A 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces lots of clothing vocabulary (along with the gender) and there is some translation (into English and then into German) to practise simple sentences. There is a listening/gap fill activity, before the grammar information about adjectival endings. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about their school uniform. This is lesson 29 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the structure of the German school system and there’s a video from YouTube to watch. It then introduces the vocabulary for lots of areas within a school (e.g. canteen, playground, staff room etc.), and invites students to put these words into simple descriptive sentences. There is then a reading activity and a listening activity to practise this vocabulary. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about the school they go to. This is lesson 30 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 16-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces several sports and activities and there’s a quick video to introduce “Handball”. It then practises the sports and hobbies with a simple listening exercise. There is then some work on conjugating verbs (“spielen” and “gehen”), before some translations into English and into German. After a little more listening practice and a recap of key facts, there’s a short writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 32 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 21-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then recaps two ways to state opinions (“Ich liebe/mag/hasse…” and “Ich finde es…”) before introducing a third way: “am liebsten”/“lieber”/"(gar) (nicht) (sehr) gern". There is then a listening activity based on “Ich finde…” sentences and a video about football. After that is a “spot the mistakes” activity and a conversation to practise in pairs. There is then a translation into English and into German and then information on why giving opinions and reasons is important (in the context of the GCSE mark scheme). There is then an introduction to “weil”, “da”, and “denn” and some practice with a dice game. It ends with a recap of key facts and a short writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 33 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

An 18-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then practises some sports with a quick reading activity and then introduces some frequency phrases (e.g. “every day”, “at the weekend”, “three times per week” etc.). There is then a longer reading comprehension activity (included), and lots of information and practice about putting the verb as the second idea. There is a recap of key facts before a writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 34 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces new “hobby” phrases (e.g. “I go into town”, “I listen to music” etc.) There is then a recap of what is meant by “conjugation” and a grid to fill in of sport/hobby regular verbs. It then introduces irregular verbs with another grid to fill in. After that, there are three listening exercises and then translations into English and into German. There is then a recap of using “gern”, “lieber” etc. in sentences and some practice of that in the first and third person - including a comprehension sheet. There is a recap of key facts before a writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 35 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 24-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It starts by introducing 12 new items of “favourite” vocab (e.g. “favourite food”, "“favourite film”, “favourite subject” etc.) with a listening exercise, along with a recap of what a compound noun is. There are some comprehension activities to see the “favourite” vocab in action, and then information about saying “my”, “your”, “his” and “her”. It is followed by a writing activity for students to practise the new grammar. It ends with a tangled translation, in which students need to separate the German and the English and write both out fully. At the end is a recap of key facts. This is lesson 36 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then asks students to brainstorm days of the week, activities, opinion adjectives, and times by way of an introduction. There is then an example “invitations” dialogue and a listening exercise to pull out the main facts. There are then some comprehension activities (unjumble the sentences, correct the mistakes, and translation into English and into German and a listening exercise to pull out the day, the activity and the time. It ends with ordering a dialogue and then copying or creating an individual “invitations” dialogue. This is lesson 37 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 13-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It starts with a short “hook” video about “Sommerrodeln” and asks students to form their opinion on it. There is then a match-up activity for adventure sports, like mountain biking, white water rafting, canoing etc. There is then a short explanation of the word “man” and “Man kann…” is introduced. Students are asked to form sentences using “man kann”. The four seasons are then introduced and students are asked to put these into more “man kann” sentences. It ends with a creative piece of work, in which students are invited to make a brochure for an adventure centre to practise the “man kann” sentences with adventure sports, plus their opinions. This is lesson 38 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 13-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It starts with a recap of what verbs are and a reminder of how to conjugate - especially “wohnen”. It then introduces types of houses (“Einfamilienhaus”, “Reihenhaus” etc.) followed by areas you can live in (“an der Küste”, “auf dem Land” etc.). There is a listening exercise to practise this, before some short translations. There is a “True or False” activity and students should correct the false sentences, and the a little information on the Dative Case. It ends with some information about how to give addresses and phone numbers in German with another listening exercise. This is lesson 39 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 13-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the rooms of the house with a cartoon house with special effects and sounds! There are then two listening exercises to practise the vocab, before a quick reminder of compound nouns and plurals. There is then some information on “es gibt” and using the accusative case after it, as well as information on using “kein”. Afterwards there are some translations and it ends with a written activity asking students to put it all together with opinions and reasons. This is lesson 40 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 14-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It starts with an anagram activity to remind students of the words for some bedroom furniture, then reminds students of the correct words for “the” (at the start of sentences). It then introduces five prepositions (“neben”, “zwischen”, “in”, “auf”, and “unter”), and shows students the Dative Case in action with “a”, “the”, and “my”, with a grid to fill in (included). There then follows lots of practice - multiple choice quizzes, and then tasks asking students to form sentences using the Dative Case, prepositions and furniture. There is a drawing activity to show understanding of the words, a fun “Connect 4” activity where students have to translate phrases from this unit into German, and then a written task asking students to describe the position of the bedroom furniture in their room. This is lesson 43 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

One lesson on the Berlin Wall, which includes: * Spontaneous speaking and/or writing * Historical information * German vocab to do with lifestyles in East and West Germany * Worksheets to bring students up to speed with capitalism, communism and the history of German after WWII * Differentiated resources * Lesson plan

An information sheet about the English to German translation section of the Higher tier Writing exam. It covers an example question and layout, the mark scheme, some general tips, and some basic tense structures.

A list of common exam question types in English and in German for the Reading, Listening, Speaking, and Writing exams.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Listening exam (both tiers). It explains the format of the exam, tips for before, during, and after the exam, some useful questions words and some basic tense structures.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Speaking exam - the Photo Card part. It explains the format of the exam, the mark scheme, some useful questions words, some general tips, and some basic tense structures.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Writing exam - the 40-word essay part (which only appears on the Foundation tier). It explains the format of the exam, information on the word count, the mark scheme, some general tips, some common question vocabulary, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.