Willkommen !
yr 12's and yr 11/s too, use time in week 1 of term 1 to check out some information on this site :
http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/support/language/gerc/gerc-menu.htm
in particular, look at the SSABSA Examination Papers and Assessment Reports, 2006, German continuers
and Recently selected Indepth Study Topics
I want you to have made a decision for your/our Indepth Study Topics by the end of week 2 this term, so that I can incorporate this decision in my programming. Also, we can't efford to waste any time. While the writing tasks will not be tackled immediatly, you need to start collecting information and resources for three summative tasks relating to your in-depth study topic. The summative task written in English could be done in term 1, so it's out of the way. The task written in German will happen in term 2 (after we have done a lot of revision on grammar and practised writing skills in term 1), the oral task will be focus point in term 3, in preparation for the exam.
This is all for the moment - clever as you are you all should have a most successful year with excellent outcomes. I do expect serious focus on your learning, supporting each other, commitment and team work. Bitte, bitte, bitte - don' fall behind with your work. Always try to be a little ahead, everything will be twice as easy and will take much less time.
yr11s and yr 12s: for additional grammar revison for week 2 (maybe more fun than the structured work I gave you), look at the exercises/games I suggest below.
This site
http://www.ssabsa.sa.edu.au/language/subjects.php
is interesting to explore if you like to get an idea of what you are meant to know by the end of year 12. Maybe you don't want to know..... Maybe you are of feeble mind and character and get the shock of your life if you go there.... Maybe I am left without students in the class after you had a look.....
Some students manage to get reasonable SACE results knowing only a fraction of all of that ...maybe....
But if you want to know why I am jumping up and down when you can't use the correct verb endings in present tense, you better check out what you find listed for "German", particularly the list of grammatical concepts you are meant to know about.
Oh, und dann habe ich noch schnell ein paar "activities" gefunden (I've found some activities), that allow you to practise "Present tense verb forms" - the next test on these will be easier, but if you fail again, you will see me for an extra lesson on this topic.
this is a great site for independent study - any time you can't sleep or you feel ambitious about getting better using German, go here:
http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/
25/02 In week 5, I want you to again learn the phrases for the quiz "etwas, was du gerne machst" - this is now a test, ready for our Friday lesson. Yr 11's with friends from Germany do this test from home, their German buddies should watch them doing it and confirm to me on Monday that nobody cheated :)
After the test, lesson time will be used to investigate what info we can find on the Internet to learn more about fairy tales and values of a society. Google "fairy tales", or "fairy tales and values" and collect relevant information (paste into word) that you will use in your summative assessment task. Yr 11's who miss the lesson need to do this from home.
check out the new link below !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8/03 the new vocab test : "clothes -deine Lieblingskleider is now ready for practising.
I also added two more quizzes ("clothes-Kleidung" + "clothing vocabulary") for you to play with, the test next Friday will be a combination of all three quizzes :)
28/03 Select the quiz: "clothes -deine Lieblingskleider and do it as a test.
You won't get the answers, but you can change your answer after submitting when you made a mistake.
You have 15 minutes time, but only one attempt, as I want you to use remaining lesson time to work on your summative assessment task ( talking about youreslf).
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04/04/08 The test (quiz) " etwas, was du gut machst" is now abailable for the test. Ich hoffe, ihr habt die Vokabeln gelernt :)
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5/4 Bitte, practise the quiz "Deine Lieblingsmusik"
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on seperable verbs Cassie (and everyone else), check out this link, it possibly answers best your question for the list of all prefixes that separate.
http://www.deutschseite.de/grammatik/trennbare_verben/trennbare_verben.html
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29/04/08 The quiz (test) "Erzähl uns....was du letzten Sonntag gemacht hast" is now available for practising
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09/05/08
Two tests today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First, do "Erzähl uns....was du letzten Sonntag gemacht hast"
then do the quiz: "Dein Zimmer "
to show me that you have practised the phrases to describe "your" room.
Remaining lesson time needs to be used to do start your research on your summative assessment task topic. Yr 11: School in Germany
Yr 12: Recycling in Germany and anything else that is relevant to the
topic of protecting/saving the environment and global warming
If you like..... ( I am such an optimist) you could write a description of your room and print it out or e-mail it to me - just to see how you go.
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10/05/08
The quiz: "Wie kommst du in die Schule?" is open for practising. This time you get 2 points for each question, because you need to translate the whole question into German.
Please, research and collect information for your summative assessment task. The draft is due by the end of week 5 !
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16/05/08
The quiz: "Wie kommst du in die Schule" needs to be done today. You have only time for one try, as I want you to use the remaining lesson time for research on your summative assessment task.
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18/05/08
The quiz: "Erzähl uns über deine Lieblingsfernsehsendung" is open for practising. This time you get 2 points for most questions, because you need to translate the whole question into German.
..and just for your entertainment, I've added the "Rags to Riches" activity to practise the same phrases ( there are only 10 questions in this one though)
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23/05/08
The quiz: "Erzähl uns über deine Lieblingsfernsehsendung" is now ready to be used as a test. You can backtrack and change your answers, but I won't show you the correct answer -
If you haven't brought your password today, PECH ! You will need to do this test at Lunchtime on Monday.
When finished with your test, work on your summative assessment task.
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in the holidays
just in case you are bored, completed all work for school and want to practise reading and listening comprehension - here are some great activities with the added advantage that you learn about the German, Austrian and Swiss country and people
http://www.deutschlernreise.de/
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01/08/08
Today I want you to spend a little time with each of the links given below in "Useful links"- afterwards you can play the "Rags to Riches" game: Passive Voice Spaß.
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Freitag, der 29/08/08
Today, I want you to do a bit of reading about Berlin - follow this link and go from there.
Record 10 things that you haven't known about Berlin
http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/lote/german/links/topics/mauerfall.htm
Then (no, you are not finished ...... second part of the lesson should be spend with exploring the JUMA magazine
http://www.juma.de./v.php?fl=2006/j1_06/juneu106.htm
Choose any article that you might find interesting ( you find many !!!!! more topics under "Archiv" ) and summerize it in English
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Yr 11s: do the quiz "subjunctive", use your grammar book if necessary. I will assess your answers myself, so you won't get feedback immediatly - but in due time you can look up your result on-line by looging in with your user name and pass word.
Once you are happy with your answers you have free choice, but if you still haven't explored the first link in the useful links section or the link that says "look what I've found" , you really should do that.
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start of term 4
Explore a region of Germany to write a "letter" to a friend/family in Germany you are going to visit for six weeks.
Follow the link below to explore different regions of Germany
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