A set of the first 11 (of 21) Knowledge Organisers (KOs) for GCSE German, following the OUP textbook for the AQA GCSE German course.
Each Knowledge Organiser has the aims, an overview of the key grammar from the textbook, a list of 20 of the most useful words from the topic (also seen in the context of complete sentences), a selection of key verbs in five different tenses, and some “wow” higher level sentences to use.
Included in the bundle is an A4 Knowledge Organiser for each of the units below:
1.1 Relationship with Family and Friends
1.2 Marriage and Partnership
2.1 Social Media
2.2 Mobile Technology
3.1 Music, Cinema and TV
3.2 Food and Eating Out
3.3 Sport
4.1 Germany and Customs
4.2 Festivals in Germany
5.1 Home
5.2 Where You Live
Second set (6.1 - 12.1) available here.
Also available: Bundle of 15 exam help sheets for AQA GCSE German to guide students through each element of the exams.
A short starter/plenary to show students the importance of using MFL in future careers.
The PowerPoint runs through some statistics about future earnings, benefits to employers and snippets from a recent newspaper article about why MFL is useful in business.
Suitable for all languages as they’re not language specific.
Five similar activities available in my shop, each one priced at £1, but also available as a bundle for £5.
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A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 3.3 - Sport. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Saying what you like/prefer/like best”, “Using separable and reflexive verbs in the future tense”, and “Using wann, wenn, and als correctly”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A set of the second 10 (of 21) Knowledge Organisers (KOs) for GCSE German, following the OUP textbook for the AQA GCSE German course.
Each Knowledge Organiser has the aims, an overview of the key grammar from the textbook, a list of 20 of the most useful words from the topic (also seen in the context of complete sentences), a selection of key verbs in five different tenses, and some “wow” higher level sentences to use.
Included in the bundle is an A4 Knowledge Organiser for each of the units below:
6.1 Charity and Voluntary Work
6.2 Healthy and Unhealthy Living
7.1 Environment
7.2 Poverty and Homelessness
8.1 Holidays and Travel
8.2 Regions of Germany
9.1 School and School Subjects
10.1 Life at School
11.1 University or Work
12.1 Choice of Career
First set (1.1 - 5.2) available here.
Also available: Bundle of 15 exam help sheets for AQA GCSE German to guide students through each element of the exams.
A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the Knowledge Organiser for this topic (included), and then introduces lots of school subjects in German and introduces the idea of stating opinions (with “Ich liebe”, “Ich mag (nicht)” and “Ich hasse”. There is then a sentence builder with intensifiers and reasons, and a couple of listening exercises to practise this. It then introduces the idea of saying what “he” and “she” like/don’t like and it ends with a writing exercise state opinions and reasons in the first and third person. Please note that there is a reference to a Linguascope worksheet, which I can’t share due to Copyright.
This is lesson 26 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available!
Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop.
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A 13-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the rooms of the house with a cartoon house with special effects and sounds! There are then two listening exercises to practise the vocab, before a quick reminder of compound nouns and plurals. There is then some information on “es gibt” and using the accusative case after it, as well as information on using “kein”. Afterwards there are some translations and it ends with a written activity asking students to put it all together with opinions and reasons.
This is lesson 40 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available!
Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop.
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An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Speaking exam - the Photo Card part.
It explains the format of the exam, the mark scheme, some useful questions words, some general tips, and some basic tense structures.
An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Speaking exam - a list of key vocabulary and phrases to memorise for the exam.
It includes key question words, information about stating and explaining your opinion, some key verbs in different tenses, and tips for the Role Play, Photo Card and General Conversation.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes:
Grammar
Using “gern” to state opinions
Justifying your opinions
Using “seit” to say how long you’ve been doing something
Key Phrases
Music genres and example phrases
Film genres
Social media vocabulary
Musical instruments vocabulary
Music/TV/film/social media tense phrases
It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”.
Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers:
Introduction to German
My Family
School
Free Time
My Home
My Town
Food and Shopping
Body and Fitness
Holidays
Daily Routine
These can be purchased individually or as a bundles.
You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger
An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Writing exam - the 150-word essay part (which only appears on the Higher tier).
It explains the format of the exam, information on the word count, the mark scheme, some general tips, some common question vocabulary, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 11.1 - University or Work? It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Understanding and using the future tense”, “Using welcher?”, and “Using infinitives following zu”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Speaking exam - the General Conversation part at the Higher tier.
It explains the format of the exam, the mark scheme, some useful questions words, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.
A 36-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity and then goes through an introduction to phonics. It then goes through 16 common German phonic sounds for students to note down on a grid (included). It then asks students to try pronouncing some team members of the 2020 Women’s German National football team. There is also a short poem, and an activity to highlight the phonics covered in the lesson in the numbers up to 12.
Also included is a grid for students to fill in at the same time.
This is lesson 9 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available!
Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop.
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A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces days of the week (via the Very Hungry Caterpillar) and then practises them with a listening exercise. There are then some timetables from other countries and a reading comprehension on the board. It then talks through ordinal numbers (to say "in the first/second/third period), and there’s a multiple choice comprehension quiz (included). It then introduces the basic way of saying the time, with a grid for students to fill in, and some listening practice. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about 5 items on their timetable.
This is lesson 27 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available!
Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop.
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A 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces lots of clothing vocabulary (along with the gender) and there is some translation (into English and then into German) to practise simple sentences. There is a listening/gap fill activity, before the grammar information about adjectival endings. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about their school uniform.
This is lesson 29 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available!
Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop.
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A complete set of help sheets for all elements of the AQA GCSE German exams - saving 40%!
Most help sheets include an example question to show the format, some hints and tips, the mark scheme to show how it’s marked (and how to score highly), and some key vocabulary, e.g. forming questions, giving opinions and reasons, and forming sentences in different tenses (as appropriate).
Almost all can be printed and folded to neatly create an A4 booklet.
Also, check out my complete sets of AQA GCSE German Knowledge Organisers!
Knowledge Organiser Pack 1 (1.1 - 5.2)
Knowledge Organiser Pack 2 (6.1 - 12.1)
A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes:
Grammar
Using opinions
Prepositions
Using “möchte” to say what you’d like
Key phrases
Town and shopping vocabulary
Fruit and vegetables vocabulary
Town and shopping phrases
Town and shopping tense phrases
It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”.
Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers:
Introduction to German
My Family
School
Free Time
My Home
My Town
Holidays
Body and Fitness
Daily Routine
Film, TV, Music and Social Media
These can be purchased individually or as a bundles.
You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger
An information sheet explaining how to state your opinion in German, how to use interesting intensifiers, giving reasons using “weil”, “denn”, and “da”, and then plenty of adjectives using emojis.
Goes well with the 6-page classroom display posters (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/german-making-your-opinions-interesting-display-with-emojis-6-pages-12164824)
A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes:
Grammar
Using the accusative case after “es gibt”
Comparatives
Using “ich möchte”
Key phrases
Town vocabulary
Town tense phrases
It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”.
Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers:
Introduction to German
My Family
School
Free Time
My Home
Holidays
Food and Shopping
Body and Fitness
Daily Routine
Film, TV, Music and Social Media
These can be purchased individually or as a bundles.
You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger
A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes:
Grammar
Using separable verbs
Verb as the second idea
Daily routine in the 3rd person
Key phrases
Daily routine vocabulary and phrases
Word order (time, manner, place)
Routine tense phrases
It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”.
Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers:
Introduction to German
My Family
School
Free Time
My Home
My Town
Food and Shopping
Body and Fitness
Holidays
Film, TV, Music and Social Media
These can be purchased individually or as a bundles.
You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger