German 1 Lessons, Objectives, Resources, etc.
[ Mr. Kandah ] [ NC Standard Course of Study - Second Languages Curriculum ]

Photos of our German 1 Class

German 1 for the semester is over. I will say in all honesty that I enjoyed this group of kids. They were interesting, fun, considerate towards each other and myself. They were an altogether decent group of kids. Beste Wünsche! Come and visit whenever you'd like!



den 11. Januar 2007 - Donnerstag

Tomorrow is the final exam. You may use the note sheet I started for you. This note sheet may be embellished and supplemented by you. You may only use this note on the exam. Nothing else. Bring your books tomorrow - I will pick them up tomorrow.

Today we'll finish the video series for German 1.

We'll take a short survey of the class.

You may spend the remaining time working on your note sheet.

It was a pleasure teaching you all!!

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

A Six Page review sheet has been prepared for you. You should print this out and study it closely. I am still deciding on the format of the German 1 final exam. But in the interim, the issues mentioned on this review sheet will in some way shape or form be covered on the final. Stay tuned.

den 13. Dezember 2006

  1. Essay - Mein Geburtstag! - Key Phrases you might use:
    • Ich habe Geburtstag am.....
    • Ich möchte von Onkel Hans eine Jazz-CD bekommen. Describe at least three things you want to receive from people.
    • Ich möchte zum Geburtstag . . . . . . - tell three things you would like to do on your birthday.
  2. Conversation Exercise - Was kaufst du für deine Familie?
  3. Conversation Exercise - Warum kommst du zur Klasse ohne die richtigen Schulsachen?
  4. #21, 23, 24
  5. Study for the test on Friday




den 13. November 2006 - Montag

Beginnen wir Kapitel 7 - Wie gefällt dir das?

  1. New vocabulary - clothing words - projector.
  2. Notes - telling what somebody is wearing - anhaben
    • Was hat er an?
    • ------>>> Er hat ein T-Shirt an.
    • ------>>> Sie hat eine Bluse an.
    • Was hast du heute an?
    • ------>>> Ich habe eine Hose und ein Hemd an.
  3. Exercise 1 - together - on projector
  4. Notes - asking how you like something - Wie gefällt dir das?
    • Wie gefällt dir der Pullover?
    • ----->>> Der Pullover (er) gefällt mir sehr.
    • Wie gefällt dir das Kleid?
    • ----->>> Das Kleid (es) gefällt mir nicht.
    • Wie gefällt dir die Bluse?
    • ----->>> Die Bluse (sie) gefällt mir.
  5. Pictures of people - ask each other how you like an article of clothing - Partnerwork
  6. Review the use of gefallen.
  7. More vocabulary with clothing - talking about sizes.
  8. Text - mit CD, pages 194-195 - copy new vocabulary down in composition notebooks.
  9. Students read with their partner the dialogue.
  10. German shopping customs - the store sale....contrast with American stores.
  11. Notes - verbs with stem vowel changes.
  12. Exercises with these verbs.
  13. Review with them.

Homework:

  1. Read pages 198-201
  2. #8, page 201
  3. Read pages 203-206 closely.




den 1. November 2006

  1. New Seating chart. Non-Negotiable.
  2. Conversation Exercise: Was möchten sie essen?
  3. Review with class, briefly.
  4. Homework review - on the board - #5, 6, 7 - wollen, müssen, mögen.
  5. review word order with the modals . . . Notes.
  6. Writing assignment #7, Grammar workbook.
  7. Notes - the modals dürfen, können, sollen - conjugations - examples for the notebooks.
  8. Eating out - text on how Germans take their meals. Partner work - Explication de texte

Hausaufgabe

  1. Study Lektion A, Kapitel 6 in its entirety.
  2. Quiz on Friday!! Lektion A - food vocab, modal verbs.
  3. Begin studying Lektion B: pages 170-173 - translate the dialogue on page 172


den 31. Oktober 2006

  1. Review food vocabulary with crossword puzzle, et. al., Grammar Workbook, pages 83-84.
  2. Conversation Exercise beim Imbiss - was möchtest du mal essen?
  3. Review before the class
  4. Practicing the modal verb mögen - to like. - Conversation Exercise - Was magst du lieber?
  5. Hausaufgabe:
    • Read and study pages 160-169 closely
    • #5, #6, #7
  6. Halloween in German . . . . - a short poem
  7. Monsters, auf deutsch
  8. Drawing - create a monster - color it nice.....hang it on the wall.




den 24. Oktober 2006

Discussing the weather - http://www.wetter.de/ - with wetter.de

  • Wie ist das Wetter in Kön?
  • Wie ist das Wetter in München?
  • Regnet es am Mittwoch in ________________?
  • Scheint die Sonne in Rom?
  • Wie ist das Wetter in ____________?

