DEUTSCH 4 ASSIGNMENT & SYLLABUS PAGE 2010-211
+++++++NOTE: * denotes assignment given on that day in class
W 8/25 Speaking: Describe your vacation in German (~ 5 sentences), tell your classmates 1 new and 1 already known word that summarizes your
vacation experience.
Th 8/26 Finish speaking activity about vacation; work on past tense review packet
Fri 8/27 &nbs p; Go over speaking German expectation; play Deutsches Monopoly
Mon 8/30 Finish past tense review packet, review stations on last year's vocabulary chs. 1-4
* Write 1/2 page essay on your vacation, due tomorrow
Tues 8/31 ;Collect vacation essays; Review stations on last year's vocabulary chs. 5+6
*Re-do vacation essays if you were told to do so by tomorrow
W 9/1 Collect corrected vacation essays; Review stations over c hs. 1-6; Around the world
* Study chs. 1-6 on your study guide for review quiz on Friday
H 9/2 Review all vocabulary chs. 1-6; read 3 kurze Artikel and answer questions - then share + hand in
* Study for review quiz over last year's chs. 1-6
F 9/3 Quiz over chs. 1-6 (review); watch 1st part of movie
T 9/7 Work on ch. 8 + 9 review from last year (hotel); Explain project "German news"
* Due H - Deutsche Nachrichten: pick a story that's been in the news recently and give a 5-minute report in German about it,
include 5 new German vocab words in the report to share with classmates;
W 9/8 Senior meeting with counselors - come to class for attendance, then go to Auditorium
H 9/9 Present German news project and have a discussion over each topic.
Review stations for chs. 10+11 from last year.
* Study for review quiz over last year's chs. 8-10
F 9/10 Review quiz over chs. 8-10; play Verkehrszeichen-Quiz (European traffic signs).
M 9/13 Talk about the week end; pick an article to present.
* Summarize and presen t an article of your choice in German to classmates (approx. 5 minutes)
T 9/14 Work on Chs. 13 +14; Work on presenting article of your choice to your classmates in German - use 5 new vocabulary words and lead a short
discussion in German on the topic;
W 9/15 Finish article presentations; German news; grammar review: nouns (worksheet); review chs. 13+14 vocabulary;
* Study for a review quiz over last yea r's chs. 13 + 14.
H 9/16 Review quiz over last year's chs. 13+14, Deutsches Mensch Aerger Dich nicht; Sissy?
M 9/20 Finish article presentation; Review stations: chs. 15-17 + justice system
T 9/21&nb sp; Talk about the weekend in German; remaining article presentations;
review chs. 15-17 and justice system;
W 9/22 Go over ch. 1 new vocab words (German railway system) in the new books;
H 9/23 Finish last year's vocabulary review; exercises on German railroad system (worksheet in class/workbook)
* Study for the vocab quiz over court + ch. 15
F 9/24 Quiz over ch. 14, court and ch. 13 political system from last year; watch Sissy part 1;
M 9/27 Introduce vocabulary then watch short movie "Der Schwarzfahrer" - discuss and fill out worksheet
* Worksheet due on Schwarzfahrer
T 9/28 Talk about weekend; Watch actual You-Tube section on German railway system (Oliver Pocher - Schwarzfahrer); do remaining book + workbook
exercises on the train section
W 9/29 Review Zug vocabulary + Schwarzfahrer vocab; create a role-play "Im Zug" and present
H 9/30 Review Zug vocabulary (games); finish + present role play "Im Zug";
* Study for vocabquiz "Im Zug" + Schwarzfahrer
F 10/1 Quiz over "Im Zug" + Schwarzfahrer; Watch Sissy part 2
M 10/4 Begin German state project: vocabulary: vocabulary introduction, watch parts of Geography DVD;
T 10/5 Look at examples from last year's state project; complete reading on your state (colored packet in English); German geography WS;
& nbsp; * German geography WS due tomorrow
W 10/6 Hand in German Geography WS; work on European geography WS; use classroom materials and handouts to begin state projects;
work on various geography worksheets;
H 10/7 State project: Work in MRC
F 10/8 State project: Work in MRC
M 10/11 Finish state project in MRC
& nbsp; * Be ready to present a power point on your German state tomorrow!
