To: AP German students
From: Frau Bauer
Re: Summer Assignments 2015
Assignment 1: (60 – 90 minutes)
You will be expected to read 2 German news articles this summer. (1 hour)
1. Go to my webpage, AP site. http://www.gvsd.org/Page/6495
On this site you will find links for German newspapers, magazines and press agencies. Good sites
are Dein Spiegel (news for teens – easier reading level), Deutsche Welle - Top Thema.
2. Choose two articles (minimum 1 page) on a topic that interests you. Print it out and read it.
Complete the summary worksheets provided. Make sure to include a list of 10 new words you
learned from the article. Write the English definition for each word and use each in a sentence.
Assignment 2: (1.5 - 2 hours)
1. Research four of the following topics on culture and prepare 2 paragraphs for each about what
you learned or already know. Include Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede, deine eigenes Erfahrung,
und was typisch in Deutschland und in den USA sind. Auf Deutsch!
Gesundes Essen
Militärpflicht
Kredit und Geld
Your choice not on list
Umwelt/Recycling
Teenagers und ihrer Freizeit
Education System
Haustiere
You will be responsible for sharing at least one during the first week of school.
Assignment 3: (3 – 3.5 hours)
Write answers to exercises in Grammatiktraining Deutsch; handout provided. You only need to
complete half of each section. For example - if 10 questions, you only need to answer 5.
Check answers with key on p. 100 and make corrections. Use the check list to indicate your comfort
level with the topics in the chapters.
If there is a concept you may not understand, read another explanation. Look online for resources. For
example search: genitive grammar and German
Please notate which concepts you learned on your own.
Assignment 4: For fun!!!!
YOU CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO OPTIONS
Option 1 Movie Review (4 hours)
Watch a German movie in the target language and chose one of the following:
a. Write a review, film it or present in class
b. Summarize it as a children’s book and share it in class.
c. Act out a scene from movie, film it or present in class
Review: summarize movie and then give your opinion! (60 – 90 seconds) (need script, graded on both)
Book: include illustrations and at least 10 – 12 pages
Scene: memorize the scene in German (45 seconds –one minute) (need script, graded on both)
Option 2 Persuasive Essay: (2-2.5 hours)you choose topic
Prepare Intro, 2 paragraph and conclusion. Need 2 resources in German, one article supporting your
view and one article opposing your view. Prepare persuasive essay on any issue and support your
opinion.
All Assignments due first day of school:
___Grammar exercises
___2 articles and the completed worksheets for each
___4 culture comparisons
___ Movie review/book/scene act out. OR Persuasive Essay
(-20 points each day late up to 1 week); then 50% of grade earned.
This assignment is worth 300 points (100 each).
Exceeds Expectation
Meets Expectation
Meets Expectation
Below Expectation
20
More than minimum
words per article
correctly defined in
English.
20
More than minimum
sentences provided
18
At least 10 words per
article defined.
Nearly all words are
correctly defined
18
At least 10 sentences
which are well written
16
At least 10 words per
article are defined,
but several per article
are incorrect.
16
At least 10 sentences
per, but short and
poorly written
12
Less than 10 words
per article and/or no
definition for more
than half of the words
12
Less than 10
sentences and/or
written poorly
Article worksheet
complete
15 pt. deduction for
each article not
completed
30 (15 each)
Summaries includes all
important points
made in the article
and each question is
thoughtfully answered
24 (12 each)
Summaries capture
correct information
from article, but may
leave out some
important information
and each question is
answered, but with
some gaps or
incomplete.
16 (8 each)
Summaries are
completed, but
questions contain
some inaccuracies
about the article
and/or make only
some sense.
Grammatiktraining
50
All chapters
completed. Student
has checked in the
back of the book and
there are no errors.
40
Completed 4
summaries in German
and includes
comparison of both
US and Germany.
40
Language is used
correctly/well written
45
All chapters
completed. Some
errors found upon
spot-checking
accuracy.
30
Completed 3
summaries in German
and includes
comparison of both
US and Germany.
30
Language is mostly
correct/mostly well
written
40
All chapters
completed. Many
errors found upon
spot-checking
accuracy.
20
Completed 2
summaries in German
and includes
comparison of both
US and Germany.
20
Language has many
errors/somewhat well
written
10 (5 each)
Summaries are
inadequate due to
either insufficient
information or
frequent inaccuracies.
Questions not
answered adequately
and/or many
mistakes, makes little
sense.
_____
Not all chapters
completed. Grade is
percentage of points
corresponding to
accuracy .
10
Completed 2
summaries in German
and includes
comparison of both
US and Germany.
10
Language has many
errors/poorly written
Vocabulary (back of
article) 10 pt.
deduction for each
article not
completed.
Cultural
Comparisons
5 points deducted for
each comparison not
completed.