Wie ist das Wetter heute?

Review Nomintaive and Accusative indefinite articles

Map Study - Central Europe.

  1. Color and label - in German!! - the map of central Europe. Box in the capital cities of these countries. Create a chart of the nations with the following headings. Use corresponding colors for your chart - use the same color you used for the country on your map for the country in the chart. Be neat.

Plurals of nouns - notes.

Project - book of plurals. Create a booklet of ten pages. Each page has a picture of a single item AND a picture or set of of the same items. Give the singular form of the object and the plural form of the object. Example: ein Radio, zwei Radios / eine Frau, drei Frauen . . . . find pictures this evening.

Hausaufgabe - study notes - find pictures.

den 23. Oktober 2006

zum Computerlab

  1. Complete City Brochures; print your work.
  2. Wie ist das Wetter? / Nominative-Accusative Case forms of Articles - online exercise.
  3. Complete #7, 8, and 9 from Kapitel 5, if you haven't already done so.
  4. #10, #11 - Berlin!! - page 135 - complete.
  5. Grammar Book - page 73 - Länder und Sprachen.

Turn in ALL completed work before the end of the period.

Hausaufgabe

  1. Complete all the above assignments.
  2. Read and study weather terms, nominative and accusative case notes, countries and languages section closely.
  3. Read pages 143 - 144 closely - Plural of Nouns.
  4. #16, #17, page 144


den 19. Oktober 2006

  1. Beginnen wir Kapitel 5 - Stadt - page 122
  2. Preview it together briefly
  3. Talking about the months and seasons and basic weather terminology
    • Audio CD - with pages 124 and 125 on overhead.
    • #1 together; #2 partnerwork - describing the weather of several pictures.
    • #3 together discuss; #4 - weather in 6 European cities.
  4. Handout on Weather terms.
  5. Blank Paper - prepare homework for the weekend - read the short snippet on German weather patterns and their use of celsius in Germany; answer the questions on page 129.
  6. Review: the indefinite and definite articles in both the nominative and accusative case - students draw the chart on page 130 on same sheet of paper.
  7. #7, #8 and #9 - Homework.
  8. Read the text on Berlin closely, pages 132 ff. Study exercises 10 and 11 for homework.
  9. Introduce Lektion B - Länder und Sprachen - Audio CD, tracks 12-13
  10. #12 together with Map of Germany
  11. #13 with partners - discussing what languages people speak in various countries.
  12. Review with them.
  13. End class with review of weather terminology.

Hausaufgabe

  1. Complete brochure on German city
  2. Persönliches, answer the questions on page 129.
  3. #7, 8 and 9 - nominative and accusative case forms of indefinite articles.
  4. Read text on Berlin, pages 132-35; study #10,11 closely.
  5. Review section A in its entirety, plus page 138 closely.


den 19. Oktober 2006

German Cities Project - mobile computer lab

Rubric

  1. Pictures of landmarks - at least three - 10 pts
  2. Key Facts of the city - location, population, claims to fame - 15 pts
  3. Historical background - short text on when the city was founded and important events in city's history - 15 pts
  4. Map of the city - 5 pts
  5. Titles and headings and overall look (organization of brochure/report) - 10 pts

55 pts total.

den 17. Oktober 2006

Test - Kapitel 4. I'll give you 15 minutes to review your notes and homework assignments before taking the test.

When we are all completed with the exam, we will preview Kapitel 5: Stadt.

Hausaufgabe

  1. #1, #2, pages 124-125
  2. Continue researching your city brochure/paper




den 16. Oktober 2006 - Montag

Review Chapter 4 - Prepare for Test tomorrow.

