German1B/10B: Asssignment for 2/10/15: Kapitel 4

Kapitel 4:   Mein Tag 

Begin working on the workbook and lab manual (1B) or the lab manual (10B).  Make corrections using the answer key in a different color of ink (WB only).  WBs that are not corrected (unless you are perfect, which can happen!) will not be accepted.  

Study Wortschatz, pp. 142-143.  

Thema 2, p. 118 

Read and study H-J's Wochenplan and note "Tageszeiten" at bottom of page.  

P. 119: read both Sprach-Infos.  

P. 119: A, fill in blanks, referring to H-J's Wochenplan. 

B:  Write 5 sentences using both "möchte" and "müssen" to say what you would like to do and what you must do.  Note word order!  The infinitive complement to the conjugated modal verb will be at the end of the sentence.  

Akt. 5, will be done in class.  

Akt. 6 will be done in class.  It would be beneficial if you have both general and specific times in mind to use with this exercise.  For example: Bist du morgen Nachmittag zu Hause?  or Bist du Morgen um 1:00 Uhr zu Hause?  

Akt. 7, p. 121: a variation on this:  jot down a brief "Stundenplan" for a typical day:

Beispiel:  Um 7 Uhr stehe ich auf.  Um 7.30 esse ich Frühstück, u.s.w.  Have 5-7 entries to share with the class.  Looking at the options in Übung 5, p. 127, will be helpful.  

Grammatik im Kontext: 

Pp. 133-135: The Imperative.  Read and study how to make requests and recommendations, give advice or commands.  Note esp. the difference between the two forms of informal (sing. and plural) and the formal.   

Click here for extra, self-correcting exercises using the imperative.

Listen to Übung 15, p. 134 and check boxes.  Note the difference in intonation between a question and a request/command.  

P. 136, p. 135, Übung 17, rewrite the sentences in the du-form of the imperative. 

Übung 18: Prepare this for class, deciding where to put doch, mal or bitte.  Practice saying these out loud!