Penn State Altoona Course Outline and Syllabus

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1 German 3, Section 001 Spring 2011 Penn State Altoona Course Outline and Syllabus Dr. Ilse-Rose Warg 1 Montag und Mittwoch: Uhr, 145 Hawthorn Freitag: , 145 Hawthorn Instructor: Dr. Ilse-Rose Warg (call me Frau Dr. Warg) address: iow6@psu.edu or j.i_rwarg@comcast.net Phone: (814) a) If you are on Campus dial 5237 to leave a message on my voice mail. b) If you are off campus and in the 814 area code zone: dial c) In case of class cancellation check at d) In case of a two-hour delay schedule, our class starts M, W at 11:30-12:05 and F 11:30-12:50 Staff Assistant: Mary Novella, 144 LRC, She will be available for any questions you have concerning general information about German 003, sec. 001 at PSU Altoona. My mailbox is in her office. A red folder is in my mailbox for homework and communication. Office Hours: 141 LRC, Montag Uhr, und Uhr; Mittwoch Uhr; Freitag 12:05-12:45 und nach Vereinbarung. Text Materials: Robert Di Donato, Monica D. Clyde, and Jacqueline Vansant: Deutsch, na klar!: An Introductory German Course. Boston, New York: McGraw-Hill Co, Fifth Edition. ISBN-13: Di Donato, Clyde, Vansant: Workbook to Accompany Deutsch: Na klar! 5th ed. ISBN: A pocket- Dictionary: There are inexpensive paperback dictionaries available in the bookstore on the Altoona Campus. A comprehensive dictionary is Collins, Pons: Deutsch English: English German in Eiche Library Reference No. PF 3640.C64, Hand-outs A three-ring folder to keep all of your work book material, hand-outs, and homework organized Web page: Course Objectives and Goals The emphasis of German 3 is more on writing in German, reading and discussion. German grammar will be repeated and further developed. Performance Objectives for German 3: Essay writing activities constitute a major new aspect of German 3. One class period will be set aside for the writing of Essay 1: You will compose a word essay based upon materials you have previously discussed in class or on a topic that your instructor has announced in advance. You will use your dictionary, your textbook, and grammar handouts for the in-class writing process. Essays 2 and 3 will be written at home. Their minimum 200-word requirement may be increased. Count your words and write their number underneath the essays.

2 I will correct the essays with "Korrektur Symbole", which I mark in the left margin of your paper. Please double-space all of your writing exercises and leave a 1-2 margin on the left side of your paper. Occasionally I might have to discuss how you developed and/or worded your topic even before I correct and grade your essay. In this case you have to come to my office either during my office hours or make an appointment to see me with your essay in question. After a discussion of general errors and problems that have occurred in the essays, you will be required to correct your essay and hand it back to me with the original draft attached. A grade will be assigned for all writing activities (the original essay is weighted 2/3, the corrected rewritten one 1/3 of the grade for each essay). Always count the words of your essay and write the count underneath your essay. Reading assignments constitute another major activity of German 3. Hence, your reading ability should be vastly improved by the end of the course. Discussions of the story contents and cultural materials should also improve your speaking ability. However, your speaking ability will only improve if you are not afraid to speak up. Your goal at this level of German should simply be to make yourself understood in German to another person. It is essential to attend classes regularly to improve, your listening ability. Video We will use several videos I select. Some homework might result from it. Some test material will be taken from these videos. Tests: Your instructor will administer at least 3 Quizzes (approximately minutes each). There will also be 1 Mid-Semester Examination (approximately minutes) and a Final Examination. Quizzes, Mid-Semester Examination, and the Final Examination will not be retested, unless you have a valid excuse for being absent during the time when the test was given. All examinations of German 3 require that you answer questions about the stories, the cultural readings, and other materials your instructor introduced, for example Videos. I might give some Pop-quizzes, if necessary. There will be an oral quiz for you and your partner. The oral quiz is part of the final examination. Homework On the attached pages you will find a schedule for homework/class assignments called Syllabus. Please notice the following: 1.) All class assignments are to be prepared on time for the class period indicated. We will use our textbook and the grammar handouts. 2.) The assignments listed in the Syllabus are maximum assignments. I may re-arrange materials within a given chapter and may select assignments. Therefore bring the Syllabus to each lesson in order to discuss homework assignments. Written homework should be given to me before the class starts. 3.) Remember you elected a four credit course, the workload outside the classroom is heavier and one classroom session per week is accordingly longer than for other courses. Skits. There will be at least three skits during the semester. You prepare them with your partner(s). Your instructor will suggest topics (Syllabus) or discuss topics with you. Total Physical Response (TPR) In Ger. 3 I shall continue to use TPR, Total Physical Response. "TPR" will have you listen to commands and actually perform them; it may be used through-out the semester. Class participation is essential. I will ask you to speak with each other in German and to find a partner with whom you can practice German outside of the classroom. Periodically I will ask 2