  1. Conversation Exercise - Was für Fächer haben sie? - Information Gap Activity.
  2. Work with it before the class.
  3. Review key vocabulary - Overhead - classroom items - courses.
  4. Questions on the Text - page 92 - on projector. Exercise 3 and 4 - with a partner - Review.
  5. Review Nominative and Accusative Case - Exercises 5 and 6 - on projector - together.
  6. Exercise 8 - together.
  7. Work through to page 102 - Welche Schulfächer hast du? - Overhead.
  8. Wer? Wen? Was? - Review questions words - how they are used - #16 together.
  9. Review Conjugation of sein - page 111 - #19 on board. Discuss - #21 on board - discuss.
  10. Remind - text on Deutschland - Land und Leute - will be covered on exam, pages 115-116 - review with them - on projector.
  11. #26 and #27, with projector - on board.
  12. DVD selection, Kapitel 4.
  13. End class with reviews of genders of common classroom nouns.

Hausaufgabe - study for the test tomorrow.

den 13. Oktober 2006

  1. Sentence puzzles - students write three sentences dealing with Chapter 4 themes. They box the words in and color/shade them, cut the words out, shuffle them, and pass the shuffled sentences to a neighbor. The newighbor then glues them in order on a second sheet of paper.
  2. Notes: full conjugation of "sein" - to be.
  3. Exercises dealing with sein
  4. Read Land und Leute - Germany - with audio CD
  5. Explain next project - brochure of a German city of your choice. Download images from the Internet, use the Internet to research the city.


den 12. Oktober 2006 - Donnerstag

  1. Review with conversation:
    • Welche Schulfächer hast du dieses Semester?
    • Wen hast du für Englisch?
    • Wen hast du für Mathe?
    • Wie findest du Deutsch? --> Ich finde Deutsch _____
    • Welche Note hast du Chor? --> Ich habe eine _____ in ......
    • Hast du viel Hausaufgabe in Deutsch?
    • Ist Geschichte interessant oder langweilig?
    • Was ist dein Lieblingsfach?
  2. Students speak with their neighbor about their subjects, teachers etc.....
  3. Have several do this before the class.
  4. Review Sheet - school subjects and phrases, pages 51-52
  5. Homework on the board - review together #11.
  6. Notes - Wer? Wen? Was?
  7. Review #15 and 16, page 107. Discuss.
  8. Complete the conjugation of sein - page 111
  9. Read together the Lesestück - Schon früh in die Schule - ask questions during text
  10. End with review of school subject vocabulary

Homework

Study all your notes. Review entire chapter. Read text, Land und Leute, pages 115-116. #22, #23

den 11. Oktober 2006 - Mittwoch

Talking about school subjects.....

  1. Welche Schulfächer hast du dieses Semester?
  2. Ich habe . . . . . . .

    Essential Questions for this Unit.

    • Welche Schulfächer hast du?
    • Wen hast du für Deutsch? --> Ich habe Herrn Kandah für Deutsch. Ich habe Frau Bolton für Englisch.
    • Wie findest du Deutsch? --> Ich finde Deutsch....
      • interessant.
      • langweilig.
      • schwer.
      • leicht.
      • blöd.
    • Hast du viel oder wenig Hausaufgabe in Deutsch? ---> Ich habe viel/wenig Hausaufgabe in Deutsch.
    • Welche Note hast du jetzt in Deutsch? --> Ich habe eine 1/2/3/4/5/6 in Deutsch.
    • Was brauchst du für Deutsch? --> Für Deutsch brauche ich ein/eine/einen ___________ und...
    • Was ist dein Lieblingsfach? --> Mein Lieblingsfach ist........

    Writing Assignment. Describe briefly each of your classes. Write a short paragraph about schedule. Teachers, grades, level of interest, supplies, etc.

