A set of sentence builders suitable for year 7 French including: Name Age Birthday Personality Physical description Favourite colour

A full lesson re-capping free time activities, with emphasis as well on word order when you start your sentence with a time phrase. I used this with my year 8 German class when they came back to school after summer break - hence the emphasis on “was machst du in den Sommerferien”! Activities included are: sentence builder starter to answer the register categories retrieval game translation “who is that” listening activity “how many points” structured writing task vocabulary match up grammar practice reading comprehension tangled translation I hope you find this resource useful :)

A set of sentence builders on the topic of food and drink, suitable for year 7 students, including: Opinions on food and drink What you normally eat/drink for breakfast

A set of sentence builders on the topic of film, TV and books, suitable for year 8 students, including: Film preferences Favourite film Cinema (past tense) Wollen + films TV preferences Favourite TV show Reading preferences Reading habits Screen time

A set of sentence builders on the topic of holidays, suitable for year 8 German, including: Summer activities Destinations using nach and in Perfect tense holidays + opinions Perfect tense activities Perfect tense transport Perfect tense accommodation Weather Summer vs winter holidays Dream holiday Describing the hotel (es gab)

A frame to support pupils in writing an answer to the question “quelle musique aimes-tu?” They should be encouraged to include further items, such as more complex opinions, the opinions of other people, tenses and negative constructions. This resource was used for homework, for year 9 pupils following Studio AQA GCSE Foundation, module 2, page 37.

A role play about ordering in a restaurant for year 10 pupils, following Stimmt AQA GCSE (Higher) Kapitel 5 (Ich liebe Wien), Activity 9, page 103. Pupils see a sample dialogue, then create their own in pairs or threes. This includes ordering three courses, complaining about something and a ‘solutuion’ (e.g. never returning, speaking to the manager, not paying). They can then perform in front of the class, and other members can translate what was said during the role play (e.g. reporting back what they ordered or what the problem was).

A mat of important, high frequency phrases either to be stuck into books or printed and placed on desks to encourage target language use in the classroom.

A set of sentence builders on the topic of holidays, suitable for year 7 students, including: Where you normally go Transport Accommodation Weather Activities Future tense holidays Future tense activities

A role play about booking a hotel room for year 10 pupils, following Stimmt AQA GCSE (Higher) Kapitel 5 (Ich liebe Wien) Pupils see a sample dialogue, then create their own in pairs. The include types of rooms, amenities, times and opinions. They can then perform in front of the class, and other members can translate what was said during the role play.

Writing prompts with support vocabulary to support revision for the end of module writing test of module 3 (mon identité) in Studio 2 (Rouge). Pupils work in pairs to draft answers to the prompt questions, giving as much detail as they can. Support vocabulary down the side can give them further ideas of what to include.

A frame to support pupils in writing an answer to the question “Qu’est-ce que tu as fait la semaine dernière?” They should be encouraged to include further items, such as more complex opinions, the opinions and actions of other people, tenses and negative constructions. This resource was used with year 9 pupils following Studio AQA GCSE Foundation, module 2, page 40-41.

A set of sentence builders on the topic of house and home, suitable for year 7 students, including: Where you live Compass Types of houses Describing houses Rooms in the house Prepositions Favourite room

A logic puzzle where pupils must choose dishes to order for themselves and their friends whilst taking into account allergies, preferences and requests. A solution sheet is included. I have used this resource with classes from year 8 to year 10 (more vocabulary support must be given to lower years). Pupils must read the three texts from their ‘friends’ and decide what to order from the provided menu based on what they can, cannot, would and would not like to eat. This activity practices fits nicely in Stimmt! Module 5, unit 4 (Ein Wiener Schnitzel, Bitte) as the menu is based around Viennese specialities.

A set of sentence builders on the topic of town, suitable for year 7 students, including: Places in town Opinion of town

A lesson summarising holidays in the perfect tense. I used this with my year 8 German group to solidify all of the work we had done on the perfect tense. Activities in this lesson include: Sentence builder to answer the register with Retrieval race starter activity Perfect Tense verb conjugation grid Rock climbing translation Supported dictation (English is given) Words to pictures reading comprehension / writing task Spend your cards speaking activity 40 word writing task I hope you find this lesson useful :)

I saw the AVOCADOS idea in French on Facebook ages ago, and created a German version :) Includes more ‘interesting’ vocabulary to help students include more variety in their work.

An introduction to the perfect tense with sein, in the topic of holidays. This lesson follows on from teaching the regular perfect tense, and some key verbs in the imperfect tense. I used this with my year 8 German classes. Activities in this lesson include: Sentence builder starter to answer the register Perfect tense error correction an introduction to the perfect tense with sein habe vs bin grammar gap fill perfect tense with sein sentence builder translation task “who wants to be a millionaire” translation plenary I hope you find this resource useful :)

A set of sentence builders on the topic of sport, suitable for year 7 French students, including: Frequency Favourite sport opinions on sport

A set of sentence builders suitable for year 7 students on the topic of family, including: How many members Names Describing personality Relationships Pets Pets (conditional)

A full lesson teaching the names of some countries and how you travel. This lesson also bring in elements of time - manner - place, and could lead to a discussion of the dative case after mit (or just teach mit dem Zug etc. as a chunk like I did!) I used this lesson with Y8 German to begin the holidays topic, but I have used several elements of this (like the map) with Y10 German alongside the Stimmt chapter on holidays. Activities include: Sentence builder starter to answer the register Map shading task learning the names of 12 countries learning 6 modes of transport listening bingo vocabulary check point listening comprehension activity (sentences in notes section of the slide) structured writing task using time - manner - place plenary vocabulary challenge I hope you find this resource useful!