3 you to write things on the board. During TPR you will physically respond to the commands given either by a fellow student or me. Course Policies: I expect you to be on time either for appointments or for the lessons. If you have to be late, come. Better late than not at all. I expect respectful behavior toward your fellow students and me. You may miss two classes unexcused, additional absences without a valid excuse will lower your class performance grade up to 10%. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest, and responsible manner. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the University's Code of Conduct states that all students should act with personal integrity, respect other students' dignity, rights, and property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts. Academic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of the University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others. Consequences of academic dishonesty: The instructor may assign an academic sanction ranging from failure on the assignment to failure in the course. The instructor reports each academic sanction to the Office of Judicial Affairs, which keeps a record. Students can appeal academic sanctions to the Committee on Academic Integrity through the Office of Academic Affairs. In more serious cases of academic dishonesty, the Office of Judicial Affairs may apply disciplinary sanctions in addition to the academic sanctions. These may range from automatic failure for the course to probation, suspension, or expulsion from the University. An "XF" grade is a formal University disciplinary sanction that indicates on the student's transcript that failure in a course was due to a serious act of academic dishonesty. (Policies and Rules for Students, Section ) 3 Semester Grades Grade % A Quizzes (3 x 6%) 18% A Mid-Semester Examination 10% B Essay 6% B Essay 7% B Essay 9% C Skits 12% C Final Examination (10% written, 6 % oral) 16% D Class Performance, 10% F homework and Work Book assignments 12% Total 100% In the unexpected event that a student needs a Deferred Grade (DF), No Grade (NG), or Change of Grade he/she must request it with complete proper paper work prior to final exam week. The Registrar s Office will help you. Tentative Syllabus This tentative syllabus is designed so that you will be able to familiarize yourself with the new materials for each day in advance. Note that I do not assign vocabulary learning in particular. You

4 must learn the new words when you do the numerous activities and exercises in your books. Avoid handing in late assignments, if for valid reasons you could not do your assignment on time, you may hand in assignments by placing them into a red folder marked German 3. The folder is in my mailbox at 144 LRC. I reserve the right to refuse acceptance of any assignments that are 1 class period overdue Tag 1 Montag d. 10. Januar 2 Mittwoch d. 12. Januar 3 Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d Freitag d Stundenplan und Hausarbeit Deutsche Vornamen, mit dem Textmaterial vertraut werden, Klassenplan, Syllabus und Korrektursymbole. Kapitel 10, Simple Past Tense, S Fragen Sie jemanden in der Klasse, was er/sie zu Weihnachten geschenkt bekommen hat, und ob er/sie verreist war. Suchen Sie eine/n Partner/in Hausarbeit für Mittwoch: Ihre letzten Ferien. Gebrauchen Sie die Fragen auf S. 314, Zum Thema A. Ihr letzter Urlaub. (seven answers to the 7 questions) Deutsch, na klar! Past perfect Tense S Kapitel 11, : Thema 1 Wörter im Kontext: S Hausarbeit für Freitag: Wer ist Ihr Partner? Interview mit Ihrem Partner. Fragen Sie: Was möchtest Du werden? Was ist Dein Hauptfach? Wenn du fertig bist mit Deinem Studium, wo möchtest Du arbeiten? Was für einen Beruf möchtest du ausüben (in which profession do you want to work)? Wo wirst Du Dich bewerben? Für was interessierst Du Dich am meisten? Was ist am wichtigsten für dich? Dnk: Futur, S Hausarbeit für Mittwoch: write down your interview you had with your partner. Wer ist Ihr Partner? Seine/Ihre Interessen, Wünsche und Erwartungen. Your own wishes and your partner s wishes for the future. Write the answers down, begin with introducing your partner, his/her name then tell what he/she studies, the major, the wishes where he/she wants to work, what is his, her interests, in what type of profession he/she could work after finishing his/her education. What is most important for him/her. etc. Use future tense pg And Vocab. of pg. 324 and Übg. 8 pg Repeate conjugation of the verb werden in present tense. Pg. 102 Martin Luther King Day Keine Klassen Dnk: Relative Clauses and pronouns, S Hausarbeit für Freitag: Übg. 4 Schritt 1. S. 338 Dnk: Übg. 3-5, S Relative Clauses and pronouns Was für ein pg Hausarbeit für Montag: do Übg. 8 pg. 340 and 8 on pg. 349, and read: Dnk: Kulturtipp S. 332, Der erste Schultag. 6 Montag d Hausarbeit für Mittwoch: Prepare the Skit: Thema: Sie wollen Ihre Zukunft wissen und gehen zu einem Wahrsager und fragen z.b. :Was für eine Frau werde ich heiraten. Oder Was für einen Beruf werde ich haben? oder Werde ich viel Geld verdienen, werde ich reich sein, wie viele Kinder werde ich haben, etc. (you go to a

