German 1
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dienstag, der 4 September
sing and copy song ‘kopf schulter knie u fuss’
sing sein song
workbook page 8-9
explained singular vs plural and s with no apostrophies and question words first.
Mittwoch der 5 September
Put excercises 8-9 on the board
Creepers episode 5
Vocabulary quiz
Explain Sie vs. du
Donnerstag der 6 September
Quiz on conjugation
Read page 20 aloud
Do workbook page 8 exercise 10 aloud
New vocab list (D1K1a)
Work on writing an introduction for yourself and a friend (name, age, hometown, current town.) maximum 5
sentences
 Freitag der 7 september
 Alphabet song, sing along
 Point out the charts on the wall
 Hand back quizzes, for each problem on the last quiz, rewrite each sentence you got wrong 4 times (correctly!) if
you don’t turn it back in it is a zero!
 Those that have a one hundred, practice writing your introduction (you and a friend)
Montag der 10 September 2012
 Give back quizzes
 Explain writing, reading and grammar focus (get back to speaking, but foci on this early)
 Go over intro dialogue powerpoint
 Paragraph as a group of 4 on an overhead give the test question
 Go over paragraphs.
 Tuesday der 11 September 2012
 Creepers episode 5
 Reading Writing test (almost there)
 Go over LEAP tutoring
 give back almost there
 go over grammar cards….(grammar practice)
 Go over LEAP tutoring (on Thursdays, get a pass from herr snider)
 Talk about the test (on Monday)
 Go over reading section from almost there
 Compound word powerpoint
 Listen to cd2 tr 3…write down words you do not understand…listen to it three times, then pause and play
 Answer page 35 exercise 1
 Go over exercise 1
 Workbook 14-15
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TEST ON MONDAY!
Montag der 17 September 2012
Test for those who want/need to take it
Copy vocabulary list and finish workbook
Game with whiteboards on vocabulary.
Mention der, die, and das
Dienstag der 18 September 2012
Check over and go over workbook pages (on overhead)
Forming questions 1. Questions words…2.put the verb first
Show star wars slide
Give speaking prompt, talk about fake families, we are going to create
Mittwoch:
Lab, do hennings haus family and start putting together your family powerpoint (groups of 3) One types and two
copies…
Goto directions on ‘handouts’
Donnerstag + Freitag Sub
Montag der 24 Sep 2012
Vocab quiz
Introduce speaking prompt for chapter end (on blog)
Have students work on sentences for powerpoints
Dienstag der 25 Sep 2012
Lab, finish powerpoints…save them in students folder
Mittwoch der 26 sep 2012
Creepers episodes 6, 13, 14
Go over some of the powerpoints (have different students read them, grammar grade them and then have
students repeat correct answer)
Donnerstag der 27 sep 2012
Give next vocabulary list…(D1K2b)
Teach days of the week—have students in groups of three try and run through the week
Teach ‘zig’ for the whole numbers 30,40,etc
Vocabulary game with days of the week, numbers, and other vocab. (everyone with a white board)
Freitag der 28 sep 2012
Everyone on paper, review numbers quickly (write down 1-9, add teen, ad decades) show 21s etc.
Make some 21s etc.
Rad 1st paragraph from page 50
Make a list/chart of each verb and each subject.
Montag der 1 October
Go over grammar of each sentence from Reading exercise
Everyone grab a whiteboard and write down a number time (digitaly)
Explain ‘Uhr’ and time telling
Go over everyone’s board.
Explain halb.
Workbook page 20 (check when done by table sections)
Dienstag der 2 October
Go over times in the workbook
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Reading section 2 (the dialogue part, make verb and subject list like before)
Get ready for your speaking…Name ALL your family members and when you will be meeting them. They may
come in groups of two.
Mittwoch der 3 October 2012
Exercise 19 (aloud to one another)
Exercise 20 write them down
Exercise 21 write them out
Using your chart, tell as many classmates as possible about the amazing race meeting with you and your family.
Donnerstag der 4 October 2012
Sub
Exercise 19 (aloud to one another)
Exercise 20 write them down
Exercise 21 write them out
Using your chart, tell as many classmates as possible about the amazing race meeting with you and your family.
