontext: 

Watch the video and answer A, B, and C.  Write down or have prepared to share answers to D

German 1B/10B: Assignment for 10/28: Kapitel 6

If you haven't already done, begin work on the workbook/lab manual for Kapitel 6.

Thema 2: Die Speisekarte, bitte!

P. 180: study the menu from Die Knolle.  Read the Analyse and prepare answers to the questions.

A,, p. 181: match the German words to the English equivalents.

B: what doesn't belong?

Akt. 4: a Jumble challenge.  Write the unscrambled words.

P. 182: Read Landeskunde-Info and be able to answer the questions, telling the class what you like and don't like.  (Truthahn mag nicht!)

Akt. 5: Listen and fill in the blanks

Akt. 6, p. 183: Be prepared to tell a classmate what you'd like to order for 20 Euro or less.

Akt. 7: will be done in class.  Be sure to read Landeskunde-Info, p. 183 for ordering in restaurant information.

To round things off, just for fun and information, watch this video:

Grammatik im Kontext: 

P. 190: Read: Describing location and note the use of "wo" when describing location.  

Übung 5: write complete sentences answer the questions. 

Übung 6: fill in the blanks with the correct verb in its correct form. 

P. 191: Read: Describing placement and note the use of "wohin".  Note that "wohin" can be separated into "wo" and "hin" and function much like the separable prefix verbs that you learned in Kapitel 4. 

Read Sprach-Info regarding setzen.  It introduces the concept of reflexive pronouns, which will be further explored in Kapitel 8, yet another reason to sign up for German 2A (Spring 2015)

P. 192: fill in the blanks with the correct verbs and their correct forms.  Especially note the Sprach-Info on p. 192.  

Übung 8: fill in the blanks with the correct verbs and their correct forms. 

Übung 9: will be done in class.  For this one, review vocabulary for furniture, interiors, etc. on pp. 80-81. 

Pp. 193-194: read Expressing time with prepositions

Übung 10: will be done in class.  It would be beneficial to have some questions and answers ready to ask/reply.  Z.B: S1: Was machst du von 7-8 Uhr morgens? 

Click here for some additional exercises with prepositions of time. 

Click here for some additional exercises with dative/accusative: liegen/legen, stellen/stehen

Click here for some additional exercises with location only. 

Click here  and here for some either/or preposition exercises.  Note: where you see "wo" you will use the ??? and where you see "wohin" you will use the???  

German 1B/10B: Assignment for 10/21/14: Kapitel 6: Wir gehen aus

Kapitel 6: Wir gehen aus

Alles klar? p. 175.  Look at the information flyer and prepare answers for A.

Listen to B (3 times) and match numbers and letters to characterize the restaurants.

THEN, describe in 2-3 sentences a restaurant you like to go to,

first say where the restaurant is, and, using the Neue Wörter on p. 176 and the restaurant flyers, say what its hours of operation are and on which day (if any) it is closed.  Then, describe the atmosphere of the restaurant, using these words or others that you know: 

gemütlich, elegant, teuer, preiswert, rappelvoll, laut, macht viel Spaß, empfehlenswert (recommendable)

Thema 1: Lokale, p. 176

Look at the various menus and flyers, then jot down the letters that answer the questions in the Analyse, p. 177.

Read Landeskunde-Info, study the vocabulary, and be prepared to discuss the questions.

Read Sprach-Info, p. 178 and peruse the illustration.  Akt. 1 will be done in class.

Akt. 2: will be done in class, but prepare some answers.  

Akt. 3 will be done in class.  

Grammatik im Kontext: 

P. 186: read about two-way prepositions and study carefully the notes. Note especially the difference between using "wo" and "wohin".  You will learn more about this important difference in this chapter.  

Read and study the Analyze, p. 187 and note "wo" and "wohin" examples.

Übung 1: be prepared to do this in class and say where Mark would buy the items on his shopping list.  

Übung 2, p. 188: be prepared to do this in class.  Determine how you would express the accusative case for each destination.  

Übung 3, p. 188: be prepared to do this in class and answer questions 1-6.  

Übung 4, p. 189: will be done in class.  Notice that you will be using modals in many of these statements, so it's a good time to review p. 129.  

Prepare answers to Lesen/Zum Thema, p. 198, 1 and 2.  

For extra practice:  Two-way prepositions 

Test Preparation for German 1B: Self-correcting quizzes for Kapitel 5: Vocabulary and Grammar and "Von" vs. "Aus"

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If you haven't already done so, do check out the quizzes for each chapter in Deutch: Na Klar! (6e).  There are both vocabulary and grammar quizzes which would be good preparation for the upcoming chapter test.  

And click here for a short webercise checking your knowledge of how to use "von" vs. "aus".   And click here for another dative preposition self-quiz. 

If you're curious about the "language bonus" discussion to the left, click here for the Economist's article regarding this intriguing thought.  

German 1b/10B: Assignment for 10/14: Kapitel 5 and Test Topics

Kapitel 5: Continue to complete and self-correct workbook and complete lab manual.  Doing a thorough job with these will greatly help you with the test on 10/14.  The topics for the test are below, after the assignment. 

Continue to review vocabulary for Kapitel 5: articles of clothing and "Lebensmittel".  
Page 155: Aktivität 12: will be done in class. 
Aktivität 13: Scan the pictures of Jutta.  Read Sprach-Info,  to clarify: zuerst, zuletzt, deshalb, jetzt. Then draw arrows to match sentences and order the sentences numerically.
Aktivität 14: Will be done in class. 

Grammatik im Kontext: 

Übung 12, p. 166.  Prepare answers to 1-7 and write your own questions w/response to complete in class.

Video:

Watch the video, p. 167.  Jot down answers for A, B, and C.

Lesen: Zum Thema, p. 167

Fill in the blanks for A, 1-6 and B, 1-5.

Bei welchem Supermarkt kaufst du ein?  Wo kaufst du Kleidung ein?  Wo kaufst du im Internet ein?

Study for test, Kapitel 5:

Review "Das kann ich nun!" p. 173.

Review Wortschatz, pp. 172-173

Test topics:

1.  Listening section on the topic "Einkaufen".

2.  Vocabulary identification: clothing

3.  Use of dative only verbs: writing complete sentences

4.  Vocabulary categories: "Lebensmittel".

5.  Places to shop in Germany.

6.  dative pronouns

7.  wo, wohin, woher

8.  dative prepositions and adjective endings for nominative, accusative and dative

9.  reading selection

10.  writing section:

Vielen Dank.  Sie haben gerade von Ihrer Großmutter mehrere Kleidungsstücke, Geschenke und Schokolade zum Geburtstag bekommen.  Schreiben Sie ihr einen Dankesbrief (50-60).  Benutzen Sie (use) die folgenden Verben.      

gut stehen                              gefallen
passen                                    schmecken

11.  Culture question based on one of the assigned Landeskunde Infos.

10B students: please prepare a presentation of your own based on the writing topic.  Only key word notes may be used, no reading from a prepared topic. 

Self-correcting exercises for Dative Prepositions

Click here to go to a self-correcting exercise for the dative prepositions, about which you are reading and studying for next week.