A series of short texts in which characters from the series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' reveal where they have lived apart from Sunnydale. Texts are followed by a richtig / falsch exercisr, a 'Welche Person ...? ' exercise and finally comprehension questions in German.

Structured multi-choice writing task to help students writea text about their town.

'ich wohnte in Liverpool' is a KS4 level text about Markus Babbel's time with Liverpool FC and his opinions of the city. Text is followed by (i) richtig / falsch questions and (ii) open questions in German. 'Interview mit Markus Babbel' requires pupils to anser questions as though they were Markus Babbel. They can answer some on the basis of the previous text but will need to use a bit of imagination to answer them all.

Frodo describes a trip to the Showcase in Bristol. The text acts as a stimulus for two creative writing tasks.

Text in which Britney Spears recounts a convoluted dream, featuring multiple locations and unlikely actions by various celebrities. Lots of practice of In der Stadt language and verbs in the Perfect Tense.Text is followed by comprehension questions in German.

Open-ended writing task in which students must create new characters for a soap opera. Originally I linked this to the theme of Meine Stadt, getting pupils to say where they lived and worked and including practice of prepositions eg Er arbeitet im Kiosk vor dem Bahnof. Er ist verliebt in die Freundin von seinem besten Freund etc etc, but you could practise a whole range of structures.

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.

Text in which several characters from Dr WHO explain what they do in their free time. Text is followed by a reminder of Present Tense and comprehension questions in German.

Interactive practice of the present tense of the verb LERNEN. Will work on IW or PC.

Interactive drag and drop activity to help students learn a range of structures for commenting on school subjects. Will work on PC or IW.

Text describing the personalities of the central characters from Farscape, an australian Sci-Fi series, which ran in Germany. The text is followed by reading comprehension exercises in german and a writing task.

Open-ended writing task on Family. Students could write in the third person or in the first person from the point of view of each character.

5 key verbs for beginners, set out to allow pupils to see the pattern of endings. Can be blown-up for display or printed to go in exercise books.

KS3 text featuring a number of high-frequency past tense. Text is followed by questions in German.

Playscript in which Shrek and Mr Incredible compare their physique and argue about who has the nicer wife. Practice of adjectives and comparatives for relative beginners.

Short animated presentation for CPD on Think-Pair-Share. This version will advance automatically through the slides and will loop back to the beginning after the last slide. Change the settings if you want to control the slides with a mouse-click.

Short animated presentation for CPD on Mindset and Praise. This version will advance automatically through the slides and will loop back to the beginning after the last slide. Change the settings if you want to control the slides with a mouse-click.

Short animated presentation for CPD on questioning and wait-time. This version will advance automatically through the slides and will loop back to the beginning after the last slide. Change the settings if you want to control the slides with a mouse-click.

Playscript for beginners. The script practises basic personal ID language BUT with a handful of high-frequency constructions in the Perfect tense thrown in. If you have an alien mask and / or a bee costume, you can play all the parts yourself to the bemusement of your pupils. Pupils should practise the script in threes, then write an extension to the story. Vocab list of more improbable characters supplied.

Four short texts in which various movie characters describe where they live and where they have lived. Text is followed by richtig / falsch / nicht im Text questions in German.