Instructor: Dinda Dewi Email: dindanoeryanto@gmail.

com
Course: German for Teenager Term: 16.10.2023 – 08.12.2023
Class Days/Times: Working hour Class Location: online, whatsapp.

Course Overview: This course is designed to improve students' reading skills and foster an
understanding of literary analysis. Throughout the course, students will explore a variety of
short stories, identify main ideas, draw conclusions, make inferences, examine cause and effect
relationships, analyze character development and motivation, recognize themes and
symbolism, summarize effectively, and engage in critical analysis. The course culminates with
individual final projects and presentations, allowing students to showcase their acquired skills.

Course Goals/Student Learning Objectives:

Course Goals:
1. Identify the main idea of a text and the supporting details.
2. Draw conclusions and make inferences from a given text.
3. Analyze cause and effect relationships within a narrative.
4. Examine character development and motivation in stories.
5. Recognize and interpret literary themes and symbolism.
6. Summarize texts effectively.
7. Write a critical analysis essay.
8. Choose, research, and present a final project based on a selected story.
9. Collaborate with peers in the peer review process.

Student Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Greet and bid farewell to others in German.
2. Introduce themselves and provide personal information, including name, age, and
nationality.
3. Ask and answer questions about a person's identity and background.
4. Introduce family and friends to others.
5. Spell names and words in German.
6. Use common everyday phrases for various situations.
7. Discuss countries, languages, and nationalities.
8. Talk about their hobbies and interests.
9. React appropriately in conversations, expressing agreement, disagreement, and more.
10. Conjugate common verbs in the present tense.
11. Utilize personal pronouns effectively in sentences.
12. Construct basic sentences following correct word order.
13. Understand sentence melody and intonation in German.
14. Pronounce challenging consonant combinations, such as "sch" and "sp."
15. Read and comprehend short texts in German.

Student Learning Outcomes:

1: Main Idea and Supporting Details

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of the main idea and supporting details by
identifying these elements within a text.
• Students will communicate their findings through class discussions and written
responses.
2: Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences
• Students will develop the ability to draw conclusions and make inferences from the
text.
• Students will practice this skill through guided activities and engage in discussions
about their conclusions and inferences.
3: Cause and Effect Relationships
• Students will be able to identify cause and effect relationships within a story,
showcasing an understanding of how events in a narrative are interconnected.
• Students will participate in class activities to discuss the impacts of the cause on the
story's events.
4: Character Development and Motivation
• Students will analyze character development and motivations, gaining insight into how
characters change and what drives their actions.
• Through class discussions and character analysis, students will interpret and articulate
their findings.
5: Theme and Symbolism
• Students will recognize and define literary themes and symbolism.
• They will demonstrate their understanding by identifying and discussing themes and
symbolism in the texts they read.
6: Summarizing and Critical Analysis
• Students will develop the ability to summarize stories effectively, capturing key
elements and main points.
• They will practice writing summaries and receive guidance for effective
summarization.
7: Final Projects and Presentations
• Students will select a story from the course materials and work on a final project.
• They will develop outlines, conduct research, and present their projects to the class.
• Students will also engage in peer review and provide feedback to their peers.

Course Schedule

Week 1: October 16 - 20, 2023

Date(s) Module/Topic Assignment for Each Meeting Due Date

Introduction to the Course and Course orientation and
16.10.2023 Expectations expectations overview 17.10.2023
Introduction to "Chills & Thrills" Introduction to the book and its
17.10.2023 themes 18.10.2023
Vocabulary Building Vocabulary exercises related to
18.10.2023 the book 19.10.2023
Main Idea and Supporting Details Discuss and identify the main
19.10.2023 (Story 1) idea and details 20.10.2023
Main Idea and Supporting Details Practice identifying main idea
20.10.2023 (Story 1) and details 23.10.2023

Week 2: October 23 - 27, 2023

Date(s) Module/Topic Assignment for Each Meeting Due Date
Drawing Conclusions and Making Teach drawing conclusions and
23.10.2023 Inferences (Story 2) making inferences 24.10.2023
Drawing Conclusions and Making Practice drawing conclusions
24.10.2023 Inferences (Story 2) and making inferences 25.10.2023
Cause and Effect Relationships Explore cause and effect in
25.10.2023 (Story 3) Story 3 26.10.2023
Cause and Effect Relationships Analyze cause and effect in
26.10.2023 (Story 4) Story 4 27.10.2023
Character Development and Analyze character development
27.10.2023 Motivation (Story 5) in Story 5 30.10.2023

