Relatively simple dialogue about free time. Pupils practise the dialogue, then improvise changes to the highlighted parts of the text.

Two short texts in which teenagers talk about why they sometimes get into trouble at home, followed by a 'Which person said what?' exercise.

Higher Level text about drug abuse in Germany, with comprehension questions in English and a short manipulation exercise

An unlikely dilaogue in which Bella fro Twighlight and Belletrix from Harry Potter discuss health and fitness. I've uploaded the dialogue on its own before but it is now followed by comprehension questions in English, a grammar point relating to word order after aufhoeren and anfangen and two exercises in which students must generate sentences of their own.

3 model texts about designer clothes plus a little bit of grammar to help students express their own ideas.

A list of questions covering typical Year 7 topics and a list of possible answers. Pupils have to match up the answers to the questions. But ... there are two answers for every question. Pupils have to find both answers each time. It can then be used as a platform for extended oral work.

Text in German about the variety of beliefs and tradidtions regarding where Santa lives, followed by GCSE-style questions in English.

Dialogue set at a party in Hogwarts. The students are given the beginning of the dialogue and must reconstruct the rest using a selection of speech bubbles and a bit of imagination. Lots of practice of sich duschen, sich amüsieren and sich erbrechen.

A sequence of activities relating to the thorny issue of G8 in German Gymnasien. There is (i) an article followed by questions in German (ii) a set of opinions to sort into Pro and Contra groups (iii) a discussion and a diamond 9 card sort (iv) an analysis of the structure of the article (which is very similar to an essay structure) and (v) an essay title.

Scaffold to structure a discussion about what kinds of animals pupils would be prepared to eat and why.

Dialogue in which Batman discusses his commitment issues with a psychiatrist. Includes Past, Present and Future tenses

Text about JK Rowling, followed by 'True / False / Not in text' questions

Text about a Goth festival in Leipzig followed by questions in English.

Interactive practice of the Present Tense of the verb trinken. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive exercise practising the present tense of ESSEN. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive drag and drop exercise practising the je form of three high-frequency verb forms in their positive and negative forms. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive practice of countries. Pupils match eight events from the year 2008 with eight countries. Will work on PC or IW.

Simple Powerpoint designed to scaffold pair work on basic daily routine structures.

Reading activity in which10 teenagers say something about what they did on their birthday. Students must match these statements to others in a list below the stimulus texts.

I've piggy-backed the content of this acitivity onto the excellent Trivial Pursuit PPT uploaded by Helen Wolfenden. The content is pitched slightly higher in this version and might suit students revising for Higher papers.