T 10/12 German state presentations; students should make a copy of their project for everyone else in the class;
W 10/13 Finish German state presentations; each student should have a copy for everyone in the class of each project;
H 10/14 Review day for all projects + geography section
F 10/15 TEST on German states and geographuy; watch Sissy part 3
M 10/18 Start section on "Maerchen" (fairy tales) - fai ry tale vocabulary
T 10/19 Read Maerchen "Der Froschkoenig" and translate, work on presenting it as a group; complete
exercises for it (pages 20-24)
W 10/20 Present "Froschkoenig" and go over exercises in packet - pages 20-24; read Rumpelstilzchen
H 10/21 Read Rumpelstilzchen and present as a group; review fairy tale vocab; do Rumpelstilzchen exercises
* Study for fairy tale vocab quiz tomorrow
F 10/22 Fairy Tale vocab quiz; read Haensel + Gretel
M 10/25 More vocab (Schneewittchen); read Schneewittchen
T 10/26 Vocab review Schneewittchen + fairy tale expressions (Eggspert?); time for work on project in MRC
W 10/27 Review Schneewittchen + other vocab; Work Day in the library
* Study vocab for 2nd quiz over Schneewittchen + fairy tale expressions
H 10/28 &n bsp; * fairy tales quiz 2 over Schneewittchen + fairy tale expressions; Halloween activity: Create and solve somebody's 10-word puzzle
F 10/29 NO SCHOOL - PDD
M 11/1 Review general fairy tale expressions; Fairy tale project work day in the library -proof reading
T 11/2 Work day on fairy tale project in Room 270 (ERC)
W 11/3 Work day for fairy tale project
H 11/4 Fairy Tale project
&nb sp;
F 11/5 Finish fairy tale project
M 11/8 Presentations fairy tale project
T 11/9 Go over vocab p. 50f, Read p. 60 and do Ex. 24+25
W 11/10 No class
H 11/11 No class
F 11/12 NO SCHOOL - PTC
M 11/16 Read p. 62 and do Ex. 26+27
T 11/17 No German class for seniors due to ITEDS testing in the morning
W 11/18 & nbsp; Es geschah am hellichten Tag - go over vocabulary and questions; read about the author's life + the work
H 11/19 Review vocab; clarifications; Es geschah am hellichten Tag
* Study vocab for quiz vocab part 1
F &n bsp; 11/20 Vocab quiz part 1; finish Es geschah am hellichten Tag
M 11/29 Continue "Es geschah am hellichten Tag"
T 11/30 Continue "Es geschah am hellichten Tag"
W 12/1 Finish movie, Workda y to answer all questions on packet;
* Finish all questions on packet; study for quiz
H 12/2 Review day; study vocab from vocab sheet; go over and hand in all questions
F 12/3 TEST over "Es gesch ah am hellichten Tag"
M 12/6 Book work: read p. 82+83 about Switzerland together; complete p. 84f. Ex. 8 + 9 alone + hand in
T 12/7 TB p. 86 go over bicycle parts; read p. 89 together; complete p. 88 Ex. 10 + p. 89 Ex. 11 alone + hand in
W 12/8 TB p. 90 read relative pronouns; complete Ex. 12 p. 91 together; complete p. 92 Ex. 14 alone;
H 12/9 Review bicylce parts, Switzerland + relative pronouns; then p. 95 read polite requests using subjunctive; and complete Ex. 17+18
* Study for Quiz over bookwork
F 12/10 Quiz over bookwork; then start GBL: read English packet and answer Qs
M 12/13 Collect answers to English packet GBL; work on German packet GBL
T 12/14 PPP over GBL; Work on German packet - answer questions;
W 12/15 Finish German packet; Go over vocab for GBL
H 12/16 Vocab review; Start movie GBL
* Study for vocabquiz GBL
F 12/17 Vocabquiz GBL; Continue movie GBL
M 12/20&n bsp; Continue movie, finish last 2 Qs on English packet
* Finish last 2 Qs on English packet
T 12/21 Finish movie; Review day for TEST over GBL on Monday (study guides)
; * Study for Test over GBL on Monday
W 12/22 TEST GBL; Weihnachtsparty; hand out semester exam study guides
* Study with study guides for semester exam
M 1/3 TB read p. 50+51 vocab, then complete p. 52 Ex. 14 (identify the term described) and 15 (fill in the words from the word bank);
* study the vocab (TB p. 65 blue box below);
T 1/4 Read TB p. 54, then grammar p. 57 and complete p. 58 # 20 , discuss p. 59 Ex. 1+2
W 1/5 TB p. 68 write a German paragraph for situation 1 (describe 2 sights in Iowa in German) and 3 (research a n accident
that happened in this area and describe what happened - who, how, when, where etc.)
