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Monday, September 7, 2015

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

English Verb Rap

Danke Frau Knipprath!



Three forms of these irregualr English verbs are given:

  • Present infinitive,                     Kate takes the cake.    
  • Simple past (imperfect)               Kate  took the cake.
  • Perfect (the plugged in participle needs the helping verb to match the subject.."have" --> "has") 
  •                                                  Kate  has taken the cake.

Know anyone this might help?    ----   HV  ------------  Participle plugs in at the end.
Does this simplify German?       (Kate hat den Kuchen genommen.)

Fluency MC (Jason R. Levine) "raps the white board" to make those English irregular verb forms  Stick (StuckStuck) in your head!

The microphone I 

TAKE (took, TAKen). You SHAKE (shook, SHAken). 
WAKE (woke, WOken) to the STYLE Im creAting. 
THINK (thought, THOUGHT). SEEK (sought, SOUGHT).

LISten to the LESson that I TEACH (taught, TAUGHT).

Dont SLEEP (slept, SLEPT). I CREEP (crept, CREPT). 
I SNEAK (snuck, SNUCK UP). You LEAP (leapt, LEAPT).
I KEEP (kept, KEPT)
HAVing FUN. 
Im never BEAT (beat, BEAten); I WIN (won, WON).
DO (did, DONE). BeGIN (began, beGUN).
SHOOT (shot, SHOT)
—no, I DONT own a GUN. 
I LEAD (led, LED) so I can FEED (fed, FED). 
the KNOWledge you NEED, STRAIGHT to your HEAD. 
When I BRING (brought, BROUGHT) it, you CATCH (caught, CAUGHT) it.
Sit BACKreLAX. Dont FIGHT (fought, FOUGHT) it.

Please don't 

FREEZE (froze, FROzen) when I SPEAK (spoke, SPOken). 
Its REAL. You can FEEL I dont STEAL (stole, STOlen). 
I CHOOSE (chose, CHOsen) the VERy best RHYMES and
WRITE (wrote, WRITten) them INto my LINES and
INto your MIND. When we MEET (met, MET)
Ill BET (bet, BET) I wont LET you forGET 
(forGOTforGOTten). I GET (got, GOTten)
EVery head NODding. Dont THINK about STOPping
just COME (came, COME). 
THIS is hip hop. I dont SING (sang, SUNG).
I STING (stung, STUNG). I CLING (clung, CLUNG).
On EACH and every WORD, you HANG (hung, HUNG).

Its not enough to

DREAM (dreamt, DREAMT); you've got to SPEND (spent, SPENT)
TIME on your GOALS. Please LEND (lent, LENT) me your
EAR. Come NEAR and Ill LAY (laid, LAID)
DOWN this new SOUND that I MAKE (made, MADE). 
I HOPE you dont SAY that you THINK its JUNK.
I HOPE you dont THINK that I STINK (stank, STUNK).
If youre THIRSty for ENGlish, come DRINK (drank, DRUNK).
because I SINK (sank, SUNK) ALL compeTItion when they 
HEAR (heard, HEARD) that I GIVE (gave, GIVen)
encouragement when I SPIT (spat, SPAT).
Never QUIT (quit, QUIT); dont SIT (sat, SAT).
Yeah, I LIKE it like THAT. Ill even KNEEL (knelt, KNELT).
and BEG you to exPRESS what you FEEL (felt, FELT).

I RISE (rose, RISen) when I DRIVE (drove, DRIVen) through 
the BEAT; tap your FEET as you RIDE (rode, RIDden). 
Those that HIDE (hid, HIDden) I FIND (found, FOUND).
If you FLEE (fled, FLED)
then Ill TRACK you DOWN.

Now you SEE (saw, SEEN) that I MEAN (meant, MEANT) 
every WORD of the MESsage that I SEND (sent, SENT). 
I SHOW (showed, SHOWN) I can FLY (flew, FLOWN).
Now you KNOW (knew, KNOWN) I SHINE (shone, SHONE).
Ill THROW (threw, THROWN)
you the BALL. Its your TURN. 
GROW (grew, GROWN) with the VERBS that youve LEARNED. 
GRAMmar through LYRics I DRAW (drew, DRAWN). 
PEACE to elLS, now I GO (went, GONE)!


Thursday, March 20, 2014

Wir rappen über unsere Stadt: Fayette

Lustig, was?