Freitag der 5 October 2012
Almost there speaking/reading
Montag Review of reading/5 questions for Herr Snider
Practice Speaking / 5 questions for Herr Snider
Dienstag der 9 October 2012
Creepers ep 15 (16)
Go over the flash cards from the Reading section (online on quizlet) for chapter 2.
Show the german, have the students locate it in the reading, and then explain what it means
Show the English and have the german and have the students tell me what it means
Mittwoch der 10 October 2012
Reading Test
White board game with vocabulary (do family members with my) (then times with at) (then day of the week with
on) one person writes it on the white board, the others on a piece of paper
Donnerstag
Put the information from the sentences yesterday into complete sentences.
Fill out a chart with german words and share the information (family member coming, what day, what time, and
something extra about them)
Later give the information from your partners card
circle around the room changing partners
Freitag
Fill out a chart In English and share the information from the other persons card (circle around the room) NO
ENGLISH ON THE CARD!
Fix it so all desks are full and move groups around every two minutes (sideways then change section colors
Montag (oct 15)
Speaking test
Create 2 way vocabulary list with vocabulary from chapter 3.
Tues-Thurs finish testing
Freitag der 19 october, 2012
Play game/practice with vocabulary Chapter 3a
Freitag der 19 Oktober, 2012
Talk about No Shave November!
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Hand back work
Go over test question for unit 3
Learn 2 questions…learn how to answer them, learn what they mean. (was möchtest du morgen machen? Was
ist so interessant?)
Play vocabulary game (zeichnen, spielen) vocab 3a (for those behind you will have to study at home this
weekend) play as a group, then move into tables…
Montag der 22 Oktober 2012
Play cd3 tr1 (intro page 60) Have students act out what they hear.
Ask first two questions: go around the table answering in German(go over on the board)…then re-asking the
question
learn 3 more (Was für ein Video möchtest du sehen? Hast du einen Computer zu Hause? Was machst du gern?)
for gern give complete answer
Book Exercise 1 page 61 (cd3 tr3) outloud
Learn—‘Nach der Schule…Vor der Schule’
(vocab quiz tomorrow?)
Diestag der 23 Oktober 2012
Workbook page 31 ex 1 (verb conjugation)
Vocabulary Quiz
Creepers ep 27,28, 29
Haben (do ex 6 page 64) one person reads the sentence ich habe…the next person says du hast, then er hat…etc.
Page 34 ex5
Word order…page 36 ex7
Mittwoch der 24 Oktober 2012
Workbook (page 34 exercise 5 warm up)
Word Order practice page…
…then page 36 ex 7. (workbook)
Create simple paragraphs paragraphs of introduction…you are a new student in a German School, tell the
Germans about yourself. You can’t say everything, but use the vocab we have learned! You will be reading this
aloud. You should say…what your name is, where you live (for real) where you come from, how old you are, talk
about the names of the people in your family, and what you like to do.
Donnerstag der 25 oktober 2012
Where do verbs go? (2 ways to make questions)
Two new questions (Um viel Uhr möchtest du fernsehen? Kommt dein Freund oder deine Freundin rüber?
Read/Perform your introductions, Listen to introductions from Germans
Talk/ask questions to the Germans
S37 u8 (#1-4)
Freitag der 26 Oktober 2012
Have students decide two activities they are doing, one before school, one after school
Ask students and have them answer.
They must then ask 3 people at their table ‘Was machts du vor der Schule’ and ‘Was machts du nach der Schule’,
and write down the answers
S37 U8 go over times 12/24 hour clock (only answer those that you know
Teach other forms of times with workbook (show quarter VIERtel) then use the vor and nach
Explain that you only use the ‘halb and viertel’ with the 12 hour clock.
Copy down new vocabulary list
Donnerstag der 8 November 2012
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Copy down vocab with a picture divided into three sections (mas, neu, fem)
Workbook s48
CD4 track 1
Find and point at the vocab word
Talk about Gender (and how important it is now)
Freitag der 9 November 2012
Documentary about the wall and the fall of the wall
Montag der 12 November 2012
Make the sentence sie sit die_____….ich habe die, then use das, then use der and den
Explain direct objects
Diestag der 13 November 2012
Work with qustions/speaking. (9 at a time)
Page 95 ex6
Page 96 ex8
Workbook page 51 ex 4
Workbook page 51 ex5
Mittwoch der 14 november 2012
Have students write the questions on a note card ‘Hast du einen Rechner? Wo ist er?’ ‘Was brauchst du für die
Schule?’ ‘Was gibt es alles in deiner Deutschklasse?’ Wer ist dein Deutschlehrer?’ ‘Wo ist dein Deutschbuch?’
