German and French resources for KS3, KS4 and KS5 - tried and tested resources that develop pupils' confidence with a range of learning styles catered for.
German and French resources for KS3, KS4 and KS5 - tried and tested resources that develop pupils' confidence with a range of learning styles catered for.
A few PowerPoints and handouts aimed to help pupils express ideas in the perfect tense, future, as well as conditional.
Useful revision for GCSE pupils
Some translation practice + speaking game (21 dares) - pupils choose to read either 1, 2, or 3 words. Anyone who reads a word by a full stop is out. The last person standing wins.
Word order practice with conjunctions as part of the future tense PPT.
A PowerPoint and accompanying support sheets to explain the difference between the accusative after ‘es gibt’ or ‘ich habe’ vs the dative after prepositions.
One of the slides has a mouse that moves to different places and pupils have to make sentences to explain where the mouse is e.g. Die Maus ist auf dem Bett, die Maus ist vor dem Sofa etc. (vocabulary on screen to help).
Adjective endings in the accusative case explained on a sheet in relation to furniture items for pupils to practise e.g. In meinem Zimmer habe ich einen kleinen Tisch etc.
Colours used to explain the grammatical terms with a view to helping pupils understand the difference between the accusative and dative.
A reminder of how to form the present, passé composé, and near future tenses with regular er verbs. A table with endings provided plus a worksheet to apply this for regular verbs.
Aimed at weaker pupils who struggle with differentiating between tenses and who need to focus on application of endings for regular verbs, rather than irregular or mixed practice.
Media bundle:
An overview of new media types with a focus on the accusative case.
Revision of gern/nicht gern with new media.
Support structures for a speaking (class survey) task
A mini translation into German
A more complex translation (assisted, using the vocabulary from the first slide of the PowerPoint to help with key terms and more importantly word order.
A PowerPoint with questions on a range of topic areas plus supporting structures. This resource was designed to fit around Edexcel IGCSE, but can easily be adapted.
When the PowerPoint is run, a continuous loop starts. Use the back arrow to stop at a random slide - to start again, use the forward arrow.
This board game helps students to practise pets in German in the accusative case. The game works as follows:
Students throw 3 dice simultaneously (or 1 die could be used three times).
First die: student moves to the correct square.
Second die: student says the subject pronoun that corresponds to the number, as shown in the box at the bottom of the board (e.g. if they roll a 1, they would say ‘ich habe’, if they roll a 2, ‘du hast’ etc.).
Third die: student says the adjective ending, ensuring that they apply the correct ending based on the gender of the pet e.g. Ich habe eine kleine Maus.
To help students, each square is colour-coded to match gender i.e. blue - masculine; red - feminine; green - neuter.
There are a few squares that mean students have to go back to the start or miss a go. Students could decide in groups what happens if they make an error e.g. Ich habe EINEN klein Katze’, such as missing a go or moving back 3 squares.
A few PowerPoints and worksheets to support teaching the topic of jobs, either for a higher level year 9 class in the third year of having learnt German, or for (I)GCSE.
Areas covered:
qualities needed for a job
um…zu/wenn/modal verbs
translation skills into English & German with answers on the PowerPoint.
speaking questions on jobs with support structures and tips to support pupil progress/independence of learning.
A series of worksheets with answers (could be used as starter/plenary or as a quick test). Lots of practice of irregular past participles.
Resource no.5 includes ‘war’ + some present tense (freuen).
A worksheet based on p.40-41 of Dynamo 2 (Rouge) - practising the use of ‘est-ce que’ in the futur proche, together with qu’est-ce que and other common question words (quand/comment/pourquoi etc.).
The vocabulary is taken from the ‘tu vas faire un voyage scolaire?’ section.
A 4 tenses board game (present, passé composé, imperfect & future proche).
students roll to move to a square.
students roll again to choose a subject pronoun.
3 texts to practise translation skills, focusing on the topic of 'les loisirs'. Aimed at IGCSE candidates or A*/A students.
Answers on PowerPoint plus on a word document for students to keep after completing the tasks.
Grammar focus: verbs; tense formation (present, perfect, future, imperfect, conditional); prepositions; ce que v ce qui; pronouns; adjectives and position; faire + verb.
A series of peer assessment tasks for students after they have written an extended essay. There are 3 main focus areas:
Grammar - identification of errors and suggestions for improvement, supported by correction guide
Essay Structure - students to highlight key points and development areas as well as set targets. Summary of these points to be made as well as their effectiveness assessed.
Peer Marking using examination criteria
A set of 2 suggested answers for students to translate into French - includes PowerPoint with answers.
This resources is based on the Edexcel IGCSE French specification.
Some PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets (with answers) for the first few lessons of IGCSE - aimed at higher sets. This covers:
places (countries)
prepositions
key irregular verbs
weil/obwohl
A PowerPoint that explains and breaks down verbs taking prepositions - Da-Komposita and questions using prepositions (Wo-Komposita)
Example:
Ich freue mich auf das Wochenende.
Ich freue mich darauf.
Ich freue mich darauf, dich am Montag zu sehen (this type of construction being particularly useful for the speaking/writing components).
Translation practice aimed at higher level (A/A*) candidates to consolidate this grammar concept.
Final slide contains some prepositional phrases that could be used when writing an essay on Der Vorleser - could be adapted for other set texts.
Saying where you live - house types and locations
PPT with accompanying worksheets (including one to practise the verb ‘wohnen’ in full
Speaking survey for class interaction
Homework task (reading and translation)