This resource is an example of the General Conversation at GCSE for theme 1. This book is ideal to show students what is expected of them in the General Conversation. Information and questions are colour-coded for foundation and higher level students. Key questions (those using tenses) are starred so that students know which questions they must learn to maximise their marks. The chilli icon is used to document challenge questions, for those students attempting to secure higher level grades such as grade 9. Some questions are multiple-choice, so that questions can be tailored to students' personalities, circumstances and abilities. There are two answer booklets attached, showing students the type of vocabulary needed in each answer. One booklet is for lower prior attainers (Foundation) and is 9 pages long. The other booklet is for higher prior attainers (Higher) and is 11 pages long. The resource also contains a revision activity to help with this. Students practice their speaking by playing expression bingo - students have two minutes and are peer-assessed, to see how many of the sentence starters on theme 1 they can use!

There are 16 photo cards modelled on the AQA GCSE German course. The topics covered: Family Relationships Marriage and Children Technology in Everyday Life Music Sport - cycling in particular Food and Drink Home Where I live The Environment Poverty and Homelessness Holidays and Travel School Jobs Career, choices and ambitions. Travel and Tourism My Town School - class tests and homework. Each card shows five key questions. Two questions are in italics as these would be the surprise questions. I have given the students the questions, for the additional practice. There are also model answers for each card.

I have created these revision mats on AQA's key topics to aid my students with their revision, especially writing and speaking. Each mat is divided into the following sections: Definite delights, the past tense, the future tense, the conditional tense, attention-grabbing adjectives and showstoppers. Key languages is modelled for students to feedforward into their exams. There are also 4 mats included, showing subordinate clauses being used in themes 1, 2, and 3, as my students struggle with using these. A black copy of the subordinate mat is also included for you to adapt with your classes. As well as this, there is a revision mat on the future tense with examples of each pronoun in the future tense for each theme. The topics covered by the revision mats are : Theme 1 1) Customs and Festivals 2) Self and Relationships 3) Food and Drink 4)Technology and Social Media Theme 2 5) The Environment 6) Travel and Transport - a double-sided revision mat 7) My Town - a double-sided revision mat 8) Health and Fitness 9) Smoking 10) Poverty and Homelessness 11) Where do you live Holidays revision mat Theme 3 12) School 13) Comparison between German and English schools. 14) University or work?

Students categorise words on the topic of homelessness from a word cloud, covering key verbs, adjectives and nouns. A photo card in the GCSE style, with suggested model answers. A differentiated revision mat on the topic of homelessness. Students match up 8 key sentences on homelessness to images. Students read 5 real life accounts about being homeless and answer R, F or NT. Students read 5 real life accounts about being homeless and answer questions in English with the correct person’s name. A higher level text on homelessness with reading and speaking questions. A rip n run translation task for collaborative learning. Spontaneous speaking task - students practice their spontaneous speaking in German by responding to visual prompts and text on the topic of homelessness. A writing assessment on homelessness (a cross between higher and foundation) with advisory grades. A revision aid for students approaching a writing piece on this topic. The document is entitled ‘Signpost Yourself’ and advises students which grammatical constructions to use for grades 5-9.

I gave my students this resource to prepare for a higher writing examination (AQA) on theme 2 over half-term. Questions 1 and 2 are in the same format as the AQA exam and students have a choice of which question they answer. Question 3 is the translation question. The back of the booklet consists of hints and tips, so that students can prepare accordingly for theme two writing exam outside of the lesson. Students are also informed of any relevant success criteria and a pneumonic to drive forward their writing.

Once a week in year 11, I use one of these quizzes to revisit previous content covered. There are 8 quizzes attached. Health The environment Numbers and Quantities Holidays Social media Celebrations New Year’s Resolutions - The Future Tense. School There is also a blank quiz for you to continue to create quizzes. Each quiz has ten questions with four answers to choose from. Students have to consider vocabulary and grammatical points, when choosing the correct answer.

I made this handout to stick in the front of students’ exercise books, so that they know what I am saying to them in German. I also included common classroom requests that students might use. Translations are given in English and German with a bitemoji illustration to further support.

