I have been experimenting and have taught German tenses using a pictorial, dual-coding method which I have found more successful that normal “text book” ways. This is still explicit grammar teaching of the tenses, but it does away with the wordy grammar terms which don’t stick in students memory, but conveys the sentence structure in picture form. I have found this incredibly useful by embedding this into the language of the classroom e.g. “we are creating sandwich and car sentences”, which helps with student self error-correction too e.g. “how do you make a sandwich sentence again?” Each tense is made of 3 ingredients which form a whole picture sandwich and car (for past: not moving and moving), fortune cookie (for future) and bed (for conditional). There is a PowerPoint to explain the concept and a sentence builder so students can follow the pattern straight away.

Here are three classroom Target Language Sentence Builders in French, German and Spanish. They could be printed and put on tables or stuck in students’ books.

This is a lesson to develop the GCSE Speaking exam element of the role play. There includes a whole class role play activity. Pupils meet a carry out a job interview on others. There are 7 different scenarios where they are a boss. This resource gets every pupil involved and practicing language. The whole-lesson PowerPoint guides pupils through the dialog in preparation for the whole-class activity. There is also a role play card example as a plenary.

This is a lesson to develop the GCSE Speaking exam element of the role play. There includes a whole class role play activity. Pupils go to different hotels around the classroom and ask for the price of different rooms based on if they want a single or a double,the date and the length of stay. They then need to ask when breakfast is. Pupils can check their answers by adding up the prices and times. This resource gets every pupil involved and practicing real-world language. The whole-lesson PowerPoint guides pupils through the dialog in preparation for the whole-class activity. There is also a role play card example as a plenary. Enjoy!

This is a lesson to develop the GCSE Speaking exam element of the role play. There includes a whole class role play activity. Pupils go to different airlines around the classroom and ask for the price of different tickets based on if they want a return flight, baggage or food on-board. They then need to visit check in and find out when their flight departs. This resource gets every pupil involved and practicing real-world language. The whole-lesson PowerPoint guides pupils through the dialog in preparation for the whole-class activity. There is also a role play card example as a plenary. Pupils also complete their own passport and use it during the role play. Enjoy!

This is a reading exercise where pupils find out about different cities in Europe. They match the descriptions with the pictures and then guess the name of the city from the map. Enjoy!

Do not purchase - This is part of the GCSE German Vocabulary Bundle. This is only 1 part of 8. You will not receive the full resource by purchasing this. Click here to buy the full vocabulary book with accompanying recordings:

Do not purchase - This is part of the GCSE German Vocabulary Bundle. This is only 1 part of 8. You will not receive the full resource by purchasing this. Click here to buy the full vocabulary book with accompanying recordings:

Do not purchase - This is part of the GCSE German Vocabulary Bundle. This is only 1 part of 8. You will not receive the full resource by purchasing this. Click here to buy the full vocabulary book with accompanying recordings:

Do not purchase - This is part of the GCSE German Vocabulary Bundle. This is only 1 part of 8. You will not receive the full resource by purchasing this. Click here to buy the full vocabulary book with accompanying recordings:

Do not purchase - This is part of the GCSE German Vocabulary Bundle. This is only 1 part of 8. You will not receive the full resource by purchasing this. Click here to buy the full vocabulary book with accompanying recordings:

Do not purchase - This is part of the GCSE German Vocabulary Bundle. This is only 1 part of 8. You will not receive the full resource by purchasing this. Click here to buy the full vocabulary book with accompanying recordings:

Do not purchase - This is part of the GCSE German Vocabulary Bundle. This is only 1 part of 8. You will not receive the full resource by purchasing this. Click here to buy the full vocabulary book with accompanying recordings:

Do not purchase - This is part of the GCSE German Vocabulary Bundle. This is only 1 part of 8. You will not receive the full resource by purchasing this. Click here to buy the full vocabulary book with accompanying recordings:

This is a guide for any pupil taking GCSE German. I wanted a small 'survival kit' guide that could slot into a pupil's folder or book that they can reference whenever they are attempting a writing task. This is specifically designed for the new GCSE and I wanted to set the bar at a grade 5. Basically, if a pupil follows the guide accurately, they could achieve a 5/6 in the new GCSE. I have printed it as A5. On one side there are easily useable phrases in the present, pas and future, time phrases, connectives, opinions and comparisons. On the reverse is an example Foundation 16 mark question with an exemplar answer. With this is a "foundation checklist" which pupils can also do whenever they are completing a writing. Show your pupils how you can use both sides to ensure a 5 at GCSE. Enjoy!

This is a worksheet and guide to using modal verbs in the past, present and future tenses. Enjoy!

Here is an activity for all age ranges learning the different body parts. Print off the body parts cards and stick them around the room. Pupils get the skeleton that they have to label using the clues. Rewards can be given for quickest. Extension activity to find plurals in a dictionary. Enjoy!

A writing frame to help pupils describe their dream house in the conditional tense. Enjoy!

Two resources on adjectives based around emojis. One is a table where pupils must use a dictionary to find the adjectives and the second is a crossword puzzle for them to fill in. There is also a bonus verb word search in the puzzle Enjoy!