Transitional Work
This page is to serve all students transitioning from one level of German to the next.
When learning any language it is important to practice, solidify, and maintain the skills you have already learned.
On this page is a list of things each student should be able to do going into the next level.
Skills of learning a language: Grammar, Culture, Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Vocabulary!
There are valuable resources on the following links RESOURCES, GRAMMAR, DEUTSCHE MUSIK.
Students entering German I:
This is NOT an easy A course! Be prepared to work hard, learn and study.
Language acquisition does not come without a lot of solid practice!
1. Familiarize yourself with this website!!!
2. Familiarize yourself with the following Sites:
Quizlet.com Seach: HOGANNA
Conjuguemos.com (KOMM MIT BOOK)
Quia.com (GERMAN)
Lyricstraining.com
3. Listen to as much German music, radio and TV as possible.
Preparation for German II
Interested in German National Honor Society?
I am so glad you have chosen to continue learning German!
German 2 builds on all the basic structures you have learned in German 1.
It is important that you do not let your basic skills grow cobwebs!
Below are activities to help you to maintain and solidify your German 1 knowledge.
The following skills should be solid. You will be building on these structures.
QUESTION FLASHCARDS FROM GERMAN 1
Grammatik
GRAMMAR allows you to produce the language accurately.
~Present tense forms of all verb types
Conjuguemos.com #1-7
~Perfekt tense forms of all verbs types
Conjuguemos.com #13-17
~Imperativ tense forms of all verb types
http://german.net/exercises/tenses/imperative/
http://deutschdrang.faithfulaccounting.com/dir/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/imperatives.htm
http://deutschdrang.com/dir/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/imperativetipps.htm
~Negations
http://deutschdrang.com/dir/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/nichtnegate.htm
http://german.tolearnfree.com/free-german-lessons/free-german-exercise-30872.php
http://www.deutschseite.de/grammatik/negation/negation.html
~Word order-Questions, WTMP, multiple verbs, conjunctions
https://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/Grammatik/Wortstellung/wortstellung.html
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/zeitangaben.html
~Nominativ/Akkustiv/Dativ
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/nominakkus.html
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/akkuspronom.html
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/dativ.html
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/dativverben.html
~Prepositions
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/akkuspraepsexpl.html
http://germansteps.com/dative/dative-prepositions/
http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/wechselpraeps1.html
~Classroom Phrases
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7JgPMowK3gHOGhiMnZOYjlMNWc
~Definite & Indefinite Article Chart
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7JgPMowK3gHel9KckFmRmtVb0U
~Possessives
http://deutschdrang.faithfulaccounting.com/dir/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/possessnominativro.doc
http://deutschdrang.faithfulaccounting.com/dir/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/possessivfamiliero.doc
http://deutschdrang.com/dir/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/accusperspron.docx
http://deutschdrang.com/dir/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/datperspron.docx
Hörverständnis
LISTENING is an important skill that many students avoid, but it is so easy to train and maintain...
Simply listen to various
EASY GERMAN mit Janusz ud Cari
Leseverständnis
READING is another skill that is easy to work on...simply read...
Kultur
CULTURE: Products, Practices and Perspectives!
Know the three Ps!
All information on the German 1 website and your notes
Others:
Youtube search these topics....
Freizeitaktivitäten
Feiertage/Saisons
In Deutschland wohnen
Einkaufen in Deutschland
Das Schulsystem
Essen in Deutschland
Arbeiten in Deutschland
Mode in Deutschland
Deutsche Familie
Schreibfähigkeiten
WRITING enforces ownership of the language!
Using vocabulary, grammar, and culture to write short compositions with a minimum of 50 words.
You are welcome to email me these!
I will GLADLY look at these for you!!!
Sprachfähigkeiten
SPEAKING is everything!
Be able to communicate personal needs using basic skills. You still have the contact info from your classmates.
Call each other
Text each other
Meet each other
TALK IN GERMAN!!!
Use every opportunity!
it is also fun, because others can not always understand you...just be careful....when you least expect it... a German person may be listening:)
WORTSCHATZ DEUTSCH I
VOCABULARY, without words how do your do language?
Be sure to know and understand the vocabulary from German 1
ABC’s
Numbers
Colors
School Items/Subjects
Transportation Methods
Free Time Activities
Time-Hour/Week/Month/Seasons/Years
Appearances/Features
Basic Foods
Adjectives
Family Members/Pets
Places To Go For Errands And Entertainment
Chores
Measurements
Directions
Genre
Preparation for
German III Honors
Jetzt wird's ernst!! Ich bin froh, dass ihr weiter lernt!
This is the AP Prep-Course!
German 3Honors and 4AP are a combined course. With an AB Schedule!
In Deutsch 3H &4AP wird NUR Deutsch gesprochen.
Wir werden diskutieren und unsere Fähigkeiten stärken.
Deutsch 2 war wirklich nicht leicht! ABER jetzt beginnen wir mit mehr Literatur, Geschichte und Kultur:)
Denkt an German National Honor Society!!
In Deutsch III braucht ihr alles vom Deutsch 1&2.
German 1 topics are to the left of this column.
German 2 topics are listed here.
The following skills should be solid. You will be building on these structures.
If you need/want more...email me and I will find it! :)
Grammatik
GRAMMAR tends to be the hardest part of German II.
