Kompetenzerweiterung I, Tuesday/Thursday Group, Homework for December 20th

For homework, please:

- complete the "why I'm opting out of Christmas" text and bring your answers with you to class

- complete exercises C, D, F, I, K, M, N, O, and P on pp. 162-167

- write a 250-word essay in your journal answering answering why you're either opting into or out of Christmas

Kompetenzerweiterung I, Monday/Wednesday Group, Homework for December 19th

For homework, please:

- complete the "why I'm opting out of Christmas" text and bring your answers with you to class
- complete exercises C, D, F, I, K, M, N, O, and P on pp. 162-167
- write 10 sentences in the passive voice in your journal
- write a 250-word essay in your journal answering answering why you're either opting into or out of Christmas

Kompetenzerweiterung I, Tuesday/Thursday Group, Homework for December 18th

For homework, please:

- complete the following exercises on relative clauses (rules can be reviewed in Unit 17 in the textbook): https://www.e-grammar.org/relative-clauses/test2-exercise3/

https://www.e-grammar.org/relative-clauses/test1-exercise3/

- review all of the word formation tables from the vocab units we have had this semester thus far (write 10 sentences in your journal using words that are new to you/words whose spellings you find difficult)

- find a recipe video in English on YouTube and jot down 10 verbs used in it (the more specific the better!) See also if you remember the recipe well enough to explain how to make the dish without consulting notes (try this out by speaking out aloud)

- your optional essay prompt is to translate a recipe in English from another language...don't do this word for word please!

Kompetenzerweiterung I, Monday/Wednesday Group, Homework for December 17th

For homework, please:

- complete the following exercises on relative clauses (rules can be reviewed in Unit 17 in the textbook): https://www.e-grammar.org/relative-clauses/test2-exercise3/
https://www.e-grammar.org/relative-clauses/test1-exercise3/

- review all of the word formation tables from the vocab units we have had this semester thus far (write 10 sentences in your journal using words that are new to you/words whose spellings you find difficult)

- find a recipe video in English on YouTube and jot down 10 verbs used in it (the more specific the better!) See also if you remember the recipe well enough to explain how to make the dish without consulting notes (try this out by speaking out aloud)

- your optional essay prompt is to respond to the question about implementing Luxembourg's free transit policy in Germany or the US

Kompetenzerweiterung III, Wednesday Group, Homework for December 19th

For homework please sketch an outline of a 5-minute presentation you would give concerning the data on Hispanics in the United States distributed in class today.

In addition, please have a look at this page of videos (scroll to the bottom: there are 130 results, so there are lots of videos to choose from) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/series/comment-is-free-weekly and watch three about topics that are still relevant today. Pretend that you are interacting with speaker in the video and jot down responses that you have to their statements that are both in agreement and express dissent.

Kompetenzerweiterung III, Tuesday Group, Homework for December 18th

For homework please sketch an outline of a 5-minute presentation you would give concerning the data on Hispanics in the United States distributed in class today.

In addition, please have a look at this page of videos (scroll to the bottom: there are 130 results, so there are lots of videos to choose from) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/series/comment-is-free-weekly and watch three about topics that are still relevant today. Pretend that you are interacting with speaker in the video and jot down responses that you have to their statements that are both in agreement and express dissent.

Kompetenzerweiterung I, Tuesday/Thursday Group, Homework for December 13th

For homework, please:

- complete exercises I-P on pp. 97-99

- complete these two exercises on participle clauses: http://www.ieltstutors.org/ieltstutors-tips-blog/ielts-band-7-grammar-participle-clauses-3

- write five defining relative clauses and five non-defining relative clauses and bring them with you to class

- Luxembourg is introducing free public transit. Do you think Germany should introduce such a measure? Do you think the States should? Formulate a specific thesis and jot down some bullet points to justify both responses

- complete the gap fill on the Angela Merkel text and check your work here (make sure you've looked up all of the words you don't know in a monolingual dictionary): https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/world/europe/merkel-storm-translation-germany.html

- write ten sentences using the vocab from unit 12 in your journal

- your optional 250-word essay question: "Should Germany introduce free transit nationwide?"

Please bring your journals for collection with you to our session on Thursday if you did not submit them in today's session.