‘Wer ist dein Mathelehrerin?’
Practice asking/answering the questions for 7 minutes at your table.
Have one student at a time get up, and ask a student at s different table a questions, switch cards. A new person
from the next table gets up…
Free for all, asking questions and switching cards
Vocab quiz/questions quiz
Donnerstag der 15 November 2012
(online cards) have students copy each word (30 sec. word) if you KNOW what it means great, then go over them
New vocab list Chapter 4b
Freitag der 16 November 2012
Talk about answer the questions, then carry it further and ask a different question.
Create a dialogue using 3 of the questions from K4, and 3 other questions that fit in groups of four
Present dislogues
German 2
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Dienstag der 4 September
Look at page 7 (good, many, gern)
creepers
Complete exercise 6 aloud, then 7 aloud between two people. Write down Exercise 8 #1,2,6,8,
10 (turn in for quiz grade)
Write three sentences about what you packed (and in what) for your trip.
Hand back all quizzes (remind about retakes)
Introduce new vocabulary list D2K1b
Define all of the nouns in German…pick the best ones.
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Donnerstag der 6 September
make a list of words and possible descriptions/definitions
divide into groups and plays definition game with white boards. (I give definition in german they
put word, then I give word, you give meaning and definition.)
Freitag, der 7 September
Creepers episode 7
Read dialogue. On page 16…for each sentence list the verb and subject +extra. (will not work in
the dialogue)
Sing du du liebst mir…
Montag der 10 September
Paragraph (short) about where you want to go and luggage self-writing. 4-5 sentences.
Go over a few
Self-check each other’s
Form two list of questions, good questions that the people would ask (fluggast u. angestelter)
Dialogue of someone checking you in for your flight there.
Tuesday der 11 September
Grammar card
Second Grammar Card
Vocab quiz
Form two list of questions, good questions that the people would ask (fluggast u. angestelter)
LEAP tutoring
LEAP tutoring
Creepers unit2 a
Go over questions (copy them down)
Donnerstag der 13 September
Ask students questions (with no notes)
Have students take out notes in groups and play whiteboard games…30 seconds to tell me what
the questions mean.
30 seconds to answer the questions
Have students write a part of a dialogue (3 questions from the passenger side, 2 from the
employee)
Perform the skits
Write a whole dialogue using the questions between two people showing the whole check in
process…perform tomorrow (give feedback)
Freitag der 14 September
10 minutes to finish and practice dialogues
Make chart and mark when you hear the following (example chart)
Teacher feedback for each dialogue…speak loudly and clearly
Montag der 17 September 2012
Give back quizzes
Game with questions…each group has one person come up and give the answer to a question.
Write down (on a card the following information (destination, # of bags, time of departure, time
of arrival, date traveling, duration of flight, seat # (window or aisle))
Mini check ins with different people
In last 10 minutes write example paragraph of your trip (like the test)
Diestag der 18 September 2012
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Grammar card for paragraph x3 everyone re-write them.
Students will rank the top 5 most important questions from our list on paper
Creepers episode 17
Using their paper, the students will be split into two groups (sellers and buyers) and ask their 5
most important questions! No English!
Students will rank the top 5 most important questions from our list on paper
Using their paper, the students will be split into two groups (sellers and buyers) and ask their 5
most important questions! No English!
Donnerstag und Freitag: absent/Muzzy 2
Montag 24 Sep 2012
Introductory check in in the front of the room and critiques.
Almost there tomorrow
Dienstag 25 Sep 2012
Finish speaking practice in front of room
Make a list of what you need to work on (to be turned in tomorrow with almost there
Check in with about 5 people for practice (talk about what you need to work on)
Almost there speaking and writing (2 minutes time each)
Then writing…
Mittwoch 26 Sep 2012
Reading section (ex16 and translate the anwers)+ almost there speaking
Make a list on a card of things you need to work on to improve when you are done
Almost there writing. (page 20)
Donnerstag der 26 september 2012
Almost there reading…give a selection and have them translate sections of it by the sentence
For test, have them talk to Herr snider 1 on 1 and tell them about the flight or check in with a
puppet/random person
Freitag der 27 september 2012
Give everyone 5 minutes to plan
Talk about your trip…(what you were supposed to write) everyone has one minute to speak
about their trip
Writing almost there
Give small sections of next chapters reading at different times
Montag der 1 October 2012
Give back writing
Re-write (with an explanation of each error)
Speaking—make a chart of 5 things you need to talk about, write questions from either role and
two possible answers for each. Have someone take your sheet and ask you each question.
