Revision of useful phrases relating to asking the way and understanding directions. followed by a look at the formal versus the informal imperatives of four key verbs. This sets the students up for a playscript in which heart-throb Harry Styles has to ask the way to the station, having been given his marching orders by Taylor Swift. The script then becomes the basis for a writing task.
Text about what data you should and should not include in your Facebook profile, what can happen to, or because of, the data that is there, and how to change your settings. Text is followed by a 'Find the phrase' exercise, a text manipulation exercise, an extended speaking task, a bit of grammar (modals), and a writing task.
9 images and short speculative texts relating to travel in the future, which act as a springboard for class discussion. Used it with my Year 12s. The first slide acts as a homepage for the activity. Students pick a number and are hyperlinked to a slide.
This is an edited version of Kiffen und Komasaufen, which I uploaded previously. This version has been altered to suit the needs of my AS class. The text is followed by a richtig/falsch/nicht im Text exercise, questions in German, a 'find the phrase' activity, a translation into German of English language data regarding the situation in the UK, and a writing activity in which students must then compare and contrast the data from both countries.
The worksheet features (i) a dialogue between a hotel manager and a disgruntled guest, regarding items in a room which are all in the wrong place (ii) questions in English prompting students to analyse and explain the changes in the definite article after the prepositions an, auf, unter and in.
Slide 1 acts as a homepage for the activity. Students choose a number and are hyperlinked to one of the following nine slides. Each of these slides features a character from the Hunger Games plus on-slide support to help students say something about the character. Able students could use the support as a starting point for extended observations.
Text about the use and spread of Crystal Meth in German followed by AS-style questions in German. This is a less edited version of an authentic text I've previously used and uploaded to TES as a GCSE text.
Nine images of Marvel characters for students to describe. The first slide acts as a homepage for the presentation. Students choose an number and a clicl wiill hyperlink them to an image of a Marvel superhero / mutant to describe. Each slide has an on-screen toolkit to help students form suitable sentences.
Playscript practising transactional language relating to the changing of foreign curency. In this unlikely scenario Darth Vader changes some money in a bank, then returns later to rob it, but is foiled by the quick thinking of Austin Powers ...
Two texts in which Wallace & Gromit and Bruce Wayne é Selina Kyle describe their plans for a trip around the world. The texts are followed by a true/false exercise in German and a writing task.
Five authentic blogs about pets written by relatively young native-speakers.( I've changed the names of the writers and the pets.) The texts are followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises and a little bit of grammar.
Text about the legal rights and responsibilities of 16-18 year olds in Germany.
The text is followed by (i) step by step guidance on how to convert the facts into sentences and then into opinions (ii) practice in expressing opinions.