True or False: If I need to send a message to Professor Cruz, I will receive the fastest response if I send a Canvas message.

If I am a student in this course and have a general course question or need help with a coding assignment, what is the first step I should take? (Hint: Professor Cruz mentions a communication platform in the syllabus as a place to ask questions and gather.)

Scenario: Imagine you recently graduated with a degree in software engineering and moved to a region heavily reliant on manufacturing. You find that many of the local factories have transitioned to automated systems, leaving many workers unemployed, including those with years of experience in manual labor. The unemployment rate in your area is high, and despite your recently obtained degree, you have yet to find a job in the area. You are debating moving to another area in hopes of landing a job.   Question: Using what you have learned about unemployment, analyze the compatibility or mismatch between your qualifications and the local job market. 1) Are you going to move? Why or why not? 2) Explain all types of unemployment going on in this situation (not only for you but for everyone).  

Scenario: Imagine you recently graduated with a degree in finance and began working as a financial analyst. One of your clients is nearing retirement and wants to adopt a more conservative investment strategy. They are considering reallocating a significant portion of their portfolio to achieve this goal. They are particularly concerned about balancing potential returns with minimizing risk in the current economic environment, which is characterized by rising interest rates, persistent inflation concerns, and heightened market volatility.   Question: Using what you have learned about investment instruments, analyze the situation and provide a recommendation. 1) What’s the difference between the financial instruments we have learn about in this unit? 2) Propose a specific portfolio allocation for your client, providing clear reasoning for your choices based on their goals and what you know about these financial instruments.

Read each sentence. Pay attention to definite/indefinite articles, prepositions, noun genders, and write the correct form of the special adjectives into the blank.  ———– 1. Ich habe nur sehr (bescheiden) Kenntnisse {knowledge} der deutschen Grammatik. 2. Wir hatten am Bodensee meistens (heiter) Wetter. 3. Der Schwarzwald ist ein ziemlich (dunkel) Wald. 4. Der Student muss mit einem sehr (bescheiden) Einkommen {income} leben. 5. Es gibt einige (dunkel) Zeiten in der deutschen Geschichte.

Read each sentence. Pay attention to the definite articles and prepositions to determine the adjective case and ending. Write the ordinal numbers in parentheses with their correct endings into the blanks. Write the ordinals in letters. ———– 1. Der (4.) Juli ist der amerikanische Nationalfeiertag. 2. Nach dem (3.) Versuch habe ich die Prüfung bestanden {to pass the exam}. 3. Im Jahr 2014 war Ostern am (20.) April. 4. Am (15.) April muss ich meine Steuererklärung {tax filing} abschicken. 5. Er kann nicht immer (1.) sein.

Read each phrase and pay attention to the pronouns, prepositions or articles preceding the ordinal numbers in parentheses. Determine the noun gender, and the grammatical case and correct ending of the ordinal. Then write the ordinal with its correct endings into the blanks. Write the ordinals in letters. ———————— sein (fiftieth) Tor (neuter – goal) der (twenty third) Oktober in der (seventeenth) Minute der (second) Halbzeit in seinem (eighty-fifth) Lebensjahr

Read each sentence and pay attention to the adjective function, to the definite/indefinite articles, and the noun genders. Write the correct form of the special adjectives into the blank.  ———– Man kann jetzt sehr (teuer) Bier kaufen. Diese Flasche kostet $6. Das ist mir zu (teuer). Ich finde, dieser Wein ist nicht (trocken), sondern (sauer). Ich hasse (to hate)  (sauer) Wein.

GRAMMAR FOR SPEAKING: Wh- Questions in the Simple Past Complete each question with the words in parentheses. Use the simple past.   Why   (you / visit) the art gallery?

LISTENING FOR DETAILS Listen to an excerpt from a class discussion in a museum (Track 2). Then choose the correct answer.   What do we learn about the first Viking site in North America?