I am a German native speaker from Berlin who works in a secondary school in Dorset.
I have been teaching for nine years from year 7 to A-Level and my specialty is using technology, puzzles and games in lessons.
I am a German native speaker from Berlin who works in a secondary school in Dorset.
I have been teaching for nine years from year 7 to A-Level and my specialty is using technology, puzzles and games in lessons.
All you need to get students confidently using German numbers.
This pack focuses on getting the students to use their logic to work out how numbers in German are put together, including irregular ones.
This pack includes a 47-slide powerpoint presentation, crossword puzzles, card sort and jigsaw puzzle and list of game ideas to practise numbers.
Details:
The presentation includes pronunciation practise of ei-ie, different activities and games to practise the numbers and links to quizlet and Kahoot. The card sorting activity shows numbers in different Germanic languages to make students understand language families and cognates. There are two tarsia jigsaw puzzles for lower and higher numbers. Students cut out the square and triangular pieces and work out what shape they need to make by matching up the numbers in German.
Note: For some activities you need to draw on the powerpoint. To get a pen, click control+p while in presentation mode.
A worksheet for KS3 or GCSE students to make them aware of common mistakes and how to improve them when giving opinions about school subjects.
The task is:
Text (A) needs improving, text (B) is excellent.
What feedback would you give (A) to improve and become (B)? Be as specific as possible and use marking codes.
1. Underline mistakes in (A) and annotate with marking codes
2. Underline extras in (B)
3. What feedback would you give (A) to improve and become (B)?
A fun starter or plenary practising food vocab from pages 78-79 in the Stimmt! AQA GCSE Higher book (food, opinions, past tense). Includes three word puzzles and answers.
A fun game that can be used to practise speaking about places in town and giving directions.
Works best if there are prizes for finding the treasures!
There are 5 maps with streets and town buildings (church, hospital ect) and three hidden treasure per slide. Students have to guess where the treasure is by naming the place of giving directions there, when you click on the place it reveals either an empty space or a treasure.
The third slide turns the whole game into a race between different teams.
In stronger classes they could practise prepositions and cases/genders (in der Kirche/ au stade ect)
The last two slides are more detailed to practise more complex directions like ‘over the bridge’, ‘at the traffic light’ ect.
A worksheet to practise recognising different tenses. Students fill past tense phrases and time phrases into a past/present/future table. Includes some more difficult ones like modal verbs in the imperfect and separable verbs in the perfect.
They then do a GCSE style reading task (Topic: "where I live") to decide which parts are in which tense.
Includes answer sheet.
A fun plenary or starter game for the main beginners' topics in any language. On each slide there are 16 squares with five treasures hidden behind them. Students translate the vocabulary on the boxes and if they get it right they choose a square and get a point/sweet/sticker if they find a treasure.
This activity is based on the gamification theory that random rewards make games more addictive and fun.
There are 34 slides with treasures hidden in different places about these topics (two slides for each topic)
Numbers 1-20
Numbers 20-100
Letters
Animals
Family
Months
Dates
Appearance
Verb endings
Question words
Sports
Hobbies
Hobbies/Sports and Time phrases
Subjects
Days
Town
Food
Note: In presentation mode click on squares to make them disappear and reveal the treasures.
A worksheet for lower to middle ability GCSE students, practising writing about part time jobs. There are three tasks for similar texts with decreasing support.
A powerpoint to introduce and practise a variety of jobs, places of work and descriptions of the workplace. Gives a quick overview of the conditional. Includes reading and speaking activities and several games.
This quiz is based on a six minute medley of German songs and it is aimed at intermediate German learners.
It would be ideal as an introduction to the topic of music or as a fun game at the end of term. It includes 12 different genres of music from folk to heavy metal and an exercise on description words to give opinions about music.
If played in teams it usually takes about 20-30 min - students answer questions about the genre, description and content and guess which band picture goes with which song.
Practise German pronunciation with this 70-slide PowerPoint. It is suitable for all levels from beginners to A-Level, and can be used whenever the students struggle with a certain sound.
This version includes all the word lists read out by a native speaker. There is a presentation-only version available to buy.
It covers the main difficult letters/letter combinations like ‘ie’ and ‘ei’, ‘sp’ and ‘st’ and ‘J’. The sounds are practiced with the following activities: listen and repeat contrasting pairs (for students to work out the pronunciation), listen and point to what sound you hear, pair work, tongue twisters and a rule to copy down if possible.
The presentation is meant to be presented in chunks, when students come across a new sound or before speaking exams.
