A lesson focusing on preparing extended answers to questions about birthdays in the IGCSE oral exam. Pupils must identify the structures in my model answers (main verbs, participles, infinitives), and then adapt the answers to create their own.

Writing essays on films is a skill which students often struggle with, and it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly what students need to do to improve their essays and get better marks. This is a sequence of exercises which lead students toward writing their own paragraphs which would score highly in the A Level exams by drawing evidence from the film and analysing it. The exercises will also deepen students' understanding of aspects of the film 'die fetten Jahre sind vorbei', and give them valuable practice of analysing the characters, events and themes of the film. Answers to the exercises are included (but for the full paragraph exercises, clearly many answers are possible).

A selection of progressive exercises introducing 1) some of the most common rules for determining the gender of nouns and 2) the most common ways to pluralise nouns in German. All vocabulary has been selected from (I)GCSE level resources. Both sections include 3 activities which could be used as differentiated work for the same class to do simultaneously.

Full vocabulary glossary for Wladimir Kaminer’s “Russendisko”, currently on the 2016 specifications for AQA AS/A Level and CCEA A Level. Perfect to save busy teachers’ time and energy making vocabulary lists for students. With this vocabulary list, students can read independently and with ease. Format: Vocabulary is given page by page. Included are: an editable booklet in Word format; an easily printable identical version in PDF format an Excel spreadsheet version; the document has already been formatted for printing, so should be simple to use. Suggestions and constructive feedback welcomed!

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.

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 new Edexcel AS/A Level German topics from Theme 2 (Politische und künstlerische Kultur im deutschen Sprachraum): Musik Die Medien Die Rolle von Festen und Traditionen 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 3 and 4 are in progress!

Three self-contained worksheets focusing on the most important vocabulary for the new Edexcel A Level German topics from Theme 3 (Immigration und die deutsche multikulturelle Gesellschaft): Die positive Auswirkung von Integration Die Herausforderungen von Immigration und Integration Die staatliche und soziale Reaktion zur Immigration 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 and 2 are already available, and Theme 4 is in progress!

Series of lessons to equip year 9s to begin their GCSE in French with a sound understanding of the tenses. 3 tenses lesson and knowledge audit is the beginning, then 5 lessons working on the booklets which can then be used when they go into Year 10! Final lesson is peer-assessment. Pupils use the grid to play 'les chaises musicales&' and comment on 5 other booklets.

Similar lesson to 'FAIRE', with a goanimate video - with a focus on forming closed questions. Introducing the class's first irregular verb - present tense only.

Originally an observed lesson (hence the lesson plan) introducing verb conjugation in the present tense to beginners of German. Introduces 7 key verbs through a story, using nouns they've already learnt for phonics (Rachel Hawkes' set of 16 nouns, also featured in Stimmt!1). Plus comprehension exercises and creation of a verb table.

Sequence of 4-5 lessons building towards an oral assessment. Topics: hobbies, housework, pocket money, travel. Grammar: present tense, perfect tense, modal verbs, separable verbs, reflexive verbs, subordinating conjunctions. Lesson 1) All students receive the 2-page handout as a learning aid/revision of syntactic structures studied. The other document is printed out double-sided onto A4 (card if possible) and cut up so each piece has 5 sentences on one side, and the answers on the other. From here it works as a carousel: Everyone has one card, and has 5 minutes (or less) to translate all five sentences. Then one minute to mark (2 marks per sentence - 1 mark up to the /, 1 mark afterwards - if it's not perfect, no mark). Lesson 2) is a series of tasks explained on the ppt. Lesson 3) Is a lesson targeting the students' propensity to forget all about the perfect when on the spot! Ask me if unclear. Lesson 4) Should also be self-explanatory. Lesson 5) (or perhaps the end of lesson 4) was a mock oral exam, using this as a marking grid.

Double-sided resource practising phrases to do with the weather - the reverse side features a weather-forecasting activity!

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!

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!

This is a 7-page document which acts as a short frequency dictionary, tailored specifically to the verbs used in the new GCSE German specifications (it is most closely based on AQA and Edexcel). Verbs are presented in short sections, starting with the most frequently used in Reading/Listening texts. For irregular verbs, key forms are given. For all verbs, sentences putting the verbs in context are provided. This allows learners to 1) see how the verb works in a sentence (perfect for reflexives/separables) and 2) take an educated guess at the meaning. NB modal verbs are not given as a separate section, but are included in very many of the example sentences, reflecting usage in GCSE-level texts. If students are familiar with all the verbs in this document, they will succeed at GCSE.

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!