A set of sentence builders on the topic of food and drink, suitable for year 7 students, including:
Opinions on food and drink
What you normally eat/drink for breakfast
A set of sentence builders on the topic of film, TV and books, suitable for year 8 students, including:
Film preferences
Favourite film
Cinema (past tense)
Wollen + films
TV preferences
Favourite TV show
Reading preferences
Reading habits
Screen time
A frame to support pupils in writing an answer to the question “quelle musique aimes-tu?”
They should be encouraged to include further items, such as more complex opinions, the opinions of other people, tenses and negative constructions.
This resource was used for homework, for year 9 pupils following Studio AQA GCSE Foundation, module 2, page 37.
A set of sentence builders on the topic of holidays, suitable for year 8 German, including:
Summer activities
Destinations using nach and in
Perfect tense holidays + opinions
Perfect tense activities
Perfect tense transport
Perfect tense accommodation
Weather
Summer vs winter holidays
Dream holiday
Describing the hotel (es gab)
A full lesson re-capping free time activities, with emphasis as well on word order when you start your sentence with a time phrase.
I used this with my year 8 German class when they came back to school after summer break - hence the emphasis on “was machst du in den Sommerferien”!
Activities included are:
sentence builder starter to answer the register
categories retrieval game
translation
“who is that” listening activity
“how many points” structured writing task
vocabulary match up
grammar practice
reading comprehension
tangled translation
I hope you find this resource useful :)
A role play about ordering in a restaurant for year 10 pupils, following Stimmt AQA GCSE (Higher) Kapitel 5 (Ich liebe Wien), Activity 9, page 103.
Pupils see a sample dialogue, then create their own in pairs or threes. This includes ordering three courses, complaining about something and a ‘solutuion’ (e.g. never returning, speaking to the manager, not paying). They can then perform in front of the class, and other members can translate what was said during the role play (e.g. reporting back what they ordered or what the problem was).
A mat of important, high frequency phrases either to be stuck into books or printed and placed on desks to encourage target language use in the classroom.
A set of sentence builders on the topic of holidays, suitable for year 7 students, including:
Where you normally go
Transport
Accommodation
Weather
Activities
Future tense holidays
Future tense activities
A frame to support pupils in writing an answer to the question “Qu’est-ce que tu as fait la semaine dernière?”
They should be encouraged to include further items, such as more complex opinions, the opinions and actions of other people, tenses and negative constructions.
This resource was used with year 9 pupils following Studio AQA GCSE Foundation, module 2, page 40-41.
A role play about booking a hotel room for year 10 pupils, following Stimmt AQA GCSE (Higher) Kapitel 5 (Ich liebe Wien)
Pupils see a sample dialogue, then create their own in pairs. The include types of rooms, amenities, times and opinions. They can then perform in front of the class, and other members can translate what was said during the role play.
Writing prompts with support vocabulary to support revision for the end of module writing test of module 3 (mon identité) in Studio 2 (Rouge).
Pupils work in pairs to draft answers to the prompt questions, giving as much detail as they can. Support vocabulary down the side can give them further ideas of what to include.
A set of sentence builders on the topic of house and home, suitable for year 7 students, including:
Where you live
Compass
Types of houses
Describing houses
Rooms in the house
Prepositions
Favourite room
A logic puzzle where pupils must choose dishes to order for themselves and their friends whilst taking into account allergies, preferences and requests. A solution sheet is included.
I have used this resource with classes from year 8 to year 10 (more vocabulary support must be given to lower years).
Pupils must read the three texts from their ‘friends’ and decide what to order from the provided menu based on what they can, cannot, would and would not like to eat. This activity practices fits nicely in Stimmt! Module 5, unit 4 (Ein Wiener Schnitzel, Bitte) as the menu is based around Viennese specialities.
A lesson summarising holidays in the perfect tense.
I used this with my year 8 German group to solidify all of the work we had done on the perfect tense.
Activities in this lesson include:
Sentence builder to answer the register with
Retrieval race starter activity
Perfect Tense verb conjugation grid
Rock climbing translation
Supported dictation (English is given)
Words to pictures reading comprehension / writing task
Spend your cards speaking activity
40 word writing task
I hope you find this lesson useful :)
I saw the AVOCADOS idea in French on Facebook ages ago, and created a German version :)
Includes more ‘interesting’ vocabulary to help students include more variety in their work.
A set of sentence builders on the topic of school trips, suitable for year 8 students, including:
Rules in a youth hostel (muessen + duerfen)
Itinerary (future tense)
Directions (imperative du)
Describing a festival
A set of sentence builders on the topic of future tense activities and invitations, suitable for year 8 students, including:
Accepting invitations (koennen/duerfen)
Giving excuses (duerfen)
Future tense activities
Future tense activities
Clothing (present tense)
Clothing (future tense)
Morning routine
A set of sentence builders on the topic of school, suitable for year 7 students, including:
School subjects
Opinions
Favourite subject
Time
Describing teachers