Two resources together to make a great cultural lesson. Firstly, a map of Germany and its neighbours - pupils can guess first then use an online map to fill in the gaps. Secondly an internet research task to collect a lot of useful information about Germany to share as a class. Enjoy!

A complete introduction to the conditional tense. Starters Why and how we use it in English How it is formed in German Silly sentences Making a conditional poem Top tip, print out the sheet with the verb/infinitives etc. to help kids make sentences later on. Enjoy/adapt to your heart's content James :)

1) Country names, fahren, nach/in die, preferences 2) Revision of countries, modes of transport, loads of adjectives, why we travel 3) Accommodation, in + dative, dative prepositions and adjective endings, adjectives, verbal and oral description 4) Holiday locations (on the coast, in the city etc.), verb games, written description of a holiday from all lessons 5) Holidays in past tense (haben and sein) using all previous lessons as context Loads of games, challenges, cultural facts and interludes, printable exercises throughout. Enjoy!

Students learn to use the online dictionary Linguee (and learn the perils of Google translate). They then use Linguee to fill in a fact sheet about German culture and politics. They then make a Powerpoint poster using the data they have collected.

Loads of activities based on the film topic. - A paired reading exercise (Pupils in pairs with a sheet 1 and 2, read to each other to fill in the gaps) - Loads of film related vocab and description - Film review models - Film starters - Homework tasks - Film based past/future/present sort - Describing actors (favourite, etc...) - Annnnd, a question sheet to talk about the Oscar winning short film Spielzeugland (available free on Youtube, around 12 minutes long) Feel free to tear it apart - hope you find it useful :) James

This is a list of questions designed to create talking points at the beginning of a session. Useful for meeting new tutoring students or getting to know a new class

Featuring: Marteria, Die Aerzte, Wanda, Tokio Hotel, Wir Sind Helden,Peter Fox,Tocotronic Great german pop/rock/indie songs. Good contemporary artists. All you have to do is youtube the songs and play them :) Best for KS4/5 (but who says KS3 can't enjoy them too) Great conversation starters Great for cultural understanding Great for listening skills!

A starter to introduce/practise telling the time. True or false then a writing/speaking exercise

Here's a game I invented to practise vocabulary - best for more advanced KS4 groups or KS5. Begin with the bits of vocab you want to learn cut up on small bits of paper. Cut some coloured card up as tokens. Instructions are on the board. Best played in groups of 3 -4. Best printed A3 if possible. Also great to explain to people born post 2000 is who Mr Motivator is. Essential cultural knowledge. I've attached some vocab I used as an idea.

Short resource to describe why we actually use the passive (in Engliah) then moving from active to passive. I used it with a passive 'cheat sheet that I found on here'

A collection of short activities useful for describing a city. Assumes a lot of knowledge of vocab :) RE: The first slide. All are in Germany except the one with the tractor, which is in Villa General Belgrano in Argentina, a village which is really German and celebrates Oktoberfest in a big way.

Start by watching a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUWBbepsdmY) about Ueli Stcks, an inspirational Swiss climber/alpinist, Question sheet to answer as pupils watch then discuss. Introduce several extreme sports Classify adjectives to describe the extreme sports - something a bit different! Bit of practise with tenses if desired Homework task, describe an extreme sports resort! Enjoy/adapt as you wish :)

A powerpoint to practise how to say/write where you/others come from A printout picture match-up for countries Large country flashcards for games/displays etc :) Enjoy

Originally for a 30 minute interview lesson but could be fleshed out abit or just used in part. Modal verbs cheat sheet Sorting activity Few other bits and pieces

Dictionary task and then written/spoken descriptions of some celebs! Printable word list to stick in book in PowerPoint Enjoy!

Print out the text, pop it up round the room. Print out the answer sheet. Hey presto, really quick reading task to get everyone up and out of their chairs! Adapt to your heart's content :)

Answering basic questions about yourself/family etc. Timed vocabulary memory sessions - can be used as a competition! Can be adapted easily for any questions/types of vocabulary

A quiz with seven questions regarding. Some nice points for Discussion - georgaphy, politics, immigration, history etc. Enjoy!

A powerpoint which explains how weil works in german and how it changes word order. Class whiteborrd examples then a worksheet to print from the powerpoint :)

Just a simple set of flashcards for countries in German and Spanish