Mittwoch 29. September

Was fuer ein schoener Tag!  What a beautiful day!

German 1

Today we talked about the German "the" words and how they relate to gender.  They had a small worksheet to do to practice their "the" words.  We also talked about verbs and how to form them for different pronouns.  1A vocab quiz tomorrow.

German 2

We corrected the last couple days worth of assignments and then they got one more worksheet to practice vocab.  They also worked on workbook exercises 12, 13 on page 123.  They have a quiz tomorrow on 8B nouns.

German 3

They continued to work on this weeks assignments.  They are finishing up chapter 3 and will be working on the review exercises 19-21 on pages 86-87.  Quiz tomorrow on 3B vocab.

German 4

They also continued to work on this weeks assignments.  They too are finishing up chapter 8 and did a reading assignment on pages 255-258.  Quiz tomorrow on 8B vocab.

Have a wonderful evening!

Frau S

Dienstag 28. September

Ach du lieber-es war so neblig diesen Morgen!  Oh my goodness-it was very foggy this morning.

German 1

They continued to practice numbers today with one final number worksheet packet.  They did activities a-m in the packet and most were able to finish in class today.  Chapter 1A vocab quiz is coming up Thursday.  Make flashcards.

German 2

They had 8B verb quiz today.  Then they worked on a worksheet packet.  The first two pages focused on 8B nouns (practice for the quiz coming up on Thursday.)  The second two pages gave them more practice on their accusative prepositions.  I think they're getting it.  

German 3

They started to read pages 82-83 and then worked on exercise 17 p. 84.  These reading passages have been getting more challenging for them.  The test is scheduled for October 5th, however, it may get pushed to Wednesday or Thursday.  Chapter 3B vocab quiz is coming up on Thursday.

German 4 

They started to read pages 251-252 and then worked on exercises 20, 21 on page 253.  The test is scheduled for October 5th, however, it may get pushed to Wednesday or Thursday.  Chapter 8B vocab quiz is coming up on Thursday.

Enjoy the - finally - sunny afternoon.

Frau S

Montag 27. September

Montag, Montag - ich bin so muede!  Monday, Monday - I am so tired.

German 1

The students continued to practice numbers with a couple more worksheets and puzzles.  We will spend one more day practicing numbers.  They will have a quiz on Thursday on their 1A vocab.

German 2

They learned about prepositions that take the accusative case.  They love grammar-not.  But it is not too  bad.  I think that by the end of the class they were getting it.  They worked on exercises 16-18 on pages 243-244.  We'll practice some more tomorrow too.  Also, they have a quiz on 8B verbs and others.

German 3

They continued to work on the one word past tense in German by doing exercises 12-15 on pages 80-81.  They also worked on workbook exercises 10, 11 on pages 57-58.  They will have a quiz on 3B Vocab on Thursday.  We are also finishing up the chapter this week and will have a chapter test on October 5th.

German 4

They also finished up their exercises 14-19 on pages 246-250 and workbook exercises 10-12 on pages 146-147.  They will have a quiz on 8B vocab on Thursday too and then a chapter test on October 5th.

Have a wonderful Monday - enjoy the sunshine!

Frau S.

Freitag 24. September

Freitag!!!  Friday!!!

The students were quite excited that today was Friday!

German 1

They took their ABC quiz today and did quite well.  I was very happy with the results.  Good Job!  Then we read a short dialogue and answered some questions about it out loud.  They like to do it out loud instead of writing it down.  Hmmm-I wonder why.  Then they began to learn their numbers.  We will continue with numbers next week.

German 2

They too had a couple of reading passages.  First they read page 241 about the protocol for visiting a German's house.  It is proper to bring a gift when invited for dinner.  The students thought this was a little odd.  Then they read page 241 and worked on exercises 14, 15 on page 240.  

German 3 & 4

They watched another part of "The Tunnel."  The action is getting a little more intense.  They saw Fritzie's finance shot while trying to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin.  Also, the diggers hit a water main while digging the tunnel.  Next Friday the action will really pick up as we finish the movie.

Have a super warm weekend!

Frau S

Donnerstag 23. September

SSR Today - 15 minutes of Silent Sustained Ready

German 1

ABC Pre-quiz today.  Tomorrow we will do an ABC Quiz.  We then read about greetings and farewells on pages 10-11.  Then they did exercise 8 on page 11.

German 2

We had quite a few assignments to correct today.  After that the students worked on a worksheet packet of rooms in the house.

German 3

We talked about the one word past tense of irregular verbs.  This is the confusing one because of all the stem changes within the verbs.  The students will really need to memorize these changes.  Then they started to work on the assignments that practice this verb form.  Exercises 12-15 on pages 80-81.

German 4

They read about another German festival that goes on about the same time as Oktoberfest.  They then worked on the questions that go with the reading passage.  Exercises 14-15 on page 246.

Es is fast Freitag!! - It's almost Friday!!

Frau S.

