Exercises for the German classes of migrants: Phantasy history as exercise material

Harry Potter is currently making record-breaking sales in cinemas. Tolkien's The Hobbit is still in the top 1000 bestseller lists, even though it's over 50 years old. Fantasy is simply trendy. German learners are no exception. But you will look in vain for good fantasy stories as practice material. I have therefore converted part of a story by the author Sophia West as exercise material and make it available to teachers and students here. Much Fun!

The White Mountains of the East

The enemy was overpowering. We stood with his back to the wall. The king of Connacht and contender to the throne of Tara sent me to Manannan Mac Lír, the most powerful of the immortal tribe of Danu. Those of the tribe of Danus were the former rulers of Ériu. We needed their help to win our last big fight. A precarious concern, for we, the Gael, had been the ones who had defeated the tribe of Danu a hundred years ago and had taken over the rule over Érinn. The immortal tribe of Danu did not take this defeat well. They gave up their capital, Tara, and scattered in all directions. The tribe of Danu crawled into the uttermost corners of Érinn while we enjoyed Gael our triumph and made Tara our own capital. We made fun of Danu's sublime tribe. Now we needed his help.

Manannan Mac Lír lived in an impregnable fortress in a mountain range to the east, the White Mountains. The white mountains could only be reached when the tide was out. At high tide they were washed by the sea. But that was my smallest Problem. To get to the White Mountains I first had to cross the plains of Coltna, an impassable bog. Unfortunately there was no other way. The moor had many names: the moor of terror, the moor of no return, the merciless moor, just to name a few. The people of Érinn believed that it was ruled by evil spirits that brought ruin to anyone who set foot on the moor. Many are said to have perished on the moor and now roam the moor as ghosts in the fog, forever bound to the place of their death. Of course, I didn't believe those horror stories.

The moor was a bare landscape. There were no trees or shrubs and hardly any grass. Everything was greyish and brownish and bleak. To this, the advancement was quite troublesome, because the ground was swampy and uneven. Again and again I had to handle small pools, in which water had collected. I had to be very careful and watch carefully where I stepped, not to sink forever in the dark wet and die a lonely and senseless death.

I had entered the moor when the sun was high in the sky. I knew the way to the White Mountains would not be easy. But I did not expect it to be that difficult. The sun was already low over the horizon. I had to come to terms with the fact that I had to spend the night in the moor. In the distance I saw a tree, which I found quite unusual. It was probably a big and old tree. I approached. Then I realized that there was no green foliage left on the tree. The tree was dead and already rotting. How fitting!

The sun sank blood red on the horizon and bathed everything in a pale light. It would be dark soon. I saw that something sparkled red not far from the tree. I went up to it. I found that the sparkle came from a small lake near the tree. Something was probably reflecting the light of the setting sun. Now I became curious and went to the pool. A red glow danced ghostly on the surface. I approached cautiously and saw that the red glow was coming from something beneath the surface of the water. I leaned down and was startled. I looked into the lifeless face of one Ms.that lay at the bottom of the lake. Around her neck she wore a necklace with a red stone. Her skin was very pale, her Eyes rigid and cloudy. She stared at me wide open. A horrible sight.

I briefly considered taking the necklace after I had recovered from the shock. She was definitely valuable. A fitting gift for the Tuatha de Danaan, showing my servility and good will. Actually, the chain was a lucky coincidence – at least for me. But for some reason I couldn't take the chain with me. I had none Anxiety - I had seen enough dead people - but I felt that it would have been an unbelievable injustice to take the necklace. So I went back to the tree and leaned against the dead, rotting wood. I was exhausted. The way through the moor had been exhausting. I thought of the dead woman. who was she How did she die and why? I tried to get a picture of her. She still seemed very jung to have been when she died. When do you think she died? The bog had the property of conserving everything. She could have been there for several years. I pondered as night slowly laid its dark shadows on the desolate land. The darkness spread and engulfed them Welt. The stars in the sky spiegelThey found themselves in the little pools and sparkled like diamonds. I fell asleep.

