Volkswagen VW is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered

Volkswagen (VW) is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937, Volkswagen is the top-selling and namesake marque of the Volkswagen Group, the holding company created in 1975 for the growing company, and is now the biggest automaker in both Germany and Europe. Volkswagen has three cars in the top 10 list of best-selling cars of all time compiled by the website 24/7 Wall St. : the Volkswagen Golf, the Volkswagen Beetle, and the Volkswagen Passat. With these three cars, Volkswagen has the most cars of any automobile manufacturer in the list that are still being manufactured. Volkswagen means "people's car" in German. Its current international slogan is "Das Auto" ("The Car").

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Objective • Students will be able to identify when to use the accusative case and what the accusative prepositions are.

Order of Events 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Review col 2 vocab. Go over kennen and wissen Review household chores Pg. 275 Introduce Accusative Prepositions Pg. 278 Review command form Pg. 292

Accusative Prepositions • The accusative case always follows these prepositions. durch – through für – for gegen – against ohne – without um - around

Accusative Prepositions Ex. Wir fahren durch die Stadt. Hast du ein Geschenk für ihn? Sie spielen gegen uns. Ich komme ohne das Buch. Gehst du um die Ecke?

Accusative Prepositions • Contractions: These accusative prepositions and articles are contracted as long as there is no special emphasis on the article. durch + das = durchs für + das = fürs um + das = ums