A fun starter or plenary practising hobby vocab from pages 58-59 in the Stimmt! 1 book (hobbies, time phrases, inversion). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

Two worksheets to help students prepare questions and answers for the German general conversation part of the 2016 spec exam or for a speaking exam for the old 2014 spec specification. They are based on the questions in the back of Stimmt! AQA German Foundation book, but can be used with any text book. Sheet 1 has questions and answers and sample answers in English and German. (More support) Sheet 2 has the questions and answers English and German and useful vocab, structures and hints on what tenses and content to include. (More independence)

A fun starter or plenary practising hobby vocab from pages 56-57 in the Stimmt! 1 book (hobbies, opinions, irregular present tense verbs). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

This is the film trailer for my Stimmt GCSE German murder mystery, so you can see it before you buy. Find the main resource here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stimmt-gcse-murder-mystery-menschliche-beziehungen-chapter-3-11463917

Two worksheets to help students prepare questions and answers for the German general conversation part of the 2016 spec exam or for a speaking exam for the old 2014 spec specification. They are based on the questions in the back of Stimmt! AQA German higher book, but can be used with any text book. Sheet 1 has questions and answers and sample answers in English and German. (More support) Sheet 2 has the questions and answers English and German and useful vocab, structures and hints on what tenses and content to include. (More independence)

A fun starter or plenary practising hobby vocab from pages 60-61 in the Stimmt! 1 book (online activities, frequency phrases and future tense using present tense verbs). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

A fun plenary or starter to practise weather and seasons for GCSE level, for example page 118 in Stimmt AQA GCSE Higher, but can be used with any text book or for revision.

A fun starter or plenary practising school vocab from pages 15- 16 in the new AQA GCSE Stimmt! Red book (school system and describing your school). Includes three word puzzles and answers. Note: Crossword corrected now

This is a Tarsia puzzle to practise words relating to university education in German, aimed at 6th form students. A tarsia consists of puzzle pieces that the students cut out and then match words to form a certain shape (ideally students don’t know what shape that is). They will quickly realise their mistakes if the puzzle won’t fit together. Great activity for Friday afternoons or end of term. This download includes: sheets for students with jumbled up puzzle pieces, a answer sheet for the teacher in list form and showing the shape. If the print quality of the powerpoint isn't good enough, use the attached pdf file.

This is a tarsia puzzle with mixed vocab for the end of year of year ten German. The vocab is based on units 1 to 4 of the Edexcel German GCSE (2009 spec) foundation book and includes Media, Holiday, School and Family. A tarsia consists of puzzle pieces that the students cut out and then match words to form a certain shape (ideally students don’t know what shape that is). They will quickly realise their mistakes if the puzzle won’t fit together. Great activity for Friday afternoons or end of year.

This is a bundle of six resources to teach the Berlin Wall to 6th form students, either as preparation for the research based essay (old spec) or the topic of "aspects of political life" (new spec). It includes: Ost-West-Kontrast PPT: a presentation of 8 maps of Germany (2016-2014) showing the distribution of e.g. unemployment and election results )to highlight the continuing differences between east and west Germany. Two lists of past research based essay questions for Edexcel (old spec) Potsdamer Plaz PPT: four pictures illustrating changes in Berlin's centre Quiz Berliner Mauer: 11 Questions about the history of the Berlin wall, including answers Survey: a survey of 10 questions in English to check how much students already know about the history of the Berlin wall before starting the unit

Two longer texts looking at why Germany was divided into two different states in 1949, one looking at the development in the East, the other in the West. Includes a vocab list, a timeline that the students have to fill in and some discussion questions. Suitable for 6th form students preparing for the history option of the research based essay or the topic area of "Aspects of political life" in the new AQA specifications.

This is a tarsia puzzle with family vocab for the end of year of year ten German. The vocab is based on unit 4 of the Edexcel German GCSE (2009 spec) foundation book about family, character, marriage and some past tense. A tarsia consists of puzzle pieces that the students cut out and then match words to form a certain shape (ideally students don’t know what shape that is). They will quickly realise their mistakes if the puzzle won’t fit together. Great activity for Friday afternoons or end of year.

A presentation for Stimmt AQA GCSE Foundation/Higher to introduce genres of books with different speaking and writing activities and a quiz. Also includes an introduction to cases in German with focus on the nominative and accusative with a grammar handout for students.

A fun starter or plenary practising description vocab from pages 48-49 in the new AQA GCSE Red Stimmt! book (appearance, character and adjective endings). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

A fun starter or plenary practising school vocab from pages 6-7 in the new AQA GCSE Stimmt! book (school subjects and uniform). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

A colourful display of the longest and most difficult to pronounce words in German. Try promising prizes for anyone who can pronounce three of them correctly and see what happens...

A fun starter or plenary practising school vocab from pages 79-80 in the Stimmt! 1 book (days, times and timetable). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

A fun starter or plenary practising hobby vocab from pages 26-27 in the new AQA GCSE Stimmt! Green book (hobbies, books, instruments and cases). Includes three word puzzles and answers.