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Keep this paper all year!

Deutsch 1, 2014-2015 Name:

My child has completed the assignments and discussed this paper with me:

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(parent/guardian signature)

Supplies needed:

folder or ring binder with lined paper and enough room to keep handouts,

pack of 3x5 index cards to make vocabulary and grammar flash cards

pencils, pens, erasers etc.

WELCOME to GERMAN

I. It’s EASY (contrary to common belief)

German is a phonetic language like Spanish: you speak it the way it is written, and you write it

the way you hear it. Also, German and English come from the same Germanic root language.

Do you know or can you guess what the following words mean in English?

If not look them up at:

1. bratwurst ____________ 2. kindergarten ____________

3. sauerkraut ____________ 4. angst ____________

5. leitmotiv ____________ 6. diener ____________

7. muesli ____________ 8. Edelweiss ____________

9. Oktoberfest ____________ 10. gesundheit ____________

11. pumpernickel ____________ 12. hamburger ____________

13. frankfurter ____________ 14. schnitzel ____________

15. glockenspiel ____________ 16. strudel ____________

Assignment I: Draw or find an illustration of 1 of the above German terms.

II. It’s INTERESTING

German connects to an important world culture, and enhances all learning. Germans contributed to a vast field of science and to the general advancement of our shared civilization. (Keep in mind: Germans could also be from Austria or Switzerland).

Do you know to what area of knowledge (subject) the following famous Germans belong?

If not learn about them at:

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach ______________

2. Carl Benz, Ferdinand Porsche, Gottlieb Daimler ______________

3. Gregor Mendel, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Wilhelm Röntgen ______________

4. Adam Riese, Carl Friedrich Gauss ______________

5. Sigmund Freud, C.G. Jung ______________

6. Martin Luther, Graf von Zinsendorf, Dietrich Bonhoeffer ______________

7. Dirk Nowitzki, Steffi Graf, Boris Becker, Jürgen Klinsmann ______________

8. Claudia Schiffer, Heidi Klum ______________

Assignment II: Draw or find a picture of something associated with a famous German from

Germany, Austria, or Switzerland and add his or her name:

III. It’s IMPORTANT AND WIDELY USED (contrary to common belief)

1. More Europeans speak German at home as their primary language than English, Spanish or French.

2. Roughly 30% of all international firms in North Carolina come from German speaking countries

(Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein).

3. Germany is the third biggest trading partner of the US, and the US is Germany´s second biggest

trading partner.

4. German is also one of the most important languages in Europe, and ranks tenth in the world

behind Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English, Arabic, Bengali, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, and

Japanese.

5. German ranks third in college foreign language enrollments.

6. German is spoken by almost 100 million people in total.

7. Germany is the second strongest exporting country in the world. It was only surpassed by China recently.

8. Among all published books in the world, the ones in German are in the majority,

especially in the area of science.

9. 1 out of 4 Americans claims - at least partly - German descent.

10. Germany places second in the global Climate Change Performance Index. Every 3rd solar cell and almost every

Second wind turbine come from Germany.

11. Germany ranks 3rd in the world in applying and receiving patents.

Read what Elon University’s German professors want their students to know about why German is such a good

choice.

Assignment III: Name a company or a product available in the US that comes from Germany,

Austria, or Switzerland and find or draw a picture of it.

IV. It’s INSPIRING.

1. You will want to v i s i t these most beautiful German places some day:

the Alps, the Black Forest, Munich and the Oktoberfest, and the numerous medieval castles have been favorite vacation spots of Americans for centuries. Americans are usually the largest non-European group to visit Germany (and you always find a lot of Germans visiting the US).

2. You will increase your k n o w l e d g e of essential cultural, social, and political changes in Europe (Reformation, World War I and II, Third Reich, Holocaust, Communism and the Fall of the Wall, NATO, the European Union and its currency, the Euro).

3. You will get more insight into our l o c a l h e r i t a g e. German is the language of the people that founded Old Salem, the Moravians. There is an amazing archive there of historic reports and life stories in German. It is also the language of the Triad German Club which holds German traditions alive in our area with cultural programs and a big „Oktoberfest“.

Search the websites of the German Tourist/Travel Offices and of the Old Salem Archives:







Assignment IV: Find a photo or draw a picture of an interesting sight of a German speaking

country, a scene from German history, or anything from Old Salem clearly

marking the German origin.

V. PERSONAL GAIN

Taking German sharpens all of your mental skills, and helps you do better on the SAT and the English Writing Test. It was ranked second after Latin. You can take German all through high school: German 1, 2, 3, 4 and AP (a few students have taken German 5). The first two years are at Reynolds, and the upper classes are taught at the Career Center. German classes are usually small, and you don’t have to contend with a different teacher every year. You can get credit toward the National Honor Society for being a member or an officer of the German Club. Most colleges in North Carolina have good German programs and all require two years of a foreign language. The best universities, however, recommend three to four. As a science or math major, they will look for a reading knowledge of German, not just 2-4 years of any foreign language. Beside good classes and a good club, the German program offers participation in the state wide German Day competition, the NC German Weekend, the Friendship Connection Exchange Program, and other educational events in German on the state and national level: for instance, Geothe Institute Award of Excellence, Deutsches Sprachdiplom, AATG National German Exam, and Bundestag Congress Youth Exchange.

Assignment V: What is your personal motivation to take German?

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Personal Commitment

I, ________________________________ will do as well as I possibly can in German 1 throughout the year. I will do my homework and my class assignments thoroughly and on time. I also commit to contribute to the class learning environment as best as I can. I will give my full attention, and my full support to the teacher and to my classmates.

Signature _________________________________

VI. HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN GERMAN

1. Be prepared and stay on task during class!

Come with an open mind, a positive attitude and a sense for adventure and curiosity. Have pencil, paper, book, homework, and other required materials ready for class when the bell rings. Listen and imitate the foreign sounds as accurately as possible. Don’t worry about feeling odd at first. If you don’t feel weird you are still speaking English. Don’t be concerned if you don’t understand right away. There will be lots of repetition until everyone understands.

2. Be conscientious about assigned homework and your individual progress in general!

Maintain thorough and consistent study habits, allowing at least 20-30 minutes daily for German assignments. There are no assignments on Fridays or before holidays but review is strongly recommended. I also encourage you to read the sections of the book that we cannot cover in class. For easier correction, assignments need to be in pencil and for longer written work, you need to skip lines. If you feel like you are getting behind and need some help tell me right away. I encourage you to get a family member or friend to help you memorize, and to use the new language outside of the classroom as much as possible. When you were absent, show me your excuse note and check for make-up work immediately. Make-up work has to be completed in two days following the absence, and that includes tests and quizzes. However, you can make up or retake any work for a lesser grade any time before the end of a quarter. I don’t want anyone to give up on learning and improving themselves.

EVALUATION

|Categories |Late Assignments |

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|Participation/Work Ethics 25% |1 day late/partially done or completed in class 85% |

| |2 days late 77% |

|Homework/Classwork 25% |after that until a week before the quarter ends 60% |

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|Quizzes/Tests 25% | |

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|Lab /Projects 25% | |

3. Be punctual and always attend!

Tardiness will result in you missing the very important warm-up and review period. You will feel lost and insecure and your participation grade will suffer greatly. I will give two warnings but after the third tardy, the student needs to stay with me after school for 30 minutes, and the parents are being informed. If a student keeps being tardy or skips my class, he will be disciplined according to school rules. Going to the bathroom or anywhere else during instructional time is not permitted. I only allow it in emergencies, which means no more than once a month. You need to record when you leave and when you come back on a sheet in front of the door.

4. Be respectful to your classmates, the teacher, and the school property!

I do not tolerate disrespectful talk or behavior. They constitute what I refer to as “social pollution”, and they will have an effect on your participation grade. For serious offenses, after two warnings, the student needs to stay after school with me for 30 minutes, and the parents are informed. After more than three offenses, the student is referred to an administrator.

5. Ask the teacher for help early and often if you feel you did not understand!

My official office hour for individual help is on B-Days in the afternoon from 3:45-4:30 pm in the Teachers'

Room #318. I am not available in the morning or on A-Days.

6. Use E-mail, and Parent Assist for better communication!

Please make sure the school has your correct email address(es), and inform us of changes instantly, so that we can communicate effectively. My email address at school is bwoloszyn@wsfcs.k12.nc.us If you misplace the information, use our school district's web site to find me under Reynolds or the Career Center. My webpage is still a work in progress.

7. Help with Translation and Typing

- Online dictionary: (Don’t ever use a translators!)

- Writing the German Umlauts: You can use the symbols command or

ä: ctrl shift colon lift a (shift a for Ä) or Alt 0228 (Alt 0196)

ü: ctrl shift colon lift u (shift u for Ü) or Alt 0252 (Alt 0220)

ö: ctrl shift colon lift o (shift o for Ö) or Alt 0246 (Alt 0214)

ß: ctrl shift colon lift 7 s or Alt 0223

8. Important dates: 2014 -2015

Tuesday, September 2 1st German Club Meeting from 3:45 – 4:14

Saturday, September 27 Triad German Club Oktoberfest (Millenium Center, 6:00 – 11:00pm) Friday, October 3 German National Holiday (Reunification of West and East)

Monday, October 6 German American Day

Friday-Saturday, November 7-8 German Immersion Weekend (German 3 and very advanced German 2 students)

Saturday, December 6 Nikolaustag (St. Nicolas Day)

March German Day at UNC Greensboro

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