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.

German trip 2009

Getting ready to leave for the Minneapolis.
Kaille, Kendra, Ellen, Matt, Gabe, Kree, Me, Kate, Laura, Chelsey, Randi.

Missing from the pic: Leah, Alli, Whitney.




















The girls in Austria. Don't we all look awake after traveling for two days!!

Top to bottom:
Kate, Kree, Ellen, Chelsey, Laura, Kendra
Alli, Leah, Kaillee, Randi, Me

Missing from the pic: Matt, Gabe, Whitney















At the hotel in Munich.

From back to front:

Gabe, Alli, Matt, Randi, Kendra, Kree, Leah, Whitney, Chelsey, Ellen, Me, Laura, Kate, Kaillee.















At Marienplatz in Munich.

From front to back:
Kaillee, Alli, Kree, Laura, Leah, Ellen, Randi, Me, Whitney, Kendra, Matt, Chelsey, Kate, Gabe
















Along the river in Lucerne Switzerland.

Kree, Ellen, Kate, Gabe, Alli, Chelsey, Kaillee, Laura, Randi, Leah, Kendra, Matt, Me, Whitney
















At the Rhine Falls on the border of Germany & Switzerland.

Alli, Chelsey, Kree, Leah, Randi, Laura, Matt, Kaillee, Kendra, Kate, Gabe, Ellen

Missing from the pic: Whitney
















Getting ready for the long trip home.

Thomas-our tour guide
Laura, Alli, Chelsey, Kree, Kate, Kaillee, Whitney, Matt, Randi, Kendra, Gabe, Leah

Missing from pic: Ellen-she was on her way to Norway.