Week 3: October 30 - November 3, 2023

Date(s) Module/Topic Assignment for Each Meeting Due Date

Character Development and
30.10.2023 Motivation (Story 6)
Drawing Conclusions and Making
31.10.2023 Inferences (Story 7)
Drawing Conclusions and Making
01.11.2023 Inferences (Story 7)
Theme and Symbolism (Story 8)
02.11.2023
03.11.2023 Theme and Symbolism (Story 9)
Explore character motivations in
Story 6 31.10.2023
Practice drawing conclusions
and making inferences 01.11.2023
Discuss conclusions and
inferences in Story 7 02.11.2023
Define themes and symbolism,
analyze Story 8 03.11.2023
Explore symbolism in Story 9 06.11.2023

Week 4: November 6 - 10, 2023

Date(s) Module/Topic Assignment for Each Meeting Due Date

Summarizing and Critical Analysis Learn to summarize effectively
06.11.2023 (Story 10) and provide guidance 07.11.2023
Summarizing and Critical Analysis Practice summarizing Story 10
07.11.2023 (Story 10) and introduce essays 07.11.2023
Main Idea and Supporting Details Identify main idea and details in
08.11.2023 (Story 11) Story 11 09.11.2023
Main Idea and Supporting Details Practice identifying main idea
09.11.2023 (Story 11) and details in Story 11 10.11.2023
Cause and Effect Relationships Analyze cause and effect in
10.11.2023 (Story 12) Story 12 12.10.2023

Week 5: November 13-17, 2023

Date(s) Module/Topic Assignment for Each Meeting Due Date
13.11.2023 Cause and Effect Relationships Discuss the impact of cause and 14.11.2023
(Story 13) effect in Story 13
14.11.2023 Character Development and Analyze character development 15.11.2023
Motivation (Story 14) in Story 14
 15.11.2023 Character Development and
Motivation (Story 15)
16.11.2023 Drawing Conclusions and Making
Inferences (Story 16)
17.11.2023 Drawing Conclusions and Making
Inferences (Story 16)
Explore character motivations in 16.11.2023
Story 15
Practice drawing conclusions 17.11.2023
and making inferences
Discuss conclusions and 20.11.2023
inferences in Story 16

Week 6: November 20-24, 2023

Date(s) Module/Topic Assignment for Each Meeting Due Date

20.11.2023 Define themes and symbolism, - 21.11.2023
analyze Story 17
21.11.2023 Theme and Symbolism (Story 18) Explore symbolism in Story 18 22.11.2023
22.11.2023 Summarizing and Critical Analysis Learn to summarize effectively 23.11.2023
(Story 19) and provide guidance
23.11.2023 Summarizing and Critical Analysis Practice summarizing Story 19 24.11.2023
(Story 19) and introduce essays
24.11.2023 Main Idea and Supporting Details Review identifying main idea 26.11.2023
(Story 1) and details in Story 1

Week 7: November 27 - December 1, 2023

Date(s) Module/Topic Assignment for Each Meeting Due Date

27.11.2023 Drawing Conclusions and Making Review drawing conclusions 28.11.2023
Inferences (Story 2) and making inferences
28.11.2023 Cause and Effect Relationships Review cause and effect in Story 29.11.2023
(Story 3) 3
29.11.2023 Character Development and Review character development 30.11.2023
Motivation (Story 5) in Story 5
30.11.2023 Theme and Symbolism (Story 8) Review themes and symbolism, 01.12.2023
analyze Story 8
01.12.2023 Summarizing and Critical Analysis Review summarizing effectively 03.12.2023
(Story 10) and essays

Week 8: December 4-8, 2023

Date(s) Module/Topic Assignment for Each Meeting Due Date

04.12.2023 Final Projects and Presentations Begin final projects: students 05.12.2023
choose a story for analysis
Work on project outlines and
initial research
05.12.2023 Final Projects and Presentations Continue working on final 06.12.2023
projects
Conduct peer review and
provide feedback
06.12.2023 Final Projects and Presentations Final project presentations by 07.12.2023
students
Class discussions on the stories
and themes
07.12.2023 Final Projects and Presentations Final project presentations 08.12.2023
(continued)
 Course reflection and
assessment
08.12.2023 Course Conclusion Course reflection and discussion 09.12.2023
of progress