After studying this week's vocabulary and grammar structures, meet online with your group to complete some speaking and writing activities. Complete the numbered steps below. You will be graded on your individual preparedness, German language performance, and collaborative effort; see the grading rubric below for details.
Arrange a time and a quiet location to meet with all your group members in Zoom. The meeting should take about 30 minutes if everyone is prepared.
Choose one group member to create and host the Zoom meeting. See the Zoom Instructions on how to create a meeting.
Prepare for the Meeting
Before you meet with your group, make sure you have a copy of your avatar image and the background image that you used with it. If you need to, you can retrieve the images from the whiteboard that you made for the Create Your Avatar assignment. All your Whiteboards can be accessed from the Zoom dashboard at https://ufl.zoom.us/wb#/Links to an external site..
Join and Record the Meeting
Join the Zoom meeting at the scheduled time.
Once everyone has joined and can see and hear each other, the meeting host must click the Record button and choose Record to the Cloud. See the Zoom Instructions on how to join and record a meeting.
Open the Whiteboard
The meeting host must open the Zoom Whiteboard. To do so, click the Whiteboards button on the Zoom toolbar. Then select New Whiteboard. Select Collaborating and allow persistent access, so that all group members can use this whiteboard.
Rename your Whiteboard as "Kapitel 1." Do so by clicking on the default name, which is "Your Name's Zoom Meeting."
If any group member has an issue accessing your Whiteboard, click the Share button at the top right of the Whiteboard and check their permissions.
Set Up a Page
In your Kapitel 1 Whiteboard, click the Pages button at the bottom right.
Rename your blank page as "Woche 2." Do so by clicking on the default name "Page 1" in the top left corner of the page thumbnail.
Write Your Names
Using the Whiteboard’s text tool, insert a text box and write your avatar's name. In parentheses next to your avatar's name, write your own name. The text tool’s button looks like a capital letter T.
Avoid crowding; there is plenty of space on the page for everyone.
Underneath your names, insert the background image that you used for the Create Your Avatar assignment. Do so by clicking the Upload PDFs and Images button.
Next, insert your avatar's image. Drag your avatar into position on top of the background.
Note: Objects placed onto the Whiteboard may end up layered on top of other objects. To change an object's layering order, select the object and then click the More button.
Select "Bring Forward," "Bring to Front," "Send Backward," or "Send to Back."
Introduce Yourself and Your Avatar
Taking turns, you will each spend a few minutes introducing yourself and your avatar to the group. Also talk about your background image and explain what your avatar is doing at that location.
Practice 'haben' and 'sein'
Taking turns, each group member will ask another group member four questions -- two questions about the correct form of 'haben' and two questions about the correct form of 'sein'.
Examples:
Question: "How do you say in German: You are (singular)?"
Answer: 'Du bist'.
Question: "How do you say in German: She has?"
Answer: 'Sie hat'.
Each group member should be the questioner only once and the respondent only once.
Reminder: In all the Group Work assignments, you are encouraged to help your group members. You are being graded on your collaborative efforts; see the grading rubric below for details.
Practice Colors
Taking turns, each group member will ask another group member about the German names for the color(s) of something.
Example:
Question: "What are the German names for the colors of the American flag?"
Answer: 'blau, weiss, rot'.
Each group member should be the questioner only once and the respondent only once.
Practice Greetings
Taking turns, each group member will greet another group member and introduce themselves in German. The other group member should respond in German. Modify the greetings to take place in the morning, daytime, and evening.
Each group member should be the greeter only once and the respondent only once.
Practice Numbers
Taking turns, each group member will ask another group member how to say five different numbers in German.
Example:
Question: "How do you say twelve in German?"
Answer: 'Zwölf.'
Each group member should be the questioner only once and the respondent only once.
Next, each group member will tell the group their telephone number in German.
Example:
'Meine Telefonnummer ist drei fünf zwei zwei neun vier sechs sechs zwei zwei'.
Practice Calculations
Taking turns, each group member will ask another group member two basic calculations; the questions and answers must be in German.
Example:
Question: 'Was ist 3 plus 5?'
Answer: '3 und 5 ist 8.'
Each group member should be the questioner only once and the respondent only once.
Practice Telling Time
Taking turns, each group member will ask another group member to tell the time in German that is displayed on one of the four clocks in the image below.
Each group member should be the questioner only once and the respondent only once.
Discuss Geography
Taking turns, each group member will say one thing that they find interesting about German geography. Feel free to discuss this topic for a few minutes as a group.
Practice Pronunciation
Taking turns, each group member will pronounce four different German consonant sounds and four different German vowel sounds. Don’t worry about repetition, especially with respect to the vowel sounds: The more repetition, the better!
Working together, you will use the Kapitel 1 vocabulary in order to produce four grammatically correct sentences. Write your sentences on your Woche 2 page using the Text tool.
Once you have written four sentences, all group members should check all the sentences for grammatical accuracy, possibly using the Kapitel 1 Grammar CruncherLinks to an external site., and make any needed corrections.
End the Meeting
After the meeting ends, the meeting host will receive an email containing a link to the Zoom cloud recording of the meeting. The link can also be found on the Zoom dashboard at https://ufl.zoom.us/recordingLinks to an external site.. Copy that link.
Student needs help with several grammatical structures, but remains actively engaged in improving written grammar skills with others’ help; some improvement is evident. May provide some help, but tends to be on the receiving end.
Student makes frequent mistakes and, despite seeking others’ help, written grammar quality does not seem to improve markedly. Provides little or no help to others.
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