I made the following tutorial on the photo card element of the GCSE German speaking exam with a voiceover to help key stage 4 prepare for their speaking examination. Students work through this as part of their revision. I placed it onto my school’s online platform. Information includes: what the photo card is the front of the photo card exam the markscheme at AQA key question words the palms acroynm to respond to the guaranteed first question ‘was gibt es auf dem foto’ exemplar photo card at foundation and higher tier good things to know tips at foundation tier and tips at higher tier practice foundation photo card with suggested answers practice higher photo card with suggested answers common mistakes

I made the following tutorial on the future tense with a voiceover to help my year 11s master the future tense in German. Students work through this as part of their revision. I placed it onto my school’s online platform. Information includes: When the future tense could be used in the exam How to formulate the future tense using four simple steps and these steps are overcommunicated throughout A breakdown of the steps to master them Common mistakes made with the future tense according to AQA examiners A chance to pause and translate some sentences from english into german using the future tense. the opportunity to go through answers Using the present tense to talk about the future tense Key future tense time phrases

I made the following tutorial focusing on how to say would and would like to in German. There is a voiceover to help my students (from year 9 upwards) master the conditional tense in German. Students work through this as part of their revision. I placed it onto my school’s online platform. Information includes: When the conditional tense is used and what it is How to formulate the conditional tense using would and would like to A chance to pause and translate some sentences from english into german and from german to english too, using the conditional tense. The opportunity to go through answers is given to. Using the conditional tense to talk about your dream school and who you would like to see in concert

I made the following tutorial on adverbs of frequency to respond to ‘wie oft’ as my year 11s always make mistakes with this. There is a voice over to help students work through this as part of their revision. I placed it onto my school’s online platform. Information includes: key adverbs of frequency in German common mistakes made German to english translations for students to have a go at and then mark German to english translations where the prompt ‘wie oft’ can appear in the AQA GCSE exam and how best to respond to this

A lesson for a higher ability GCSE class focusing on subordinating conjunctions using 'wenn' and 'als.' I was recently observed by Ofsted with this and was told I would have received an outstanding grade, as all students made rapid progress and the lesson was heavily differentiated. 1) I have attached a higher level text about sport - students play the ignorance game in differentiated groups and pick out words they they think others won't know. If others can't use the context to work out the meaning of these words, the initial team scores points. Students learn these words for their homework. (Personalised homework). In the next lesson, the words will appear in sentences for students to translate. 2) I have attached my powerpoint, which contains 3 key questions re: wenn and als for learners in the lesson, to enable all learners to progress. 3) A 'rip and run' activity - students work in differentiated groups ripping a sentence off and translating it. If it's correct, they are challenged by getting another translation sentence. If not, teacher uses targeted questioning to enable to the group to make progress. 4) I have attached a game of sentence auctions, used to individually challenge students' misconceptions. (Moving from group level to individual level). Students look at word order with 'wenn' and 'als' and bid on correct sentences and lose money if they bid on incorrect sentences. I use fake Euros! More challenging sentences are worth more money! Students can also translate into English etc.

This resource consists of a series of higher level writing practice questions based on the AQA writing exam. There is a model answer for each question. (Higher Tier). There are questions and model answers on the following topics. Theme 1 Question 1 style - Celebrating Christmas and Birthdays. Question 2 style -Single parents and children Question 1 style - Music Theme 2 Question 2 style -Drugs, Unhealthy Food and Giving Advice. Q1 - Town Theme 3 Question 1 style - Jobs and Unemployment Question 2 style - Part Time Jobs Question 1 - School and School Uniform Question 2 - School Stress

This resource is an example of the General Conversation (Theme 2) for GCSE German. This book is ideal to show students what is expected of them in the General Conversation. Information and questions are colour-coded for foundation and higher level students. Key questions (those using tenses) are starred so that students know which questions they must learn to maximise their marks. The chilli icon is used to document challenge and super challenge questions, for those students attempting to secure higher level grades such as grade 9. Some questions are multiple-choice, so that questions can be tailored to students’ personalities, circumstances and abilities. There is an answer booklet attached, showing students the type of vocabulary needed for each answer.

