Helpful Handouts

Helpful Handouts

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Handouts

1. Meeting someone: Basic phrases when meeting someone, both formal and informal situations.

2. Dictionary 101: How to Get the Most Out Of Your Dictionary. Activity to

evaluate/practice students' use of a German-English/English-German dictionary. If you cannot answer

all of the questions in this activity with the help of your dictionary, you definitely need a better

dictionary. For any kind of German class, a dictionary with a minimum of 50,000 references is

recommended. Personally, in my 30 years of professional experience as a translator and teacher, I have

found Langenscheidt German dictionaries (the yellow ones with the big blue L on the front)to be the

most useful. A really good dictionary can be expensive, but Langenscheidt has reasonably priced

dictionaries that are quite comprehensive (e.g. Compact German-English/English-German dictionary

with over 70,000 references for around $20). If you are in the market for a dictionary, check out

Powell's Books. They carry a selection of Langenscheidt German dictionaries, both new and used.

3. Adjective endings: - General rules for adjective endings.

- Cheat sheet for all adj. endings (useful if you use mnemonic rese/nese etc.)

- Cheat sheet for preceded adjectives.

- A different visual approach for preceded adjectives.

Use whatever works for YOU.

- Handout for oral classroom activity. Because of the repetitive pattern, this

activity helps to develop a more natural feel for the correct adjective endings.

4. Plurals of German Nouns: Possible and consistent patterns of German plural formation.

5. Modal conjugation: Fill in correct present-tense forms of all the modals or print out complete

table for reference. Can be used effectively with modal conversation handout. Read the conversation

out loud and have students write all of the conjugated modal forms into the blank table as they hear them.

Additionally, the modal conversation handout can be used to identify the infinitive verb in each sentence.

6. Irregular Verbs, Kapitel 4 (Deutsch Heute, 9th ed.): All of the irregular verbs of chapter 4

on one page, with colors for visual learners.

7. Two-way prepositions: visual illustration of the two-way prepositions.

8. German clause patterns: Basic patterns of main and subordinate clauses. May be useful as a

supplement in classroom. Not sufficient on its own. Can be used very well with online exercise to

practice expectations of how a second clause will have to start and to identify the types of clauses

by the position of the conjugated verb.

9. Sentence patterns for direct and indirect objects: noun and pronoun order for sentences

with direct and indirect objects. Includes practice sentences for replacing accusative and dative nouns

with pronouns.

10.Summary charts nominative, accusative, and dative: articles, pronouns, prepositions;

Summary chart: articles ONLY (all cases).

11. German n-nouns (weak masculine nouns): not a handout, but excellent resource can be

found at http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~joyce1/abinitio/chap11-9.html

12. List of irregular verbs: not a handout, but a great resource, for irregular simple past and past

participle forms.

13. Present perfect tense: worksheet for use and formation, some practice of past participle forms;

powerpoint with similar information and practice; powerpoint for irregular participle patterns.

14. Time elements: list of time elements that can be used with sentences in the present perfect

or simple past, along with practice questions for present perfect tense.

15. Genitive case: explanation of the genitive case in a nutshell.

16. Du oder Sie? Powerpoint to help students understand how to address different people.

17. Wie viel Uhr ist es? Powerpoint to practice telling time in class.

18. Wie ist er? Powerpoint to practice questions/answers with adjectives from chapter 1

(Deutsch heute).

19. Reflexivpronomen: handout for reflexive expressions that may use a dative or accusative

reflexive pronoun. When and why is the reflexive pronoun in the dative/accusative?

20. Das Wetter und die Jahreszeiten. Powerpoint for classroom use. Verbs, nouns, and

adjectives for weather vocab.

21. Wetter: handout with most important weather vocab (nouns, adjectives, verbs).

22. Irregular comparative and superlative forms.

23. Simple past formation. Powerpoint to explain formation of simple past.

24. Vocab practice: practice sentences for 2. part of Chapter 3 vocab (Deutsch Heute). Powerpoint.

25. Imperative practice: practice sentences for imperative (du/ihr/Sie forms). Powerpoint.

26. Direct objects: very easy powerpoint to practice accusatives in class. More accusative

practice: Second powerpoint.

27. Personal pronouns: powerpoint to explain personal pronouns (nominative + accusative only).

Includes some practice sentences.

28. Past perfect: powerpoint practice for past perfect tense, connecting sentences with "nachdem".

29. Review 101: powerpoint to start Kap.4 with music video of Jan Delay's "Für immer und Dich".

Music video and lyrics.

30. Modals: a few images from German ads to analyze modals and their use.

31. Modals: oral partner activity

32. Familie: Worksheet about a family (reading and answering questions); matching family tree;

family vocab flashcards.

33. Verkehrsmittel: pdf plan of public transportation in Stuttgart (for illustration purposes);

representative schedule (enter for example Stuttgart-Charlottenplatz to get a schedule of all

departures from Charlottenplatz--subway, bus etc.)

34. Dative/Accusative: ppt practice for article and pronoun forms, replacing nouns with pronouns.

35. "dass" clauses: powerpoint to practice moving conjugated verb to the end in "dass" clauses.

36. Kleider. Powerpoint for clothing vocabulary.

37. Verb Konjugation: powerpoint to practice regular present-tense verb conjugation.

38. Kalender: handout to practice times and activities.

39. Adjektive: practicing adjectives from Kap. 1.

40. Possessivpronomen: powerpoint to explain possessive pronouns. Class room use.

41. Possessivpronomen: Partner activity. Nominative only.

42. Wer sind Sie? Quick oral activity to start off a second-semester class. Students choose five

statements to introduce themselves to a partner (1. pers. sing.). Partner then reports to the class

(3. pers. sing.).

43. Der Bau und der Fall der Berliner Mauer (Powerpoint). Worksheet for ppt.

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