5 7 Mittwoch d Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d Freitag d Montag d fortune teller, he/she tells your fortune, you ask questions about your future). Skit 1. Ein Lebenslauf. Hausarbeit für Freitag: Schreiben Sie Ihren kurzen Lebenslauf. Use Lebenslauf of Birgit Hermsin as an example, Seite 331. Dnk: Negating sentences, S Hausarbeit für Montag: Übg. 10 und 11, S. 342 Dnk: Lesen: Kulturtipp, S. 347 Hausarbeit: Kapitel 11 des Arbeitsbuches ist am Mittwoch fällig. Quiz 1 (Kapitel 11), Hausarbeit: Kapitel 11 des Arbeitsbuches ist heute fällig. Dnk: Kapitel 12: Haus und Haushalt. Seite Return of Quiz I, discuss. Hausarbeit: Hand-out: the 21 most common German verbs Dnk: Verbs with fixed Prepositions, S. 361 Hausarbeit: which verbs are the most common verbs in German? Underline 10 of them in appendix of your text book A-15-A16. Diskussion der Themen für das erste Essay. Beschreiben Sie Ihren Lieblingsberuf; Wo ich wohne; Ein Jobinterview; Was für Kleidung ich gern trage und was für ein Auto ich gern fahre; additional topics on hand-out for 1. essay. Hausarbeit: German outline for your in-class essay. Essay I open book, bring a dictionary, your textbook, and your prepared theme with a title for your essay. Zurückgeben und Diskussion der Aufsätze. Grammatikwiederholung der schwachen Punkte. (repetion of grammar according to weak points in your essays). Lesen: die Enten an der Schnur Dnk: da-compounds. S. 362 und wo-compounds S. 364 Hausarbeit: Korrigieren der Aufsätze Finish die Enten an der Schnur and use da-und-wocompounds Hausarbeit: Learn simple Past of the 21 most common verbs. Korrektur von Essay I ist fällig. Dnk: Subjunctive II, for Modals and strong verbs, S Hausarbeit: Übg. 6 und 7. S Write whole sentences. Dnk: Subjunctive, Expressing Requests politely with würde and the infinitive, S Hausarbeit: Übg. 8 S. 367 Dnk: Forms of the Present Subjunctive. S Video Hausarbeit: Übg. 11 und Übg. 12, S Dnk: The Past Subjunctive, S Hausarbeit: write five sentences about a situation you wished that it would have been diferent. Beispiel: Wir haben heute einen Test. Ich wünschte, ich hätte mehr 5

