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Revising the topic of festivals (Christmas)

This resource is about donating at Christmas rather than giving gifts, and how donations can help humanitarian organisations such as MSF. It is designed for GCSE students, but could also be used as an introductory task for A-Level students on the topic of Feste und Traditionen – ihre soziale und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung heute. We also have a GCSE Spanish resource on this topic. The resource has been created by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) using our authentic materials. Teachers are encouraged to review and select content and activities to best match their students’ needs.

1 listening activity for GCSE German on the subject of Christmas. Audio taken from: https://audio-lingua.eu/?lang=en

This resource is about donating at Christmas rather than giving gifts, and how donations can help humanitarian organisations such as MSF. It is designed for GCSE students, but could also be used as an introductory task for A-Level students on the topic of Tradiciones y costumbres. We also have a GCSE German resource on this topic. The resource has been created by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) using our authentic materials. Teachers are encouraged to review and select content and activities to best match their students’ needs.

Fun activity to do at the end of term (takes around 30 minutes)- students watch a series of German christmas adverts, awarding a score and a comment for each using the worksheet provided. At the end of the lesson, vote for the best advert!

Quiz suitable for fun end of year or Christmas lessons Accessible for a good KS3 class or perhaps a foundation GCSE class All questions are in German, but use the simplest language possible. Where relevant, I have included the English translation of 1-2 keywords on the same slide. There are five rounds, each with eight questions. All questions are somehow related to the German-speaking world: Geography, Who am I?, Culture and traditions, True or false + History There is one tiebreaker question Answers are included on a separate slide after each round The quiz is available as a .pptx and .pdf file This is a free sample of the quiz which shows the structure, design and one question from each round. The full quiz with all 41 questions is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12870358

8 creative questions for a German end of year quiz or Christmas quiz. Can also be used as lesson starters, or as an activity mid-lesson to re-engage pupils. Answers are available in the speaker notes section (scroll down if needed)! This is a free sample of a full resource with 40 questions which is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-german-end-of-year-quiz-12859233 The resource is available as a .pptx file which you are free to edit, or as a PDF.

A fun song gap-fill which I normally use when it’s getting near christmas I am sharing this for free, however if you are able to make a donation, here’s the link to buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/susierb

Christmas song Letzte Weihnacht gapfill

A German Christmas Quiz with 6 different rounds of questions and one on going round where the children have to find as many German words from the phrase: Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr! I usually use this with my Year 7 classes but has been enjoyed by classes in different year groups that are new to me.

complete lesson including exam style questions, interactive games and vocab practice

This PPT introduces some facts about Christmas traditions in Germany as a multiple choice-style quiz. At the end of the PPT, there is then an advent calendar-style game about the facts and vocab.

In this bundle you will find revision mats on -Celebrations & Christmas Self, family and relationships Eating out Music Technology & Social Media Marriage Sport TV and cinema On each topics there are examples of definite delights, attention-grabbing adjectives, showstoppers, the perfect, future and conditional tenses. I have frequently included key questions too.

This is a quick sentence builder to allow students to discuss what they did/ have done in the (Christmas) holidays. It is designed to be a 10-15 min activities which requires input from the teacher. Ideally, students will have some experience of the past/ perfect tense before they see this. I would suggest a little bit of modelling to begin with i.e. take them through the sentence forms which go form left to right. You could use mini white boards to build up, practise and reinforce the sentences. I will be using this with Y9,10, 11 I hope this is useful to my fellow German teachers.

Why are our Bilingual songs for kids the best? These fun & funky rhymes have been carefully chosen and written, with English cleverly interwoven to support understanding Sung at just the right speed and pitch by native singers with careful articulation to ensure teachers and children can follow and learn ** BILINGUAL BRAINS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE!** Our MP3 songs & worksheets are part of our primary school French, Spanish, German & Italian collection. We have other tracks and resources to help children learn greetings, numbers up to 1000, the alphabet, days of the week, months, birthdays, family members, animals, colours and more! **THIS LISTING This listing is for:** 1 x MP3 digital song download of ‘5 Days of Christmas’ in Spanish; 1 x Spanish pronunciation chart (digital download) 1 x Spanish ‘5 Days of Christmas’ worksheet (A4, 1 page, PDF digital download) These resources are suitable for primary school aged children (Reception & KS1) and forms part of our Spanish Christmas collection. TEACHING POINTS: This track teaches Spanish Christmas vocabulary and numbers 1-5.