Please practice your Verb Forms, Cases, Conjunctions and sentence structure!!!!
Review all Verb Types and Tenses:
Present
Perfekt
Imperfekt
Imperativ
Futur
Konditional/Subjunktiv II
nie
nicht
nichts
Proper use of KEIN
Word Order
Presence of Multiple verbs (see others)
CASE
Definite & Indefinite Article Chart
Comparisons
Hörverständnis
LISTENING is an important skill that many students avoid, but it is so easy to train and maintain...
Simply listen to various
EASY GERMAN mit Janusz ud Cari
Leseverständnis
READING is another skill that is easy to work on, on your summer time...simply read...
Use everything from German 1 and...
Kultur
CULTURE: Products, Practices and Perspectives!
Know the three Ps!
All information on the German 2 website and your notes
Youtube search these topics....
Ferien vs Urlaub & Kur vs Reha
Gesundheit
Mannieren
Mode
Landschaft Eigenschaften
Forms of Entertainment
Freizeit
Reisen
Feiertage
Gebräuche
Schreibfähigkeiten
WRITING enforces ownership of the language!
At this point you should be able to write compositions and emails/letters of a minimum of 100 Words!
Vocabulary
Grammar
Culture
Idioms
Opinions
Comparisons
I will GLADLY look at these for you!!!
Make compound and coplex sentences using:
Conjunctions
Sourcing
Examples
Sprachfähigkeiten
SPEAKING is everything! JUST TALK!
Be able to communicate personal needs using basic skills adding conjunctions to elaborate and support your statements.
Use the same sources from the Left Column.
One-on-One communication
Group communication
Components of a Dialog
Logical combinations in dialoging
Impromptu conversations and dialogs
WORTSCHATZ DEUTSCH II
Be sure to know and understand the vocabulary from German I & II quizlet.com!!!!
Kleider
Stoffe
Assessoirs
Geschenke
Media
Elektroniks
Forms of Entertainment
Unterkunft
Urlaubswortschatz
Lokalitäten
Speise/Lebensmittel
Koerperteile
Verletzungen
Krankheiten
Umwelt & Wetter
Geographische Merkmale
Verkehr
Autoteile
http://www.nordisches-praeludium.de/
This is a great website for listening, reading and writing!!! Let me know what you think!!!
Preparation for
German IVAP
Du hast es geschafft! :D
Das ist ein AP Kurs!!!! Was bedeutet das?
In Deutsch 3H &4AP wird NUR Deutsch gesprochen.
Wir werden diskutieren und unsere Fähigkeiten stärken.
Es wird von euch erwartet, dass ihr alle vorgehende Wortschatz und Fähigkeiten beherrscht.
Denkt an German National Honor Society!!
Grammatik
Grammatik: Dein Grammatikfähigkeiten werden hier nur wiederholt! Du sollst folgendes wissen:
All verb types-seperable verbs
Regular
Irregular
DNT
S/SS/ß/S
Stem changers
eln/ern
seperable prefix verbs
non-seperable verbs
ModalVerben
All conjugation tenses
Präsens
Perfekt
Imperfekt
Imperativ
Futur
Konditional/SII
Subjunktiv I
Passiv
All cases
Nominativ
Akkusativ
Dativ
All types of clauses
coordinating
subordinating
Word order
multiple verbs
conjunctions
compounds
Morphology
Hörverständnis
Hier solltest du alles hören was du nur kannst!!! Es ist wichtig so viel Deutsch zu hören wie Möglich.
Für das AP EXAM musst du 4 Minuten lang hören, Notizen nehmen, und analyzieren können!
Leseverständnis
Das ist ein höhere Niveau...du sollst gut lesen können und die Strategien kennen, die dir helfen können. Es ist wichtig viele authentische Lesestücke zu lesen!
Analyze, synthesis, and evaluate
Poetry Interpretation
Main & Supporting Ideas
Selecting Information
Organizing Ideas
Purpose
Interviewing/Reporting
Prediction
Persuation
Fiction/Rhetoric/Drama
Editing
Kultur
CULTURE: Products, Practices and Perspectives!
Know the three Ps!
Es wird von euch erwartet folgende Kulturelle Themen zu kennen. AP
Youtube search these topics....
Health
Prejudgices
Government/Law/Politics
Advertising
Employment
Slang
In Deutsch 4AP lernt ihr:
Schreibfähigkeiten
WRITING enforces ownership of the language!
Using more complex vocabulary, higher grammar, and culture evidence write complex compositions with a minimum of 150 words incorporating higher level syntax, transitions and structures. You must be able to use AP specific phrases and idioms. Alles was auch Links steht, aber auch:
Globale Herausforderungen & Umwelt
Alltag
Familien & Geschellschaft
Indentitäten
Schönheit und Äesthetik
Wissenschaft & Technologie
Sprachfähigkeiten
SPEAKING is everything! JUST TALK!
Es wird von euch erwartet, dass ihr in DIV NUR auf Deutsch spricht!!!AUCH MIT EINANDER!!!!!
You must be able to maintain a random dialog on a random topic using evidence and idioms!
WORTSCHATZ DEUTSCH III
Be sure to know and understand the vocabulary from German I & II & III quizlet.com
Health
Gossip/Hearsay
Prejudgices
Rights
Responsibilites
Propaganda/Advertising
Historical Terminology
Environment
Occupations
Slang