For test, have them talk to Herr snider 1 on 1 and tell them about the flight or check in with a
puppet/random person
Test tomorrow
Dienstag der 2 October
Test (have the students writing sit in rows and write, have the students speaking come, grab a
puppet and one at a time speak.
For those not retaking any part of the test…read the german readers, pages 4-12.
Not here on Thursday.
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Mittwoch der 3 October 2012
No class
Donnerstag der 4 October 2012
Sub- 1st and 3rd
Divide into groups of at most 3 (no more than 3) Each group will pick two colors from the
German reader (page 4-5) and one other page from the German reader 6-11. You must read the
page aloud (with a translation) then give one to two other examples for each comparison.
 Freitag der 5 October 2012
 Perform your groups readings…
 Montag der 8 October, 2012
 Quiz over readings
 Vocabulary list for next chapter, three way dictionary
 Dienstag der 9 October 2012
 Creepers ep 18, (19)
 Vocab game with new vocab spielen, zeichnen (beschreiben) describe a few every day for them.
 Mittwoch der 10 October 2012
 Explain reflexive verbs…powerpoint.
Donnerstag (sub)
 In groups of 3…Expalin a typical day of getting ready for school. Start with ‘Ich wache auf.’ (I
wake up) you will write your script and the other two will act it out. Be ready to switch parts as
I will decide who reads when. You may also add other verbs/activities that you do to get ready.
 Fritag der 11 Oktober 2012
 Perform/read your days of getting ready
 Have other students after each sentence answer back with du and ihr. Change who is speaking…
 Tues-Thurs finish testing
 Freitag der 19 Oktober, 2012
 Go over first paragraph of reading, subject verbs
 Play cd 2 tr1 answer the following questions…
 What do you bring to a jugendherberge? What can one do there?
 Vocab quiz coming up…
 Everyone grab a whiteboard, (read exercise 31) write the verbs, then the word being described.
 Montag 22 Oktober 2012
 Read page 34 (can also look at 39-41)…any questions about youth hostels?
 Wo kann man noch übernachten? Man can camping gehen.
 Give list, make note cards/copy words…create three way dictionary (one at a time…spielen,
zeichnen, then beschreiben)
 Have students read/pronounce and go over meanings…
 Reading…eventually have the students present the reading paragraphs.
 Dienstag der 23 Oktober 2012
 Divide paragraph (page 51) into 4 sections Each group picks a sections to teach starting
tomorrow. read
 Play game with vocab (quiz tomorrow)
 Mittwoch der 24 Oktober 2012
 Vocab quiz
 Intro paragraph to reading (#1)
 You are interviewing a new German student in German, create a list of specific questions you
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would ask.
Write a speech in German of the same information (that you would give if you were a new
student in a German classroom) that you can read aloud.
You may work with one another, but everyone has their own page of questions/and their own
description.
Introduce yourself…Deutsche Donnerstag? With guests.
Deutsche Donnerstag
Present skits/introductions
Ask questions…
Talk with Germans!
(if need be, describe your German words for camping)
Freitag der 26 Oktober 2012
Begin review (powerpoint) of ‘ich buch’ ‘instruction book’ ‘psa’s (Youth hostel/camping!)
Write a paragraph (max one partner) about a camping trip you are taking. You should tell me
1.what day you are going (gehen) on 2.Where you are going to 3.What you are taking (nehmen
er nimmt) 4.For how long are you overnighting (übernachten) 5.Who is going with you 6.What
activities are you doing (machen) or playing (spielen)? 6.Where/In what are you sleeping
(schlafen)
Montag der 29 October 2012
Workbook page 31 u9
Page 32 u11
Creepers 25, 26
Dienstag
Computer lab: correct and then re-save your papers telling me in each comment, why it had to
change.
Mittwoch
Creepers ep 25, 26, 27
Final two paragraphs of the reading
Reading/Writing AT tomorrow.