Note: the slides are not in alphabetical order but in order of how common the problem is. There is a hyperlinked index.
For teaching Good Bye Lenin to 6th form students.
This contains two vocabulary lists in German-English, one general Berlin Wall vocab, one more specific Good Bye Lenin film vocab, there is also a big crossword puzzle for each vocab list, including answers.
A lesson that your students will not forget quickly!
Digital version - no prep - self marking
Students are immersed in exploring a secret space facility to find the alien and practise German numbers and dates on the way as well as cultural skills like recognising Euro coins.
There are two versions included:
A new digital only version which can be played on any device.
The original version which includes some documents to print out to use in class.
Answers included.
** A lesson that your students will not forget quickly!
Now digital version included - no prep - self marking
A spy themed escape room activity in which students need to do German language related puzzles to get a code to jump from one website to the next in search of the “mole” . Ideal as vocab and grammar revision for year 12 or year 13 for AQA German AS/A Level. Will keep them focused even in the last lesson before the holidays!
It includes vocab from the topics celebrations, digital world, architecture and Berlin.
There is a “digital only” version and a" digital+paper" version. The “digital+paper” version is more fun because it involves the game website and real life puzzles ( jigsaws, code wheels and string activities) that make the activities more “real”, but requires quite a bit of preparation by the teacher. The “digital only” version can be used without preparation and for remote learning.
Comments from 6th form students:
“This is intense!” “This was the best lesson I’ve had in some time!” “Can we do another one soon?”
The resource includes:
Link to “Findet den Maulwurf!” website
Teacher instruction, including how to put together the puzzle items and example pictures
Teacher answers
Powerpoint with game introduction
Puzzles to print out/Files for digital versions
Start the GCSE course with a French crime story that lasts a whole module!
This Murder Mystery is designed to run alongside Studio AQA GCSE Higher/Foundation Chapter 1 “Qui suis-je”, (and can be be adapted for Edexcel version) This project is intended to complement/ replace exercises from the text book and will link the pages together into one thrilling crime story. My students ask every lessons if they will find out today ‘whodunit’, especially as there is a prize for the best detective!
The project should not take up much more time than using the book on its own as some tasks can replace text book tasks and get students to revise the text book vocabulary in a different context.
Topics:
describing appearance and character
speaking about friendship
family relationships and reasons why you (don’t) get on with each other
future tense + going out to town
places in town + prepositions
perfect tense+ going out
imperfect+ childhood
Includes:
• puzzles, reading, writing, listening (teacher reading), speaking, translation and role play tasks
• film trailer for the project, powerpoint (more than 60 slides) and work booklet (12 pages)
• teacher guidance (hidden in the ppt, can be seen in edit mode)
• activity overview
• answers to all tasks
New version: remote learning ready - digital only - no preparation needed - self-marking
A lesson that your students will not forget quickly! A spy themed escape room activity in which students need to solve German language related puzzles to get a code to jump from one website to the next in search of the German spy.
There are two versions included here: a new digital only version and the original classroom based version.
Ideal as vocab revision on the topic of food . Will keep them focused even in the last lesson before the holidays!
It focuses on vocab and research on German food but the origitanl version also includes vocab from the topics school and hobbies, and practises word order and past participles.
The resource includes:
Link to “Findet den Spion!” website and introduction video.
Teacher instruction, including how to put together the puzzle items
Teacher answers
Puzzles to print out/Files for digital versions
Teach the German alphabet with these 76 clear photo clipart images without background (PNG format) and a PowerPoint presentation, perfect for a wide range of classroom activities and projects.
Key Features:
76 High-Quality Clipart Images: The German Alphabet pack contains three images per letter of the alphabet, apart of X, from “A” (Ameise) to “Z” (Zitrone). Each image comes in a transparent PNG format, making it easy to use them in your digital or printed resources.
PowerPoint Presentation: Each slide is dedicated to one letter of the alphabet, showcasing the three corresponding images with the German word, along with upper and lowercase letter displays. This PowerPoint is an excellent resource for introducing new vocabulary, phonics, or letter recognition activities in your classroom.
Versatile Usage: The German Alphabet pack is suitable for various age groups and learning levels. Use the clipart images and PowerPoint presentation for activities such as flashcards, posters, bulletin boards, worksheets, digital resources, and more. Unleash your creativity and design custom educational materials tailored to your students’ needs.
Time-Saving & Easy-to-Use: Save valuable preparation time with this ready-to-use pack. Download the files, and you’re all set to create engaging lessons and activities for your students. The user-friendly format allows seamless integration into your existing teaching materials.
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.
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.