6 22 Mittwoch d. 2. März 23 Freitag d.4.3. d d Montag d, Mittwoch d Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d. 23, Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d Vokabeln gelernt. S Dnk: Lesen: Helga Novak Fahrkarte bitte Zeile 1-10, S Auf den ersten Blick B. S Denken Sie an den zweiten Skit, nehmen Sie eine der Situationen von: Auf den ersten Blick, A. 1 oder 2, S Hausarbeit: Lesen Sie Fahrkarte bitte Zeilen Dnk: Lesen: Helga Novak Fahrkarte bitte Zeile 27-43, S. 376 Hand-out for essay 2.. ( Wörter). Dnk: Helga Novak Fahrkarte bitte Zum Text, S Skit 2 Hausarbeit: Essay 2 schreiben Vom Lesestück zum Theaterstück. S. 377, Schritt 1. SPRING BREAK Dnk: Kapitel 13, Thema 1, S und , Kapitel 12 Ihres Arbeitsbuches (Work Book) und Essay 2 ist fällig. Quiz 2 inklusive Kapitel 12. Lesen: Wenn die Haifische Menschen wären von Bertolt Brecht. (hand-out) Hausarbeit: continue to read Haifische underline all verbs in Subjunctive II Dnk: Infinitive with zu, S Übg. 2 S. 394 in der Klasse. Quiz 2 zurückgeben und diskutieren. Lesen: Peter Bichsel: Der Mann mit dem Gedächtnis. Hand-out Hausarbeit:. Dnk: Thema 2, S (Akt. 5, S. 391) the verbs brauchen und scheinen S. 395; Infinitive Clauses with um zu and ohne zu, S Essay 2 zurückgeben und diskutieren. Hausarbeit: Essay korrigieren Mid-Semester Exam (Kapitel 11, 12 und etwas 13). DnK: Indirect Discurse S Korrektur für Essay 2 ist fällig. Return Mid-Semester Exam. Diskutieren des Mid-Semester Examens. Peter Bichsel: Der.Mann mit dem Gedächtnis Hausarbeit: Der Mann mit dem Gedächtnis lesen Indirect Discourse, Subjunctive I, S Lesen: Peter Bichsel: Der.Mann mit dem Gedächtnis Dnk: Indirect Discourse Subjunctive past tense, S Denken Sie an Ihr drittes Essay. Ein Zeitungsbericht über einen Ein Kriminalfall, oder einen Unfall. Lesen: Peter Bichsel: Der.Mann mit dem Gedächtnis 6 32 Freitag d Montag d repeat Subjunctive II and I. Kapitel 13 Ihres Arbeitsbuches (Work Book) ist fällig. Lesen: Peter Bichsel: Dnk: Kapitel 14, S , und The Passive Voice, S Hausarbeit: work on essay 3

7 34 Mittwoch d Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d Freitag d Montag d Mittwoch d Dnk: Expressing the Agent, S Übung 1 S. 419 Kulturtipps S. 415 Hausaufgabe: Entwerfen sie einen Button. S. 413 Dnk: Expressing a General Activity S, S. 421 Essay 3 ist fällig. Dnk: The passive with modals. S Hand outs for Skit 3 situations. Zurückgeben von Essay 3 Hausarbeit: Korregieren von Essay 3 Lesen: Zum Thema und Auf den ersten Blick, Reinhard Mai: Was in der Zeitung steht. Zeile 1-16 S korrektiertes Essay 3 ist fällig. Dnk: Lesen: Reinhard Mai: Was in der Zeitung steht. Zeile S Besprechen der dritten Essays. Quiz 3 (passive voice, indirect discourse) Dnk: Lesen: Reinhard Mai: Was in der Zeitung steht, Zeile 45 bis zum Schluss, S Skit 3 Dnk: Zum Text S The present participle S Quiz 3 zurückgeben und diskutieren Freitag d Montag d Thursday Freitag d Mittwoch d. 4. Mai man as an alternative to the Passive, S Übg. 9 S. 424.Übergang: Gestern und heute, S Hausarbeit: Dnk: Übg. 10. Dnk: Sütterlin Schrift 1932, S Briefe an Herbert Hoover. S Nachholen und vorbereiten für Abschlussprüfung Classes end, prepare for final. 8:00-9:50 AM 145 Hawthorn d. 7. May Commencement Please write the name, phone number. and of your partner/s here: Partner s Name: Handy