Friday, May 9, 2008

Period 2 students:
  • heard a joke,
  • reviewed vocabulary from last night's sentences,
  • completed a matching activity to practice the vocabulary,
  • finished checking yesterday's classwork, and
  • checked activity F from last night's homework.
Homework: complete activity O on handout.

Period 3 students:
  • heard and retold a joke,
  • wrote a summary of the joke,
  • checked translations to the reading on Switzerland p.382, and
  • were given a model answer for the homework.
Homework: Find five sentences which begin with something other than the subject in the reading on page 382. Copy each sentence, rewrite it, beginning the subject, underline the subject in each sentence once and the verb twice.

Period 4 students:
  • listened to a joke, retold it, and summarized it in writing,
  • checked today's homework,
  • completed some sentence fill-ins (handout) to practice the verbs in lesson 12,
  • read p.382 "Die Schweiz",
  • watched a presentation on Switzerland,
  • learned about metric conversions,
  • took a quiz on possessive pronouns, and
  • watched a video segment Ich wünsche Ihnen alles Gute.
Homework: translate the reading on page 382 and answer the questions in the second activity on the bottom of page 383.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Period 2 students:
  • went over results to yesterday's quiz,
  • reviewed adjective endings, and
  • completed and checked a worksheet to review adjective endings.
Homework: worksheet activities F, G, N and vocabulary list.

Period 3 students:
  • completed and checked the two activities on page 383,
  • watched a presentation on Switzerland, and
  • heard examples of Swiss dialect.
Homework: workbook 193:18, and 190:4.

Period 4B students:
  • reviewed forming and using the conditional,
  • orally completed 433:2 with and without modifications,
  • completed and checked 434:4 and 434:4, and
  • (some) took a retake quiz.
Homework: 225-227:1-5 workbook. Study for a quiz on forming the conditional.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Period 2 students:
  • completed a quiz on adjective endings,
  • completed and checked a word search to review vocabulary related to the Oktoberfest, and
  • composed stories with ten of the vocabulary words from the word search beginning with the phrase Beim Oktoberfest hatten ich und meine Freunde viel Spass...
Homework: read the text Karneval (handout received in class on 5/6), note new vocabulary words and look them up, and complete the comprehension activity.

Period 3 students:
  • took a test on possessives,
  • read about Switzerland, and
  • learned about some metric conversions based on content in the reading.
Homework: students should finish their translations of the reading p.382.

Period 4A students:
  • listened to a recording of the dialogs pp.356-357 and repeated as cued,
  • checked homework (worksheet, 358:3,4),
  • completed and checked a worksheet to review possessives,
  • took some notes on pitfalls when using possessives, and
  • went over the format for Friday's quiz.
Homework: workbook activities 1, 2, and 3 page 180.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Period 2 students:
  • checked homework, and
  • completed and checked two listening activities to Alles Gute 26.
Homework: study for a quiz on adjective endings.

Period 3 students:
  • checked homework,
  • completed and checked another worksheet on possessives, and
  • reviewed the format of tomorrow's quiz.
Homework: study for a quiz on possessives.

Period 4B students:
  • completed two worksheets in review for lesson 312 quiz,
  • took lesson 31 quiz,
  • listened to a recording of the vidéo-scène for lesson 31,
  • noted new vocabulary,
  • read the vidéo-scène aloud,
  • checked homework on the vidéo-scène,
  • completed and checked workbook 89:b, and
  • started a wordsearch to review lesson 29 vocabulary.
Homework: complete the wordsearch that we started in class.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Period 2 students:
  • checked workbook 134-18,
  • talked about the Oktoberfest with vocabulary form 134-18, and
  • checked activities 1-11 in the adjectives packet.
Homework: complete adjectives worksheet distributed in class today. Quiz on Wednesday.

Period 3 students:
  • took a quiz on possessives,
  • completed and checked 187:11, and
  • did two progressive translation activities with the sentences from 187:11.
Homework: complete the worksheet that was distributed in class. A quiz on possessives was announced for Wednesday.

Period 4A students:
  • checked homework,
  • submitted homework,
  • took a quiz on possessives and subject pronouns, and
  • worked on dialogs pp. 356-358.
Homework: read the dialogs pp.356-358. Complete activities 3 and 4 on page 358. Complete the worksheet that was distributed in class. Students who missed class because of AP testing should also do 356:1 and 357:2.