H 1/6 Complete your own quiz for the vocabulary TB p. 65 and solve each others; review for semester exams;
F 1/7 Quiz (p. 65 vocabquiz); all materials from this week due; review for semester exams
M 1/10 Sem Exam Review
T 1/11 Sem Exam Review
W 1/12 SEM EXAM SCHEDULE - No German class
* Study for your final
H 1/13 SEM EXAM
F 1/14 NO CLASS -teacher work day
M 1/17 NO SCHOOL - MLK DAY
T 1/18 Go over Semester Exam
W 1/19 Artikel Projekt: Explain + choose topics; Work on timeline in the MRC
* All timelines due at the beginning of the hour tomorrow (reduced 2 pts per day , 10 pts total)
H 1/20 Artikel Projekt: MRC; Work on 5 special focus items; all special focus items due at end of period;
Hand out study guides (reduced 2 pts per late day; 10 pts total); check remaining 10 event timelines;
* Finish special focus items (if necessary)
F 1/21 MRC: Finish content of 5 focus areas by end of period (10 pts, reduced 2 pts per late day);
* finish 5 focus areas (if necessary)
M 1/24 MRC: Work on 5-point quizzes - all quizzes are due at end of period (10 pts; 2 pts reduced per late day)
* Finish 5 pt quiz (if necessary)
T 1/25 All power point presentations presented in class
W 1/26 Present remaining PPPs
H 1/27 finish project presentations; present a copy of your projects to each classmate for a review
* Study for tomorrow's test
F 1/28 TE ST over article projects
M 1/31 Start Afrika-Projekt: read the power point description of the project; go over the vocab list and find the English equivalents
T 2/1 Snow Day
W 2/2 Snow Day
H 2/3 Delay - go over vocab list and project expectations
* 10 things to bring list due on Monday
F 2/4 PDD - NO SCHOOL
M 2/7 Hand in your 10 things to bring lists; Review vocabulary from the list: make a quiz for 10 nouns, 5 verbs and 5 adjectives and solve one another's
* Study for vocabquiz over vocabulary list
T 2/8 Vocabquiz from list; Watch movie part 1
W 2/9 African country report and PPP (library)
H 2/10 Work on African country report + power point presentations (MRC)
F 2/11 African country report + power point presentations (library): Due at end of the period; share a copy of your project with other classmates
M 2/14 Finish African country reports + PPPs
T 2/15 Present reports; hand out copies of everyone's reports + study all country reports
W 2/16 Finish presenting country reports; Write Autobiography, study all country reports
H 2/17 Finish Autobiography; keep studying all country reports
* Study for quiz over country reports, finish autobiographies for tomorrow
F 2/18 Watch part 2 of the movie
* Study for quiz over country projects
M 2/21 Take country project test; finish autobiographies
* Finish Autobiographies
T 2/22 Autobiographies due; continue movie
W 2/23 Work on diary entries, continue movie
H 2/24 work on diary entires; Finish movie
F 2/25 Workday on diary entries, hand in diary entries by the end of the period
M 2/28 Grammar: TB p. 80: the difference between "als, wenn + weil" - read through the explanation, then complete p. 81 Ex. 6 + 7 (in the simple past)
T 3/1 Go over the extern al car parts worksheet and identify what they are; TB p. 121 go over the internal car parts and what they are;
for the worksheet, choose 10 car parts and describe them in a complete German sentence; also complete Ex. 10 on p. 121
* Study car parts
W 3/2 Review car parts; create 10 word quizzes for both worksheet and internal car parts from p. 121 and solve each other's
* Study car parts for quiz tomorrow, write a 1/2 page essay on your dream (or own) car using 10 vocab wrods from the chapter
H 3/3 Car parts quiz; essays due; read p. 122 together, then read p. 123f together; answer p. 123 Ex. 11 and p. 125 Ex. 12
* All work from today due on Monday
F 3/4 PDD - No School
M 3/7 Hand in all work from Thursday; go over vocab p. 110, then read p. 111 "Komm, wir spielen", answer Ex. 3+4 together
T 3/8 Review vocab from p. 110; Review: read "imperative" on p. 113 and complete exercises 5 + 6 on p. 114; Monopoly
W 3/9 Review vocab; adjectives section in textbook: p. 150 Ex. 8+10 zusammen; Monopoly
H 3/10 Re view vocab; TB p. 150f. Ex. 9 write it out; Monopoly
* Study p. 110 for quiz tomorrow
F 3/11 Take vocabquiz over p. 110; All make ups do
M 3/21 Sprechen ueber Ferien; Monopoly zu Ende
T 3/22 Go over vocablist + information on the movie; begin "Das Leben der anderen"
W 3/23 Vocab review; go over first set of Qs; continue "Das Leben der anderen"
H 3/24 Go over first set of Qs; continue "Das Leben der anderen"
F 3/25 Vocab + questions review; continue "Das Leben der anderen"
M 3/28 Finish the movie
T 3/29 Go over last set of Qs; vocab review; Read a review of da/wo-compounds on p. 226-227, then answer for yourself the Qs on p. 228 # 9
* Study for quiz over LBA
W 3/30 Vocabquiz over DLA; TB p. 194 use the expressions and write a possible dialogue for a "Klassentreffen" in 20 Jahren - you meet your old
friends and describe what happens to them - 1/2 page auf Deutsch getippt using past tense forms;
Don't forget to include what happened to YOU!
