Kompetenzerweiterung I (Monday/Wednesday Group), Homework in Week Six (November 8th-12th)

 In preparation of next Monday's session (11/15), please do the following:

Please complete the exercises (i.e. A-I) for Unit 21 and read the grammar details for Unit 21 (pp. 170-171). Please consult the key at the back of the book to check your work AFTER you have given the exercises a go on your own. Bring any questions you have regarding rules/these solutions with you to next Monday's session.

Please do the remaining exercises for Unit 23 on verbal complements, i.e. exercises D-J on pp. 189-191 (then self-check your answers). Bring any questions you have with you to next Monday's session. 

In preparation of this Wednesday's session (11/10) please do the following (I recommend you complete these exercises during "study hall", i.e. Monday 11:30-13:00): 

- read 2-3 of the essays featured here What I'm really thinking | Lifeandstyle | The Guardian and do the following: 

1) be able to pinpoint what compelled you to click on the article in the first place (of the hundreds of articles on the site, what made that person's perspective interesting enough to read?)

2) did the articles live up to you expectation (i.e. what you had in mind when you clicked)? Explain.

3) take notes regarding the paragraph organization of the article

4) bring a sketch of an essay with you to class (the key here is narrowing down the perspective of the person and how you are going to contextualize this person's experience) 

- visit this website Home (thisamericanlife.org) and do the following (most stories are about one hour in length, so schedule enough time for this):

1) decide on a story to listen to (the "archive" and "recommended" tabs at the top right-hand corner of the page can be helpful in picking from the hundreds of stories available)

2) determine if the story was well-structured (some stories are broken down into "acts" on their respective webpages) and lived up to the expectations you felt when you read the story's description. If you feel compelled to stop listening at any point, identify what specifically caused this.

3) answer the question: could any of the material in the story you listened to inspire a great "what I'm really thinking" essay? If so, how and for what kind of essay? If not, why not?

Optional essay assignment: In 250-350 words, write a "what I'm really thinking" essay of your own. Make sure that your essay a) doesn't exceed the word limit, b) is sent as an MS Word document, and c) is submitted to my email address by Wednesday, November 10th at midnight. Submissions that do not abide by these guidelines will not be read.