Why are our Bilingual songs for kids the best? These fun & funky rhymes have been carefully chosen and written, with English cleverly interwoven to support understanding Sung at just the right speed and pitch by native singers with careful articulation to ensure teachers and children can follow and learn BILINGUAL BRAINS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE! Our MP3 songs & worksheets are part of our primary school French, Spanish, German & Italian collection. We have other tracks and resources to help children learn greetings, numbers up to 1000, the alphabet, days of the week, months, birthdays, family members, animals, colours and more! THIS LISTING This listing is for: 1 x MP3 digital song download of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ in Spanish; 1 x Spanish pronunciation chart (digital download) 1 x Spanish ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ worksheet (A4, 1 page, PDF digital download) These resources are suitable for primary school aged children (Reception & KS1) and forms part of our Spanish Christmas collection. TEACHING POINTS: This track teaches a traditional Spanish Christmas song of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’.

Why are our Bilingual songs for kids the best? These fun & funky rhymes have been carefully chosen and written, with English cleverly interwoven to support understanding Sung at just the right speed and pitch by native singers with careful articulation to ensure teachers and children can follow and learn ** BILINGUAL BRAINS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE!** Our MP3 songs & worksheets are part of our primary school French, Spanish, German & Italian collection. We have other tracks and resources to help children learn greetings, numbers up to 1000, the alphabet, days of the week, months, birthdays, family members, animals, colours and more! **THIS LISTING This listing is for:** 1 x MP3 digital song download of ‘5 Days of Christmas’ in French; 1 x French pronunciation chart (digital download) 1 x French ‘5 Days of Christmas’ worksheet (A4, 1 page, PDF digital download) These resources are suitable for primary school aged children (Reception & KS1) and forms part of our French Christmas collection. TEACHING POINTS: This track teaches French Christmas vocabulary and numbers 1-5.

Why are our Bilingual songs for kids the best? These fun & funky rhymes have been carefully chosen and written, with English cleverly interwoven to support understanding Sung at just the right speed and pitch by native singers with careful articulation to ensure teachers and children can follow and learn BILINGUAL BRAINS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE! Our MP3 songs & worksheets are part of our primary school French, Spanish, German & Italian collection. We have other tracks and resources to help children learn greetings, numbers up to 1000, the alphabet, days of the week, months, birthdays, family members, animals, colours and more! THIS LISTING This listing is for: 1 x MP3 digital song download of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ in French; 1 x French pronunciation chart (digital download) 1 x French ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ worksheet (A4, 1 page, PDF digital download) These resources are suitable for primary school aged children (Reception & KS1) and forms part of our French Christmas collection. TEACHING POINTS: This track teaches a traditional French Christmas song of ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’.

Why are our Bilingual songs for kids the best? These fun & funky rhymes have been carefully chosen and written, with English cleverly interwoven to support understanding Sung at just the right speed and pitch by native singers with careful articulation to ensure teachers and children can follow and learn BILINGUAL BRAINS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE! Our MP3 songs & worksheets are part of our primary school French, Spanish, German & Italian collection. We have other tracks and resources to help children learn greetings, numbers up to 1000, the alphabet, days of the week, months, birthdays, family members, animals, colours and more! THIS LISTING This listing is for: 1 x MP3 digital song download of ‘Sleeping Reindeers’ in French; 1 x French pronunciation chart (digital download) 1 x French ‘Sleeping Reindeers’ worksheet (A4, 1 page, PDF digital download) These resources are suitable for primary school aged children (Reception & KS1) and forms part of our French Christmas collection. TEACHING POINTS: This track teaches a fun Christmas song (a take on Sleeping Bunnies but with a Christmas Twist) - good for party games!

Why are our Bilingual songs for kids the best? These fun & funky rhymes have been carefully chosen and written, with English cleverly interwoven to support understanding Sung at just the right speed and pitch by native singers with careful articulation to ensure teachers and children can follow and learn BILINGUAL BRAINS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE! Our MP3 songs & worksheets are part of our primary school French, Spanish, German & Italian collection. We have other tracks and resources to help children learn greetings, numbers up to 1000, the alphabet, days of the week, months, birthdays, family members, animals, colours and more! THIS LISTING This listing is for: 1 x MP3 digital song download of ‘Santa Claus’ in Spanish; 1 x Spanish pronunciation chart (digital download) 1 x Spanish ‘Santa Claus’ worksheet (A4, 1 page, PDF digital download) These resources are suitable for primary school aged children (Reception & KS1) and forms part of our Spanish Christmas collection. TEACHING POINTS: This track teaches a traditional French Christmas song of Freres Jacques but with a fun Christmas Spanish twist!