A General Overview
German One
Throughout the semester, students are
learning the numbers, alphabet, and other vocabulary. Much of this is
done through movements and stories. Listening to and reading stories is a
large part of German class. Trough these mediums students will begin to
understand spoken and written German and also will be able to produce
increasingly larger amounts of the German language.
The best way to support your student at
home to to have him/her practice speaking. Have your student teach you
what they are learning in class. When we teach others, we gain a better
understanding of the information.
Students will have Moodle assignments to
complete as well as voicemail assignments. There will be paper
assignments given, however this will be infrequent.
The best place to see what work needs to be completed is to look on Moodle and see what activities do not have a grade.
German Two
German Two will not be taught by Mrs. Hersey during the 2014/15 school year.
German Two students learn one of the
forms of the past tense and work with it heavily. For much of the
semester the stories that are read and acted out as a class will be done
in the past tense. This is to help students master the past perfect
form of German verbs. Along with the vocabulary and past tense, students
are learning many other grammatical structures that cover a variety of
topics.
Cultural information will also be covered
throughout the semester. There is a period of silent reading in German,
which is completed at the beginning of each period.
As in German One, most of the homework
will be in Moodle. There will also be some voice mail assignments given
as homework. Once in a while, a paper assignment will be given, but this
is not typical. The best way to see what work needs to be completed is
to check Moodle.
German Three
Throughout
the German three course students will cover a variety of grammar
concepts and vocabulary by reading the German versions of several fairy
tales. Some of the grammar concepts include: the imperfect tense,
conjunctions, genitive case, etc.
The
students will continue to play games and participate in other activities
to practice the grammar and vocabulary. Students will read, write, and
have conversations about the fairy tales that are read in class.
Students will also make comparisons between the versions of the fairy
tales they grew up hearing/seeing and the German versions being read in
class.
There
will be an ending project for the class, which will require students
using the skills they learned in the class to write and produce their
own fairy tale. Students will work in smaller groups for this project.
German Four
Throughout
the German four students will cover a variety of grammar concepts. These topics include: subjunctive case, genitive case, adjective endings, comparative and superlative, etc.
Students will continue to play games and participate in other reading, writing, and speaking activities to practice and learn German. They will learn vocabulary that is of an interest to them (animals, health, nature, history, etc.) as well as words that are needed to preform every day conversations.
Students will read a book and watch a movie on some of the events that occurred during WWII in Germany. Students will discuss the events from the book and learn about the history and culture of the time.
In addition to these activities, students will work on a semester long learning project. This project requires them to learn about a chosen city and present that information to the class. This gives them more ownership over the information, as well as provides valuable research and presentation skills.