Cut out the cards to play domino, connecting first part of past tense sentence with the right verb.

This is to support AQA German A level, Hodder & Stoughton book Kapitel: Kunst und Architektur, page 74-77 . It now also includes two 360 degree tours to introduce and practise architectural vocab. I have used this in combination with semerson6’s resources https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-german-a-level-hodder-and-stoughton-book-kunst-und-architektur-11486144. The first task is about the famous buildings mentioned in the “Zum Einstieg” box at the beginning of the chapter. The powerpoint “Berühmte Gebäude” contains pictures of each of the buildings, showing each one for a few seconds and then moving on to the next (it plays in a loop). While watching the presentation students should fill in the worksheet about the name, country and function of the building. The web tasks ppt contains a link to an overview sheet of different styles that I found online. After going through the vocab with the students, they then use their devices to go to 360cities.net to look at a 360 degree view of the buildings (they are the same ones from the text on p. 75 which can be used as the answer sheet) and work out what style they represent. My students enjoyed that task very much and I think it bring architecture a bit more to life.

The word weil wears a big boot that kicks the verb to the end of the sentence. An exercise on recogognising verbs, then some demonstrations of the boot and then some sentences for the students to work out themselves.

A game for the first lesson in a new group or as recap of first few chapters of book. This is an example of 4 sentences in German, one of which is a lie. Every student writes 4 sentence about themselves, and then go around getting other people to guess which one is a lie.

Presenting new vocabulary, holiday activities in the past tense to go with Echo 2 chapter on Schwarzwald. Starter on time phrases, then presentation and some games to practise new vocabulary.

Thinking skills/mystery/quiz/logic puzzle on timetable, which teacher teachers which subject, what day, and what period? Easier and harder version.

An activity for a first lesson with a class. My favourite colour, number ect with a twist. Good to get to know the class and revise word endings and word order. First slide is an example, second slide is vocab and third slide the worksheet which the students copy and fill in the gaps. Same activity in French and German. Have corrected some of the mistakes, if you find more, please let me know!

Logo 3 green, Nächstes Trimester, Ich muss pünktlich sein ect. Powerpoint to introduce/practise, not very exciting but includes a crossword puzzle to print out

A powerpoint to illustrate the steps needed to turn a German present tense sentence into the past tense

A simple battleship game to practise German hobbies and frequency (Ich spiele jeden Tag Tennis)

Two columns with pictures/phrases, students choose their own illness, remedy… and then have to guess which of them their partner chose. To practise speaking more the rule is that they have to start the sentence from the beginning and keep going until they use a phrase their partner hasn’t chosen. Similar to battleships but with a longer sentence.

Explanation of the rule that the verb goes second and next to the pronoun in German.

A ppt with funny pictures of extreme body types (very tall, fat, small...) and a worksheet with sentences in German (Er ist gross, Sie ist klein...). Teacher shows pictures and says sentences in German, students work out the English translation by looking at the pictures and then write it on the worksheet next to the German sentences. Afterwards they can use the writing frame on the worksheet to describe themselves. Not to be used with classes that will get too excited by funny pictures!

A powerpoint to illustrate the steps needed to turn a French present tense sentence into the past tense, 3 different examples

Teamwork, logical thinking and lots of Christmas fun! No preparation needed except printing worksheets. All answers included. A Christmas themed escape room to play as an Advent Calendar, one puzzle a day, or all in one go as a Christmas lesson. 24 different types of puzzles, some Christmas themed, some general knowledge (but googling is allowed!) aimed at 13-18 year olds. You will need: an internet connections, powerpoint and access to Youtube (optional). Let’s get merry!

Two versions of battleship, one easier with words, one harder, with pictures. To practise giving opinions on holidays, Ich war in Spanien, es war langweilig.

A first exercise on using the dictionary to find German words, with a few exercises on bringing letters and words (in English) in alphabetical order

Picture presentation to introduce opinions in the past tense and then some games to practise them.

Wordsearch and jumbled words with opinion words

Starter activity on time phrases, then translation (guess what these cognates mean), then slides with pictures to introduce more difficult food items