H 3/31 Continue working on Klassentreffen (see above)
* Klassentreffen due am Dienstag
F 4/1 Scrabble; work on Klassentreffen
M 4/4 Finish work on Klassentreffen
* Klassentreffen due tomorrow
T 4/5 MRC Klassentreffen; then present
W 4/6 Review p. 232: Review of the passive voice; do Ex. 13+14 together;
Read the text on p. 239 f. and complete Ex. 18
H 4/7 Spass-Tag
F 4/8 KEINE SCHULE
M 4/11 Read p. 244 and do Ex. 24+25 (um...zu)
T 4/12 Go over vocab p. 256, practice with Ex. 1-3; then read text on p. 258f. and do Ex. 4
W 4/13 Vocab review (health); p. 263 read passive voice in the narrative past; then read the section about aspirine on p. 264 and complete Ex. 9 + 10;
start reading p. 279 about Paracelsus
* Study for vocabquiz over p. 256
H 4/14 Vocabquiz over p. 256; finish reading p. 279 about Paracelsus and complete Ex. 23+24; Read p. 281 "genitive" (this is a review from German 3)
and complete p. 282 Ex. 25; p. 268 read "passive voice with modals, narrative past" and then complete p. 270 # 15,
F 4/15 PDD - NO SCHOOL
M 4/18 Start "Dresden" - view + discuss PPP
* read orange Dresden packets
T 4/19 Study p. 271 vocab and complete Ex. 16 on p. 272; watch Dresden part 1
* Finish reading orange packet on Dresden and answering the qusetions about it
W 4/20 Watch Dresden part 2
H 4/21 Study vocab sheet for "Dresden" + answer all questions (orange packet)
* Study for Dresden quiz and hand in all work tomorrow (questions on orange packet)
F 4/22 All work due; take Dresden quiz; finish Dresden movie
* Study for test over Dresden on Monday
M 4/25 Finish Dresden; answer questions on orange packet
* Read packet on Erich Maria Remarque and answer Qs
T 4/26 Im Westen Nichts Neues: read p. 7-10 and answer Qs;
* Answer IWWN questions p. 7-10
W 4/27 IWNN: Collect yesterday's questions, go over student PPPs; read p. 15-17 and answer Qs
H 4/28 Discuss all readings and go over answers;
* Study for IWNN vocabquiz 1
F 4/29 IWNN vocabquiz 1; Spasstag
M 5/2 IWNN p. 30f. and answer Qs;
T 5/3 IWNN: p. 184-186 and answer Qs
* Study for vocabquiz over IWNN part 3
W 5/4 IWNN work day
* IWNN p. 184-187 due tomorrow
H 5/5 Collect p. 184-187; Go over vocabsheets; IWNN: p. 96+97 and answer Qs; review for vocabquiz tomorrow (vocabsheet)
* Study for vocabquiz
F 5/6 Vocabquiz; SUB: IWNN p. 198-200 and answer questions; get vocab sheet
M 5/9 Go over Friday's reading
T 5/10 IWNN: p. 236 and answer questions; study vocab
W 5/11 Continue reading IWNN
H 5/12 IWNN end
F 5/13 View movie IWNN part 1
M 5/16 Read 2 opinion letters about the book; continue watching IWNN
T 5/17 Continue watching IWNN
W 5/18 Continue IWNN movie
H 5/19 Finish IWNN movie; go over IWNN study guide
F 5/20 SPASSTAG
* Study for test over IWNN Dienstag
M 5/23 Work day for IWNN (Senior Final) tomorrow
* Study for test over IWNN (Senior Final) tomorrow
T 5/24 IWNN TEST; Kein Ohr Hase
W 5/25 Kein Ohr Hase
H 5/26 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR SENIORS: CLASS PARTY, Geschenke