22 quotes in German from the first 45 minutes of the German movie version of the Lord of the Rings. Students have to ascribe the quotes to one of three characters in each case.
This is an activity I did with an improvers class to get them to think a bit about their approach to writing in a foreign language. It could be easily adapted to any language or topic.
This activity based on an article written by Anne Merritt. I have added rogue words and ideas into the original concepts for students to identify and eliminate from the text. They can also be invited to consider what the text should actually say, before you reveal the original script.
A newspaper cartoon about chaos in lessons in some German schools with seven sets of questions designed to get the students to interpret what they see and justify their deductions.
Powerpoint with on-screen help, designed to stimulate and support discussion about (i) what constitutes a uniform (ii) what students think of various school uniforms. This is a more challenging version of something I uploaded previously.
Powerpoint summarising the use of
(i) the Nominative for the Subject
(ii) the Accusative for the Direct Object
(iii) the obligatory use of the Dative after aus, bei, mit etc.
(iv) the elective use of the Dative after an, auf, hinter etc (NB no mention of the possible use of the Accusative with these prepositions at this point).
Designed to support relative beginners in describing their town.
Interview with a headteacher of a school celebrating 18 years as a "Schule ohne Rassismus". The text features authentic details about the school edited into an old AQA resource on the same topic. There are then two reading comprehension activities.
Dialogue for students to act out, in which Dracula repeatedly oversleeps and has to ask Igor what time it is. Perform it to them with the FLA or act out both parts yourself. The hammier the better. Then ask them to practise the dialogue. They can then use the additional lexis at the bottom of the sheet to expand the dialogue, either as an oral improvisation or as a written task.
Interactive drag and drop practice of the 16 countries taking part in Uefa 2012. Pupils have to try to match the name of the goalkeeper to the national team. There are 16 countries in the quiz, but it will select a different set of eight each time you open it. Never the same twice.
The PPT is a stimulus for a bit of spoken practice of the Accusative. The first slide acts as homepage: students select a letter from the homepage and are hyperlinked to a slide; they then have to say create a sentence saying they would like to have/own/but the animal pictured, using the on-screen help to get the Accusative right.
This activity is derived from a Powerpoint on Asking The Way, originally uploaded by sammy_lou710 , but has been re-worked in terms of content and format. I designed it for my Year 8 class to work through independently in the computer suite, but it could be adapted easily to be presented on the IW.
Interactive drag and drop exercise, in which pupils must link the eight parts of speech to examples in German. Will work in the computer suite or on the IW.
Colour coded grammar toolkit to help students formulate sentences such as 'I've got a dog called &'Lumpi&';.' or I used to have cat, called 'Mimi&'.' or 'When I was little, I used to have a cat called &';Mimi'.'