2 interactive drag and drop exercises, one more challenging than the other. Pupils must put the German titles of the Harry Potter films into the correct sequence. Includes practice of the ordinals 1 - 8. Will work on PC or IW.

Two linked resources. The Word doc contains an account of Beyonces summer holidays. The html file is an interactive gap-fill activity, based on the same text. Work through the text, give the students a couple of minutes to re-read the text carefully, then ask them to cover the text up / put it out of sight, before doing the cloze exercise with the class.

Playscript for beginners. The script practises basic personal ID language BUT with a handful of high-frequency constructions in the Perfect tense thrown in. If you have an alien mask and / or a bee costume, you can play all the parts yourself to the bemusement of your pupils. Pupils should practise the script in threes, then write an extension to the story. Vocab list of more improbable characters supplied.

Batman describes a trip to Paris, using both the Imperfect and Perfect Tenses. Text is followed by True / False comprehension questions in French, explanation and exemplification of the use of the two tenses, plus three writing tasks for pupils to choose from. (I've now uploaded a second version of this with a small typo corrected.)

Revision of the future tense, followed by predictions about the European Championships for pupils to agree or disagree with, using the future tense. (This is an updated version, in which I've substituted players who I thought would be playing for ones who actually are!)

Interactive drag and drop exercise featuring all the Olympic disciplines for London 2012. The file will select ten sports at random from the full list, to make a new quiz each time it is opened. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive drag and drop practice of sports vocab. The file has 40 of the sports for London 2012 embedded and will select ten at random to practise each time it is opened. Will work on PC or IW. (PS Typos now fixed following comment below.)

Text in German about Usain Bolt followed by comprehension questions in English and a writing task.

Batman describes his holiday in France with Catwoman, simultaneously modelling the use of the Perfect Tense with haben and sein. The stimulus text is followed by (i) a richtig / falsch / nicht im Text exercise, (ii) a 'find the phrase' exercise, (iii) pupil reflection on the choice of haben or sein, (iv) an explanation of the use of haben or sein, (v) a manipulation exericise focussing on the Perfect, and (vi) three writing tasks.

A synopsis of the film in the Present Tense up to the point where Hardenberg is kidnapped. Students have to read the synopsis and then re-write the text in either the Perfect or the Imperfect Tense, depending on which of the two attached files you use. (I've uploaded this to replace an earlier version which doesn't seem to display the file.)

Interactive cloze text presenting a potted history of London's involvement with the modern Olympic Games. Reveals who should have hosted the games in 1944. Will work on PC or IW.

Two similar texts about the London Olympics, each with comprehension questions in English. The first is a Higher level text. The second is pitched at Foundation level, and is a simplified version of the first text with slightly fewer questions.

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.

Three activities using flags to practise colours: (i) Is the flag correctly described? (ii) Describe the flag you see. (iii) Quiz - What colours are certain flags?

Text about the potential consequences of listening to music at very high volumes, followed by questions in English.

Three slides with stimulus questions which students must answer as though they were a character in the film. The first two are relatively straightforward, but the third will require a little imagination. Worked well with an able year 9 class.

A traditional grammar exercise. Students must supply the correct article in the text about the film, using the separate flow-chart to help them.

Two texts adapted from authentic source. In the first a American girl at school in Germany gives her impressions of German boys. In the second a boy from Costa Rica gives his impressions of German girls. The first text is followed by questions in English, the second by questions in German. These comprehension activities are followed by a discussion task and an AS-style writing task.

Text adapted/mashed from a variety of authentic sources followed by questions in German.

Two texts relating to the events on the Domplatz in Köln on New Year's Eve 2015. The first text is a report which outlines the kinds of crimes that were committed and states who the perpetrators were believed to be. The second text relates the views of a German woman of Turkish heritage regarding these events. The texts are followed by questions in German.