Two short texts about fashion and designer clothes, followed by a 'Which person said what?' activity.

Text about JK Rowling, followed by 'True / False / Not in text' questions

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

A text about the graffiti artist Banksy followed by 10 true / false / not in text questions.

Four higher level texts relating to themes of homelessness, human rights, disability and drug abuse. Each text is followed by questions in English.

Text in which Justin Bieber recounts a strange dream, featuring Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Rihanna and things made of chocolate. The text is followed by questions in German.

A text about heart-throb Justin Bieber followed by questions in German. Amongst other things, the text reveals why Justion Bieber has a German surname.

Two GCSE type questions relating to a synopsis of the film 'Into the White', which features Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter fame). The film is based on the true story of German and British air crews having to co-operate to survive, having both crashed in the Norwegian mountains during WW2. In one version, the synopsis is followed by questions in English. In the other, the text is followed by True / False / Not in Text questions.

Interview in German relating to the film 'Into the white'. The film features Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter fame) and is based on the true story of German and British air crews, who were shot down in the snowy wastes of Norway in WW2 and who had to co-operate to survive. The interview is with German actor Florian Lukas (Goodbye Lenin!) about the shooting of the film, and is followed by questions in English.

The Powerpoint contains a set of questions which form a scaffold for pair work. There is a stop watch on every slide to encourage the students to try to improvise a one-minute answer to each question.

The Powerpoint contains a set of questions which form a scaffold for pair work. There is a stop watch on every slide to encourage the students to try to improvise a one-minute answer to each question.

Interactive drag and drop exercise, in which pupils must link the eight parts of speech to examples in French. Will work in the computer suite or on the IW.

Interactive drag and drop exercise, in which pupils must link the eight parts of speech to examples in German. Will work in the computer suite or on the IW.

Interactive drag and drop exercise, in which pupils must link the eight parts of speech to examples in English. Will work in the computer suite or on the IW.

Interactive drag and drop activity featuring modal verbs plus werden. There are twenty one items embedded in the game, but it will select ten at random each time it is opened, and will arrange them in random order. Will work in a computer suite, or on the IW.

A set of plenaries adapted largely from ideas uploaded by mikegershon, with additions from myself and my colleague at Gordano, Ruth Jones. The adapted slides have (i) been given a makeover and (ii) been re-phrased so that they all address the students directly and are thus ready for classroom use, hence 'Plenaries TO GO'.

Text about two disabled pupils at a Gymnasium in Germany, followed by questions in English.

Higher Level text about an orchestra from Vienna that performs on instruments made out of vegetables. Bizarre but true. The text is followed by a true / false / not in text exercise.

A text in which one of the characters from BBT describes the gastronomic likes and dislikes of various characters. The text is followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises, a speaking task and a writing task

This resource contains a set of 25 exam practice questions, assembled from edited versions of materials I have uploaded previously. The stimulus materials are mostly followed by questions in English or True/False/Not in text and cover a wide range of topics. This is a Mark II version with a number of wrinkles* ironed out. Markscheme also added. * ie mistakes!