including:
Christmas themed vocabulary
Christmas market foods + and how to ask for prices + order food
German Christmas traditions (first hand south-west German experience!)
Worksheet on “Der Körper” introducing words such as Der Kopf, Die Schulter, Die Finger…
The words the students have to fill in are in a box at the bottom of the worksheet.
I recommend listening to the song and demonstrating the movements first and then asking the students to fill in the worksheet.
Solutions attached + music recommendation
Introduction to German music with information about various artists + song examples.
Perfect for a lesson before the holidays with a focus on culture!
Extended Task: Choose one of the songs and translate it with the students.
Make a poll with their favourite songs
Easy speaking activity / game.
You need: Copies of the speaking questions,
students in pairs or small groups
some dice.
The students simply roll the dice and answer the matching question.
An easy speaking starter activity for the first lesson after the summer holidays.
Copy the questions and hand a snippet to each students.
You could do another vocab activity beforehand to make sure the students have all the words they need!
Character Cards for students to practice their past tense with holiday related vocabulary.
Students have information about their character, e.g.
Where they went
For how long
How they got there
Activities
They simply have to put the information in the past tense.
Complete lesson introducing the future tense in German
Starter: Vocabulary for summer activities / food / places + weather
Listening on “My plans for the summer”
Grammar Point
Translation Exercise
Dialog
Writing in partner work
Easy German Listening Comprehension:
including transcript for the teacher
including audio file
including comprehension questions
The listening comprehension covers topics such as family, breakfast food, pets and hobbies
German Listening Comprehension on the topic “My schedule” - recorded by a German native speaker.
Material includes:
a worksheet with comprehension questions
the solutions to the worksheet
a script in case you want to read the text to your class
a recording to introduce them to a native German speaker / to get them used to different voices
This material includes for text of personal introductions. The students read the texts and write down keywords.
They are also asked to write a personal description about themselves or someone they know. This can easily be adapted to famous people etc.
material includes four texts of people describing where they come from.
it also includes reading comprehension questions. in part three, the students are asked to write a text about where they come from.