A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces new “hobby” phrases (e.g. “I go into town”, “I listen to music” etc.) There is then a recap of what is meant by “conjugation” and a grid to fill in of sport/hobby regular verbs. It then introduces irregular verbs with another grid to fill in. After that, there are three listening exercises and then translations into English and into German. There is then a recap of using “gern”, “lieber” etc. in sentences and some practice of that in the first and third person - including a comprehension sheet. There is a recap of key facts before a writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 35 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

An 18-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then practises some sports with a quick reading activity and then introduces some frequency phrases (e.g. “every day”, “at the weekend”, “three times per week” etc.). There is then a longer reading comprehension activity (included), and lots of information and practice about putting the verb as the second idea. There is a recap of key facts before a writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 34 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 21-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then recaps two ways to state opinions (“Ich liebe/mag/hasse…” and “Ich finde es…”) before introducing a third way: “am liebsten”/“lieber”/"(gar) (nicht) (sehr) gern". There is then a listening activity based on “Ich finde…” sentences and a video about football. After that is a “spot the mistakes” activity and a conversation to practise in pairs. There is then a translation into English and into German and then information on why giving opinions and reasons is important (in the context of the GCSE mark scheme). There is then an introduction to “weil”, “da”, and “denn” and some practice with a dice game. It ends with a recap of key facts and a short writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 33 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 16-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces several sports and activities and there’s a quick video to introduce “Handball”. It then practises the sports and hobbies with a simple listening exercise. There is then some work on conjugating verbs (“spielen” and “gehen”), before some translations into English and into German. After a little more listening practice and a recap of key facts, there’s a short writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 32 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 5-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the writing task, asking students to write about their school in four specific bullet points (subjects and when, opinions on subjects, break time food and drink, and uniform). Also included is a list of targets for quick marking and feedback/PRIDE/DIRT (T1, T2 etc.) This is lesson 31 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the structure of the German school system and there’s a video from YouTube to watch. It then introduces the vocabulary for lots of areas within a school (e.g. canteen, playground, staff room etc.), and invites students to put these words into simple descriptive sentences. There is then a reading activity and a listening activity to practise this vocabulary. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about the school they go to. This is lesson 30 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces lots of clothing vocabulary (along with the gender) and there is some translation (into English and then into German) to practise simple sentences. There is a listening/gap fill activity, before the grammar information about adjectival endings. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about their school uniform. This is lesson 29 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces lots of clothing vocabulary (along with the gender) and there is some translation (into English and then into German) to practise simple sentences. There is a listening/gap fill activity, before the grammar information about adjectival endings. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about their school uniform. This is lesson 28 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces days of the week (via the Very Hungry Caterpillar) and then practises them with a listening exercise. There are then some timetables from other countries and a reading comprehension on the board. It then talks through ordinal numbers (to say "in the first/second/third period), and there’s a multiple choice comprehension quiz (included). It then introduces the basic way of saying the time, with a grid for students to fill in, and some listening practice. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about 5 items on their timetable. This is lesson 27 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the Knowledge Organiser for this topic (included), and then introduces lots of school subjects in German and introduces the idea of stating opinions (with “Ich liebe”, “Ich mag (nicht)” and “Ich hasse”. There is then a sentence builder with intensifiers and reasons, and a couple of listening exercises to practise this. It then introduces the idea of saying what “he” and “she” like/don’t like and it ends with a writing exercise state opinions and reasons in the first and third person. Please note that there is a reference to a Linguascope worksheet, which I can’t share due to Copyright. This is lesson 26 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

An 11-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then asks students to translate a German passage covering many topics covered in lesson 1 to 24. There is a walk-through for peer marking, plus some grade boundaries to give a grade. There are also three targets if the teacher is marking with some specific work for those targets. This is lesson 25 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 39-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the idea of compound nouns with a video, practice, and information about plurals and gender. It then introduces 10 new “pet” words and goes through the plural forms. There is then a song and a listening exercise to practise plurals. There is also a reminder about how to say “My”, plus information on giving names and saying “it” (with video clip). There is a reading comprehension (included) and it ends with a writing exercise to describe what pets you have. This is lesson 23 and 24 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 10-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity thinking about previous German content covered and then introduces some height and size vocabulary. This is practised with a listening exercise, some translations, and a reading comprehension. It ends with a written activity in the style of a “wanted” posted to describe someone else. This is lesson 22 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity to practise previous German content covered and then recaps colours. It then talks through hair and eye colours, plus hair styles and lengths, and practises these with a listening activity. There is then some extra vocabulary (“beard”, “moustache”, “glasses” and “bald head” and it ends with a writing activity in the first and third person. Note: There is reference to a Lingascope worksheet, which I can’t share for Copywrite reasons. This is lesson 21 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 26-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces 11 colours in German words and practises them with a “brain gym” activity and a listening exercise. There is some information on saying “light” and “dark”, and some translations (combining colours with school bag items). It ends with an extended writing piece about colours and combining it with school bag items. Note that there is a reference to a Linguascope worksheet, which I cannot include as it’s Copywrite. This is lesson 20 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

An 18-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces 11 new “characteristics” words and practises them with listening exercises. There is then a reminder about intensifiers before an explanation of using the correct word for “my” to talk about other people, like family members (a grid to fill in is also included). There is then some translation work, followed by some frequency phrases. It ends with an extended writing piece about characteristics. This is lesson 19 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 10-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity thinking about German content already covered and then introduces some opinion adjectives and intensifiers. It talks through how to structure a simple conversation giving your opinion and encourages students to form opinions on brand names and other words covered so far. It ends with some translations This is lesson 18 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity thinking about content previous covered and then introduces the different words for “my” for introducing male and female family members. It then introduces lots of family member vocab before explaining how to give names and ages of other people. There are also some translations, a translation worksheet (included), and a reading comprehension on the PowerPoint. It ends with an extended writing activity. Please note there is a reference to a Linguascope worksheet, which I am unable to share due to Copywrite. This is lesson 17 of many lessons available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger