GCSE and iGCSE German revision resources

In order to explain the new structure of the speaking exams, I made a quick powerpoint explaining the different elements.

German GCSE "no frills" revision worksheet based on the vocabulary from "Stimmt! AQA GCSE German Higher" (Kapitel 6), although it could be used with other exam boards and courses. Answers to the tasks are provided so ideal for homework, cover lessons or independent revision. Tasks could be used individually for starters, etc. My guess is that it would be most appropriate for Grade 4-7 students.

This document is in the format of worksheets/ a booklet that can be given to all GCSE students. It is broken down into themes and then into the topics within each theme. For each topic there are 10 translation exercises, as on the Reading Exam. It is contains in total 120 translations of varying lengths and levels of challenge. The translations have been created carefully and are in line with exam board exemplar materials. This could be used by pupils at the end of teaching each topic/ sub-theme in order to test/ check understanding and to practise translation skills or used for wider translation purposes.

A revision activity that can be adapted to practise any grammar structure. Can be used with or without the power point. Students decide in groups whether they think the sentences are grammatically correct and how confident they are of their answer (their bet is based on this). They can "win" a bonus by correcting the sentences that have mistakes in them. If they guess correctly, their bet is a positive score, if they are wrong it is taken away from their total. The team with the highest score wins.

GCSE German - Ping Pong Translations (Partner Work)
Not an orginial idea I'm afraid - read about it on a forum but these sheets are my own.

Give them 10 mins (or less!) to translate the blank column, then swap with a partner and mark/score. The winner in the pair wins a prize (maoam / merit etc.).

An adaptable resource to enable students to prepare for the question and answer element of the speaking test. Students prepare answers on the wheel. There is a sheet of vocabulary and phrases to help them.
The wheel is best printed out on A3 paper to give students ample space to write their responses. It also works best if the students colour-code their responses to match the colour of the question. Teachers can change the questions easily electronically if they prefer to use different questions. At the end of the Technology document there is a photograph example of a completed wheel to share with students by means of an explanation. Important - the final step is to print off a blank pro forma. Students cut it the circle in the middle so they can see the questions and cut it the ‘triangles’ which cover their answers. They can then reveal questions one by one whilst learning, bit by bit for testing or get partners to test chosen segments.
More themes to follow.

Connect 4 - Either use the 1st slide as a template to play using your own questions (click once to insert a red counter, twice for yellow), or click on Fragen to access multiple choice questions on the meaning of common GCSE vocabulary on a variety of topics. Click on the home icon to return to the Connect 4 grid. Click on Antwort to check the answer. If pupils get the question right, click on the appropriate number on the Connect 4 grid to insert the counter - click once for red, twice for yellow. Slides can be edited so you can change the questions to make them more complex if you wish.

Murder Mystery to run alongside Stimmt AQA GCSE Higher/Foundation Chapter 3 “Menschliche Beziehungen”, (some of the tasks would have to be adapted for Stimmt Edexcel.)
Turn a whole chapter into a crime story! This project is intended to complement/ replace exercises from the text book and will link the pages together into one thrilling crime story. My students ask every lessons if they will find out ‘whodunit’, especially as there is a prize for the best detective!
The project should not take up much more time than using the book on its own as some tasks can replace text book tasks and get students to revise the text book vocabulary in a different context.
The topics included:
describing appearance and character
speaking about friendship
family relationships and reasons why you (don’t) get on with each other
weddings and opinions about marriage
separable verbs
future tense
imperfect modal verbs
Includes:
• puzzle, reading, writing, listening, speaking, translation and role play tasks
• film trailer for the project, powerpoint (more than 60 slides) and work booklet (12 pages)
• teacher guidance (hidden in the ppt, can be seen in edit mode)
• activity overview
• answers to all tasks

A student-friendly infographic that can be used as a display or put into books, with the key points from each new GCSE grade.

I designed these German Verbs Dominoes Games, focusing on 99 high-frequency German verbs, because my students love to practise their verb vocab independently. They prefer to have regular opportunities to play the games across the school year - even my more advanced students enjoy revisiting and revising verbs they first encountered a long time ago. I’ve created three differentiated games, so that there are increasing levels of challenge in each game. My students find having a verb reference mat/sheet really useful, and I’ve included two here - both the alphabetical German-English list (Challenge One), and topsy-turvy order (Challenge Two). Challenge Three is English-German.