Donnerstag der 1 November, 2012
Reading Writing AT (double space)
Freitag
Go over test questions with reading on the board
Extra points for being specific (extra details)
Re-write, label mistakes for up to +2 points on the grade. Due at end of class
Montag—test
Mittwoch der 7 November 2012
Turn in a notecard with the following information:
1. Problems/concerns with reading assessment problems/concerns with writing
assessment.
Computer lab you and a partner will write a paragraph with 6-8 sentences.
You will need a partner, one book, and a good attitude…stay on task
A different person types each time, with help from the partners
Donnerstag, go over (and copy stories.)
Go over various paragraphs at the front, everyone write down what you seeExplain your
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Freitag
Fluch von Berlin
Montag der 12 November
stories with other verbs page79
Groups of 3 (one group wirte a sentence each (help with the others) the other group studies
irregular verb forms
Then switch places.
Dienstag der 13 November
Correct paragraphs on the board 7-1, I will explain 2 sentences, then everyone will also explain two
sentences. Problem with looking at the answer…
Everyone correct #1 to turn in (10 of 11)
Mittwoch der 14 November
Computer lab (type past tense story with 2-3
Donnerstag der 15 November
Speaking, talking about your story with paper, soon no paper
You will never believe what my pet did!
Ask questions about each (details) give examples of similar things…repeat question, discuss
Freitag der 16 november
Conversations….give students prompts…they have 15 minutes (5 each, if you finish, someone else
start over) to practice the three prompts. You must go around the table in order (then maybe
tickets to take for talking)
Check where groups end up with each topic. How did you get there?
They will then be divided into groups of 4 and set in the middle of the room for a conversation.
At times this will be painful, slow and silent. Don’t try and just talk to talk, have a conversation and
respond to one another.
Prompts…
1. Ich habe eine gute Reise letzte Sommer nach … gehabt!
2. Der letzte Film, die ich gesehen habe, ist…
3. Letztes Jahr zum Geburtstage habe ich …. bekommen.
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Diesntag der 4 September
Partners group up and check another groups work, return the favor…
Perform your skits
Form questions that each party would ask in this situation (traveler/employee)
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AP read
Mittwoch der 5 September
Vocabulary quiz
Create questions that would be used by both parties buying/selling a tickets
Create a list of these possibilities on the board (go around room one at a time taking questions)
AP read—begin a small summation of each page in the Target language. Keep this in a notebook
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to be turned in every week.
Donnerstag der 6 September
Go over one grammar card.
Look at questions for 5 minutes
Group into two groups, run through questions and answers
Then have practice dialogues where your group can help you
Freitag der 7 September
Go over one Grammar card with everyone (even AP)
Talk about yesterday (good, make the conversations make sense and flow between two people)
Create a short train dialogue between two of you using a card.
AP- grammar card, then read, then write an opinion of the story so far (max five sentences, back
up your reasons)
Montag der 10 September
One grammar card
Everyone put on a card 1.where you want to go, 2.when you want to go (time and day), 3.which
class you want to take.
Two lines facing each other (or groups of lines) everyone, check in with someone after tell the
other person what they need to work on….
1. AP—go and read…select an article to present on Friday (you have two days of class for your
article) separate grade for presentation and written summary
 Dienstag der 11 September
 Grammar Card
 Release AP
 Second Grammar card
 write our paragraphs and then…
 tomorrow perform and test checking into a train station (almost there)
 Mittwoch der 12 September
 Perform oral evaluations…play both parts, selling someone a ticket and buying a ticket…study,
get ready while we do that. (split the class in half, line em up, each one meets and buys a ticket
from the other
 Deutsche Donnerstag.
 Read a story aloud while others act it out (or puppets)…3 groups (first define every verb with no
englich motions ok- in list form, then define important nouns in the same way) stories 1, 3, 4
 Freitag der 14 September
 Talk about tutoring on Thursday.
 Talk about almost there vs. test. Moving on to reading. Test on Monday (for those who want to
take it) hand back tests…
 Make a sign up list…
 Present the verbs and nouns from the stories
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AP-presentations, turn in summaries, give ideas for themes, projects that you want to focus on.
Paper on culture? Paper on some subject? Paper on a book?
Montag der 17 September 2012
Talk about tutoring on Thursday
Prepare small skits, explaining your story…in super great awesome detail. You may have a
narrator, but make it good
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AP-turn in project ideas, find something to read, you can pick…
Diestag der 18 September, 2012
Two/three groups perform your stories
Go over vocabulary list (create vocabulary list) 10minutes
Each person use two vocabulary words correctly in a sentence (pick them) make it clear from
what you say& how you say it (3 minutes followed by 7)
Make short poems/stories with the vocabulary
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AP- look over calendar, get idea of different projects there should be a weekly writing
assignment of 5 sentences (that involves reading a German text) this can be factual or opinion.
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Keep a personal/ vocab list in your notebook. (nouns, verbs, adjectives, other)
We need to schedule major assessments every 2-3 weeks. Speaking/writing
Every once in a while read someone else’s article
Mittwoch der 19 September
Make short poems/stories/skits with the 1st vocabulary section (groups of 5)
Read intro to Struwwelpeter (grammar cards of story descriptions 3 sentence max)
Donnerstag/Freitag Sub: Create story/dialogue with second set of vocab words
Freitag der 21 September, 2012
Grammar card (story)
Read the real story
Montag der 24 sep 2012
Perform skits
Vocab quiz
Write new story from picture of strewelpeter
Diesntag der 24 sep 2012
Finish Movie (class meetings)
Mittwoch der 25 sep 2012
Grammar cards (3) one of which is the original story
Vocab list for the next section of the story…
Donnerstag der 26 sep 2012
New vocabulary (first two parts of a story (paragraphs…) (put up SP)
In groups of 3 (I pick the groups) write a paragraph using the first section of vocabulary words
(the story will be in four parts)
Turn in a nice copy of each story in the present tense.
Freitag der 27 sep 2012
Go over each story (have students read them)
Pass the story onto another group and have them write the second verse.
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AP- record speaking and take notebooks of written for intro to subject.
Begin listening to/reading others works
Montag der 1 October 2012
Finish stories, correct another groups story, write it on the page and turn it in.
Copy down the vocab and play a game with the vocabulary
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AP give back paragraphs and comments on videos, get prepped from next round on Friday. The
following week will be for listening to each other, helping each other, and getting ready for your
test.
Dienstag der 2 October
5 minutes to go over all of your voacb from Strewwelpeter
Practice with vocabulary (zeichnen, spielen, beschreiben)
Each person, using as much vocab as possible from the current vocab, write your own story,
(frist two sections) watch your grammar.
AP: work on stuff
Mittwoch der 3 October 2012
Period 5—make a tri-worterbuch!
Donnerstag der 4 October 2012
Sub—period 2 make a tri-worterbuch!
Freitag der 5 October 2012
Using the vocab (no lists) write me the first two parts of your story, pre-writing, and then
rewrite your final copy ‘Die Geschichte vom Böse Friederich’
Montag der 8 October, 2012
Group corrections with papers
New vocabulary list
Make a tri-dictionary for the list (groups of four/share ideas)
Dienstag der 9 October 2012
Corrections for a few sentences (just write the corrections!)
Games with the vocabulary (start with new vocab, then add in the old vocabulary) pass out
cards, have everyone do one acting, pass cards again one drawing, pass cards again, one
describing.
Give all vocab and set tables to their own game. Different points for actions done, 1 point for
the others who guess the word. (maybe make a trivial pursuit game about it)
Mittwoch der 10 october 2012
Vocab quiz
Have students in groups of 4 type (others write) the final two parts of the story with the
vocabulary words
Donnerstag der 11 October 2012
Correct your papers in groups, typed page on top with the written copies stapled beneath it.
Freitag der 12 October 2012
Correct papers on the board (4 each) everybody in the front) give points for corrections
Writing Test on Monday
2nd period rewrite your papers correctly
Monday
Writing Test…
Tues-Thurs finish testing
Freitag der 19 october, 2012
Practice and perform skits for Friederrich.
Montag
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Begin reading ‘Die Gar Traurige Geschichte mit dem Feuerzeug’
Montag der 22 Oktober 2012
5 minutes, then have students read Feuerzeug aloud
Make a list of verbs- translate them
Make a list of nouns-translate and then split them into pos….Make a list of subjects –translate,
direct objects – translate, obpreposition—translate.
