Introduction to Exercises

Exercise 1

Pair 1: Long versus Short Texts
--Hints on Text A, "Männer"
--Hints on Text B, "Ein Dürer von morgen"
--Brainstorming 1

Pair 2: Abstracts versus Concretes
--Hints on Text C, "Zwölf Fragen"
--Hints on Text D, "Strom hilft ordnen"
-Brainstorming 2

Pair 3: Familiar or Interesting Topics versus Unfamiliar Topics
--Hints on Text E, "Cabrios"
--Hints on Text F, "Carmen hat ihn verführt"
--Brainstorming 3

Pairs 4 - 6: Texts that Suit the Audience
--Hints on "Texts and Audiences"
--Hints on Texts G, "Meine Geschichten," & H, "Hase"
--Hints on Texts I, "Besenstein," & J, "Leipzig"
--Hints on Texts K & L, "Zwei Briefe aus Stalingrad"
--Brainstorming 4

Exercise 2: Texts that Suit Your Audience

--Questions on Texts M, N, O: Assessing Readability
--Brainstorming
--Follow-up Assignment

Unit 1 Review: What Makes Texts Readable?

Introduction to Exercises

Pair 1, Texts P & Q: Making Texts Readable
--Brainstorming
--Follow-Up

Pair 2, Texts R & S: Making Texts Readable
--Brainstorming
--Follow-up

Follow-up Assignment to the Unit

Unit 2 Review: Making Texts Readable

Introduction to Unit 3: Reading Goals and the Standards
--Communications Standards
--Connections Standards
--Culture Standards
--Comparisons Standards
--Communities Standards

Introduction to Exercises: Tying Texts to Standards
--Grade 4: Links to Standards
--Grade 8: Links to Standards
--Grade 12: Links to Standards

Exercise 1 Introduction: Linking Goals to Standards
--Exercise 1, Task 1: Texts and Standards, Grade 8
--Hints
Exercise 1, Task 2: Texts and Standards, Grade 12
--Hints
Exercise 1, Task 3: Texts and Standards, Grade 4
--Hints

Exercise 2: Creating Activities
--Exercise 2, Example 1: Grade 12
--Exercise 2, Example 2: Grade 8
--Exercise 2, Example 3: Grade 4

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Unit 3 Review: What is Readable?

Unit Introduction
Introduction to Exercises, Phase 1

Pre-Reading Activities: Grade 4
--Exercise A
--Exercise B
--Hints

Pre-Reading Activities: Grade 8
--Exercise A
--Exercise B
--Hints

Pre-Reading Activities: Grade 12
--Exercise A
--Exercise B
--Hints

Unit 5: Introduction to Phase 2

Initial Reading Activities for Draußen vor der Tür: Grade 8
--Hints on Initial Reading Activities

Exercise A, Grade 8: Reading for Discourse Patterns
Exercise B, Grade 8: Reading for Discourse Patterns
--Hints on Exercises A & B

Initial Reading Activities for Draußen vor der Tür: Grade 12
--Exercise A: Reading for Characters
--Exercise B: Reading for Rhetoric
--Hints on Exercises A & B

Introduction to Phase 3
--Standards and Cognitive Difficulty
--Standards and Linguistic Difficulty

Communication Standards
Connections Standards
Culture Standards
Comparison and Communities Standards

--Standards and their Role in a Curricular Sequence

Introduction to Exercises: Using the Standards to Create Assignments
Comprehension Activities: Grade 8: Exs. A & B
--Hints
Comprehension Activities: Grade 12: Exs. A & B
--Hints

Introduction to Unit 7
Phase 4: Short-Genre Exercises: Grade 8
--Hints
Phase 4: Short-Genre Exercises: Grade 12
--Hints: Exercise A
--Hints: Exercise B
Phase 5: Long-Genre Exercises: Grade 8
--Hints
Phase 5: Long-Genre Exercises: Grade 12
--Hints

Introduction to Unit 8

Communication Standards Exercise
--Hints
Connections Standards Exercise
--Hints
Culture Standards Exercise
--Hints
Comparison Standards Exercise
--Hints
Communities Standards Exercise
--Hints

Web Information

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Wolfgang Borchert, Draußen vor der Tür and supplementary materials

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Texts from Units

Standards Summary
"Der kleine Unterschied" (concrete poem)
NYRB Personals
"The Churn of the Century"
Sample U.S. Weather (Austin, TX)
Office Electronics Advertisement

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Texts for Exercises

TEXT A: "Männer -- Neue Väter, alte Chauvis?"
--Source: Brigitte, 25 (30 November 1988): 135-141
--Reprinted with permission of Brigitte

TEXT B: "H. von Sonnenburg:  Ein Dürer von morgen."
--Source: Bunte, 19 (5. May 1988): 7

TEXT C: Flugblatt: "12 Fragen zur 'friedlichen' Nutung der Atomenergie"
--Source: Internationale Rheintalaktion, Switzerland

TEXT D: Anzeige:  "Strom hilft ordnen"
--Source: Der Spiegel, 47 (1975)

TEXT E: "Cabrios müssen nicht teuer sein."
--Source: Bunte, 19 (5 May 1988): 188

TEXT F: "Carmen hat ihn verführt"
--Source: Bunte, 19 (5 May 1988): 186-7 (1975)

TEXT G: "Meine Geschichten hängen in den Pflaumenbäumen . . ."
--Source: Bodo Schulenburg, Geschichten vom Pflaumengarten (Berlin:  Der  Kinderbuchberlag, n.d.)

TEXT H: "Sein Name ist Hase!"
--Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 72 (Donnerstag/Freitag, 27-28 March 1997): x

TEXT I: "Die letzte Chance, den 'Besenstern' in Augenschein zu nehmen"
--Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 74 (1 April 1997): 12
--Reprinted with permission of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

TEXT J: "Einmal Leipzig einfach"
--Source: Die Zeit, 17 November 1989
--Reprinted with permission of the author

TEXT K: "Das mußt Du Dir aus dem Kopf schlagen, Margarete . . . "
--Source: Historische Augenblicke: Deutsche Briefe des 20. Jahrhunderts, ed. Jürgen Moeller.  München: Beck,1988: 150-151

TEXT L: "Liebster Vater!  Die Division ist ausgeschlackt für den Großkampf . . . "
--Source: Historische Augenblicke: Deutsche Briefe des 20. Jahrhunderts, ed. Jürgen Moeller.  München: Beck, 1988: 150-151

TEXT M: "Die Ente im Stechschritt"
--Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 82 (10 April 1997): 15
--Reprinted with permission of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

TEXT N: "Streicheln im virtuellen Leben"
--Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 82 (10 April 1997): 3
--Reprinted with permission of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

TEXT O: "Heiraten und Bekanntschaften"
--Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 73 (29-31 March 1997): 49

TEXT P: Heiner Müller, "Der Vater." Excerpt from Germania: Tod in Berlin.
--Berlin: Rotbuch Verlag, 1977

TEXT Q: "Computer ohne 'Zeitgefühl'"
--Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 72 (27-28 March 1997): II
--Reprinted with permission of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

TEXT R: "Der SZ Wetterbericht"
--Source: Süddeutsche Zeitung, 74 (1 April 1997): 2
--Reprinted with permission of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

TEXT S: "Der Club, in dem man sich entdecken kann"
--Source: Der Spiegel, 34, # 44 (27 October 1980): 34-35

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