August 31, 2007
Vocabcheck 2
9cd
6 – 1
5 – 2
4 – 6
3 – 1
2 – 3
1 – 8
9gh
6 – 0
5 – 1
4 – 4
3 – 3
2 – 6
1 – 12
guess – vermuten
suppose – annehmen
expect – erwarten
explore – erforschen
discover – entdecken
trust – vertrauen
margin – Rand
repetition – Wiederholung
incident – Vorfall
event – Ereignis
to figure out sth – etwas herausfinden (ich habe für mich etwas erkannt…)
realize – erkennen
get sth. wrong – etwas falsch verstehen
August 28, 2007
vocabulary “G”
Schreibt die Wörter bitte mit Beispielsätzen und Übersetzung in euer Vokabelheft. Unterstreicht die Vokabel im Beispielsatz farbig.
chapter 1
chapter – the book contains eight chapters – Kapitel
servants – servants help their mastrs in the house – Bedienstete
present – there were three girls present, when he entered the room – anwesend, gegenwärtig
kind – he’s a kind and friendly person – freundlich
plantation – a large farm – Plantage
owner – Mr. Shelby is the owner of the farm – Besitzer
debts – he has a lot of debts – Schulden
to sell – Mr G. sells icecream to the children – verkaufen
slave trader – a slave trader buys and sells slaves – Sklavenhändler
uncommon fellow – ungewöhnlicher Kerl
honest – you can trust an honest person – ehrlich, redlich
to be worth – jewells are worth a lot of money – wert sein
to continue – he continued with the story – fortfahren, weiter machen
raisins – raisins are very sweet – Rosinen
to be embarrassed – she was very embarrassed, when Mr S. looked at her – verlegen sein
chapter 2
sad – that’s a sad story – traurige (adjektiv) Geschichte
sadly – she looked sadly at the car when it left – traurig (adverb) hinterherschauen
suddenly – Suddenly it started to rain – plötzlich
husband and wife – James and Lilly married, now they are husband and wife- (Ehe-) Mann und (Ehe-) Frau
to frighten – the slave trader frightened her – Angst machen
as … as – I’m a man as much as he is – … genauso wie …
to be angry – You didn’t call me, I’m so angry with you – ärgerlich sein
to be patient -when you go fishing you have to be patient – geduldig sein
to permit – my parents permit me to go to the disco – erlauben
may – the injury is dangerous: he may die – könnte
worth – he is worth a lot of money – wert
upset – she was so upset, she started to cry – aufgeregt
hope – running away is our last hope – Hoffnung
to refuse – He won’t refuse to sell you – zurückweisen, ablehnen
silent – not making a sound – still
chapter 3
to argue- Mr and Mrs Shelby had different opinions, they were arguing about the sale – diskutieren / streiten
to wait – he waited at the bus stop for 20 minutes – warten
to knock – please knock on the door before you come in – klopfen
cabin – a cabin is a small hut build of wood – Hütte
to repeat – the refrain of a song is repeated very often – wiederholt
possession – a slave is the possession of his master – Besitz
silent – when you are silent you don’t say a word – still, ruhig
to starve – to kill someone by not giving him any food – verhungern lassen
to count on s.o. – I can’t go, my master has always counted on me – sich auf jemanden verlassen
to save – only a doctor can save him now – retten
frightened – she carried her frightened child – verängstigt
chapter 4
August 24, 2007
your page design
Wenn ihr auf eure Seite geht, kommt ihr mit nameklasse.eslblogs.org/wp-admin in euren na nennen wir ihn mal “Verwaltungsbereich”.
Wenn ihr dann auf “presentation” klickt, erscheint auch ein Bereich, der sich widget nennt. Dort könnt ihr die kleinen Vierecke mit pages, categories und meta in das Feld “sidebar” schieben. Dann habt ihr alles, was ihr auf eurem weblog braucht.
August 8, 2007
Presentations
Please choose among the following presentation ideas
1. Find out who Harriet Beecher Stowe was and present her biography
http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/life/
2. Songs of Protest. Analyze the song “Oh Freedom” (you can have the song on CD)
Lyric: http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=7019
3. The revolutionary war and the issue of slavery (You can have the information copied)
4. Selling and buying slaves (How were they bought and sold? What was the price? Were slave families kept together?
5. Who was Rosa Parks?
6. What is the Underground Railraod?
7. What was the Amistad case?
8. What did abolitionist do to fight slavery?
9. How did slavery end?
10. Civil War
11. How did the freed slaves prepare themselves to be a part of American life after slavery ended?
Write a comment which you like to choose. You can work with one partner. (less than 5 minutes!)
August 2, 2007
Links
Please look at…for further information
- Uncle Tom’s historic site
http://www.uncletomscabin.org/homepg.htm
A Journey from Slavery to Freedom:
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/CWP/library/aaslavry.htm
Background informationSlave and non-slave states in the year 1860:
http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slavery_abolition_us.htm
a map where you can see which states decided to abolish slavery
Uncle Tom’s cabin on film
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/onstage/films/fihp.html
Here you can see several movie clips
You like to read the original? Then look here!
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/STOWE/stowe.html
If you find more intersting links (Uncle Tom/History/slavery songs/…) please add as comment.
Improve your English!
Grammar Links
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Here you can find intersting sites to brush uop your English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading and Listening practises (anspruchsvoll)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
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