A 16-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity and then tests the greetings vocabulary covered so far. It then introduces the numbers up to 12 and the “age” vocab. There is a listening exercise included. It ends with a brief introduction to “sein” and a table to fill in (included). Please note: There is a reference to the Linguascope worksheet to practise the numbers up to 12, which I am unable to share as it’s protected by Copyright. Also included is a “sein” grid to fill in and a “sein” worksheet. This is lesson 5 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

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 1.1F - Familie und Freunde for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 1.1H - Meine Leute und ich for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity to practise previous German content covered and then recaps colours. It then talks through hair and eye colours, plus hair styles and lengths, and practises these with a listening activity. There is then some extra vocabulary (“beard”, “moustache”, “glasses” and “bald head” and it ends with a writing activity in the first and third person. Note: There is reference to a Lingascope worksheet, which I can’t share for Copywrite reasons. This is lesson 21 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 the Knowledge Organiser for this topic (included), and then introduces lots of school subjects in German and introduces the idea of stating opinions (with “Ich liebe”, “Ich mag (nicht)” and “Ich hasse”. There is then a sentence builder with intensifiers and reasons, and a couple of listening exercises to practise this. It then introduces the idea of saying what “he” and “she” like/don’t like and it ends with a writing exercise state opinions and reasons in the first and third person. Please note that there is a reference to a Linguascope worksheet, which I can’t share due to Copyright. This is lesson 26 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

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 3.1H - Nun heißt’s lernen! for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 2.2F - Glück und Gesundheit for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 1.2F - (Lebensweisen und Lebensbeziehungen for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: 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 introduces 11 new “characteristics” words and practises them with listening exercises. There is then a reminder about intensifiers before an explanation of using the correct word for “my” to talk about other people, like family members (a grid to fill in is also included). There is then some translation work, followed by some frequency phrases. It ends with an extended writing piece about characteristics. This is lesson 19 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 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

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 1.1 - Relationship with Family and Friends. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Haben and sein”, “Regular and irregular verbs in the present tense”, and “Reflexive verbs in the present tense”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 3.1F - Eine gute Ausbildung for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 3.1G - Schulzeit for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 2.1F - Wir essen gern! for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 2.1H - Ein gesundes Leben for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All students start with “Starting Sheet” and have the homework one week to memorise the full sheet. The sheet has lots of key verbs and three tense sentences for each verb. In the next lesson, all students get Round 1. They have to fill in the gaps. If the student reaches the pass mark, they are on to Round 2 the following week. If not, they complete Round 1 again until they pass. (Homework can be to revise from Starting Sheet every week.) It gets more difficult each week until Round 10, in which they’re filling in the full German and English sentences in different tenses.

A presentation to guide beginners through strategies to working out new German words as a confidence booster. Mentions similarity to English, prior knowledge, visual clues, and common sense. Also talks about its similarity to English, cognates, loan words, Ends with an activity asking students to put these tips into practice by translating the classroom talk phrases. They can then stick these on the inside of the cover of their book and use the phrases over the year. The PowerPoint and worksheet will need to be edited to reflect your school’s reward name. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger