Time to Learn German

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Supply List For Everyone In This Course- Due By The First Day Of The Quarter (At The End Of Q3 You Will Need A Clean Composition Notebook Before Spring Break)

First Day Instructions. You Need A Blank Composition Notebook.

This Quarter's Weekly Work Plan With Instructions - Staple This Onto The Inside Cover Of Your Composition Notebook

This Course Has 16-18 Culture Topics With 102 Total Posts For You To Take Notes On (Next Week You Will Be Assigned One Culture Topic For Your IB Mock Exam Assignments)

Q4 2025 Assigned Culture Topics : You Are Assigned One Specific Culture Topic For This Quarter's Work (A1-A5 Work, IB Mock Exam Assignments & Oral)

Your Submitted Assignment Must Be Easy To Read

Student Guide To Using Assignments In TEAMS

How To Use Office Lens To Scan Your Work For TEAMS

How To Use Your iPhone To Scan Your Written Work Into A Pdf File

How To Set Permissions In TEAMS So Your Teacher Can Open Your Posted Work

How To ATTACH Your Completed PDF Assignment (No Personal Links & No WORD docs) To Your TEAMS Post.

The Due Date For Every Weekly Assignment Is THURSDAY. After Thursday It Is Worth Much Less.

There Are Many Ways To Learn Vocabulary- Here Is A Collection Of Activities For You To Use

Quizlet Vocabulary Chapters By IB German Theme

Link To Quizlet Home Page. Practice The 4000 Individual German Vocabulary Words In The Langenscheidt Textbook

LANGENSCHEIDT A-Z LISTE! Every German Vocabulary Word Organized By Letter (A-Z List) - Rotate Using The Double Arrows

A-Z Vocabulary Activities

ENGLISCH- Frau's German Food Presentation Write Down The Names Of Dishes You Would Like To Sample or Make Yourself

ENGLISCH- Germans Have An Afternoon Break Called "Kaffee und Kuchen" At 3pm Every Afternoon

JUST WATCH & REFLECT (Which Would Be Your First Choice?)- A Grand Tour Of The Most Delicious Cakes You Will Want To Try In DE

ENGLISCH- 5 Classic German Foods

ENGLISCH- The BEST German Foods (You Can Have So Much Fun Eating!)

OPTIONAL: Play With German Food Quizlets

DEUTSCH- Kaffee und Kuchen Explained In SLOW Deutsch

DEUTSCH- An American Living In Germany Explains How Much She Now Loves Kaffee und Kuchen Time

HL DEUTSCH- 5 außergewöhnliche Cafés

ENGLISCH- German Superstitions and Unusual Cultural Beliefs

ENGLISCH- 5 German Superstitions You Should Know About

ENGLISCH- Things That Bring You BAD Luck in German Culture

ENGLISCH- Things That Bring You GOOD Luck

DEUTSCH- Was sind die Glücksbringer?

HL DEUTSCH - Glücksbringer erklärt.

ENGLISCH- An American In Germany Presents Some Rules About German Sundays

ENGLISCH- You Must Shake Hands On Hello and Good-Bye (Outside Of A Global Pandemic)

ENGLISCH- Be Quiet- Unless You Are In a Soccer Stadium

ENGLISH: 20 German Rules- List Them In Your Notes

HL DEUTSCH- Read This German Article & Write Down What the 15 Recycling Rules Are in English.

DEUTSCH- Die Regeln Bei Einer Begrüßung Im Büro (The Rules For Greeting Someone In An Office)

HL DEUTSCH - Lärm Von Nachbarn (1:59 - 6:33 = 4.5 Minutes Total)

ENGLISCH- Germany versus America: Table Manners

ENGLISCH- Customs in a German Restaurant From an American's Perspective

(SILENT)- What Are The 7 Basic Rules For Good Table Manners? Write Down Your Guess For Each.

WATCH & REFLECT- Educate Yourself On Proper Table Manners in the US and in Europe

WATCH & REFLECT- Both Germans and Americans Follow the Same Rules For Making a Great First Impression

DEUTSCH- Welche Tischmannieren sollte jeder können?

HL DEUTSCH- Wie benutzt man den Brotteller?

ENGLISCH- The German Phobia Of The Killer Draft (Link To Online Article)

DEUTSCH- Mythos Durchzug (SL/HL)

ENGLISH- German Birthday Customs

ENGLISH SUBTITLES- Everything You Need To Know About How Germans Celebrate Birthdays (auf deutsch)

ENGLISH- Popular Games To Play At Children's Birthday Partys (Make a List Of The Names Of The Games)

Slow DEUTSCH- Use A Two-Minute Segment

DEUTSCH- Games For Children's Birthday Partys (auf Deutsch)

ENGLISCH- Germans Love Festivals (https://militaryingermany.com/fests-101)

ENGLISCH- Calendar Of All National German Holidays (2023). Which Month Has No Big Events?

ENGLISCH- German Party Culture

ENGLISCH- Dampfnudelfest

WATCH & REFLECT- A Spargel Dance At The Annual White Asparagus Festival

ENGLISCH- German Midieval Festival (Take Notes On The First 5 Minutes)

LOOK & REFLECT-- Map Of Regional Foods In Germany (click the double right arrow in the right corner of page to rotate clockwise)

WATCH & REFLECT- The "Dorffest" Is An Annual Summer Street Party In Every Town (Take Notes On What You See IN The First 5 Minutes)

ENGLISCH- The Annual Pumpkin Festival

DEUTSCH- deutsche Feierkultur

HL DEUTSCH: Möhrenkönigsfest

ENGLISCH- die Schultute: First Graders Throughout Germany Get This Big Present On Their First Day of School

ENGLISH- Read & Look At The Photo Of German 1st Graders Holding Their Schultüte

WRITE: Make A Bilingual List Of The Typical Contents Of a Schultüte. Translate The German Objects Into English.

DEUTSCH- Wie bastelt man eine Schultüte?

HL DEUTSCH- Süßigkeiten oder Schulutensilien?

ENGLISCH- The History of the Oktoberfest

ASSIGNMENT: Take This German Listening Comprehension Quiz For The "History of the Oktoberfest" Video Posted Above. Copy 5 Questions With The Correct Answer.

ENGLISCH- You Can Sing Oktoberfest Songs 6 Days A Week In München's Hofbräuhaus

ENGLISCH- An American Explains Oktoberfest

ENGLISCH- Come Take a Tour of the Oktoberfest

ENGLISCH- Learn How to Do the Schuhplattler Dance

ENGLISCH- Here's How To Put The Dance Sections Together

DEUTSCH- Der erster Tag des Oktoberfests ist im September

DEUTSCH: Ein Besuch Auf Dem Münchener Oktoberfest.

HL DEUTSCH- Geschichte Des Biergartens

HL DEUTSCH: Oktoberfest: Alles, was Du zur Wiesn wissen musst!

HL DEUTSCH: Oktoberfest 360 Grad Perspektive

ENGLISCH- An American Tells You How Important It Is To Learn German Party Songs

ENGLISCH- The Easiest Oktoberfest Song To Learn

WATCH & RELECT- Inside A Beer Tent at the Oktoberfest (This Is Where All The Singing Happens). Write The Refrain To The Song "Ein Prosit"(It Makes Up The Entire Song)

WATCH & REFLECT- How to Sing and Dance this German Party Song "Fliegerlied"

WATCH & REFLECT- Look At The Song Actions & Hear The Words From A Crowd Singing "Fliegerlied" Together

All The Songs You Need To Know For Oktoberfest (Make A List)

WATCH & REFLECT- These Are The Lyrics For "Angels" By Robbie Williams - It's The Most Popular American Song At Oktoberfest

WATCH & REFLECT-- The Famous "Marianne und Michael" sing the Second Most Popular Oktooberfest Song: "In München Steht Ein Hofbräuhaus"

WATCH & REFLECT

WATCH & REFLECT- Also Read The Bavarian Lyrics To "Rock Mi" (Notice That This Is A German Dialect)

WATCH & REFLECT- So singt man das bekannteste Oktoberfestlied

Week 2- If Your Assigned Culture Topic Is An Oktoberfest Song, Choose A One Minute Clip From A German Oktoberfest Song (Without English Subtitles)

ENGLISCH- What Is German Unity Day?

DEUTSCH- Der Tag der deutschen Einheit

HL DEUTSCH: Was ist der Tag der Deutschen Einheit?

ENGLISCH- What Is All Saints Day?

ENGLISCH- Bilingual Explanation Of St. Martinstag

DEUTSCH- Am 11. November ist St. Martinstag

WATCH & REFLECT- Here Is What A St. Martinstag Celebration Looks Like

DEUTSCH: Warum gibt es Sankt Martinstag?

DEUTSCH- Warum feiern wir Allerheiligen?

HL DEUTSCH- Before The November 1st Holiday, Graves Are Cleaned, and Flowers and Candles Are Refreshed

ENGLISCH: These Are The Traditional German Christmas Customs

ENGLISCH: Get an English-speaking Tour of a German Christmas Market!

WATCH & REFLECT- Spend a Minute at the Christmas Market in Nürnberg

ENGLISCH-How to Wish Germans a Merry Christmas

SILENT (TAKE NOTES): Instructions For Making A German Advent Wreath

ENGLISCH: How To Make An Advent Calendar

ENGLISCH: The World's Most Famous Handmade Christmas Decorations Are Made In Germany

ENGLISCH- Come Meet the Christkind As She Explains Her Role .

WATCH & REFLECT: Watch the First 15 Seconds Of The Real Lights on this German Christmas Tree (DEUTSCH)

ASSIGNMENT: The Most Famous Classical German Christmas Poem. Read The English Translation So You Know What It Means Then Play The Next Video And Follow The German Text (Extra Credit If You Can Memorize It)

ASSIGNMENT: Listen To The Poem As You Read The Text. The Practice It Aloud. (Probably Every Adult German Knows This Poem)

WATCH & REFLECT: Listen To The Poem Sung As A Heavy Metal Song - Lyrics Start 0:51

WATCH & REFLECT- Christmas Tree Humor

WATCH (Take Notes On What You See)- Children Go Door To Door In January Singing On Three Kings Day. These Kids Are Called "Sternsinger" And The Holiday Is Called "Drei Königstag"

Native Speakers (HL) Only Assignment- How Do Muslims In Germany Celebrate The Christmas Season? Find & Write 5 Facts.

WATCH & REFLECT: Bach's Christmas Oratorio (One Of The Most Famous German Music Compositions As Mentioned In A Previous Video)

DEUTSCH: Was ist Adventssonntag?

DEUTSCH- Was ist ein Weihnachtsmarkt?

DEUTSCH- Was Ist Heiligabend?

DEUTSCH: Was Ist Weihnachten Für Dich? (für Siena)

HL DEUTSCH: Sankt Nikolaus versus der Weihnachtsmann

HL DEUTSCH: Wer Sind Denn Alle Diese Weihnachtsfiguren?

HL DEUTSCH- die Drei Könige

HL DEUTSCH: Christmas Tree Safety

HL DEUTSCH: The Christkind Speech That Opens the Christmas Season Each Year

HL DEUTSCH: Jumbo: XXL Lebkuchenhaus: Weihnachten Spezial | Galileo | ProSieben

3/22/24 Unresponsive Christmas Section

READ THE ENGLISH NOTES FIRST THEN WATCH GERMAN VIDEO THEN REFLECT: Sankt Nikolaus And Knecht Ruprecht Prepare To Walk Through Their Town And Visit The Children on December 5th.

WATCH & REFLECT- See Sankt Nikolaus and Knecht Ruprecht Walk Through a German Department Store (Knecht Ruprecht und Sankt Nikolaus Verteilen Geschenke)

ENGLISCH: Who is Krampus? (Jimmy Fallon Show)

WATCH & REFLECT- WATCH THE TRADITIONAL KRAMPUS PARADE IN OSTTIROL

WATCH & REFLECT- Brave Girl Plays Her Recorder For Sankt Nikolaus At A Home Visit

WATCH & REFLECT- Krampustag in der Schule

WATCH & REFLECT- A Home Visit from Sankt Nikolaus and His Servant Can Be Scary

DEUTSCH- Was Ist Sankt Nikolaus Tag?

DEUTSCH: Wer war der Nikolaus?

HL Deutsches Video: Die Geschichte von dem heiligen Nikolaus?

ENGLISCH- Learn The Two German Expressions That Wish Someone a Happy New Year

ENGLISH- 7 Things You Need For A German New Year's Celebration

ENGLISCH- Example Of A Typical New Year's Celebration In A German Home

ENGLISCH- The Most Traditional German New Year's Eve Game

HL ONLY- Watch the Famous Feuerzangebowle Scene From The 1944 German Film Of The Same Name

ENGLISCH- Learn The Recipe for the Most Famous German Holiday Beverage

ENGLISCH- The Film That Every German Watches On New Year's Eve "Dinner for One" (Must Know This Film Title For The Exam)

WATCH & REFLECT- Silvester Fireworks at the Brandenburger Tor In Berlin

ENGLISCH- Germans Also Toast To the New Year With Champagne

WATCH & REFLECT- The World's Most Famous Classical Concert is Broadcast from Wien on New Year's Day Every Year

DEUTSCH- What Do Germans Typically Do On The First Day Of The New Year?

DEUTSCH- A Slow German Dialog About Celebrating Christmas & New Year.

HL DEUTSCH- Exampe Of The Annual New Year's Eve Political Speech By The Leader Of Germany

HL DEUTSCH- The Most Traditional New Year's Eve Meal

ENGLISCH- What is Lent?

ENGLISCH- What Is Fasching?

WATCH & TAKE NOTES: This Is The Big Rosenmontag Parade

ENGLISCH- Three Of The Biggest Carnival Celebrations in Germany Are In Köln, Mainz & Rottweil

HL ONLY- "Weiberfastnacht" in Köln

SILENT (Take Notes)- The Thursday Before Karneval Is Called "Weiberfastnacht" And Women Cut Men's Ties Off.

HL Only- The Traditional Karneval and Fasching's Speeches (Büttenrede 2017)

HL Only- Eine Geschichte Von Weiberfastnacht

ENGLISCH- Valentine's Day Is Not A German Thing

DEUTSCH- Karneval erklart

HL DEUTSCH- Finding A Costume For Fasching

HL DEUTSCH- The Most Important Karneval Treat is the "Faschingskrapfen"

ENGLISCH- Ten Traditional German Easter Customs

WATCH & REFLECT- Go On A Tour Of Vienna's Downtown Easter Market- Starts At 5:45 (Just Watch For 5 Minutes)

SILENT (Take Notes)- The Sword Dance That Opens The Georgiritt Parade In Bavaria On Eater Monday (A National Holiday)

SWISS GERMAN (Take Notes)- The 3rd Monday In April Is A Big Celebration In Switzerland Called "Sechseläutern" (The Burning of the Böög - a Figure of a Snowman Symbolizing Winter)

SILENT (Take Notes)- April 30th Is Walpurgisnacht Which Is A Celebration Of The Arrival Of Spring

DEUTSCH- How Is Easter Sunday Celebrated?

DEUTSCH- Der Osterhase Tanz

DEUTSCH- Warum feiern die Deutschen Ostern?

HL Deutsch- Braüche zu Ostern

HL Deutsch- Was Ist Walpurisnacht?

HL ONLY- On Easter Monday There Is A Traditional Horse Pilgrimage Through The Beautiful Bavarian Countryside.

SILENT (Take Notes)- What is Ascension Day?

ENGLISCH- What Is Pentecost?

ENGLISCH- The History Of The Feast Of Corpus Christi (called Fronleichnam in German)

DEUTSCH- Was ist Pfingsten? (called Pentecost in English)

DEUTSCH- Fronleichnam Einfach Erklärt

DEUTSCH- Was ist Christi Himmelfahrt? (Called Ascension Day in English)

Use One Of The Culture Videos Labeled "DEUTSCH" TO COMPLETE A1-A5. Write Everything In Your Composition Notebook.

A3 = Write 20 Short Simple German Phrases From Your Selected German Video. Use Deepl.Com & Double Translate. What Could You Say In Your IB Oral And Written Exams That Prove You Know Specific Details About This Topic?

Fridays Are For Quizlets. Scroll Up To Find The Holidays & Customs Chapters In Quizlet.

Template Instructions For Creating An IB Mock Listening Test (PDF)

Download This Blank Template & Use It To Create Your Assignment (DOCX)

Blank Template Just For Looking At & Printing (PDF)

Due By The End Of Class Friday = Post Your Completed Listening Test & Answer Key Online In TEAMS

How To Type German Special Characters

Read: These Are The Possible Text-Types On IB Language B Exams

Read: List Of Required Features In Each Text Type: A Minimum Of 5 Are Required In Your Writing Assignments and IB Exam Paper

Look: Samples Of The Most Popular IB Writing Exam Text Types

Here Are The Social Media Post Features

Look: A Long Invitation. Notice How Much Text You Can Fit Into This Text-Type.

Watch This Email Formatting Lesson

Look: A German Phone Number Looks Different. Write One This Way On Your Mock & Real Exams.

Look: Alphabetical List Of Interesting Beginnings (Followed By Inverted Word Order Which Means You Put The Verb Before The Subject)

Look: German Connecting & Transition Words Organized By Purpose (Add 6 To Your IB Work)

Read: List Of Most Useful German Phrases To Use In An Essay (Check Which Word Order Is Needed)

Read: What Is An Idiom?