Movie Presentation
Or
Persuasive Essay
100
Based on rubric
Grammatiktraining Deutsch
1
Substantive…der, die oder das? 1, 2, 3, 4
2
Artikel (der(m), die(f), das(n) = bestimmt; ein(m,n), eine(f)=unbestimmt) 1,2, 3,4
Bestimmter Artikel
Unbestimmter Artikel
N
A
D
G
N
A
D
G
der
den
dem des
ein
einen einem eines
die
die
der
der
eine
eine
einer einer
das
das
dem des
ein
ein
einem eines
die
die
der
der
keine keine keiner keiner
m
f
n
pl
Ex. #2 When do you NOT use a definite article?
3.
Noun Plurals (endings are --, -e, -er, --en, -n or –s; some add umlauts) 4,5,6,7,8
4.
See charts in #2 above. # Ex. 1,2 are accusative; Ex. #3,4 are dative, Ex. #5,6 are genitive;
Ex. #7 mixed.
5.
Pronouns Ex. #7 is chart.
Replace a masculine noun with er, ihn, ihm; a feminine noun with sie, ihr:
a neuter noun with es, ihm; and a plural noun with sie, ihnen.
Ex. #1-2 Nominative; Ex #3 Dative; Ex. #4 Accusative #6 mixed cases.
Ex. #8-9 Order of Direct and indirect objects:
The direct object is first if it is a pronoun; otherwise the indirect object is first.
6
#1,3,4,5
ich/mein
du/dein
er/sein
wir/unser
ihr/euer
Sie/Ihr
Use same endings as #2 ein chart above.
sie/ihr
sie/ihr
es/sein
7
Dies-,manch-, jed-,jen-, solch-, welch- follow #2 der chart.
Ex. #1-Nominiastive, 2-Genitive, 3-Dative, 4-Mixed
8
Relativpronomen – mean who, whom, which, that. Use gender of noun before comma, use case
for role in sentence. #1,2
1, 1
Ich schreibe aus einem Café, _____ hier in der Nähe des Hotels ist.
Cafe is neuter; Subject (Nominative) of which is near the hotel; therefore das
Nominative
Accusative
Dative
Genitive
der
den
das
dessen
die
die
der
deren
das
das
dem
dessen
die
die
denen
deren
m
f
n
pl
9
Present tense #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17
haben, sein, werden, wissen are irregular.
stem-changing
aä schlafen, fahren, tragen, gefallen, fallen, graben,
(ONLY du, er, sie, es)
laufen, schlagen,
ei
nehmen*, sprechen, geben, essen, vergessen, werfen
eie sehen, lesen, empfehlen, stehlen
10
Narrative Past Tense 3,4,5,6,8,9
On list:
Not on list
en
te
ten
st
t
test
tet
en
te
ten
11
Conversational Past (with past participles) 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,10,12
Verbs ending in –ieren and verbs with INSEPARABLE prefixes do not have a ge-.
12
Imperative (commands) 1,2,3,4
du
stem of verb plus optional –e ending; keep all stem changes EXCEPT ä)
ihr
ihr form of verb
Sie
Sie form of verb + Sie
wir
wir form of verb + wir (let’s go, run, swim, etc.)
13
Modalverben 1,2,3,4,5
no endings on ich, er, sie, es; stem change on most for ich, du, er, sie, es; no umlauts on singular
forms.
14
Adjective endings 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15
After der-words or ein-words with endings
N
A
D
G
m
e
en
en
en
f
e
e
en
en
n
e
e
en
en
pl
en
en
en
en
Alone or ein-words without an ending
N
A
D
G
m
er
en
em
en
f
e
e
er
er
n
es
es
em
en
pl
e
e
en
en
15
Adverbien
3
16
Komparation 1,2,3,4,5
Add –er, -st; some are irregular (gut, besser, best; viel, mehr, meist; hoch, höher, höchst; nah,
näher, nächst) some add umlauts (alt, lang, stark, warm, jung, dumm, kurz, klug)
so schnell wie; schneller als; am schnellsten
17
Präpositionen 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,15, 16
18
Zahlwörter
19
Aussagesätze (Statements) 1,2,3
Verb 2nd, Time, manner, place
20
Fragesätze (questions) 1,2,3, 5, 6,
21
Negation
1,3,4,5
nicht – adverb kein-adjective
22
Infinitivkonstruktionen 1,2,5
hören, sehen work like modals...otherwise „zu“ verb at end!
23
Konjunktionen 1,2,3,4,5
und, aber, oder, denn, sondern DO NOT affect word order at all!
als – one time in past
2, 3, 4, 5
Name _______________________________
Easy
1
Gender
2
Articles
3
Plurals
4
Cases
5
Pronouns
6
Possesive Adjective
7
Dieser words
8
Relative Pronouns
9
Present tense verbs
10
Narrative past verbs
11
12
Conversational past
verbs
Commands
13
Modal verbs
14
Adjectives
15
Adverbs
16
Comparisons
17
Prepositions
18
Numbers
19
Statements
20
Questions
21
Negation
22
Infinive phrases
23
Conjunctions
I kind of
get it
I have no
clue
I taught myself
from internet
source.