Kapitel 10: Aus Büchern und Zeitungen

Assignment for Friday, April 1

p. 333: Read the first page of "Der schlaue Student vom Paradies." As you are reading, check your understanding by considering the questions Write out the answers to four of the questions.

 Companion Website: Audio Resources: listen to the first page of "Der schlaue Student vom Paradies."

As always, familiarize yourself with the goals and content of Kapitel 10 (p. 332); leaf through the chapter to get an overview of what we'll be doing. Review anything that seemed difficult in Kapitel 9 or on the Kapitel 9 exam. If you haven't finished all the assigned Quia exercises for Kapitel 9 or earlier chapters, use this as an opportunity to finish them.

Assignment for Monday, April 4

pp. 333-34: Reread (several times) and study "Der schlaue Student vom Paradies"

Companion Website: Audio Resources: listen repeatedly to Vorschau: Zum Hõren ("Der schlaue Student vom Paradies.")

p. 337: Read Kultur: "Der Beginn des Informationszeitalters." To test your understanding be sure you can answer the questions in 10-4.

pp. 340-41: Read and study "Narrating past events: The simple past tense."

p. 341: Read about "The simple past of irregular verbs." Prepare 10-10 on p. 342.

p. 338: Wortschatz 1: Nomen.

Quia: Arbeitsbuch: A10-1, A10-2, A10-3, .A10-4.

Quia: Hören und Sprechen: H10-2, H10-3.

[Companion Website: Web Resources:  Peruse the  Gutenberg-Bibel.]

Assignment for Tuesday, April 5

p. 343: prepare 10-14 (not to hand in). Learn the simple past tense forms of the irregular and mixed verbs in bold.

p. 343: read the Sprachnotiz about "Contradicting negative statements or questions" and prepare 10-12 (not to hand in).

p. 338: Wortschatz 1: Verben.

Quia: Arbeitsbuch: A10-5, A10-6.

Companion Website: Strukturen:  "The simple past of regular and irregular verbs"; "The simple past of separable-prefix and mixed verbs."
 

Assignment for Wednesday, April 6

p. 348 and Companion Website: Audio Resources: listen to "Fantastische Angebote" and write 10-21.

p. 338: Wortschatz 1: Andere Wörter; Ausdrücke.

p. 356: Read the Infobox: "Zeitungen und Zeitschriften".

Quia: Arbeitsbuch: A10-7, A10-15.

Quia: Hören und Sprechen:H10-4, H10-5, H10-12, H10-13.

Companion Website: Strukturen:  "The principal parts of irregular verbs".

[Companion Website: Web Resources: Read the latest news in Der Spiegel.]
 

Assignment for Friday, April 8

p. 338: Wortschatz 1: Das Gegenteil; Leicht zu verstehen.

Quia: Arbeitsbuch: A10-8, A10-9.

Quia: Hören und Sprechen: H10-6, H10-11.

Companion Website: Strukturen:  "Wann, als, and wenn".
 

Assignment for Monday, April 11

p. 347: Writing assignment: write 10-19: "Als ich klein war...."

p. 364: Wortschatz 2: Nomen.

Quia: Arbeitsbuch: A10-10, A10-11.

Quia: Hören und Sprechen: H10-1, H10-7, H10-8.

Companion Website: Strukturen:  "The relative pronount as object of a preposition".
 

Assignment for Tuesday, April 12

pp. 358-60: Read (several times!) "Der Hase und der Igel".

p. 357 and Companion Website: Audio Resources: listen to "Es allen recht machen" and write 10-36.

p. 364: Wortschatz 2: Verben, Andere Wörter.

Quia: Arbeitsbuch: A10-12, A10-14.

Quia: Hören und Sprechen: H10-9.
 

Assignment for Wednesday, April 13

Drama assignment: Get together with two other people and turn the story "Der Hase und der Igel" into a play: one of you play Herr Igel, one Frau Igel, one the Hase. You can expand on the dialogue that is already in the text by turning narrative into dialoge or by simply making up new things the characters might say.

Review the chapter, preparing for the test on Friday. We will go over a sample test in class on Wednesday.

p. 364: Wortschatz 2: Ausdrücke, Das Gegenteil, Leicht zu verstehen.

Quia: Arbeitsbuch: A10-13.

Quia: Hören und Sprechen: H10-10.

Companion Website: Strukturen:  "Adjectives preceded by der-words, ein-words, or unpreceded adjectives".

[Companion Website: Web Resources: Find out more about Grimms Märchen.]
 

Assignment for Friday, April 15

Quia: Videotreff: Watch the video "Meine Lieblingslektüre" and do V10-1, V10-2.

Review for the test on Kapitel 10. Look at the  assignments for previous chapters for tips on effective and efficient ways of reviewing.