Short animated presentation for CPD on Think-Pair-Share. This version will advance automatically through the slides and will loop back to the beginning after the last slide. Change the settings if you want to control the slides with a mouse-click.

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.

Playscript based 90% on lyrics from the song 'GutenTag, ich bin der Nikolaus'. What might Santa be tempted to do if he forgot his own boots?

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.

Four texts in which teenagers describe their work experience in fairly brief terms. The texts are followed by a comprehension exercise, a find the phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise and a writing task.

Text about a German girl who did work experience at the Times in London, followed by questions in English.

Relatively simple playscript for beginners who have done SEIN, a few adjectives of personality, and a few basic phrases. There is no real denouement to this dialogue but the pupils generally like it because I have a puppet just like the cat in the script ... Adapt the script to suit whichever props you have to hand. Once the students have practised the script as it stands, they could improvise changes to the words in bold type.

Two parallel texts, pitched at different levels, looking forward to the Paralympic Games 2012. The first text is fairly complex and is followed by questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise with a focus on the Future Tense, revision / presentation of the Future, a manipulation exercise, again with a focus on the Future Tense, and finally a writing task featuring past tenses. The second text, pitched at Foundation level, is virtually verb-free, and is followed by questions in English and no grammar whatsoever.

Another collection of 35 authentic items culled from the internet, with questions in English. Designed for a revisophobic year 11 class, but works well as a starter for the more engaged. Various topics covered.

A two part workout on adjectives. In the first exercise students must identify the adjectives in the text about Harry Potter. In the second they must choose the adjective with the correct agreement.

Powerpoint in which characters from the Hunger Games are presented with empty speech bubbles. The teacher specifies a topic or asks a question and the students have to answer on behalf of the characters. Can be used with any topic.

Interactive PPT for practising numbers and personal description. The first slide acts as a homepage with links to nine hidden images. These images can be used as a stimulus for practising (or getting the pupils to request) language relating to personality, mood and appearance.

Interactive PPT for practising numbers and personal description. The first slide acts as a homepage with links to nine hidden images. These images can be used as a stimulus for practising (or getting the pupils to request) language relating to personality, mood and appearance.

Text about the possible introduction of school uniforms in Nordrhein-Westfalen followed by GCSE-style questions in English. Based on on authentic text, but names of people and schools haves been changed.

Text about an inclusive disabled/non-disabled football tournament, with comprehension questions in English

Text in which young people outline what they have to do to earn their pocket money, followed by a comprehension task.

Review of Adele's second album, followed by 'true / false / not in text questions'

Activities for students to do after watching the film. There are two reviews of the film, edited together from a number of authentic reviews. These are followed by comprehension questions in German, and two writing tasks.

I showed my KS4 classes the Til Schweiger film KOKOWÄÄH and they loved it. Some of the scenes are very accessible in terms of the language level, so I transcribed one of the scenes and added some activities. You'll need a copy of the film, though.

Powerpoint in which students must (i) play Kim's Game with an image of Springfield and (ii) use the picture of Springfield as a stimulus for oral work.