Mittwoch 22. September

German 1

Today we watched a short video from the Muzzy series.  "Norbert" a German speaking cartoon character introduced greetings to us.  Then they read and translated a section on greetings.  They did quite well.  We did activity 4 on page 8 together.  They took a few notes and then worked on their assignment for Thursday.  It is exercise 3 on page 4 in their workbooks.

German 2

We reviewed the vocab that goes with a house or an apartment.  They will eventually be working on a house project.  They will draw and label their dream house.  They worked on their assignments for today, exercise 12 page 238 - identifying furniture in a house, workbook exercises 8, 10, 11 on pages 118-123.

***Two quizzes next week.  September 28-8B Verbs & Others.  September 30-8B Nouns.***

German 3

We talked about late work and staying on task.  The students received a grade printout for what we've done so far.  They worked on assignments from Monday & Tuesday.  We also reviewed the one word past tense some more.  Some students were still a little confused.

German 4

The students worked on their reading passage.  They need to read for understanding which usually means that they must translate these longer passages. 

Remember - SSR Tomorrow & Academic Eligibility!!

Frau S

Dienstag 21. September

Guten Tag!

German 1

First day in the text books.  Today we looked at the introductory pages in the text and listened to a CD that read page 2 in the text book.  The students then repeated their new vocabulary.  We did exercise 1 on page 3 together.  I asked and the students answered in German "who is that?" and "what is his/her name?"  They did quite well.  Their homework for today was to do exercises 1, 2 on pages 1-3 in the workbook.

German 2

Where did everyone go?  Both boys and girls soccer were gone today and hit my German 2 classes pretty hard.  We did continue on with our new vocabulary.  We went over 8B vocab and conjugated 12 new verbs.  The students seemed to remember how to conjugate still!  They then looked at a layout of a house with the contents labeled in German.  They will eventually be making their own house plans with labels for a project.  

German 3

They students continued to work on their reading passages for Monday & Tuesday.  They were to read page 76 and do exercise 10, 11 on page 77.  Then they were to read page 77-78 and do workbook exercise 9 on page 56.

German 4

Today we went over more notes on adjective endings.  It is so challenging in German.  Adjectives get different endings if there is a "the" word, an "a, an" word in front of the adjective or if there is no article in front of the adjective.  Ach du lieber!  Oh my goodness!  They did exercises 16, 17 on page 248 and exercises 18, 19 on page 250.

Wow!  So much grammar!

Frau S

Montag 20. September

Homecoming is over & now we're back to work.

German 1

We finished up our vocab that we started last Friday and then took notes on how the letters and vowels were pronounced in German.

German 2

Personal Pronouns - We talked about the grammar aspect of changing nouns to pronouns.  In German it can be a little more challenging because of the three different genders - we just can't say "it"  for everything.  I think they are starting to pick up on it though.  We will see...  They then worked on exercises 8-10 on pages 230-231.

German 3 & 4

Both of these groups got their new vocab for the week.  German 3-3B Vocab & German 4-8B Vocab.  German 3 read p. 76 and are working on exercises 10-11 on page 77.  German 4 read pages 242-243 and are working on exercise 13 on page 244.

Have a great week!!

Frau S

Freitag 17. September

Juche!  Heute ist Freitag!!  Horray!  Today is Friday!!

Spirit Day! - It's so great to see so many students dressed up in school colors!

German 1

The students practiced their ABCs by completing a pre-quiz.  Then they learned chapter 1A vocab words.  We finished up with a video that reinforces the new vocab.  It is a mini drama that goes with each chapter in the book.

German 2

They read about special occasions in Germany, and they completed exercise 11 on page 234.

German 3 & 4

They got to watch the next part of the movie "Der Tunnel."  It's getting quite interesting.  They now have 15 people working at digging out the tunnel and are going to try to bring 32 people from East Berlin through it when it's finished.

Good luck sports' teams and have a great weekend.

Frau S

Donnerstag 16. September

Hippie Day!!

We read today for 15 minutes - SSR.  It's hard to stop after 15 minutes when we have good books.  Some students ask to read longer.   Yaa!

German 1

We practiced our ABCs some more and did the ABC rap.  We began talking about German pronunciation.  We will finish that tomorrow.

German 2

We finished up possessive adjectives and corrected all of our assignments.  WOW!  That was alot of work.

German 3

We finished the assignments that went with our reading passage from yesterday.  

German 4

We started the assignments that went with the adjective endings grammar that we learned yesterday.

Have a great Thursday!

Frau S

Ooops! I think I was on a vacation!

Where did the last few days go??  

Wednesday 9/15 - Crazy Hair Day

I got to see some nice hairdo's today, even many of the teachers got into it.

German 1-They learned their ABCs today in German.  They spelled their names & sang the ABC song!!

German 2-The students had their first quiz of the year - chapter 8A vocabulary.  They continued their work on possessive adjectives with worksheet page 116.  They also worked on a vocabulary worksheet.

German

German 3-The students also took a quiz today on chapter 3A vocabulary.  Then they read pages 70-71.  They will work on exercise 8 page 72 and workbook exercise 5 page 49 today and tomorrow.  

