STUDY GUIDE TERM 4, 2010
Genau! Senior Topic: Topic 6, Environmental Issues
Text Study:
Song lyrics
Grammar Topic:
The cases of nouns
Lektion 1
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 2, Erste Lektion (first lesson)
Sternenhimmel
G! Senior SB pg 76-77, computer (excel, internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Die Ärzte – Hip Hip Hurrah: DAY 1:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: underline the German words you do not understand and predict their
meaning from the attached translation (otherwise look these words up)
3. Learn the chorus by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Read the three texts on pages 76/77 and complete exercises 1-3 on page 77.
Copy the vocabulary of pages 76/77 onto a computer (excel document).
Lektion 2
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 2, Zweite Lektion (second lesson)
Book work
G! Senior WB pg 98/99, computer, ear phones, G! Senior Thema 6 CD
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Die Ärzte – Hip Hip Hurrah: DAY 2:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: highlight the verbs blue and the nouns red
3. Learn the first part by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Complete exercises 1-4 on pages 78/79 using the CD (listening/reading).
Lektion 3
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 2, Dritte Lektion (third lesson)
Internet task: gossip magazine
computer (internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Die Ärzte – Hip Hip Hurrah: DAY 3:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: What is the meaning of the song? What does the band want to express
in this song?
3. Learn the other parts by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Writing: write a short paragraph in German of your own ideas/practices regarding helping the
environment. What do you do to help the environment?
Lektion 4
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 2, Vierte Lektion (fourth lesson)
Grammar: Capitalization and Gender identification of noun
G! Senior WB pg 95-97, computer
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Die Ärzte – Hip Hip Hurrah: DAY 3:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the band: find another German song by the band and identify
similarities/differences between the songs
3. Say/sing the song by heart (alongside the tape or without the music)
Complete all exercises on pages 95-97 in your workbook. If you are unsure about these revision
tasks, consult your Grammar handbook.
WOCHENENDE
Woche 2
1. Complete any outstanding work and complete your file for week 2.
Lektion 5
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 3, Erste Lektion (first lesson)
Genau! Senior Briefkasten
G! Senior SB pg 78-80, computer (excel, internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Sido – Der Himmel soll warten: DAY 1:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: underline the German words you do not understand and predict their
meaning from the attached translation (otherwise look these words up)
3. Learn the chorus by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Read the three texts on pages 78-80 and complete exercises 1-3 on page 80.
Copy the vocabulary of pages 78-80 onto a computer (excel document).
Lektion 6
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 3, Zweite Lektion (second lesson)
Book work
G! Senior WB pg 100/101, computer, ear phones, G! Senior Thema 6 CD
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Sido – Der Himmel soll warten: DAY 2:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: highlight the verbs blue and the nouns red
3. Learn the first part by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Complete exercises 5-7 on pages 100/101 using the CD (listening/reading).
Lektion 7
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 3, Dritte Lektion (third lesson)
Internet task: Der grüne Punkt
computer (internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Sido – Der Himmel soll warten: DAY 3:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: What is the meaning of the song? What does the band want to express
in this song?
3. Learn the other parts by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Internet research: Google ‘Der Grüne Punkt’. What is it? What is the purpose of Der Grüne Punkt?
Where is it used and where can you find it? Write a brief article IN GERMAN about ‘Der Grüne
Punkt’.
Lektion 8
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 3, Vierte Lektion (fourth lesson)
Grammar: Cases of nouns
Computer (internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Sido – Der Himmel soll warten: DAY 4:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the band: find another German song by the band and identify
similarities/differences between the songs
3. Say/sing the song by heart (alongside the tape or without the music)
Read about cases again and complete the internet tasks on the following websites:
1. The cases of the nouns explained again:
http://german.about.com/library/blcase_sum.htm
2. Read the revision, then complete the exercises below:
http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/german/grammar/gr-cases.htm
WOCHENENDE
Woche 3
1. Complete any outstanding work and complete your file for week 3.
Lektion 9
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 4, Erste Lektion (first lesson)
Genau! Senior: Unser Leitartikel, Atomkraft – Ja oder nein?
G! Senior SB pg 81/82, computer (excel, internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Nena – 99 Luftballons: DAY 1:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: underline the German words you do not understand and predict their
meaning from the attached translation (otherwise look these words up)
3. Learn the chorus by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Read the three texts on pages 81/82 and complete exercises 1-3 on page 82.
Copy the vocabulary of pages 81/82 onto a computer (excel document).
Lektion 10
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 4, Zweite Lektion (second lesson)
Book work
G! Senior WB pg 102, computer, ear phones, G! Senior Thema 6 CD
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Nena – 99 Luftballons: DAY 2:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: highlight the verbs blue and the nouns red
3. Learn the first part by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Complete exercises 8 & 9 on pages 102 using the CD (listening/reading).
Lektion 11
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 4, Dritte Lektion (third lesson)
Internet task: Atomkraft
! Senior WB pg 103, computer (internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Nena – 99 Luftballons: DAY 3:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: What is the meaning of the song? What does the band want to express
in this song?
3. Learn the other parts by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Complete exercise 10 on page 103 by visiting the three given websites. Your newspaper article
should clearly outline positive and negative aspects of nuclear power and your personal opinion
about nuclear power.
Lektion 12
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 4, Vierte Lektion (fourth lesson)
Grammar: Cases of nouns review
Computer (internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Nena – 99 Luftballons: DAY 4:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the band: find another German song by the band and identify
similarities/differences between the songs
3. Say/sing the song by heart (alongside the tape or without the music)
Read about cases again and complete the internet tasks on the following website:
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar.html
WOCHENENDE
Woche 4
1. Complete any outstanding work and complete your file for week 4.
Lektion 13
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 5, Erste Lektion (first lesson)
Genau! Senior: Unser Psychotest, mweltfreund oder Umweltfaind?
G! Senior SB pg 83-86, computer (excel, internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Die Fantastischen Vier - mfg: DAY 1:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: underline the German words you do not understand and predict their
meaning from the attached translation (otherwise look these words up)
3. Learn the chorus by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Read the three texts on pages 83-86 and complete exercise 1 on page 86.
Copy the vocabulary of pages 81/82 onto a computer (excel document).
Lektion 14
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 5, Zweite Lektion (second lesson)
Book work
G! Senior WB pg 104/105, computer, ear phones, G! Senior Thema 6 CD
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Die Fantastischen Vier - mfg: DAY 2:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: highlight the verbs blue and the nouns red
3. Learn the first part by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Complete exercises 11-13 on pages 104/105 using the CD (listening/reading).
Lektion 15
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 5, Dritte Lektion (third lesson)
Internet task: Umweltgerechtes Handeln
PDF file, computer (internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Die Fantastischen Vier - mfg: DAY 3:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the lyrics: What is the meaning of the song? What does the band want to express
in this song?
3. Learn the other parts by heart (listening, reading, listening, reading, etc)
Go to our website http://www.umweltdaten.de/publikationen/fpdf-l/4014.pdf
and upload the pdf brochure Verbraucherbroschüre „Klimaneutral leben“.
Read the five case stories and produce your own case study in response to
the text.
Die in der neuen Broschüre dargestellten fünf Personen mit unterschiedlichen Lebensstilen
machen deutlich, dass verschiedene Wege zu klimaneutralem Leben führen können. Nun können
auch Sie die zentralen Stellschrauben des Alltags mit großem CO2eq-Einsparpotenzial - die „Big
Points“- eines klimafreundlichen Konsums nachlesen.
Lektion 16
Topic:
Resources:
Woche 5, Vierte Lektion (fourth lesson)
Grammar: Gender identification of noun and cases review
Computer (internet)
Tasks:
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Song of the week: Die Fantastischen Vier - mfg: DAY 4:
1. Listen to/view the song (youTube) or attached video file
2. Study the band: find another German song by the band and identify
similarities/differences between the songs
3. Say/sing the song by heart (alongside the tape or without the music)
Read about cases again and complete the internet tasks on the following website:
http://www.tulane.edu/~germgram/noun.html
WOCHENENDE
Woche 5
1. Complete any outstanding work and complete your file for week 5.