A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes: Grammar Using “seit” Using imperatives to give advice Using “können” as a modal verb Key phrases Body parts Face parts Illnesses Saying how to stay fit (“Man kann…”) It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”. Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers: Introduction to German My Family School Free Time My Home My Town Food and Shopping Body and Fitness Daily Routine Film, TV, Music and Social Media These can be purchased individually or as a bundles. You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then reminds students about inversion (after “In meinem Zimmer…”) and then introduces 13 words for bedroom furniture (e.g. “ein Regal”, “ein Bett”, “einen Stuhl” etc.). There is a quick listening activity to put the furniture in order and then a reminder about using “kein” properly and another listening activity to write out the furniture words that students hear. There is then a “spot and correct the mistakes” activity and some translations into English and into German. It’s followed by a text for students to find out the some adjectives like “big”, “tidy”, “light” etc. (plus another listening activity to practise this) and it ends with by asking students to put together a written piece to describe a messy bedroom. This is lesson 42 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

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 2.2G - Mein Lebensstil for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 2.1G - Gesund leben for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Speaking exam - the Role Play part. It explains the format of the exam, the mark scheme, some useful questions words, some general tips, information on forming questions, information on register (“Sie” vs. “du”), and information on stating and explaining your opinion.

Display posters for creating more interesting opinions and justifications in German using emojis. Starts with ways to state your opinion, then lists intensifiers, explains “weil”, “denn”, and “da”, and then gives three pages of emoji adjectives to use. I recommend printing off on at least A3 size, in colour, and laminate them.

A PowerPoint presentation regarding the German language, its similarity to English, some cognates and loan words, techniques for working out new words and a classroom class talk speaking activity for students to have in their books and use through the year. You’ll need to adapt the worksheet and PowerPoint so that it reflects your school’s reward name (I talk about gaining a “Silver” and a “Gold”). I have loads of Y7 German lessons (including Knowledge Organisers), plus KS4 German Knowledge Organisers for the entire GCSE course available from my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A knowledge (KO) organiser for German GCSE. It is for theme 12.1 - Choice of career. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using ich möchte,* ich werde*, and* ich will*”, “Using subordinating conjunctions”, and “Understanding and using the genitive case”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 2.1 - Social Media. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using the present tense to refer to the future”, “Using direct and indirect pronouns”, and “Using wann, wenn and als correctly”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A 13-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity thinking about the German language and then goes through some general rules for correct classroom behaviour. It ends with a simple classroom instructions match-up activity. This is lesson 1 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 30-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity and then introduces the idea of nouns and how they have different genders in German. It then introduces 12 items of equipment in the school bag. It then teaches whether to use “der”, “die”, or “das” or “einen”, “eine”, or “ein”. There are a couple of listening exercises, some short writing exercises, a reading comprehension, and some information about forming negatives with “kein/e/n”. This is lesson 12 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 and then talks through how to make links between German words and English words, including cognates, logic, and visual clues. It ends with a match-up activity (plus worksheet) for classroom speaking, e.g. “Ich habe mein Heft vergessen” etc. Also included is the worksheet itself for printing. Note that on the worksheet and the PowerPoint, you may need to change “R1” to your school’s reward system term. As well as that, there is a German Quiz PowerPoint included for an introduction to German and Germany. This is lesson 2 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 4-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity and then goes the instructions for carrying out the assessment as a writing activity. Also included are the markschemes (slightly different depending on if you do it as a speaking or a writing activity) which will enable you to grade students up to grade 9. There is also a slide to help you mark it so that you can write, e.g. “T4, T9” to feedback on students’ improvement targets. Students can then work on these in the next lesson by using the PowerPoint presentation for lesson 15, which explains to students what they need to do to improve the work and re-write it. This is lesson 14 and 15 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

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

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 13-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It starts with a short “hook” video about “Sommerrodeln” and asks students to form their opinion on it. There is then a match-up activity for adventure sports, like mountain biking, white water rafting, canoing etc. There is then a short explanation of the word “man” and “Man kann…” is introduced. Students are asked to form sentences using “man kann”. The four seasons are then introduced and students are asked to put these into more “man kann” sentences. It ends with a creative piece of work, in which students are invited to make a brochure for an adventure centre to practise the “man kann” sentences with adventure sports, plus their opinions. This is lesson 38 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 information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Listening exam (both tiers). It explains the format of the exam, tips for before, during, and after the exam, some useful questions words and some basic tense structures.

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Writing exam - the 40-word essay part (which only appears on the Foundation tier). It explains the format of the exam, information on the word count, the mark scheme, some general tips, some common question vocabulary, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.