German 4-The students had a quiz too on chapter 8A vocabulary.  They they worked on adjective endings.  They will be working on exercises 4-10 pages 232-235 today and tomorrow.

Tuesday 9/14 - Class Color Day

German 1-They watched a video on German commercials and guessed the product being sold.  Some were very obvious and others were a little more challenging.  

German 2-They continued their practice of possessive adjectives with exercises 6, 7 on page 228 and workbook exercises 5, 6 on page 116.  This has been somewhat challenging for them.  German grammar can  be confusing-but I think they're getting it.

 German 3-They continued working on the narrative past tense.  They finished the assignments that they began on Monday.

German 4-They finished their reading passage they began on Monday and worked on exercises 11, 12 pages 239-240 and workbook exercise 16 page 141.

Monday 9/13 - Jumpsuit Day

German 1-They continued learning about German geography by working on pages 32-35 in their geography packet.

German 2-They started a new grammar section today.  They learned about possessive adjectives.  Then they began working on exercises 4, 5 page 227.  

German 3-They also started a new grammar unit on the narrative past tense.  They will work on exercises 4-7 on pages 68-69 today and tomorrow and do workbook exercises 3, 4 on pages 47-48.

German 4-They began a reading section about the Oktoberfest in Munich.  They read and translated pages 236-238.  

Friday 9/10

German 1-They began a worksheet packet on German geography.  They learned where some of the more important cities and rivers where located and then did pages 29-31.

German 2-They read a reading passage on page 224 in class together and then did exercises 3 on page 225 and workbook exercise 4 on pages 132-133.

German 3 & 4-They began their first movie.  We will be watching the movie "The Tunnel" on the next few Fridays.  The story centers around some East Berliners who escape to West Berlin right after the wall goes up.  They then begin construction on a tunnel to bring more people into West Berlin.  The movie is very good and is in the German language with English subtitles. 

Frau S

Donnerstag 9. September

SSR Today - Every Thursday we do 15 minutes of Silent Sustained  Reading time.  They need to bring a book to read.

German 1 - We finished another culture quiz today.  Then the students got to pick out German names.  They had lots of fun choosing new "egos".  After that they got a homework assignment that is translating German cognates to their English counterparts.

German 2 - We watched our video "soap" to go with our textbook.  Today's episode was about Julia's birthday.  Then they read pages 222 and 225 in the book.

German 3 - They had a reading passage on pages 63-64 to do.  Then they did activities 2 and 3 on page 65.  They also did workbook page 46.

German 4 - The students read pages 227-228 in their textbooks and then worked on exercises 2 and 3 on page 29.

Es ist fast schon Freitag!  It's almost Friday!

Tschüss!

Frau S.

Mittwoch 8. September

On Wednesday the students turned in their syllabus signature page.  First assignment - yaa!  

German 1-The students took a culture quiz to find out how much they knew about Germany or how good of guessers they were.  One student got 25/30 right-awesome.  Then they began another culture quiz that we will go over today in class.

German 2-The students picked out new German names!  Then we began chapter 8 by going over our new vocab.

German 3-The students jumped right into chapter 3 by going over new vocabulary and then reading page 62 in their textbook and exercise 1 on page 63.

German 4-They also began their new chapter by going over chapter 8 vocab and reading page 226.  They worked on workbook page 137 and worksheet page 122. 

Looks like we're off to a great start.

Aufwiedersehen, 

Frau S.

Das Schuljahr beginnt!

Willkommen in der Deutsch Klasse!!  Welcome back students.  It was so great to see all of you and meet my new German 1 students.  Today was an easy day.  All classes went over the syllabus and class rules.  Everyone's first homework assignment for tomorrow will be to return their signature page that goes with their syllabus.  Be sure to have mom or dad sign it too.  Thanks for a great first day & I'll see you all tomorrow.  Bis morgen!

Frau Stenberg

National Foreign Language Standards

EGF Senior High German classes follow the five national standards in foreign language. If you have any questions about these standards, please feel free to contact me.

Communication
Communicate in Language Other Than English
Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotion, and exchange opinions.
Standard 1.2: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an uadience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics.

Cultures
Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures
Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.

Connections
Connect with Other Disciplines and Acquire Information
Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
Standard 3.2: Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its culture.

Comparisons
Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture
Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.
Standard 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

Communities
Participate in Multilingual Communities at Home and Around the World
Standard 5.1: Students use the language both within and beyond their school setting.
Standard 5.2: Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

Getting Ready For School

I've been busy over the last two weeks getting ready for my students. The classroom will look a little different-we had the carpet removed. The room is very bright now. Plus, I roll around really good on my chair. New bulletin boards have been put. I've been busy printing out materials for the first week of school. I'm so excited to see so many students back again-welcome back German 2, 3 &4. German 1 this year looks great-so many new students. I'm very excited to get to know you all of you.

Well, one month of summer has gone by and it is finally getting hot. No new information on the German trip. There are currently 10 students signed up. Unfortunately we didn't win the free trips. Darn. I'm starting to think about this fall already. I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July weekend. Have fun & Stay safe.
Frau S.