An information sheet about the English to German translation section of the Higher tier Writing exam. It covers an example question and layout, the mark scheme, some general tips, and some basic tense structures.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Listening exam (both tiers). It explains the format of the exam, tips for before, during, and after the exam, some useful questions words and some basic tense structures.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Speaking exam - the General Conversation part at the Foundation 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.

An information sheet about the English to German translation section of the Writing exam. It covers an example question and layout, the mark scheme, some general tips, and some basic tense structures.

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.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Writing exam - the Photo Card description part (which only appears on the Foundation tier). It explains the format of the exam, the mark scheme, some general tips, and some useful vocabulary to structure answers.

All students start with “Starting Sheet” and have the homework one week to memorise the full sheet. The sheet has lots of key verbs and three tense sentences for each verb. In the next lesson, all students get Round 1. They have to fill in the gaps. If the student reaches the pass mark, they are on to Round 2 the following week. If not, they complete Round 1 again until they pass. (Homework can be to revise from Starting Sheet every week.) It gets more difficult each week until Round 10, in which they’re filling in the full German and English sentences in different tenses.

An information sheet about the English to German translation section of the Foundation tier Writing exam. It covers an example question and layout, the mark scheme, some general tips, and some basic tense structures.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Reading exam (both tiers). It explains the format of the exam, tips for before, during, and after the exam, some useful questions words and some basic tense structures.

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 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. 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 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. 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 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces new “hobby” phrases (e.g. “I go into town”, “I listen to music” etc.) There is then a recap of what is meant by “conjugation” and a grid to fill in of sport/hobby regular verbs. It then introduces irregular verbs with another grid to fill in. After that, there are three listening exercises and then translations into English and into German. There is then a recap of using “gern”, “lieber” etc. in sentences and some practice of that in the first and third person - including a comprehension sheet. There is a recap of key facts before a writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 35 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 39-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the idea of compound nouns with a video, practice, and information about plurals and gender. It then introduces 10 new “pet” words and goes through the plural forms. There is then a song and a listening exercise to practise plurals. There is also a reminder about how to say “My”, plus information on giving names and saying “it” (with video clip). There is a reading comprehension (included) and it ends with a writing exercise to describe what pets you have. This is lesson 23 and 24 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

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

A list of 20 holiday homework tasks, e.g. a supermarket challenge, a German song challenge, a bake-off challenge, a board game challenge, an advert challenge… something suitable for everyone. Each challenge has simple instructions with it.

A PowerPoint presentation regarding the German language, its similarity to English, some cognates and loan words, techniques for working out new words and a classroom class talk speaking activity for students to have in their books and use through the year. You’ll need to adapt the worksheet and PowerPoint so that it reflects your school’s reward name (I talk about gaining a “Silver” and a “Gold”). I have loads of Y7 German lessons (including Knowledge Organisers), plus KS4 German Knowledge Organisers for the entire GCSE course available from my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger