An introductory PowerPoint to the new (2024) GCSE MFL (Languages) course for AQA for French, German and Spanish. Great for students (and staff!) for the first lesson. Includes everything students need to know about the new course - the themes, how each exam paper is made up, and example questions. Check out my shop for KS4 GCSE German lessons for the brand new course! **Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £5. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger**

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then reminds students about inversion (after “In meinem Zimmer…”) and then introduces 13 words for bedroom furniture (e.g. “ein Regal”, “ein Bett”, “einen Stuhl” etc.). There is a quick listening activity to put the furniture in order and then a reminder about using “kein” properly and another listening activity to write out the furniture words that students hear. There is then a “spot and correct the mistakes” activity and some translations into English and into German. It’s followed by a text for students to find out the some adjectives like “big”, “tidy”, “light” etc. (plus another listening activity to practise this) and it ends with by asking students to put together a written piece to describe a messy bedroom. This is lesson 42 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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity to practise previous German content covered and then recaps colours. It then talks through hair and eye colours, plus hair styles and lengths, and practises these with a listening activity. There is then some extra vocabulary (“beard”, “moustache”, “glasses” and “bald head” and it ends with a writing activity in the first and third person. Note: There is reference to a Lingascope worksheet, which I can’t share for Copywrite reasons. This is lesson 21 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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 21-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then recaps two ways to state opinions (“Ich liebe/mag/hasse…” and “Ich finde es…”) before introducing a third way: “am liebsten”/“lieber”/"(gar) (nicht) (sehr) gern". There is then a listening activity based on “Ich finde…” sentences and a video about football. After that is a “spot the mistakes” activity and a conversation to practise in pairs. There is then a translation into English and into German and then information on why giving opinions and reasons is important (in the context of the GCSE mark scheme). There is then an introduction to “weil”, “da”, and “denn” and some practice with a dice game. It ends with a recap of key facts and a short writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 33 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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 2.2 - Mobile Technology. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using the perfect tense”, and “Using the imperfect tense”), 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.

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 2.1F - Wir essen gern! for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity thinking about content previous covered and then introduces the different words for “my” for introducing male and female family members. It then introduces lots of family member vocab before explaining how to give names and ages of other people. There are also some translations, a translation worksheet (included), and a reading comprehension on the PowerPoint. It ends with an extended writing activity. Please note there is a reference to a Linguascope worksheet, which I am unable to share due to Copywrite. This is lesson 17 of many lessons 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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 16-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces several sports and activities and there’s a quick video to introduce “Handball”. It then practises the sports and hobbies with a simple listening exercise. There is then some work on conjugating verbs (“spielen” and “gehen”), before some translations into English and into German. After a little more listening practice and a recap of key facts, there’s a short writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 32 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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

An 18-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then practises some sports with a quick reading activity and then introduces some frequency phrases (e.g. “every day”, “at the weekend”, “three times per week” etc.). There is then a longer reading comprehension activity (included), and lots of information and practice about putting the verb as the second idea. There is a recap of key facts before a writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 34 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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 14-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It starts with an anagram activity to remind students of the words for some bedroom furniture, then reminds students of the correct words for “the” (at the start of sentences). It then introduces five prepositions (“neben”, “zwischen”, “in”, “auf”, and “unter”), and shows students the Dative Case in action with “a”, “the”, and “my”, with a grid to fill in (included). There then follows lots of practice - multiple choice quizzes, and then tasks asking students to form sentences using the Dative Case, prepositions and furniture. There is a drawing activity to show understanding of the words, a fun “Connect 4” activity where students have to translate phrases from this unit into German, and then a written task asking students to describe the position of the bedroom furniture in their room. This is lesson 43 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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

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. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 1.1F - Familie und Freunde for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 1.1H - Meine Leute und ich for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger