Assignments and Tests
The American Council of Foreign Language Teachers (ACTFL) strongly
recommends that all students studying any language should devote at
least twenty minutes every day to reviewing vocabulary and grammar,
after the daily homework has been completed. If no specific homework
assignment was given for a particular day, then it is even more
important to review past and current material.
Due to the fact that I have 220 students (almost 40 per class) and four different subjects for which to prepare, I
will NOT be collecting many assignments. However, just because I am not going to personally grade and award
points for a particular assignment does not mean that you should not complete work which I have assigned. You
need to do the work in order to do well on the tests and quizzes. Do not forget that sixty-five percent
of your semester grade will be based on examinations, fifteen percent of your grade will be based on assignments and
twenty percent will be based on participation.
2. Students who write each new vocabulary word seven times and turn it into me, before a vocabulary test, will
receive 5 extra points.
3. Students may earn extra points by making their own flash cards. I suggest, however, that they buy the cards that
I have created. All of the vocabulary words have been neatly typed and checked for errors. Some students
make mistakes when copying the words from the vocabulary sheet onto the cards and end up learning the
incorrect spelling of a particular German word.
4. If a student sees a German film or play, attends a German classical music concert, reads a German story, or
does anything related to German, they may write a reaction paper for me and will earn extra
points depending on the event and quality of the paper submitted. All students need to get my approval for the
activity before they start.
5. Any student who creates games or activities, to teach or review vocabulary or grammar, which I have not done before will receive 15 extra credit points per activity.
6. Students who draw or cut out pictures that represent our vocabulary words will receive 2 points. I need to be able to use them for my visual
flashcards, so the pictures cannot be small.
