Important Information:
Required Materials:
Quizlet:
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Deutsch 3 (Honors)
Remind: text @4b847f to number 81010
Google Voice: (336) 464-7372
- text full name, period, and year (2019-2020)
- 2 composition notebooks (Schreibheft & Wortschatzheft)- NOT spiral-bound!
- loose-leaf paper
- pens/pencils, dry-erase markers
- Dictionary (German-English)
Quizlet:
CLASS JOIN LINK
https://quizlet.com/join/m29uyTUqk
Deutsch 3 (Honors)
Remind: text @4b847f to number 81010
Google Voice: (336) 464-7372
- text full name, period, and year (2019-2020)
Dates:
Homework/Tests/Assignments/Projects
Course Overview:
This is an Honors Level course that will further your knowledge of the German language and culture. Themes vary based on student interest & current events, but align to the AP themes of Family & Community, Everyday Life, Personal & National Identities, Science & Technology, Globalization, and Beauty & Aesthetics.
The following topics & skills will be covered:
Skills:
Students will communicate at an intermediate level with greater accuracy-interpersonal & presentational speaking & writing/interpretive reading & listening. Students will converse in present, conversational & narrative past, & future tenses and use subjunctive mood to discuss hypothetical scenarios. They will develop the skill of circumlocution & learn increasingly sophisticated vocabulary in order to discuss a wide range of topics in more diverse contexts. Finally, students will deepen their understanding of the products, practices, and perspectives of the German-speaking cultures.
Quarter Grade:
20% 1st quarter 20% 3rd quarter
20% 2nd quarter 20% 4th quarter
20% final exam
Grading Scale:
90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C
60-69 D 0-59 F
The following topics & skills will be covered:
- Unterhaltung & Freizeit
- Wanderlust & Heimweh (Ferien & Urlaub)
- Klischees & Vorurteile (Amerikaner & Deutsche)
- Kommunikation: Beziehungen & Streit
- Traditionen & Spezialitäten
- Architektur & Traumhäuser
- Zukunft: Ausbildung & Beruf
- Technik: Erfinder & Entdecker, Umwelt & Natur
- Vergangenheit: Geschichte und Gedichte im 19. & 20. Jahrhundert
- Krimis & Verbrechen
Skills:
Students will communicate at an intermediate level with greater accuracy-interpersonal & presentational speaking & writing/interpretive reading & listening. Students will converse in present, conversational & narrative past, & future tenses and use subjunctive mood to discuss hypothetical scenarios. They will develop the skill of circumlocution & learn increasingly sophisticated vocabulary in order to discuss a wide range of topics in more diverse contexts. Finally, students will deepen their understanding of the products, practices, and perspectives of the German-speaking cultures.
Quarter Grade:
- 40% Productive Skills (Writing & Speaking)
- 40% Receptive Language (Reading & Listening)
- 10% Independent Practice (Homework, Quizzes)
- 10% Guided Practice (Class activities, discussions)
20% 1st quarter 20% 3rd quarter
20% 2nd quarter 20% 4th quarter
20% final exam
Grading Scale:
90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C
60-69 D 0-59 F