Planned as an interview lesson for a Year 9 top set, this lesson focuses on expressing school rules using modal verbs, with ‘zu’ clauses as an extension for the most able.
Included is the lesson handout in both .doc and .pdf formats, as well as a .ppt presentation and a full lesson plan.
A really useful resource for showing students how to use formal essay language to get their point across in A Level German essays. This is the hardest element of the new A Level - both to teach and for students to do themselves. This resource provides a crucial stepping stone between knowing the work of literature really well, and constructing a sound answer in essay form.
To use each sentence-builder, simply choose an option from each box moving from left to right.
Ideas for use by students:
orally, give students English sentences to translate into German (stick to options given in full in the tables to familiarise them with what they contain)
write short paragraphs in English mixing simple sentences stating events with sentences built from the sentence-builders - students then translate into English.
give students a target when writing an essay to include a certain number of sentences (e.g. 5) made from the sentence-builders. On their subsequent essay encourage them to use the sentence-builders but to choose different verbs (i.e. if they used betont, behauptet, gezeigt, illustriert, tell them these ones are now banned, which should encourage more advanced verbs like darauf hingewiesen, vermittelt.
Three self-contained worksheets focusing on the most important vocabulary for the new Edexcel A Level German topics from Theme 4 (Die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands):
Die Gesellschaft in der DDR vor der Wiedervereinigung
Ereignisse vor der Wiedervereinigung
Deutschland seit der Wiedervereinigung
Perfect for introducing the topics, as a quick lesson-starter, or as an independent/homework task. The same lists could be used to set a subsequent vocabulary test, and are an excellent starting point for more in-depth revision.
Included in all worksheets is a carefully selected vocabulary list, followed by five exercises to aid learning of the vocabulary. The worksheets are included in editable .doc format, as well as an easily printable .pdf. Answers and ideas for further use of this vocabulary list are on the second page of each document.
If you like this resource, spot any errors, or have any feedback as to how it might be improved, please let me know - worksheets for Edexcel A Level Themes 1, 2 and 3 are already available, and a bundle of all four is also available!
Self-contained worksheet focusing on the most important vocabulary for the topics from AQA A Level German Theme 4 (Aspects of political life in the German-speaking World):
10. Deutschland und die EU,
11. Politik und die Jugend,
12. Die Wiedervereinigung und ihre Folgen.
The worksheets each contain a handpicked vocabulary list, followed by four exercises to aid learning of this vocabulary. All worksheets are included in editable .doc format, as well as an easily printable .pdf. Suitable for a quick starter or revision activity, or to encourage students to find creative ways to learn vocabulary.
If you like this resource, try the vocabulary worksheets for Themes 1, 2 and 3 too, or get the bundle of all four - feedback welcomed!
A double-sided worksheet (file makes two A5 double-sided sheets) revising family members, adverbs of frequency and adjectives describing personality. Sentence-builders demonstrate how to compare family members - ends with a fairly amusing opportunity to say things like 'my mum is funnier than your mum!'; And a double-sided lesson of sentence builders describing your own family. Both suitable for lower sets.
Contains worksheets for all four Themes (including all 12 topics) for AQA A Level German.
Each worksheet contains a list of handpicked topical vocabulary, followed by four exercises aimed at familiarising students with this vocabulary.
All worksheets are included in an easily editable .doc format, as well as an easily printable .pdf format.
29% saving on buying each pack individually!
2 lessons: in lesson 1, students learn 9 different shops. This lesson is full of AfL as the students set their own targets for learning these phrases during the lesson. In lesson 2, students use these phrases in sentences to describe what you buy where. Again, lots of practice and AfL techniques with a thumbs-up/down quiz to finish. Great for year 8.
Lesson introducing rooms in the house, including a guessing-game for the starter, a match-up, a reading activity, battleships for speaking practice (handout version is already available on TES), a longer reading activity and an ongoing dictionary task as an extension activity. Successfully used as an interview lesson!
Edexcel GCSE German Revision Quickies:
Vocabulary list and four accompanying worksheets for students preparing for Edexcel GCSE German.
Theme 1: Identity and culture
Subtheme: Who am I? (relationships; when I was younger; what my friends and family are like; what makes a good friend; interests; socialising with friends and family; role models)
Using this pack:
These worksheets are perfect for independent work as they recycle the same set of vocabulary used in Worksheet 1, and answers are included.
They could be used to kickstart revision, giving students a starting point for vocabulary learning which relates directly to the exam. Students could use the vocabulary lists to first assess their own vocabulary knowledge (by testing themselves or a partner, and ticking known vocabulary off).
Teachers may wish to use these worksheets throughout normal teaching after finishing delivery of each theme/subtheme, or synoptically to assess knowledge or provide a framework for revision.
This is a brilliant aspect of German to revise with your students ahead of their GCSE exams, or indeed to introduce at any point in the GCSE course. Resource contains:
List of 32 pairs of opposite adjectives (e.g. hot/cold, happy/sad) split into 3 increasingly difficult blocks. These have been handpicked from the GCSE syllabus for AQA/Edexcel/CIE.
List of 32 sets of synonymous words (e.g. brilliant/amazing/great, delicious/tasty) split into 3 increasingly difficult blocks.
Some ideas of how these two lists might be integrated into your lessons and students’ independent revision.
Set of 6 differentiated match-up activities based on the opposite adjective pairs.
Set of 6 differentiated match-up activities based on the synonymous sets of words.
Included is an easily printable .pdf as well as an editable .doc document.
I hope this resource helps your students. Feedback is, as ever, welcomed!
Three self-contained worksheets focusing on the most important vocabulary for topics from Theme 1 of the AQA A Level German specification (Aspects of German-speaking Society):
Familie im Wandel,
die digitale Welt,
Jugendkultur: Musik, Mode und Fernsehen.
For all worksheets there is a selected vocabulary list, followed by four exercises to aid learning of this vocabulary. Both worksheets are included in editable .doc format, as well as an easily printable .pdf.
If you like this resource, try the vocabulary for Themes 2, 3 and 4 too - feedback welcomed!
Self-contained worksheet focusing on the most important vocabulary for the topics from AQA A Level German Theme 3 (Multiculturalism in German-speaking Society):
7. Einwanderung,
8. Integration,
9. Rassismus.
The worksheets each contain a handpicked vocabulary list, followed by four exercises to aid learning of this vocabulary. Both worksheets are included in editable .doc format, as well as an easily printable .pdf. Suitable for a quick starter or revision activity, or to encourage students to find creative ways to learn vocabulary.
If you like this resource, try the vocabulary worksheets for Themes 1, 2 and 4 too, or buy the bundle of all four - feedback welcomed!
A really solid introduction to the passive voice (and another of my successful interview lessons)! Warning: many example sentences are based on recipes for e.g. Lebkuchen/Gluehwein - do not teach this on an empty stomach!
There is enough for two lessons here, or perhaps one lesson and a homework.
First lesson: focus is on UNDERSTANDING the passive voice, in the present tense only. Agents using 'von' are also touched upon. (.ppt and handout 1)
Second lesson: the focus turns now to using the passive in a range of tenses: present, imperfect and perfect. This worksheet provides systematic practice in the style of a real-life situation.
Four self-contained worksheets focusing on the most important vocabulary for the new Edexcel AS/A Level German topics from Theme 1 (Gesellschaftliche Entwicklung in Deutschland):
Natur und Umwelt,
Bildung,
Die Welt der Arbeit (in two parts)
Perfect for introducing the topics, as a quick lesson-starter, or as an independent/homework task. The same lists could be used to set a subsequent vocabulary test, and are an excellent starting point for more in-depth revision.
Included in all worksheets is a carefully selected vocabulary list, followed by five exercises to aid learning of the vocabulary. The worksheets are included in editable .doc format, as well as an easily printable .pdf. Answers and ideas for further use of this vocabulary list are on the second page of the documents.
If you like this resource, or have any feedback as to how it might be improved, please let me know - worksheets for all the other Edexcel topics for all 4 themes are in progress!
Three self-contained worksheets focusing on the most important vocabulary for the AQA A Level German Theme 2 (Artistic culture in the German-speaking world) topics:
4. Feste und Traditionen,
5. Kunst und Architektur,
6. Das Berliner Kulturleben damals und heute.
For all worksheets there is a carefully selected vocabulary list, followed by four exercises to aid learning of this vocabulary. All 3 worksheets are included in editable .doc format, as well as an easily printable .pdf.
If you like this resource, try the vocabulary worksheets for Themes 1, 3 and 4, or try the bundle of all four - feedback welcomed!
Comprehensive sheet to prepare students for speaking/writing assessment, including Languages Ladder to show students specifically what they need to do/how to improve. The ladder is particularly useful for quickly setting very specific targets.
Using the freely available SAMs and past papers for 2017 and 2018, I have created this comprehensive list of essay questions on the literary texts/films set by AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas/WJEC.
Use the filters at the top of each column (click the little downward arrow) to show only questions for the texts you teach, and you can easily create a list of past paper questions to give to students. This makes it easy for you to set essay tasks, and when the time comes, for students to complete their own revision essays.
If you found this resource useful, please leave a comment - would you like me to create a version which includes the suggested content from the markschemes too?
text (from http://www.mitmischen.de/diskutieren/topthemen/politikfeld_bildung/studiengebuehren/streitgespraech/index.jsp) with activities for AS students!