Exercise: New Words

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What fits together? Please do this exercise before listening to or reading the story for the first time

A noun

the throne: Q: This is a small lake the ebb: B: This is a landscape. Here the ground is always wet. the flood: E: Bush, like a tree but the bush without a trunk: C: This is a special chair on which the king sits. The pond: D: That happens when the water goes away by the sea. You can see a lot of sand but little water. 6. The moor: A: That happens when the water comes back at the sea. You can see a lot of water but little sand

B Adjectives and verbs

immortal: B: precarious without movement: A: If wood is like that, then it is old and broken: F: noble, good, rot better than others: E: the opposite of clear. Apple juice is available in clear and pale form: G: pale, pale, without color 6. Rigid: C: Always alive, never dead 7. Cloudy: H: When an apple turns brown. You can then no longer eat it. 8. rotten: D: difficult and problematic

Exercise:

After the first listening/reading, answer the following Ask:

What does the narrator want from Manannan Mac Lír? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Where does Manannan Mac Lír live? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ What does the narrator find in the lake? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________

Exercise:

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After the second listen/read solve the following Tasks:

A. What do these words mean?

with your back to the wall A: accept something you do not find good.

C: You can do nothing more. There is no way out. You have no chance.

spread out in all directions: D: Someone or something brings scattered one another People very bad luck.

to settle for a fact: B: distribute so that something becomes unimportant.

B. Find the following collocations!

________________ concerns ________________ beaten ________________ shadow ________________ gift ________________ injustice ________________ will ________________ coincidence

Exercise:

that sets and other attachments

A. In sections 37 through 58 there are seven constructions with the conjunction “that”. Write the sentences down. Mark the conjunction and underline the bowed verbs.

I knew that the road to the white mountains would not be easy.

2 ._______________________________________________________________ 3 ._______________________________________________________________

4 ._______________________________________________________________ 5 ._______________________________________________________________ 6 .________________________________________________________________ 7 .________________________________________________________________

B. Write your own sentences:

(believe) the King of Connacht, (help, become) Manannan den Gäl Example: The King of Connacht believes that Manannan will help him.

(think) the narrator of the story, (not helping) Manannan probably him

__________________________________________________________ (doesn't) care about the narrator, he (must, run) through the moor

___________________________________________________________ (think) the narrator, (not be) the horror stories true

_______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ (think) the narrator, (drowning in the perfect!) the woman in the moor

___________________________________________________

6. (believe) the narrator, (to be) the chain valuable

_______________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

7. (his) the narrator gladly, (dream in the perfect!) he the history with the woman only

_____________________________________________________________

C. Other conjunctions that initiate secondary sentences: if, because, while, as, after,

Put the right conjunction into the gap!

The Tuatha de Danaan hid in the furthest corners of Érius, _____________ we Gaeil enjoyed our triumph. The white mountains could be reached when the tide was out. In addition, it was quite difficult to get ahead, __________ the ground was swampy and uneven. I had entered the moor, ___________ the sun was high in the sky. I briefly considered taking the chain ____________ I had recovered from the shock. 6. She seemed very young, ____________ she died. 7. I pondered, _____________ the night slowly laid its dark shadows on the desolate land.

D. It is also possible to write the subset first and then the main set:

For example:

The Tuatha de Danaan crawled in the extreme corners of Érius, while we enjoyed Gaeil our triumph.

While we Gaeil enjoyed our triumph, the Tuatha de Danaan hid themselves in the furthest corners Érius 2 .___________________________________________________________ 3 .___________________________________________________________ 4 .___________________________________________________________ 5 .___________________________________________________________ 6 .___________________________________________________________ 7 .___________________________________________________________

Exercise: Times

Past tense and present tense

Tales like “The White Mountains of the East” are mostly written in the past tense. Contents are written in the present tense. Write this summary of the first part of the story back into the past. The irregular forms of the verbs can be found in the text.

