Embrace Christmas the German way with these 5 fun activities perfect for any classroom! This activity pack includes: “GERMAN CHRISTMAS CULTURE QUIZ” (PowerPoint) Play this quiz with your class to explore German Christmas customs. 10 Questions. Answers included in the PowerPoint. “COMPARING GERMAN CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS” (pdf) Use the Venn Diagram to compare the Christmas customs of your country and Germany. This is a great way for students to consider cultural differences between countries. Activity instructions included. "GERMAN CHRISTMAS VOCAB MEMORY MATCH’ (pdf) Teach students German Vocab in a fun and relaxing way with this Christmas memory match Game. Students match the 10 German words with the corresponding pictures. Game instructions included. “GERMAN CHRISTMAS TABOO GAME” (pdf) Students play this classic game in small groups as an engaging way to learn 12 German Christmas words. Game instructions included. “GERMAN CHRISTMAS WORD-SEARCHES” (pdf) Students complete two word-searches as a fun way to learn and revise German Christmas vocabulary.

Help your students consolidate their knowledge of language techniques with this quiz worksheet. Students identify the language technique used in various phrases. There are a total of 20 questions. Answers are included on a separate page. Language techniques used are: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Imagery, Alliteration & Onomatopoeia This worksheet is great for a quick formative assessment, homework, substitute teachers or general classroom use. File comes as a word document.

The following lesson sequence (5 lessons) aims to teach students to recognise, analyse and apply figurative language devices such as metaphors, similes and personification in written poetic texts. Students will read and comprehend the poem Wind by Ted Hughes (1957), adapt it into a multimedia text and write their own poem about a storm using poetic devices.

Help your students consolidate their knowledge of metaphors, similes and personification with this worksheet. The worksheet consists of two activities. Firstly, students identify the language techniques used in the example sentences. Secondly, students must re-write boring sentences using either a metaphor, simile or personification. Answers are included. Files come as a pdf and editable PowerPoint.

Here are two general knowledge quizzes that are great for a quick classroom activity. You could use the quizzes for those times you’ve got a few minutes spare at the end of lessons, as a fun why to start the school day or as students walk into an assembly. Each quiz has 15 multiple choice questions and goes for about 6 minutes. The files comes as PowerPoints. The presentation has timed transitions, animations and music so you don’t have to do anything.

This worksheet is great for helping students revise and memorise how to conjugate the German verb spielen in the present tense. The 1 page worksheet consists of a table exercise and gap-fill. There are 11 gap-fill exercises. Answers are included. This is a great worksheet for general classroom use, as well as for homework or for a substitute teacher. File comes as a word doc.