    Quiz on Lektion A

    Hausaufgabe

    1. Study closely the entire lektion B, ppages 102 - 117
    2. #11, #15, #16


    den 10. Oktober 2006

    1. Review with Conversation
      • Ist Deutsch interessant?
      • Ist Englisch langweilig?
      • Ist Mathe schwer oder leicht?
      • Was brauchst du für Deutsch?
      • Brauchst du einen Taschenrechner für Englisch?
      • Brauchst du einen Bleistift für Englisch und Deutsch?
    2. Review Genders of Nouns
    3. Conversation Exercise - was kauft er? Was kauft sie?
    4. Review with class.
    5. Conversation Exercise - Was kaufst du?? - using ein in the accusative case.
    6. Review together as a class.
    7. Class Discussion - The German Gymnasium - compare and contrast different aspects of high-school education in Germany and America - homework review.
    8. Questions - Persönliches, Seite 100 - have them answer these questions - review their translations with them.
    9. Rollenspiel - Seite 100 - review pointing things out to students......have them work with a partner on pointing out where things are.
    10. Introduce school subject vocabulary.
    11. School Subjects in German
    12. End class with review of genders of nouns.

    Hausaufgabe

    1. Quiz on Section A of Chapter 4
    2. Copy vocab on page 117 in your notebooks.
    3. copy page 111 in your notebooks.
    4. read and stuyd pages 102-103


    den 9. Oktober 2006 - Montag

    1. Practice genders of common classroom objects - definite artricles in the Nominative case. Using Overhead. - Was ist das? --> Das ist /der/die/das.....
    2. Practice indefinite articles in the nominative case. Use ein/eine . . . . Was ist das? Das ist ein/eine....
    3. Review the articles
    4. Boardwork - Supply the correct articles and their endings.
    5. Independent Practice - exercises #7 and 8.
    6. Talking about courses - Questions - students answer on same sheet of paper.
      • Ist Mathe schwer oder leicht?
      • Ist Deutsch interessant oder langweilig?
      • Brauchst du ein Lineal für Geometrie?
      • Hast du heute Deutsch?
      • Sind die Probleme in Englisch schwer oder leicht?
    7. Review worksheet - definite articles and writing exercise.

    Hausaufgabe

    1. Review entire section A - QUIZ on Wednesday
    2. Read pages 97-100 closely - identify 10 interesting facts abou the text on this gymnasium.
    3. #9, answer in English.
    4. Translate the questions under Persönliches, page 100.


    den 6. Oktober 2006

    1. Deutsches Frühstück
    2. Oktoberfest - Class Exploration on the WWW
    3. Review genders of common nouns - game
  3. Unser deutsches Frühstück - review Friday's German breakfast
  4. Beginnen Wir Kapitel 4 - Schule!!!
    1. Overhead - Page 90 - with audio CD - repeat - new vocab
    2. 1 and 2 with a neighbor - review new vocab, page 91
    3. Wie klug du bist!! -reading text, page 92 - audio CD - repeat after the CD - pronunciation/vocabulary
    4. #3 and 4 with a partner - review before the class
  5. Notes: definite articles in German - nominative and accusative case. - Discuss indefinite articles also.
  6. Worksheet - reviewing gender of common nouns.
  7. Some Verbs that typically require an accusative case object:
    1. kaufen
    2. bringen
    3. holen
    4. schreiben
    5. spielen
    6. haben
    7. möchten
    8. lesen
  8. Writing Assignment: form sentences with each of these verbs, using ich as the subject. Give a few examples:
    • Ich kaufen den Rechner.
    • Ich bringe das Buch.
    • Ich hole den Radiergummi.
  9. Students write a few of these on the board.
  10. #6, #8, same sheet of paper
  11. End class with review of classroom vocabulary

Hausaufgabe

  1. Study notes and pages 90-101 closely.
  2. Worksheet.
  3. Bring food items


den 2. Oktober 2006, Montag

1. Practicing gern haben - to like

  1. Hast du gern Jazzmusik?
    --->> Ja, ich habe gern Jazzmusik. / Nein, ich habe nicht gern Jazz Musik.
    Hast du gern Countrymusik?
    Hast du gern Deutschklasse?
    Hast du gern Britney Spears?
    Hast du gern 50-Cent?
  2. Hat er/sie gern 50-Cent?
    ---->>>> Ja/Nein, er/sie hat (nicht) gern ________.
  3. Conjugation of haben

2. Expressing when people do things - Review Time Expressions. - Writing Assignment.

3. #11, page 73. heute Abend/heute Nachmittag/heute Morgen/heute Mittag - same sheet of paper as above assignment.

4. Wohin gehst du? - Audio CD - pronunciation exercises - page 74 ff.

5. zu Hause versus nach Hause - discussion.

6. Lesestüch - Wer geht zum Rockkonzert? reading together with audio CD. Questions/Answers together.

7. #15 as partner work. End the day with review.

Hausaufgabe

Study Chapter 3 in its entirety
Chapter Test am Mittwoch!!!!
#17,18,20,21, pages 82 - 83


den 29. September 2006 - Freitag

  1. Quiz on Section A, Kapitel 3
  2. Exercises dealing with time expressions, and the distinction between zu Hause and nach Hause.

Hausaufgabe

Complete Worksheets.

den 28. September 2006 - Donnerstag

  1. Review briefly the format of the quiz tomorrow - what to study, what's exoected of you, etcetera.
  2. Listening exercises from Lektion A
  3. Begin Lektion B - telling time, again. Review numbers 1 - 60 - worksheet, #9
  4. Review main expressions dealing with time - worksheet, #10, #11
  5. Conversation exercise - Wie viel Uhr ist es? Students give each a time and a partner write the hands on his clocks.
  6. Review time with them.
  7. Various time expressions: heute Abend, heute Mittag, heute Nachmittag, heute Morgen.....#11 in book.
  8. Review homework
  9. End day with singing.

Hausaufgabe

Study for quiz.

den 27. September 2006 - Mittwoch

  1. Pictures - discussion - Was macht er/sie?
  2. Conversation Exercise with gern - do a few before the class.
  3. haben conjugation; gern habe - to like something
  4. Conversation Exercise with gern haben - repeat in front of the class.
  5. Review word order and verbal expressions with students - handout.
  6. Putting time expressions first in a German sentence/identifying elements of a German sentence.
  7. Inverted word order in German - class exercise
  8. Review worksheets frm last night; complete them.
  9. Preview the next section of chapter - projector.

Hausaufgabe

Review entire section A for quiz on Friday
Read and study pages 72 - 81 closely.
Exercise #14, page 77.

den 26. September 2006 - Dienstag

  1. In a MS Word document, type your name, the date, Deutsch 1 and Herr Kandah in the upper left corner. Title your paper: Was mache ich gern? Was mache ich nicht gern? Then type in large font (16 pt) three things you like doing and three things you don't like doing. Print your work.
  2. Was machen die Leute gern? - Online assignment using gern and nicht constructions.
  3. Definite articles in the Nominative Case - self-correcting quiz.
  4. Verbs in the Present Tense - online exercise. Print when complete.
  5. German Verbs, Present Tense - online exercise.
  6. Inverted Word Order in German - online exercise.
  7. Review Question Words in German - read and do the self-correcting, 7-question exercises.
  8. Hallo, Wie geht's? Writing Exercise

Hausaufgabe.

Worksheets. Study pages 72 - 77 from you textbook closely.

den 25. September 2006 - Montag

  1. Review with conversation
  2. Return Chapter 2 Exams - Discuss manner in which students can achieve higher scores.
  3. Review gern - expressing a liking for something.
    • Conversation Exercise - information gap with partner.
    • Was machst du gern? Review verbal expressions - have some sample responses on board. Was machst du nicht gern? Students ask each other what they like and don't like to do.
  4. Read together - Holen wir ein Video! on projector with audio CD. Students make vocab list in their notebooks.
  5. Review homework, exercise 4 together.
  6. haben - to have - conjugation and common phrases with haben.
    • Ich habe Geld (kein Geld).
    • Ich habe Zeit (keine Zeit).
    • Ich habe Probleme / ein Problem (keine Probleme / kein Problem).
  7. Worksheet - together - collect homework.
  8. Notes - Syntax in German

Hausaufgabe:

  1. Review Pages 60 -71 closely.
  2. Tomorrow we meet in the lab - Room 141.




den 22. September 2006- Freitag

  1. Was machst du gern? - Talking about what you like to do.
    • Ich tanze gern. -- Wirklich? Ich auch!
    • Ich spiele gern Karten. -- Echt? Ich auch!
    • Ich höre gern Countrymusik. -- Ich nicht.
    • Ich schwimme gern. -- Ich schwimme auch gern.
    • Ich spiele gern Klavier. -- Das ist prima!
    • Ich spiele gern Gitarre. -- Toll! Spielst du gut?
    • Ich spiele gern Tennis. -- Tennis ist toll!
    • Ich gehe gern ins Kino. -- Ich auch!!
  2. List more activities on board.
  3. Review conjugation of verbs in the present tense.
  4. Conversation Exercise - Was machst du am Montag? - do a few before the class.
  5. Schreibübung - was macht du und deine Familie gern? Nicht gern? - describe what you and your family like to do. Ten sentences. Describe what you are doing tonight, tomorrow, and on Sunday.
  6. Sing some German songs.