Make a list of adj/adv –tell which is which and translate
Dienstag der 23 Oktober 2012
Talk about locating the verbs, then the nouns, then figuring it out
List the verbs in order, then what they mean…List the nouns with each verb, part of speech,
meaning
Mittwoch der 23 Oktoaber 2012
Work on introductions?
Explain part of story to herr snider
Work on modals…make an instructional Public service Announcment using modal verbs…you
must use all 6 modal verbs on playing with matches (or a lighter) 1. You should talk to the
audience (yall) 2. You should give role-play example (I, you), 3. third person explanations
(er,sie,es,sie) and 4. A summation about us (we) you must use each modal verb at least once in
the whole thing.
Turn in when done/at end of class, make sure they are all identical!
Donnerstag der 24 OKtober 2012
Deutsche Donnerstag
Fun with phrases! Skits…groups of three…with the german guests
Freotag der 24 Oktober 2012
Computer Lab, re-write PSAs (one person types them in, the others write them down, mark for
mark. ADD MORE MODAL VERBS!
Begin first draft of Ich Buch.
Divide into 6 groups, each groups gets a modal verb. Show us how to use it in the present tense.
Present…. You must have at least one example of a sentence everyone will write down per
person.
Present
aP—look over papers (or take test)
Create sentences with modals in the past tense.
Tell me a story of your childhood using modals in the past tense….Make sure you are
grammatically correct!
Mittwoch der 31 Oktober, 2012
Give me your introductions of long ago (no writing while these are going on)
Come back to Paulinchen take 5 minutes to write a short summary about each paragraph while I
type it up. (use modals to talk about what she wanted to do, wasn’t allowed to do, etc.) show
SUMMARY.
AP—re-test
Donnerstag der 1 Novemeber
Give me a summary (use some modal in groups of three) on what happens with paulinchen. Use
the summary yesterday as a model. (on folio)
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We will correct them and then pick one and write the play (three characters)
During….Tell me what you wanted as a child. Add two more sentences to this telling me why
you had to have it?
Begin 10 minutes making them as to more sentence to what they wanted…tell me why you had
to have it using Ich müsste…denn and weil
Finish writing you poems
In the last 10 minutes act them out
Montag der 5 November 2, 2012
Take out your three sentences + 2 more sentences using durfen and one using können. Turn
this in for a quiz grade
Mittwoch der 7 November, 2012
Take out your three sentences + 1 more sentence…what you should have done.
Read the final page of Paulinchen, be ready to tell me about it in German! (read aloud, read
aloud, then dissect it, then summarize it)
Donnerstag der 8 November 2012
Show friederrich video
Have everyone read the second part of Feuerzeug and then another student give a summary
(sign up on board)
Write out your paragraph, cleanly, then check your neighbors paragraph, leave note with your
name and turn them in…you will need to be able to do this tomorrow
Everyone pick a card, have a conversation, and get to your card
Freitag der 9 November 2012…
Fluch nach Berlin
Montag 12 November
Everyone will write an unassisted summary of Feueraeug, then everyone will speak their
summary to the camera.
Write out your paragraph, cleanly, then check your neighbors paragraph, leave note with your
name and turn them in…you will need to be able to do this tomorrow
Dienstag 13 November
Rammstein video
Read daumenlotscher aloud in groups of 3
Summarize in German/act out
Write out next scene
Mittwoch der 14 Novermber
Act out next scene
Finish Daumenl.
Behavior of children…an opinion piece
You wil create an opinion piece to be presented in German (you may have cliff notes) about a
bad behavior of children/young people, what they do, why they do it, what needs to be done
about it.
AP—almost there speaking.
 Donnerstag
 Small groups of 3 (sign up) begin discussing one of the problems (one at a time)
1. Give examples/or if you disagree give examples
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2. Have discussion (both people respond to the third)
3. Then write down words/concepts you need to look up
Come back together as a group talk about what works and what doesn’t, what can help
Do the next problem
Freitag
Topics:(Twilight der Film…Das Beste Ferien…Fernseherprogrammen)
Conversations….give students prompts…time to practice the three prompts.
They will then be divided into groups of 4 and set in the middle of the room for a conversation.
At times this will be painful, slow and silent. Don’t try and just talk to talk, have a conversation
and respond to one another.
Then discussions in the middle of the room in groups of 4