Four short texts in which TV characters or celebs talk about what they do or don't do to help the environment, followed by GCSE style questions in English (plus one non-GCSE style question.)

This is a re-vamped version of a text I have uploaded elsewhere. It now has additional exercises. The text has been simplified slightly and is now followed by (i) a comprehension activity (ii) a find the phrase exercise (iii) grammar practice of TMP (iv) a manipulation exercise (v) a translation exercise (vi) a speaking activity and (vii) an essay

Write-up of the Gordano School Project 'TALK so that pupils listen, and listen so that pupils TALK' which won a European Award for Languages and was awarded the Mary Glasgow Prize.

Powerpoint containing a set of activities which become progressively more challenging (i) a multiple-choice quiz (ii) more demanding reading activities regarding the history of the World Cup (iii) reading activities relating to Brazil (iv) images to provoke discussion. Use the bits that suit your class!

Nine images of Marvel characters for students to describe. The first slide acts as a homepage for the presentation. Students choose an number and a clicl wiill hyperlink them to an image of a Marvel superhero / mutant to describe. Each slide has an on-screen toolkit to help students form suitable sentences.

Interactive drag and drop practice of German question words. Will work on PC or IW.

HIGHER level reading text about the Olympic Torch, a factory in Coventry, Didier Drogba's surprise role in the relay, plus a bit of symbolism. The text is followed by questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise picking out the different tenses in the text, an 'adapt the phrase' exercise and a writing task. NB The opening statement about the torch having arrived in England won't be true until the 17th of May. Edit the text if you use it before.

Practise of key language relating to asking directions, followed by a playscript, in which Britney Spears asks the characters from Scooby Doo for directions. The location of the station remains a mystery.

A series of statements loosely based on the themes of technology / media / celebrity. Students must speculate how Harry Styles (or any celeb you care to replace him with) would answer the questions. This is followed by writing task. Students then answer similar questions for themselves before doing some pair-work on the topic.

Simon Cowell, Jonny, Depp, Katy Perry and Amy Pond give accounts of holidays. Text followed by comprehension questions in English.

Four bloggers talk about what they do for the environment. Followed by comprehension questions in German and two discussion questions. (Typo fixed!)

A speaking (and possibly writing) activity in which students must use on-screen support to generate sentences about key characters in the film. The first page on the slide acts as a homepage, hyperlinking students to hidden photos of the characters.

Powepoint for practising jobs and careers. Pupils are shown a severely cropped image os someone at work, from which they have to identify the job. A click reveals the full image and another click reveals the German word. (This is an expanded version of something I uploaded previously.)

Interactive drag and drop practice of French prepositions for PC or IW.

Animated presentation. Click 'slide show' and 'view show'. Click to make WEIL or OBWOHL appear and click to make the verb move to the end of the clause.

Toolkit which will enable pupils to use shopping related verbs in three tenses.

Toolkit for generating simple structures relating to Family. Colour coded to emphasise gender.

Interactive drag and drop exercise. There are 100 different football words and phrases programmed into the game. The program will select ten items at random and shuffle the order of the items each time the game is opened. With luck, it will just about never be the same game twice. Will work on IW or PC.

2 texts in which teenagers talk about their free time. The first text is followed by richtig / falsch / nicht im Text questions, and the second text is followed by open questions in German.

Fairly dry worksheet practising the TMP rule.