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

Get your students used to GCSE-style questions early with translations (Eng-Germ and vice versa), picture description and role plays based on vocab learned in Chapter 1 Stimmt 1 "Meine Welt und ich" This download includes: -powerpoint with three pictures with questions in English to guide students along. The first picture can be used as example/writing task, the other two for pair work. It includes some colour questions which can be taken out. -translation worksheet -two role play cards for student pair work -example answers for speaking and answers for translation task included in the powerpoint More chapters available soon! Note: vocabulary slide should be first in ppt, was put to back so preview on TES shows pictures.

Let history come to life with an escape room lesson! New version: no preparation, self marking, remote learning ready. Get students to puzzle their way through the history of the Berlin Wall, trying to stay in touch with their long lost friend Thomas on the other side of the wall. Engage students with a story website that will require them to work through a mix of text, video, jigsaw puzzles and codes to be the first one to win. This resource can be used as a revision lesson on the topic of the Berlin Wall or, with some internet research by the students, as a first introduction to the topic. It should take between 45 min and 2 hours, depending on age and prior knowledge. The new digital version is longer. As a native of Berlin I have been teaching this topic as part of my German lessons for about 10 years now. On the 3rd October, German national day, all my classes (aged 13-18) get a one lesson run through of the history of the wall and students are always fascinated by it. The topics covered here are: • the situation of Germany under the occupation of the allies after the war • the differences between East and West • why people escaped to the West • the building of the wall • what is the Stasi • what led to the fall of the wall • what happened on the 9th of November 1989 Includes: • link to dedicated story website (2 versions) • documents, excel and powerpoint files • puzzles • lesson plan • answers I have also included a powerpoint presentation of statistics showing the present-day differences between former East and West Germany and a collection of my favourite youtube videos on the topic.

Use the new Pixar film to introduce pets in German with enough material for about 3 lessons. These lessons are based on chapter 2, units 1 and 2, pages 30-34 in “Stimmt 1” but can also be used in combination with Zoom 1 and other text books. It includes picture description and translation tasks, modelled on the new GCSE exams. Topics are pets, genders, description (body/character) and modal verbs. Some tasks are based on a YouTube clip, but can be skipped if you can’t access YouTube in your school. This download includes a 90-slide PowerPoint presentation, three worksheets and a lesson plan. Lesson Overview • Slide 2: German Trailer • Slides 3-15: introduction of animals and genders • Slides 17-26: listen and repeat animals • Slides 27-37: Pass Auf! Game • Slides 48-59: Was fehlt? Game • Slides 60-67: Speaking description words • Slide 68: writing task venn diagram description words • Slide 69-73: plurals • Slide 74: reading tasks, additional description words • Slides 75-77: listening task, ways of saying good bye • 78-84: modal sentences with “kann” • Slides 85-88: Picture description • Slide 89-90: Bingo • Slides 91-94: Translation tasks answers • Translation Worksheet • Puzzle Worksheet Note: PPT now corrected

This is the full 130 page Ebook document including links to more than 30 puzzle templates. Print copy also available. Students are never as motivated as when they compete against the clock to stop a nefarious hacker destroying the internet or when they are searching for the entrance to the mummy’s tomb. Escape Rooms or Breakout Games promise an hour of puzzle fun, teamwork and logical thinking wrapped up in an exciting story, and many teachers are keen to harness this new trend for their classes. This guide is filled with advice on how to get started with your first escape room lesson, with little or no cost. It contains over 30 puzzle templates and instructions for Microsoft Office, Google and Genially that can be adapted for any subject and any age group and can be used in combination with real locks or as part of a digital activity in class or during remote learning. Find the answers to all your questions: What is an escape room? Why use it in school? Can I use it for my subject or topic? How do I plan the activity? What is the difference between digital, physical and mixed escape rooms? What types of boxes and locks can I use? How do I create digital rooms and locks? What is the difference between linear and non-linear setup? How do I come up with a story? How can I make it more immersive? How do I organise the lesson and timing? What is good puzzle design? What puzzles can I use? What do they look like? How do I create them? How do students solve them? What templates and websites can I use? How could I use them in my subject?

Murder Mystery to run alongside Stimmt AQA GCSE Chapter 3 “Menschliche Beziehungen”, Now also includes an adapted version to go with the Pearson Edexcel GCSE book for the 2024 GCSE specification, Chapter 3 “Meine Welt, deine Welt” Turn a whole chapter into a crime story! 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 ‘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. The topics included: describing appearance and character speaking about friendship family relationships and reasons why you (don’t) get on with each other weddings and opinions about marriage separable verbs future tense imperfect modal verbs Includes: • puzzle, reading, writing, listening, 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