Hausaufgabe.

  1. Study notes.
  2. Read pages 62 - 70 closely.
  3. #4.
  4. haben - to have. #6
  5. #8 - Youth activities


den 20. September 2006 - Mittwoch

  1. Conversation Exercise - Partnerwork - Um wie viel Uhr ist er/sie zu Hause?
  2. Ask questions before the class.
  3. Have students complete the review on Lektion 2B with a partner. Circulate around, discuss with pairs the main themes of Lektion 2B. Review with class.
  4. Listening exercises - distribute answer sheet - play selections 1,2,3,4 from CD
  5. Video Segment - Abschnitt 2 - zu Hause - the continuing saga of Petra, ihre Schwester Tanja, ihre Eltern, Hasan, Julia, Christian. View with subtitles. Pause, point things out.
  6. Discussion sheet, with partner, dealing with main points of the film.
  7. Review vocabulary for tomorrow's test on Kapitel 2.

Study for test on Chapter 2: old homework assignments, textbook, notes.

den 19. September 2006

  1. New Seating Chart
  2. Review gender of Nouns and vocabulary - pages 25-26
  3. Conversation exercises - Was machst du??
  4. Do a few before the class.
  5. Praktisches - page 53 - groupwork - practicing time.
  6. Rollenspiel - page 52 - partnerwork - act out sveral times before the class.
  7. Review exercises, pages 54ff. - with projector.

Hausaufgabe

Review chapter 2 in its entirety for test on Thursday

Montag, den 18. September

  1. Review with Conversation:
    • Days of the Week.
    • Wie heißt deine Mutter?
    • Wie heißt dein Vater?
    • Wie heißt dein Onkel?
    • Deine Tante? Deine Oma? Dein Opa?
  2. Have students give corollary family relationships.
  3. Review numbers 1-100 and expressing WHEN someone does something - grammar sheets, pages 21 - 23.
  4. Review classwork from Friday, Specifically, Wir kommen rüber, page 47. Have students repeat.
  5. Discuss typical mannefr in which Germans answer the phone.
  6. Students do the dialogue with partner, making appropriate changes.
  7. Questions on text, #13, 14, page 48 together as class.
  8. Discuss official time in German-speaking countries.
  9. Notes: the definitive article, Nominative singular: der, die das (the); concept of grammatical gender in German
  10. #15, together.
  11. das Lesestück - Tolle CDs! page 50. together, make vocabulary list.
  12. End class with review of numbers and time.

Hausaufgabe

  1. Study all notes from Chapter 2
  2. #16, page 51
  3. Read pages 50 - 57 closely.
  4. Chapter Test on Thursday.


den 14. September 2006 - Donnerstag

  1. Review numbers with conversation - numbers on the board, ask students to give the number in German.
  2. Conversation Exercise - Wie alt ist den Onkel?
  3. Remind students of Quiz on Friday Review Section A of Chapter 1 in its entirety
  4. Notes: Time in GermanTelling Time in German
  5. Days of the Week - Notes/Handout - Discussion
  6. Partnerwork: Exercise #9, page 45 im Text.
  7. Review before the class.
  8. Online Exercise on sheet of paper - students see several clocks, write down the actual time.
  9. Notes: Telling AT what time . . . . .
  10. Exercise 11 and 12 on same of paper.
  11. Finish worksheets from last night

Hausaufgabe

Study for your quiz.

