A series of 6 answers to past Edexcel IGCSE German longer writing answers. They contain a range of structures designed to show pupils how to include more detail in their answers. Aimed at year 11 pupils revising for their IGCSE exams

A few PowerPoints and worksheets to support teaching the topic of jobs, either for a higher level year 9 class in the third year of having learnt German, or for (I)GCSE. Areas covered: qualities needed for a job um…zu/wenn/modal verbs translation skills into English & German with answers on the PowerPoint. speaking questions on jobs with support structures and tips to support pupil progress/independence of learning.

A sheet that helps students to check whether to invert/swap, send the verb to the end, or do nothing. It contains examples to show how the conjunctions/adverbs function in a sentence.

Several PowerPoints and a worksheet focusing on the ‘Vorbild’ concept within Kapitel 1 of Stimmt 3. The PowerPoints cover adjectives, adverbs, opinions, justifications using a range of higher level subordinate clauses and comparisons. Contemporary photos to support. In lesson 4 (PowerPoint), slide 6, run the slide, and students have to provide the translation for each square - these can be clicked (either by teacher using the mouse, or students can come to board and use a pen) and they disappear, square by square - revealing part of an image ;opportunity to bring in some cultural discussion. Also included is a translation task based on a variety of future tense expressions, based on pp.16-17

Some cover materials for Kapitel 1 plus a worksheet on Musik. Could be used as cover, or simply in as lesson materials.

For use with written work. A list of common errors with a code to use when students identify mistakes made by someone else. This resource contains advice for students in terms of how to improve for each issue highlighted. For example: Problem identified: Tense Formation What you can do: Check formation of tense. E.g. in the perfect tense, have you got BOTH an Auxiliary AND a Past Participle? In the future, have you used a form of ‘werden’ and then second verb in the infinitive?

A set of 2 suggested answers for students to translate into French - includes PowerPoint with answers. This resources is based on the Edexcel IGCSE French specification.

Key vocabulary to describe items of clothing commonly worn to school + practice of adjective endings in the accusative case. Two versions attached - a student version (SV) - without answers and a teacher version (same, but with mark scheme at the end). Could form part of a sequence of lessons after having taught adjective endings or as a cover lesson (examples/support provided). Useful for KS3 or as revision at KS4.

A few PowerPoints and handouts aimed to help pupils express ideas in the perfect tense, future, as well as conditional. Useful revision for GCSE pupils Some translation practice + speaking game (21 dares) - pupils choose to read either 1, 2, or 3 words. Anyone who reads a word by a full stop is out. The last person standing wins. Word order practice with conjunctions as part of the future tense PPT.

A PowerPoint (with answers) and worksheet to practise using wenn to talk about Sport. Aimed at year 9/10 pupils.

A range of generic phrases for topics A-E of the Edexcel IGCSE specification Teacher PPT and pupil version PPT for them to translate/write their answers. Covers different grammar points and makes pupils aware of the range required at this level.

A series of PowerPoints to help students use a range of structures to extend the complexity of language used. Teacher PPT and Student Version (SV) to facilitate annotation. Phrases that can be used in the oral exam (or indeed in an essay) to help develop the point being made. Examples include passive, subjunctive, conditional perfect etc.

Multipl GCSE grammar practice worksheets + answers to help students work on their tenses and adjective endings. Cloze grammar practice that support the final task of the Edexcel IGCSE reading and writing paper. Can be used as part of final IGCSE revision or even as an assessment Topics A/B/C/D/E/ covered

A series of PowerPoints and worksheets covering key shops in towns, as well as the verb ‘aller’ in the present tense e.g. je vais bowling. Also covered are prepositions to describe where shops are in relation to each other. 1-2-3 reading game (21 dares) featured on the PPT: pupils take it in turns to read 1, 2, or 3 words. Whoever has to read a word next to a full stop is out.

Translation into German practice relating to the theme of house and home. Worksheet + accompanying PowerPoint. This translation tests pupils on: giving opinions use of ‘gern’ subclauses with ‘weil’ and ‘obwohl’ prepositions modal verbs genitive (time phrase) wenn sentences expressing future intent (vorhaben)

3 paired dictations aimed to support beginners in reading and listening skills. Each dictation has 50 words, so they can check and give it a total out of 50, doubling to make a percentage. Pupils find this a low-stakes reading activity that is engaging and fun, working in pairs with an element of competition.

This resource revises: Changing the 1st person to the 3rd person (for Reading/Listening papers) Adjective endings in a range of cases Tense revision - putting sentences into different tenses Short translation practice A few identify the error sentences

A PowerPoint that helps pupils revise the future tense to talk about plans for the summer holidays/ Sommerferien. This comes with a PowerPoint with notes on slides to help, a lesson plan plus handout and files to make the laminated cards for the speaking tasks. Pupils will gain confidence in recalling both different forms of ‘werden’ as well as core vocabulary to talk about summer plans e.g. ich werde im Meer schwimmen, du wirst rodeln etc. Aimed at year 8/9 pupils with differentiated tasks within + kinaesthetic tasks.

A reminder of how to form the present, passé composé, and near future tenses with regular er verbs. A table with endings provided plus a worksheet to apply this for regular verbs. Aimed at weaker pupils who struggle with differentiating between tenses and who need to focus on application of endings for regular verbs, rather than irregular or mixed practice.