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My Chagrin Falls Memorial Day Speech 2010 Updated: 2010-05-31 23:32:00 Description: This is no grammar podcast but it is the speech which I prepared for Memorial Day 2010 in Chagrin Falls. Although we managed to get in most of the Memorial Day festivities, my speech was rained out or "thundered out." I guess I shouldn't feel too bad...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cheatsheet 2 for Writing Simple Sentences Updated: 2008-07-30 21:06:00 Description: "Das Maedchen bringt dem Lehrer den Apfel. Dem Lehrer bringt das Maedchen den Apfel. Den Apfel bringt das Maedchen dem Lehrer." What do the three sentences have in common? They all mean "The girl brings the teacher the apple." How...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Cheatsheet 1 for Writing Simple Sentences Updated: 2008-07-26 18:12:00 Description: The purpose of this podcast was to create a cheatsheet which would help students write better simple German sentences. There were three objectives: To help students form simple sentences consisting of a subject, a verb, an indirect obj...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Six Active Voice Tenses Updated: 2007-12-03 04:43:00 Description: This podcast is about tenses in the active voice, indicative mood. It is not a lecture but an exercise podcast. Students will hear the three principal parts of sixteen verbs and their perfect infinitives. They will then hear the verb in&nbs...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The 3 Perfect Tenses Updated: 2007-11-28 05:13:00 Description: The teacher explains how to form the present, past, and future perfect tenses using the perfect infinitive. Yes, he also explains what is meant by perfect infinitive....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Future and Future Perfect Tenses Updated: 2007-11-26 01:19:00 Description: The future tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PRESENT ACTIVE INFINITIVE. Examples: WIR WERDEN SPIELEN - WE WILL PLAY, WIR WERDEN GEHEN - WE WILL GO The future perfect tense in German consists of WERDEN and the PERFECT ACTIVE INFINIT...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD More SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLE Combinations Updated: 2007-08-05 03:37:00 Description: The teacher explores two uses of SEIN and PAST PARTICIPLES in this podcast episode. He discusses SEIN as a mainverb and linking verb together with a PAST PARTICIPLE that is used as a predicate adjective. He discusses the SEIN or statal passive voice....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD HABEN and SEIN? Updated: 2007-07-22 15:45:00 Description: The students know when to conjugate verbs with "haben" and when with "sein" in the present and past perfect tenses, active voice, indicative mood. They are confused, however, when they see or hear what they perceive to be "ha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sein Updated: 2007-07-02 12:59:00 Description: The teacher makes recommendations to help students determine when to use the helping verb "sein" in forming the indicative mood, active voice, present and past perfect tenses in German....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD How to say "to" in German Updated: 2007-05-24 03:53:00 Description: This episode is about the English preposition to and its German equivalents zu, nach, in, an and auf. Determining which preposition to use can be confusing, but it need not be, if we remember the teacher's eleven hints for selecting the right German ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Haben Updated: 2007-04-15 04:55:00 Description: Many German students at all levels continue to struggle selecting the proper helping verb for the present perfect and the past perfect tenses. Is it HABEN or is it SEIN? Listen to this presentation as the teacher explains whe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD LIEGEN or LEGEN? Updated: 2007-04-05 22:58:00 Description: This teacher recently listened to podcasts from Grammar Girl about the confusion that exists between the verbs TO LIE and TO LAY and TO HANG and TO HANG in English. Well, the same problems exist in German. Take a student who ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Indirect Speech and Subjunctive One Updated: 2007-03-31 03:53:00 Description: The teacher tries to clarify why we use the subjunctive 1 in indirect speech and also why we sometimes use the subjunctive 2 or alternate subjunctive instead. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Overview of the Subjunctive Mood Updated: 2007-03-15 01:37:00 Description: Many students who study German as a second language experience difficulties when they learn the subjunctive mood. It is hoped that by listening to this podcast all students will gain a better understanding what subjunctive mood is, how it i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Commands and Requests Updated: 2007-02-25 15:46:00 Description: People like to give orders, but not receive them. This podcast is about commands and the imperative mood. Students will review how to form the du, ihr, Sie and Wir-Imperatives, and also hear and learn about alternative ways of making reques...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Uses of LASSEN Updated: 2007-02-14 21:25:00 Description: This podcast about the various uses of LASSEN is dedicated to Sgt. Mike Kashkush, US Marine Corps, a former Chagrin Falls High School German student, who recently was KIA in Iraq. Semper Fi, Mike, die, die Dich gekannt haben, werden Dich ni...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wo-Compounds as Relative Pronouns Updated: 2007-01-19 04:41:00 Description: You do remember that WO-COMPOUNDS can be used as interrogatives or question words, yes? Well, they can also be used as relative pronouns. In this podcast the teacher tries to explain when and under what circumstances WO-COMPOUNDS ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Random Grammar Review 1 Updated: 2007-01-02 18:52:00 Description: It is time for a random review. Included in this review are parts of speech and cases, relative pronouns and subordinating conjunctions, unpreceded adjectives, wo-compounds as question words, and verb tenses in both the active and passive voice....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Relative Pronoun WAS Updated: 2006-12-01 06:21:00 Description: We know that WAS is a question word. However, WAS can also be a relative pronoun. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast episode how WAS can be used as a relative pronoun. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD WERDEN Updated: 2006-10-10 03:34:00 Description: In this podcast the teacher explains the role of the helping verb WERDEN in forming tenses, voice and mood of the different verbs in German....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dass and Ob Updated: 2006-09-21 12:47:00 Description: DASS and OB are subordinating conjunctions. DASS means THAT in English and OB means IF. Simple, yes? If it is so simple, why do so many of my students make mistakes when they use them? I do not know, but I hope that my explanations in ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dass or das? Updated: 2006-09-15 07:57:00 Description: Is it dass, or is it das? Is it a conjunction, or is it a relative pronoun? If you have trouble distinguishing between the two, listen to the explanations in this podcast and maybe, just maybe, your troubles are over. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Question Word or Relative Pronoun? Updated: 2006-09-07 13:59:00 Description: When is Whose a question word and when is it a relative pronoun? The teacher uses the following sentences in his explanation - Wessen Geld gibst du aus? Mit wessen Geld hast du das Auto gekauft? Ich moechte wissen, wessen Geld du ausgegeben hast...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Possession and the Genitive Case Updated: 2006-08-26 14:54:00 Description: In this podcast the teacher reviews the subjects, indirect objects and direct objects in simple sentences. He also explains how the genitive case can be used to establish possessive relationships. The four sample sentences contain only nouns wit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Participles as Adverbs Updated: 2006-08-04 03:46:00 Description: Present and past participles can be used as adjectives, however, they can also be used as adverbs. The teacher tries to explain in this podcast how present and past participles can be used as adverbs and he uses the following sentences in h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adverbs Updated: 2006-07-28 17:40:00 Description: This podcast is about adverbs and what they are and how they are different from adjectives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Agent Nouns Updated: 2006-07-26 14:35:00 Description: Do you know what Spieler, Lehrer, Trainer and Arbeiter have in common? Do you know what agent nouns are? If not, then listen to this podcast because you owe it to yourself to find out....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adjectives2 Updated: 2006-07-03 15:42:00 Description: Present and past participles can be used as adjectives. In this podcast the teacher explains what present and past participles are and how they can be used as unpreceded and preceded adjectives. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Wer? Wessen? Wem? Wen? Updated: 2006-06-13 03:32:00 Description: Wer, wessen, wem, and wen are interrogative pronouns. Do you know what interrogative pronouns are? If not, then listen to this podcast and find out......more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Adjective Endings 1 Updated: 2006-06-08 03:46:00 Description: Adjectives and adjective endings? Complicated? No! Listen to the teacher as he explains predicate and unpreceded and preceded adjectives! ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ein Words Updated: 2006-06-01 03:52:00 Description: Kein and all the possessive adjectives are EinWords. What does that mean? Listen to the teacher explain!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DerWords Updated: 2006-05-22 03:51:00 Description: Dieser, jeder, jener, welcher, and solche and manche are DerWords. Listen to this podcasts as the teacher tries to explain the significance of learning all DerWords together....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Four Types of Pronouns Updated: 2006-05-22 00:18:00 Description: Can you tell the difference between personal, reflexive, demonstrative, and relative pronouns? If you cannot, then listen and maybe you will be able to....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Da, Weil, Denn Updated: 2006-05-03 12:12:00 Description: Da and weil are subordinating conjunctions and denn is a coordinating conjunction. The purpose of this podcast is to explain when to use one over the others, and then how to use them correctly....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Als Wenn Wann Updated: 2006-05-01 11:55:00 Description: Als, wenn, or wann? All three can mean when in English, but there is a problem, they are not interchangeable in German. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Modals in the Present Tense Updated: 2006-04-28 14:25:00 Description: Modals? What are modals? Listen to this podcast for my level one students and find out!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Intro to Subordinating Conjunctions Updated: 2006-04-25 10:59:00 Description: What are subordinating conjunctions? Listen to this podcast to obtain a general overview of subordinating conjunctions. Specific subordinating conjunctions will be discussed in other podcasts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Linking Verbs Updated: 2006-04-24 02:27:00 Description: Sein, heissen, and werden are very common German linking verbs! It is hoped that after listening to this podcast, my students will never again use the dative or accusative cases after a linking verb....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD DaCompounds Updated: 2006-04-23 22:53:00 Description: What are daCompounds? Find out what they are by listening to this podcast and by doing the exercises on the Chagrin Falls High School German webpage on Blackboard.com!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Coordinating Conjunctions Updated: 2006-04-13 19:40:00 Description: What are the most common coordinating conjunctions? How are they used? Listen and find out!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tenses in the Passive Voice Updated: 2006-04-11 15:43:00 Description: This podcast is the first of three podcasts dealing with the different tenses in the passive voice. How do you form the passive voice? The teacher tries to explain how......more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Double Infinitives in the Present and Past Perfect Tenses Updated: 2006-03-29 13:09:00 Description: You do not always need "haben" or "sein" and a past participle to form the present and past perfect tenses. You can use the double infinitive construction. How? The teacher explains how in this podcast....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Relative Pronouns 1 Updated: 2006-03-15 14:17:00 Description: In this podcast the teacher discusses relative pronouns that are the subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects of their relative clauses....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Indirect Objects in a Simple Sentence Updated: 2006-03-08 16:39:00 Description: This podcast treats indirect objects in a simple sentence. The subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects in all examples are nouns. The verbs are in the indicative mood, active voice, present tense....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Indefinite Article "ein" in the Nominative and Accusative Cases Updated: 2006-03-06 16:50:00 Description: In this podcast the teacher reviews the indefinite article ein in the nominative and accusative cases. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tenses in the Active Voice Updated: 2006-03-01 19:29:00 Description: This podcast is about verb tenses in the active voice, indicative mood. It is intended for Chagrin Falls High School German students as supplementary material....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Direct Objects in a Simple Sentence Updated: 2006-03-01 19:18:00 Description: Find out here, what a direct object is and what case it takes! This podcast is mainly for German 1 students... ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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