OK Judith:  Hier sind sie schon wieder!  


HOW TO ENTER and HOW TO WIN   THIS YEAR'S CONTEST! 

  1. Make a video that is not longer than 3 minutes. You can work alone or with your friends. If your video is a team effort, two team members will be awarded prizes – which means: two students will get to go to Hamburg, if that team wins the Grand Prize.
  2. Upload your video to YouTube.
  3. Send an email to stepintogerman@sanfrancisco.goethe.org  with a link to the video so we can watch it.
  4. Do this before the submission deadline of 11:59 EST, April 15, 2014.
  5. We will upload the top 20 videos to our Step into Germanwebsite.  The Step into German jury, consisting of jurors from the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) and the Goethe-Institut San Francisco, will pick these 20 videos. The jury’s decision will be based on the video’s originality, creativity and interpretation of the theme. The production value will be a minor factor in the jury’s selection process.
  6. And now the fun starts! Get voted on by your classmates. Let your Facebook friends know about the contest. Tweet about your video. There are many ways to get people to vote for you. (Details about the voting process to follow.)
  7. The five top vote-getters will make it to the final round. The members of “Tonbandgerät” will determine the Grand Prize winner.

HOW TO PRODUCE  

Don't worry if you've never made a video before. Your clip doesn’t need to be perfect, it doesn’t have to be slick, but it should be uniquely yours! And it's perfectly okay to make your video a team effort. 

Here are some ideas for your video

  • Write your own song about Hamburg
  • Make a video based on a “Tonbandgerät” song
  • Interview some former “Hamburgers”
  • Explore why Hamburg is called “The Gateway to the World”
  • Portray the Hamburger SV or FC St. Pauli, two of Germany’s greatest soccer teams…
These are just some of our ideas. Surprise us with some of yours! Be creative and funny. Give the video your personal touch. 

You can find a short introduction to Hamburg on “Step into German”

But there are so many more resources on the web that will help you with the project. Especially useful is the official Hamburg travel website


Suitable Music and Photos
Music: www.freesound.org & www.jamendo.com/en 

Photos: Comprehensive images can be found atwww.mediaserver.hamburg.de. You can use these photos in the contest. 

Otherwise, look for photos that are available for download under a Creative Commons license (go to Google Images—Options—Advanced Search—Usage rights—“free to use or share”). 

You can always, of course, contact the artist for permission to use his/her work in the contest. 

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Rappen? Slammen? Julia Engelmann kann es hier machen

Hier der Text:  One Day Reckonning.. One Day, Baby we'll be old, and think of all the stories we could have told...

Ob Baby werden wir alt sein, und denken an alle die Geschichten denken, die wir erzählen können

 
GROSSARTIG! Es gibt kein anderes Wort dafür! Und ja: Auch die Versalien müssen sein! Denn dieser Clip 



zieht einem echt die Schuhe aus!

Ein Freund hat ihn auf Facebook gepostet. Mit den Worten: "Schlichte Wahrheiten, die Abwesenheit von Zynismus, viel Mut und Nervosität = beeindruckende fünf Minuten".

Mehr mag ich an dieser Stelle eigentlich gar nicht sagen. Nehmen Sie sich einfach die Zeit und hören Sie Julia Engelmann zu, bei ihrem Auftritt auf dem Bielefelder Hörsaalslam im Mai 2013.
Es geht um das Leben, das wir führen. Und das Leben, das wir vielleicht gern geführt hätten. Warum es so schwer, und dabei doch eigentlich so leicht ist, vom falschen Leben ins richtige zu wechseln. Oder, wie es in Engelmanns Hookline heißt: "Eines Tages werde ich alt sein, Baby, und an all die Geschichten denken, die ich hätte erzählen können."

Sentimental? Ja. Naiv? Auch das. Vor allem aber: wahr! Und ab sofort auf immer ein Bookmark in meinem Hirn und in meinem Herzen, sobald ich wieder in den "Hättest-Könntest-Würdest"-Modus verfalle.

Und für alle Nörgler, die jetzt sagen: Der Clip ist doch so alt, was kramt ihr so vermodertes Zeug aus der Kiste? Das mag schon stimmen. Aber, hey: Es gibt so viel mehr Müll als Perlen im Web, da schadet es nichts, die eine oder andere aufs Neue hervorzuholen und ein wenig zu polieren. Auf dass sie lange glänzen möge!