What you said

 verb is the 2 nd idea of the sentence  rules about masculine, feminine & neuter nouns  verb conjugation: regular verbs + ‘haben’ & ‘sein’  nominative and accusative cases – how ‘der’ changes to ‘den’ when it is the object of the sentence (when something is being done to it)  how to form plurals  pronouns  definite articles  how to speak better German  prepositions  sentence structure & word order

 Germany & its culture/customs  how to form sentences properly  grammar  frequent/common words  prepositions  using the nominative & accusative cases  pronunciation/fluent speaking skills  past/future tense  genitive case

 PowerPoint presentations!!!  had fun/enjoyed myself  computer work  looking at the Wiki page (songs)  oral presentation  learning about Germany  grammar  dictionary skills  note taking  having the exchange students in our class  listening to the haben and sein songs!!  constructing sentences  the ‘Meine Familie” task

 Researching/learning about German culture  speaking, pronunciation etc  practise & revise what we learn  moving around the room talking to people in German  fun activities  work on the internet  games (dead fish?!)

 WAY more than last year  I’ve done my best  tried my best  as much as possible  not much (!! you know who you are )  I’m trying hard to improve

tthe PowerPoint presentations helped wwe should read the funny comics in our textbook tthe wiki page was a good idea II really like German this year GGerman is good IIt’s been a pretty good term GGerman is a lot better this year than last year LLet’s play dead fish?!

 This class rocks!! I look forward to it each lesson  We need to use the Wiki better and (sorry some of you) do more work out of class.  Who is on MSN?  Discussion pages of the Wiki – use for questions/concerns about the topic/assignment  Keep moving on – the more you learn now, the more of it will be revision for you next year (and especially in Year 11 & 12)

 Listen to the interview by clicking HERE! You may listen to the interview 3 times only. (If you can’t hear the sound file, use the one on the Wiki page or see me!)  On loose leaf paper write down AS MANY things that you can understand about Susanne. Write down single words if you can’t understand full sentences, that’s fine!  It might help to take notes in German and then translate them at the end – up to you.  This is to be submitted with your LA on Monday so please work individually.

 On Friday I will be recording a 3 minute interview with all of you individually  Today you need to prepare what you will say in the interview  Topics include: family, names, ages, hobbies, likes, dislikes, pets, friends & favourite things.  Use today to prepare a text about the above topics in relation to yourself and your family. Review your “Meine Familie” text – correct it and add to it where needed.  Practise interviewing each other.  The next slide contains phrases helpful in an interview – write them down and practise using them before Friday!

 Wie sagt man “_____” auf Deutsch?  How do you say”____” in German?  Wie heißt “football” auf Deutsch?  What is ”football” called in German?  Können Sie das wiederholen bitte?  Can you please repeat that?  Wie bitte?  Pardon?

 Friday we will be having a vocab test in preparation for the first chapter of your textbook.  You will be tested on the 17 words on page 5. They are items of furniture.  You must know the definite article of each noun (der, die or das).