I do always laminate my dominoes games, because although it’s pretty time-consuming, they are far easier to work and learn with, and last for absolutely years!**

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A lesson that your students will not forget quickly! A spy themed escape room activity in which students need to solve German language related puzzles to get a code to jump from one website to the next in search of the German spy . Ideal as vocab and grammar revision for year 10 or 11 (based on GCSE Stimmt but compatible with other books). Will keep them focused even in the last lesson before the holidays!
It focuses on vocab and research on German food but includes vocab from the topics school and hobbies, and practises word order and past participles.
There is a “digital only” version and a" digital+paper" version. The “digital+paper” version is more fun because it involves the game website and paper puzzles that make the activities more “real”, but requires quite a bit of preparation by the teacher. The “digital only” version only requires one printout can be done last minute.

The resource includes:
Link to “Findet den Spion!” website and introduction video.
Teacher instruction, including how to put together the puzzle items
Teacher answers
Puzzles to print out/Files for digital versions

Based on the model answers for my German Writing Workbook (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-german-gcse-writing-workbook-and-model-answers-11657241) this reading workbook contains 3 reading worksheets for every topic in the new AQA German GCSE syllabus plus answers for every task at the end of the document.
Ideal for reading practice and assessments in Key Stage 4, revision and independent work for Year 11, or extension work for more able Key Stage 3 students. This can also be used for cover lessons with non-specialists as the tasks are straightforward and there are answers.
As well as the Word document, I have included a PDF in case the fonts are not available on certain computers and the formatting therefore doesn’t work properly on the Word doc.
All questions and answers are my own, based on the new specification GCSE reading papers, and the photos are from royalty-free websites and it is all therefore photocopiable.

Higher ability revision sheet for German past tense.

GCSE revision game for the AQA topics of Einkaufen, Ferien & Freizeit

Adapted from a resource that was shared at a new spec GCSE course that I attended last year. I have printed the mats in colour, double-sided and laminated. They have been invaluable for helping to prompt weaker students when describing a photo.

A PowerPoint with all the theme-based vocabulary included in AQA's new specification (8668). It has an interactive menu so you can jump to a specific level (foundation/higher) or different topics.

TOPICS:

1: Identity and culture
1: Me, my family and friends
2: Technology in everyday life
3: Free-time activities
4: Customs and festivals in German-speaking countries/communities

2: Local, national, international and global areas of interest
1: Home, town, neighbourhood and region
2: Social issues
3: Global issues
4: Travel and tourism

3: Current and future study and employment
1: My studies
2: Life at school/college
3: Education post-16
4: Jobs, career choices and ambitions


Source for the vocab list: http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/resources/german/specifications/AQA-8668-SP-2016.PDF

This 8 page workbook explains the different aspects of German word order, i.e. tenses, conjunctions and opinions. This is an ideal resource for learners to complete as revision, homework or cover work.
Suggestions for German words and phrases are given in grid form to enable students to complete the tasks.

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Writing Mat designed to assist students in the writing of the 90 words, 16 mark task, in the new AQA GCSE (1-9). It has lots of useful phrases, verb help, a pupil speak markscheme. Very useful to stick in the front of pupils' books/print out back to back and laminate for use in class. I have found they have gone down very well with the pupils when scaffolding the writing task.

This is a booklet that includes the conversation questions from the Stimmt edexcel higher book. It also contains a checklist so pupils can track the grammar that they've included.

Gives increasingly long, annotated example sentences to show, in a colourful way, all the aspects of word order students of German may need to know. Would suit the full range of students up to KS5 as the longest examples are highly complex and require some knowledge of modal verbs, passive etc

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!

A 52-page workbook with sample writing questions for the new specification German GCSE (AQA), with model answers for every question.
There are 6 sections, for the 6 different question types in the new exam, and each section has a sample question for each sub-topic (with vocab taken from the AQA specification vocab list). There are translations (sentences and paragraphs) from English into German for each sub-topic as well.
This will last students for their entire GCSE course, or can be given in Year 11 for revision.
Can also be split apart and used for assessments in Key Stage 4, as a time-saver for setting homework or in-class writing tasks, or as extension tasks for high-ability Year 9 pupils, to help them get prepared for the GCSE.
Once the students have prepared answers to the longer tasks, they could also be used to help with preparation for the speaking exam.
A free sample of this workbook is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/german-gcse-writing-free-sample-me-my-family-and-friends-11947654
This workbook has been professionally proofread and re-formatted to ensure it is as close as possible to the new GCSE specification.

German Higher GCSE revision worksheet based on the vocabulary from "Stimmt! AQA GCSE German Higher" (Kapitel 3), although it could be used with other exam boards and courses. Answers to the tasks are provided so ideal for homework, cover lessons or independent revision. Tasks could be used individually for starters, etc.