Read and study pages 44-50 closely.

den 14. September 2006 - Donnerstag

  1. Review numbers with conversation - numbers on the board, ask students to give the number in German.
  2. Conversation Exercise - Wie alt ist den Onkel?
  3. Remind students of Quiz on Friday Review Section A of Chapter 1 in its entirety
  4. Notes: Time in GermanTelling Time in German
  5. http://www.kandah.org/german/scenes/german1/timeword.htm">Days of the Week - Notes/Handout - Discussion
  6. Partnerwork: Exercise #9, page 45 im Text.
  7. Review before the class.
  8. Online Exercise on sheet of paper - students see several clocks, write down the actual time.
  9. Notes: Telling AT what time . . . . .
  10. Exercise 11 and 12 on same of paper.
  11. Finish worksheets from last night

Hausaufgabe

Study for your quiz.

Read and study pages 44-50 closely.

den 13. September 2006

  1. Conversation Exercise - Bei der Party! - review family relationships and adjectives describing people.
  2. Talk about others in the class (Ja/Nein questions)
    • Bist du intelligent?
    • Ist er begabt?
    • Ist sie freundlich?
    • Wer ist sportlich? (Steht auf!)
    • Wer ist gut in der Schule? (Steht auf!)
    • Wer ist nicht freundlich?
    • Bin ich freundlich?
  3. Review Question words.
  4. Homework - on the board.
  5. Notes: Numbers 20 - 100, and beyond.
  6. Wie alt ist deine Mutter? Und Dein Vater?
  7. Conversation Exercise - Wie alt ist dein Onkel?
  8. Review conversation with class.
  9. Independent Practice - Workbook pages, 15-17.

Hausaufgabe

Review ALL notes and returned homework assignments. Quiz on section A of Chapter on Tuesday.

Read about telling time and gender of German nouns, pages 44-49



den 12.September 2006 - Dienstag

  1. Workbook, pages 13-14: Bell ringer, complete dialog with last night's vocabulary work; family member vocabulary.
  2. Review with conversation:Wer ist das?
  3. Writing Assigment: Describe 7 family members. Examples:
    • Meine Schwester heißt Sandra. Sie wohnt nicht weit von hier. Sie ist sehr nett.
    • Mein Opa heißt Gerhard. Er wohnt in Hamburg. Er ist sehr intelligent.

    Review key adjectives to describe people. Students write these down in their notebooks.

  4. Notes: Formation of questions. Ja/Nein, questions, specific answer questions.
  5. Guided Practice: with above linked assignments.
  6. Independent Practice: Grammar workbook, pages 17 and 18.
  7. Close with vocabulary review.

Hausaufgabe:

  1. Review ALL notes, and textbook, up tp page 43.
  2. Finish workbook pages, if not complete.
  3. Quiz on Friday.


den 11. September 2006

  1. Test on Unit 1 - Listening, grammar, reading
  2. Preview Unit 2 - zu Hause!

Hausaufgabe:

  1. Read and study closely pages 32 - 43
  2. Exercises 1, 5, 8


am 6. September 2006 - Mittwoch

  1. Review page: #12 and #13, page 9 - conjugation of verbs in the present tense.
  2. Conversation Exercise: Wo wohnst du denn?
  3. Review Homework - on board.
  4. Listening Exercises.
  5. Review exercises: #21, 22 and 24, pages 28-29.

Homework:

  1. Review Chapter 1 in its entirety
  2. Chapter 1 Test on Friday.
  3. Study page 31 - vocabulary.
  4. Exercises 25 and 26, pages 29-30


Tuesday, September 5, 2006

  1. Review with conversation:
    • Greetings in German
    • Wie geht's?
    • Wer ist das?
    • Wie alt bist du?
    • Ist das dein Freund?
    • Ist das deine Freundin?
    • Ist er neu hier?
    • Woher kommst du? Aus Berlin? Aus Potsdam?
  2. Review Guidelines and Expectations of course
  3. Return quiz on numbers and introductory phrases in German - review.
  4. Wo wohnst du? - Asking where you live.
  5. Conversation Exercise - Wo wohnst du denn?
  6. Notes: Personal Pronouns in German
  7. Discussion: du or Sie?
  8. Exercise 25, page 21 - Patnerwork. Review
  9. Notes: Present Tense Verb Forms in German
  10. Exercise: page 11 from Grammar book. Independent Practice.
  11. End with review of numbers and conversation.

Homework:

  • Complete page 12 of the handout from today
  • Workbook, page 9, #12 and 13