Watch This Idioms Video Then Use A German Idiom In Every IB Writing & Speaking Assignment

Read: Checklist For Fixing Your Writing

Look: The List Of German Grammar Skills That The IB Examiners Are Looking For In Your Written Exam (Basic Skills On The Bottom/Most Advanced On the Top)

Read: IB Writing Exam Rubric. This Is How Your Paper 1 Exam Will Be Scored.

Week 4 Assignment: Use The Content Of Your Assigned Culture Topic To Create A Mock Paper 1 Email Writing Task (With Line Numbers), All Format Features & In Black Ink

Study These Format Requirements For An Email Task

Before Scanning & Submission: Highlight Your Format Features & Your Idiom

Am Freitag: Add Langenscheidt Phrases Matched To This Quarter's Theme To Your Spiral Notebook

Model Of A Text-Handling Test. Create The Same One But Matched To The Details In Your Completed Mock Writing Exam

Grammar Textbook Pacing and Topics

Go To Our Grammatikkurs To Do Your Work This Week

Grammar Help With Frau Doktor Bogard's Grammar Videos

Friday's Week 6 Assignment

Weekend Homework = Find A Few Good Photos For Your Assigned Culture Topic

Learn About the IB Oral Exam Happening in March of Your Senior Year

Instructions For This Week's Work

Print & Complete This Individual Oral Practice Script (revised Oct 2023)

Pronunciation Help For The IA Script (Use Earbuds & Turn Volume To Very Low)

Add Phrases of Disagreement (This Can Stimulate Conversation)

You Must Use A German Idiom In Your Oral Exam Script

Final IA Assignment: Partner IA Practice

Ab Initio- Language B Oral Exam Scoring Rubric

SL- Language B Oral Exam Scoring Rubric

HL- Language B Oral Exam Scoring Rubric

Presentation Guide

***Conversation Questions About "Feste" (Festivals)

***Sample Answers (Set 1) for "Feste" Questions

***Sample Answers (Set 2) for "Feste" Questions

***Conversation Questions about "Feiern" (Celebrations)

STEP 1: Find Your Classmates' Practice Tests In TEAMS - Do All The Reading Tests First, Then Complete The Listening Tests. DO NOT CORRECT YET. DO NOT OPEN KEY. DO NOT USE HELP.

STEP 2 FOR JUNIORS: IB Juniors Do Their Mock IA In Groups Of 3

STEP 2 FOR SENIORS: Present Your Mock IA To The Class With A Partner. We Start Monday Of Week 8.

STEP 3 FOR EVERYONE: Read The IB SL & HL (Not Ab Initio) Internal Assessment Scoring Rubrics Here. Written Assignment = Copy The Descriptions For Each of the 4 Criterion (A, B1, B2, C) Into Your Composition Notebook- Title Each Criterion.

STEP 3 For Ab Initio Seniors Only: Read Pages 38-41. Written Assignment = Copy The Descriptions For The Highest Band From Each of the Four (A, B1, B2, & C) Criterion Sections Into Your Composition Notebook- Title Each Criterion.

STEP 4: Write A Reflection Immediately After Your IA Presentation.

IB Seniors: Your Mock IA Presentation Produces 3 Scores To Determine A Semester Exam Grade

To Earn A Grade For Week 8 Submit 1 PDF Of All Completed Tasks

Week 9 Instruction Sheet- Staple Each Page Into Your Composition Notebook On Its Own Page (Copies Are On The Shelf)

Week 9 Daily Instructions (Correct Reading & Listening, Turn In Reflection, Group Discussion, Write A Connection, Staple & Grading)

Finished Early With Today's Assignment?

Here Is The Link To The Next Quarter's Unit: die Umwelt (August 2025 & August 2027)

Here Is The Link To Start The Next Quarter's Unit: die Umwelt (For August 2025 & 2027)

Exam Day Activity

Let's Create Bilingual Danke Schön Karten (Last Week Of School)

Finished Your Cards? Feel Free To Now Start A New Composition Notebook By Writing Culture Notes For The Next Unit

Video: An Overall Discussion About All German Holidays & Celebrations

Review All German Holidays & Add More Short Vocabulary Phrases To Your Notebook

Culture Summary Sheet- Print & Complete & Staple Into Your Composition Notebook

Bonus Handout: Knowledge Organizer for "Feste" (Use For Your Writing Or Speaking Work)