This double-sided worksheet is perfect to use to explain birthdays in German in a simple manner. The golden box shows students the endings to add to ordinal numbers. Additionally, the language for ages and birthday is modelled for learners to simply adapt. Task 1 - asks students to answer questions in German, such as their age and birthday. Task 2 - asks students to formulate sentences in German, describing the ages and birthdays of different people. Task 3 - a thinking skills and numeracy activity, asking students to rank birthdays from 1-9, with number 1 being the earliest and 9 being the latest in the year. The second worksheet consists of three differentiated tasks again, one chilli is easy and three difficult. Task 1 - easy - Students circle the correct answer for each birthday. (Multiple Choice) Task 2 - medium - Students add in the missing letters from sentences about Birthdays. Task 3 - hard - Students choose which answer is correct, explaining why they have chosen their answer.

This bundle includes: A reading passage suitable for higher ability students about Christmas in Germany. Some help with vocabulary is provided, as well as images. Students complete a true, false or not in the text reading activity based on their understanding of the passage. A worksheet on Christmas in Germany suitable for lower attainers upon entry. Students practice using a dictionary and research the vocabulary in Germany for the key phrases. Students have some help, as there are clues re: the length and number of words needed. A translation task on New Year’s resolutions for lower ability students. Students are provided with some key vocabulary to support them. The worksheet is differentiated as tasks are split into easy, medium and challenging. A translation task on New Year’s resolutions for higher ability students. The worksheet is differentiated as tasks are split into easy, medium and challenging. An activity for more able students in Y7 about Easter in Germany. Students match up sentences about Easter in Germany to corresponding images. An activity for lower ability students about Easter in Germany. Students practice using a dictionary and research the vocabulary in Germany for the key phrases. Students have some help, as there are clues re: the length and number of words needed. An activity for higher ability students about Oktoberfest. Students find the corresponding German phrases to key facts written in English about Oktoberfest. They then answer 10 statements about Oktoberfest, writing True, False or Not in the text.

30 sentences written by a native speaker of German. Students must decide in pairs if these sentences are real school rules or the rules of a dream school. (For example, Man darf Playstation oder xBox spielen. Das finde ich irre.) Each sentence contains a modal verb and a different opinion in German. This is ideal for higher level students studying the topic of school.

I have created the following to provide my students with more opportunities to accelerate their progress in writing. This resource includes: An AQA higher level style writing exam with teacher tips. (I have researched other papers from other exam boards to put together a plausable paper). 2)Another AQA higher style writing paper based on the content of the GCSE French paper assessment resource.

I have collated key texts across themes 1, 2 and 3 that AQA have used in their higher reading and listening papers. I have created questions in German to go alongside each text, so that students can get to grips with adapting language to answer questions in German.

This worksheet should be blown up to A3 and is for a higher ability GCSE class on the topic of environment. Students have 15 questions on the topic of environment and they must choose the correct answer. Answers are displayed around the sheet. This sheets consists of work in the present, past, future and conditional tenses and is ideal preparation for a speaking exam on the topic of environment.

I designed this lesson for a group of students who struggled to give opinions in German, whilst using sentence starters such as Meiner Meaning each, Meines Erachtens, Ich denke, dass...... 4 powerpoint slides contained. Slide 1 & 2 should be laminated and given to students and put onto a keyring to support leaners. (This helps weaker students and it is a good strategy to help PP students, who may not have access to self-help guides). Slide 1 details 5 complex sentence starters and gives examples of how they work. Slide 2 contains 'wow words' to finish opinions - positive and negative phrases. (Relating to the topic of marriage) Slide 3 - Contains rules for an exciting game of 'Sentence Auctions.' Each student starts off with 140 Euros. Sentences displayed worth different amounts. Sentences displayed are both correct and incorrect. If you bid for a correct sentence, you win that amount. If you don’t bet, and the sentence is incorrect, nothing happens. If you bet, and the sentence is incorrect, you deduct that amount. If you don’t bet and the sentence is correct, you deduct that amount. Slide 4 - Students compete against each other, responding to a mixture of correct and incorrect sentences on mini-whiteboards, focusing on word order.