And ... another 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.

This is similar to meion Haustier which I uploaded previously, but has been edited to suit my Year 7 class. Five authentic blogs about pets, written by relatively young native-speakers.( I've changed the names of the writers and the pets.) The texts are followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises and a toolkit to help the students form a range of sentences.

Reading comprehension activity. I have jumbled up an account of the plot of Mr Bean's holiday. Students have to read the eight mini-texts and put them in the correct order. Helpful, but not absolutely essential, to have seen the film. I have provided a solution and the original text. As a follow-up students could put the text into the first person or into the past tense or both.

And some more authentic signs and notices with relatively simple questions in English. Aimed at a revision-shy Year 11 class.

35 signs and notices with GCSE-style questions in English. Pitched very much at revision-averse Foundation students.

Simple presentation introducing (or revising) the plural forms of pets.

Text in German about a curious Christmas tradition in Iceland, followed by GCSE style questions in English.

Text about bizarre, extraterrestrial pets, followed by a 'find the phrase' activity, a bit of grammar, a manipulation exercise and a creative writing task

An unlikely dilaogue in which Bella fro Twighlight and Belletrix from Harry Potter discuss health and fitness. I've uploaded the dialogue on its own before but it is now followed by comprehension questions in English, a grammar point relating to word order after aufhoeren and anfangen and two exercises in which students must generate sentences of their own.

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.

I've piggybacked a load of Foundation Reading Comp questions from my other resources onto the Trivial Pursuit template created by Helen Wolfenden. Worked well with students who are getting a bit worn out and revision-averse just as they should be hanging on my every word ...

GCSE Higher level text with questions in English

Extended reading text about the London Olympics followed by questions in English.

Nativity scene based on words and phrases from the german Christmas carol 'Stille Nacht'. Also includes a little bit of practice of the date.

(i) Extended text about the surface to air missiles deployed in East London for the Olympics, followed by comprehension questions in German, and (ii) a selection of opinions about the security measures, based on internet blogs, followed by a comprehension task, a speaking task, and two writing tasks, one pitched at AS level and one pitched at A2 level. (Typos spotted and now fixed.)

Exercise in which students must re-arrange scenes from the film into the correct order.

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

Dialogue in which the characters from THE BIG BANG THEORY discuss bedtimes. The dialogue contains the complete paradigm of se coucher and is followed by a grammatical exercise on reflexive verbs, a find the phrase acticity, a manipulation activity, and a writing task. The writing task will produce a script for subsequent speaking practice.

Simple playscript in which Dracula repeatedly wakes up too soon, asks Igor the time and has to go back to sleep again, until finally it is midnight. Perform it with a colleague or the FLA to your class, or play both parts yourself, then get them to practise it in pairs, and finally ask them to develop the dialogue using the extra vocab and phrases supplied.

Text based on internet threads about what (some) young french teenagers like and dislike. The text is followed by comprehension questions in English, a grammar point, a toolkit for saying 'I like ...ing' and two writing activities