4C - Homework for May 9

Write a comment on Computer Nerd's blog (page 78, exercise 6). Write AT LEAST 150 words.  If you turn this assignment in this week, I will give you feedback before the Schularbeit.

3C - Plan for Week of May 8

For Tuesday, May 9 -
1) read over the Kennzeichen of a report (handout)
2) translate the phrases for introduction, interpreting results, conclusion into German (handout)
3) start thinking about ways to write a report about school lunches (handout)

In Class, Tuesday May 9
- Write reports

For Thursday, May 11
- Turn in completed reports at the beginning of class

Abend HTL - Lehrstoff for Schularbeit, May 16

Lehrstoff, Schularbeit May 16

FORMAT

Listening comprehension

(Reading Comprehension)
Grammar
Writing

You need to know everything we learned in the first semester PLUS:

TOPICS

Keeping fit (pp. 45-53, Topics and Language in Use)

What’s Cooking (pp. 56-67, Topics and Language in Use)

It’s a Holiday! (pp. 68-78, Topics and Language in Use)

GRAMMAR

Present continuous (p. 49, Topics and Language in Use; pp. 39-41, Workbook)

Present perfect (p. 64-65, Topics and Language in Use; pp. 51-52, Workbook)

Going to future (p.72, Topics and Language In Use; page 42 Workbook)

Names of people/nationalities, countries, language (p. 70, Topics and Language in Use)

Saxon genitive (pp. 20-21 Workbook)

Place phrases (p. 58 Workbook)

Time phrases (p. 58 Workbook)

Principal parts of verbs (pp. 90-91 workbook)

TEXTS

Letter/Email

Blog Entry

Journal Entry

EXTRAS

Listening strategies

The Prisoner (What would you do if you woke up in an unknown location?)

Chicago tourism

1C - Lehrstoff for the Schularbeit (May 9 Group B, May 10 Group A)

Format of the Schularbeit (1 hour):
Reading Comprehension
Grammar
Writing

We have done:
Unit 2 (Shopping)
Unit 3 (Home Entertainment)
Unit 4 (Sport and Leisure)
Unit 5 (Keeping in Touch)

Grammar:
Adjectives/Steigerung
All tenses (present simple, present progressive, past simple, past progressive, PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE, WILL FUTURE, GOING TO FUTURE)
Modal verbs
Difference between wollen/werden/mögen/möchten
Saxon genitive
place phrases
time phrases
Idioms with go/play/do
For, Since, Ago (when to use them and what they mean in German)

TEXT TYPES:
letter/email,
Summary
Shopping dialogues
Phone call dialogues
Journal Entry

EXTRAS
Merry Christmas Mr Bean
Wizard of Oz
Happy Years
Baseball
April the Giraffe
Talking about holidays (Christmas/Winter holiday, Semester Holiday, Mardi Gras, etc)
Listening strategies

3C - April 27 in class

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tk-facts-about-teens-on-social-media-that-are-really-scary_us_55a7c6f0e4b0896514d06eab

https://www.statista.com/chart/3387/internet-use-teenagers/

http://www.communicationstudies.com/teen-cell-phone-statistics-infographic

http://www.hillcresthighlighter.com/teachers-survey-on-cell-phone-policy-change.html

http://www.pewinternet.org/2010/04/20/chapter-four-how-parents-and-schools-regulate-teens-mobile-phones/

1C - Homework for Week of May 2

For Tuesday /Wednesday, do the following exercises in the book:

1) page 78, exercise 8
2) page 78, exercise 9
3) page 79, exercise 10 in your activity journal!! Write 80-100 words in the proper format.)
(another option:  write an email to your American friend about spring in Austria.  What has the weather been like so far, and what are you looking forward to in the summer?)
4) page 79, read the text "Rise in Street Theft"
5) page 80, exercises 1, 2, 3
6) page 81, exericse 6

(If you want to work ahead, do page 81, exercise 4, 5 and page 82, exercise 7-8.

4C - Homework for Monday, May 8

1) On your own, read the texts in Unit 6 about global warming (page 78, p. 79, p. 80) and do the accompanying tasks.

2) Be able to describe the greenhouse effect in your own words

3) Turn in outlines for company presentations

Updated May 4, 2017

4C, Group A - Presentations Topics (dates TBA)

Fabian - Sikorsky
Almir - Cool Amphibious Manufacturing International
Valentin - Aston Martin
Elma - Voestalpine Texas
Edon - Roteform Miami
Tobias - Jaguar
Raphael - Tesla
Thomas - John Deere
Manuel - APC
Michael - Boeing
Larissa - General Electric
Ivan - Harley Davidson

4C, Group B - Presentation topics (dates TBA)

Dzenis - Cool Amphibious Manufacturing International
Pascal - Learjet
Daniel - Cessna
Julian E. - John Deere
Jürgen - Aston Martin
Vjencislav - Bentley (what is the difference between a Bentley and a Rolls Royce?)
Mike - Caterpillar
Julian L. - Harley Davidson
Julian S. - Jaguar
Nick - Tesla
Matthias - Sikorsky

4C - Outline for Company Presentations

OUTLINE FOR COMPANIES

1.       Description of the company

a.        What do they produce?

2.       History and Mission (brief, no more than one minute = 3 slides)

a.        Who?

b.       What?

c.        Where?

d.       When?

3.       Environment and Sustainability

a.        Sourcing of materials

b.       Commitment to the environment (Think sustainability, green energy, CO2/pollution/waste reduction, recycling)

4.       Describe a specific product

a.        What?

b.       Where?

c.        How?

d.       Materials used

e.       Specifications

f.         Significance

5.       World Wide Reputation

a.        Why is this company/product so popular/well-respected?

6.       Job Opportunities

a.        What kind of job opportunities exist for engineers?

b.       Do they have an internship program?

5C - In Class, Monday, April 3

We are practicing DIALOGUES today.  So that everything flows smoothly, follow this guide:

1) Finish NGO topics? / hand in rewrites

2) Get into groups of THREE
 - each student should have a different Diplomproject
 (- each student should have a different NGO)

EACH STUDENT HAS 7-10 minutes to speak and answer questions.  Don't rush through this!

3) Student 1 gives an overview of his Diplomarbeit in English (1-2 minutes)
- Students 2 & 3 listen carefully
- Students 2 & 3 ask questions about the Diplomarbeit in English
- Student 1 should try to answer the questions in English as best he can

4) Student 2 gives an overview of his Diplomarbeit in English (1-2 minutes)
- Students 1 & 3 listen carefully.
- Students 1 & 3 ask questions about the Diplomarbeit in English
- Student 2 should try to answer the questions in English as best he can

5)  Student 3 gives an overview of his Diplomarbeit in English (1-2 minutes)
- Students 1 & 2 listen carefully.
- Students 1 & 2 ask questions about the Diplomarbeit in English
- Student 3 should try to answer the questions in English as best he can

STUDENTS WHO NEED/WANT TO PRESENT THEIR DIPLOMARBEIT TO DR JO-JO can leave their group at any time and do what needs to be done.  Do not wait until the last minute!