Mrs. Young

Welcome Parents and Students!

This blog is for students of Mrs. Young at Pope High School.  If you look on the left hand side of this screen, you will see links to different classes I teach. If your student takes German 1 or German 2, then click on that link to see information about just that class.  Likewise, if your student takes German 3 or German 4, then click on that link to see information about just that class.  If you are interested in seeing the Georgia standards for languages, then follow this link.

https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/pages/BrowseStandards/MLLStandards9-12.aspx

I look forward to a great semester with your students.

German 3 and 4

January 23 - February 3

Reminders:  PTSA open house for this semester is Thursday, January 26th. 

We need kleenenx, hand sanitizer, and markers for class!  Danke!!

The students have started a new chapter on the future and their plans for it.  We are beginning by looking at job possibilities and applying for different jobs.  They are also learning the future tense verb (werden) as well as reviewing other ways to express the future in German.  They will have a quiz over the future tense on Wednesday, January 25th and a vocabulary quiz over job/career vocabulary on Friday, January 27th.  They will also be creating a job interview and will take turns interviewing each other for an interpersonal grade.

Homework: Practice future tense verbs, study vocabulary for quiz, work on interview

German 2

January 23 - February 3

Reminders:  PTSA open house for this semester is Thursday, January 26th. 

We need kleenenx, hand sanitizer, and markers for class!  Danke!!

The students are continuing with their unit on travel.  They are currently researching a German state.  They will present these reports in powerpoint form to the class so that the whole class can learn about the different states.  This will be a presentational grade and these will begin on Thursday, January 26th.  Students may  need to work on the powerpoints at home in order to finish on time.  We will also be learning more about discussing events in the conversational past tense.  They will practice and take notes on this.  The next phase of the travel unit will be research into taking a fictional trip to Germany and then telling about it in the past tense.

Homework: Study vocabulary, finish state research and powerpoint

 

German 1

January 23 - February 3

Reminders:  PTSA open house for this semester is Thursday, January 26th. 

Please sign your student's syllabus and send it in if you haven't already done so.

We need some kleenex, hand sanitizer, and new markers if you can send some in with  your student!  Danke!!

We are continuing on with our chapter over the house.  The students are learning about how to use direct objects.  There is a handout attached about their der, die, and das rooms with pictures.  They can download this if they need the directions.  They will have a quiz over this on Thursday, January 26th.  They also need to be studying their vocabulary at home for each room of the house.  Their next vocabulary quiz will be on Tuesday, January 31st.  They will have a summative assessment over direct objects and furniture that involves the design of one room and the objects inside of it.  These will be due on Friday, February 3rd. 

Homework: Work on direct objects, begin room project, study vocabulary

Download Der die das

 

German 1

January 9 - January 20

Reminders:

Teaching Planning Day - Jan. 9th

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - Jan. 16th

Students need to get the class policies signed and returned by Jan. 20th!!

German 1 students spent some time reviewing vocabulary and grammar the first week back from the break.  They discussed how to meet people and get some basic information from them in both formal and informal address.  They presented this info in a dialog form on Friday, January 13th.  Any students absent will need to make this up.  They will take a formative quiz on Tuesday, January 17th with the vocabulary from before the break plus a little bit of new vocabulary.  There will be a summative quiz on Friday, January 20th over this information. 

Homework: Review vocabulary! Work on dialog as needed

 

German 2

January 9 - January 20

Reminders:

Teaching Planning Day - Jan. 9th

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - Jan. 16th

Students need to get the class policies signed and returned by Jan. 20th!!

German 2 students spent some time reviewing vocabulary and grammar the first week back from the break.  They discussed the break in the past tense and will continuing working on this verb tense.  They will take a formative quiz on Tuesday, January 17th with the vocabulary from before the break plus a little bit of new vocabulary.  There will be a summative quiz on Friday, January 20th over this information. The next part of the travel unit involves each student doing research on a German state.  There are links below for this.

The students are also starting a semester long song project.  Each student has been assigned a different week to bring in a German song to share with the class.  Ask your student which week he or she has been assigned and listen to his/her song!

Homework: Review vocabulary! Work on song project as needed

German map game links:

German map game #1

German map game #2

 

German 3 and 4

January 9 - January 20

Reminders:

Teaching Planning Day - Jan. 9th

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - Jan. 16th

Students need to get the class policies signed and returned by Jan. 20th!!

German 3 and 4 students spent some time reviewing vocabulary and grammar the first week back from the break.  They are finishing up the health unit with a brochure project.  The German 3 students are creating a healthy/unhealthy lifestyle brochure while the German 4 students are creating a brochure about a spa or gym.  They have worked on these in class a lot.  The final products will be shared on Wednesday, January 18th. 

The students are also starting a semester long song project.  Each student has been assigned a different week to bring in a German song to share with the class.  Ask your student which week he or she has been assigned and listen to his/her song!

Homework: FInish brochure at home if needed, work on song project, study vocabulary

All Classes

I hope everyone has a great holiday break!! Have fun and be safe. 

 

Exam Week Schedule

7th period - Monday, December 19th

5th/6th periods - Tuesday, December 20th

1st/3rd periods - Wednesday, December 21st

2nd/4th periods - Thursday, December 22nd

German 3 and German 4

December 12 - December 16

Here are some grammar links to review with:

Wenn practice

Wenn with pictures

Writing wenn clauses out

German 1

December 5 - December 16

The students turned in their house projects on Dec. 5th.  Many of them were very good!  They will be sharing them in small groups.We are continuing our house chapter.  The students are learning how to use helping verbs with chores.  They will write a dialogue about this topic and present it on Thursday, December 15th.  They will also complete another holiday activity.  The link is on the blog in case someone is absent (see below). 

They will also begin reviewing for the exam the week of the 12th.   They will receive a handout that explains what to study for the exam.  The vocabulary handouts are still posted on the blog for this semester.  They can print out any that they cannot find.

homework:  Study helping verbs and chore vocab., practice dialogue

German Holiday Activity

Here is the link to a webquest about the holiday traditions in German speaking countries:

Download Weihnachten Webquest