Kompetenzerweiterung II, Monday/Wednesday Group, Homework for April 19th

 For homework, please: 

1. fill out and sign the Teilleistung agreement (located in the "Class information" file on Ilias) and send it to me via scan. This must be submitted by April 16th.

2. read Units 11-12 in your textbook and complete all of the accompanying exercises. Make sure that you learn ALL of the vocabulary from Unit 12. 

3. translate these remaining sentences into English: 

h. Du sollst sofort nach Hause kommen!
i. Du möchtest sofort zum Chef kommen!
j. Das mag ja sein, aber...
k. Sie möchten sicher nach Hause gehen?
l. Er soll ein guter Schauspieler sein / Er will ein guter Schauspieler sein.

4. have a look at this video, which is a nice, quick review of conditionals: A review of conditionals: BBC English Class - YouTube ...and this one for for mixed conditionals: Grammar: Mixing conditionals - BBC English Masterclass - YouTube

(The BBC Learning English channel is an excellent YouTube channel to subscribe to.There are videos there for all levels of English learning.)

5. in the "Conditionals" folder on Ilias, read the explanation pages for "real conditionals" and "unreal conditionals" and do all of the exercises in their accompanying "exercises" files. Self-check using the "answer key conditionals" file. 

6. make sure that you have met with your partner in the week of April 12-16. Send them the reading and listening links at least 48 hours in advance. Complete a log entry for this session.

Note that the class notes from April 12th (file entitled "class notes on modals from april 12th") are in the modals folder on Ilias. 

The reflexive and reciprocal pronoun sheet (under precisely that file name) has been uploaded for your review. (I recommend looking at it if you have difficulty using "myself", "themselves," etc. correctly in English sentences.)

The following exercise types will be on this semester's exam: CLOZE, tense gap fill, word formation, gerund and infinitive (the verb will be given to you and you will be required to complete the sentence with a verb phrase), key word transformation, error correction with the vocab covered in Destination (You will be given sentences in which vocab from the book is employed and you must decide if it is used correctly. If not, you must supply a corrected version), and the essay. More on this in our next class. 

The optional writing task this week will keep in the theme of nature and the environment introduced in Unit 12. There are three topics to choose from this week (even if you don't do the essay, feel free to use these videos in your individual sessions this week; the channels they come from are good sources for other videos and content):
1. Watch the following video and introduce another sustainable invention that you have either seen in real life and of have dreamt up yourself that you think should be in more widespread use:
A Spoon You Can Eat Is a Tasty Alternative to Plastic Waste | Short Film Showcase - YouTube
2. The following video introduces the concept of biomimicry: The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps. - YouTube How else can humans learn from nature?
3. If you were a minister for the environment, what policies would you put into place?

Submit your essay of 250-350 words to me at my email address in a .docx file by Thursday, April 15th at midnight. Essays submitted after this deadline will be deleted and/or that exceed the word limit will not be corrected.