The King of Connacht and candidate for the throne of Temair sends the narrator to Mananna Mac Lír. The King of Connacht needs military help from Manannan Mac Lír. But the thing is complicated: the King of Connacht and the narrator belong to the Gaeil people and Manannan belongs to the Tuatha de Danaan people. The narrator has to walk through a moor to reach Manannan Fortress. People believe that the bog is ruled by the spirits of the dead. But the narrator doesn't believe that. The way through the moor is still difficult because the ground is wet and uneven. It is also dangerous in the bog because many people sink and die in the bog. The narrator progresses slowly and has to spend a night in the moor. He finds a tree. The narrator sees that something is sparkling red near the tree. The sparkle comes from the chain of a dead woman lying at the bottom of a lake. The narrator thinks the necklace is valuable, but he doesn't take it with him. Instead, he falls asleep under the tree. ______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Solutions:

Exercise A

1C, 2D, 3A, 4E, 5F, 6B

Exercise B

1C, 2D, 3F, 4H, 5G, 6B, 7E, 8A

Exercise A

Military aid In the white mountains of the east A dead woman

Exercise B

precarious concern line 6 devastatingly beaten line 8 dark shadows line 75 suitable gift line 60/1 unbelievable injustice line 66 good will line 62 happy accident line 63

exercise

1C, 2D, 3B, 4A

Exercise A

I didn't expect it to be that difficult. I gradually had to come to terms with the fact that I had to spend the night in the forest. Then I realized that there were no more green leaves on the tree. I saw that something sparkled red not far from the tree. 6. I found that the sparkle came from a small lake near the tree. 7. I approached cautiously and saw that the red glow was coming from something below the surface of the water.

Exercise B

The King of Connacht believes Manannan will help. The narrator of the story thinks that Manannan is unlikely to help him. The narrator doesn't care that he has to walk through the moor. The narrator thinks that the horror stories are not true. The narrator thinks that the woman drowned in the moor. The narrator believes the chain is valuable. The narrator is glad that he only dreamed the story with the woman.

Exercise C

Further conjunctions that introduce subordinate clauses: during, if, because, as, after The Tuatha de Danaan hid in the extreme corners of Érius, while we Gaeil enjoyed our triumph. The white mountains could only be reached when the tide was out. It was also difficult to get ahead because the ground was swampy and uneven. I had stepped on the moor when the sun was high in the sky. I thought about picking up the chain after I recovered from the shock. She seemed very young when she died. I pondered as the night slowly cast its dark shadows on the desolate land.

Exercise D

While we Gaeil enjoyed our triumph, the Tuatha de Danaan hid in the farthest corners of Érius. When the tide was out, the white mountains could be reached. Because the ground was swampy and uneven, it was difficult to get ahead. When the sun was high in the sky, I had stepped on the moor. After recovering from the shock, I briefly considered taking the necklace. 6. When she died, she seemed to have been very young. 7. As the night slowly cast its dark shadows on the desolate land, I continued to ponder

Exercise: Times

The King of Connacht and aspirant to the throne of Temair sent the narrator to Mananna Mac Lír. The King of Connacht needed military help from Manannan Mac Lír. But the matter was complicated: the King of Connacht and the narrator belonged to the Gaeil people and Manannan belonged to the Tuatha de Danaan people. The narrator had to walk through a bog to reach Manannan Fortress. People believed that the bog was ruled by the spirits of the dead. But the narrator didn't believe that. The way through the moor was still difficult because the ground was wet and uneven. It was also dangerous in the bog because many people sank and died in the bog. The narrator made slow progress and has to spend a night in the moor. He found a tree. The narrator saw something sparkling red near the tree. The sparkle came from the chain of a dead woman lying at the bottom of a lake. The narrator thought the necklace was valuable, but he didn't take it with him. Instead, he lopsided under the tree.

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