German and French resources for KS3, KS4 and KS5 - tried and tested resources that develop pupils' confidence with a range of learning styles catered for.
German and French resources for KS3, KS4 and KS5 - tried and tested resources that develop pupils' confidence with a range of learning styles catered for.
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 revision/practice sheet on subjunctive 1 and 2 in German - each with answers provided. The sentences are identical on both sheets to facilitate comparison between subjunctive 1 and 2.
A PowerPoint with questions on a range of topic areas plus supporting structures. This resource was designed to fit around Edexcel IGCSE, but can easily be adapted.
When the PowerPoint is run, a continuous loop starts. Use the back arrow to stop at a random slide - to start again, use the forward arrow.
This board game helps students to practise pets in German in the accusative case. The game works as follows:
Students throw 3 dice simultaneously (or 1 die could be used three times).
First die: student moves to the correct square.
Second die: student says the subject pronoun that corresponds to the number, as shown in the box at the bottom of the board (e.g. if they roll a 1, they would say ‘ich habe’, if they roll a 2, ‘du hast’ etc.).
Third die: student says the adjective ending, ensuring that they apply the correct ending based on the gender of the pet e.g. Ich habe eine kleine Maus.
To help students, each square is colour-coded to match gender i.e. blue - masculine; red - feminine; green - neuter.
There are a few squares that mean students have to go back to the start or miss a go. Students could decide in groups what happens if they make an error e.g. Ich habe EINEN klein Katze’, such as missing a go or moving back 3 squares.
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 series of worksheets with answers (could be used as starter/plenary or as a quick test). Lots of practice of irregular past participles.
Resource no.5 includes ‘war’ + some present tense (freuen).
A new set of IGCSE speaking questions, based on the Edexcel specification topic areas, broken down into sub-sections.
Extension (or possibly challenge) questions are highlighted in red, and a range of tenses covered, as well as the ‘warum ist es wichtig, dass…’ type questions.
A worksheet based on p.40-41 of Dynamo 2 (Rouge) - practising the use of ‘est-ce que’ in the futur proche, together with qu’est-ce que and other common question words (quand/comment/pourquoi etc.).
The vocabulary is taken from the ‘tu vas faire un voyage scolaire?’ section.
A 4 tenses board game (present, passé composé, imperfect & future proche).
students roll to move to a square.
students roll again to choose a subject pronoun.
3 texts to practise translation skills, focusing on the topic of 'les loisirs'. Aimed at IGCSE candidates or A*/A students.
Answers on PowerPoint plus on a word document for students to keep after completing the tasks.
Grammar focus: verbs; tense formation (present, perfect, future, imperfect, conditional); prepositions; ce que v ce qui; pronouns; adjectives and position; faire + verb.
A series of peer assessment tasks for students after they have written an extended essay. There are 3 main focus areas:
Grammar - identification of errors and suggestions for improvement, supported by correction guide
Essay Structure - students to highlight key points and development areas as well as set targets. Summary of these points to be made as well as their effectiveness assessed.
Peer Marking using examination criteria
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.
Some PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets (with answers) for the first few lessons of IGCSE - aimed at higher sets. This covers:
places (countries)
prepositions
key irregular verbs
weil/obwohl
A PowerPoint that explains and breaks down verbs taking prepositions - Da-Komposita and questions using prepositions (Wo-Komposita)
Example:
Ich freue mich auf das Wochenende.
Ich freue mich darauf.
Ich freue mich darauf, dich am Montag zu sehen (this type of construction being particularly useful for the speaking/writing components).
Translation practice aimed at higher level (A/A*) candidates to consolidate this grammar concept.
Final slide contains some prepositional phrases that could be used when writing an essay on Der Vorleser - could be adapted for other set texts.
Saying where you live - house types and locations
PPT with accompanying worksheets (including one to practise the verb ‘wohnen’ in full
Speaking survey for class interaction
Homework task (reading and translation)
A lesson that goes into the formation of the imperfect tense in German (regulars, irregulars + mixed) - key rules + short practice.
Context is that of Vorbilder, culminating in a translation into English that includes several verbs in the imperfect.
Included:
Lesson plan also provided for this resource
Teacher version of the PPT with answers
Student version of the PPT for annotation
Translation into German practice relating to the theme of holidays. Worksheet + accompanying PowerPoint. This translation tests pupils on:
Use of the perfect tense
Time, Manner, place
Opinions in the past
Expressions of time
Inversions