Powerpoint for practising places in a town. Each slide has a severely cropped image of a place in a town. Students have to say what they think it is. The following slide reveals the full image, and a further click will reveal the relevant French word.
Powerpoint with images of celebrities, designed to stimulate speculation, and possibly even debate, about what they have in their bedroom. The second version of the Powerpoint leads in with an introduction to / revision of the use of adjectives in French and provides support for the descriptions.
Two GCSE type questions relating to a synopsis of the film 'Into the White', which features Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter fame). The film is based on the true story of German and British air crews having to co-operate to survive, having both crashed in the Norwegian mountains during WW2. In one version, the synopsis is followed by questions in English. In the other, the text is followed by True / False / Not in Text questions.
Open-ended activity in which students must (i) improvise a dialogue featuring all of the sentences on the sheet and (ii) write the dialogue up. Works well if you improvise a dialogue for the class to watch before asking them to do it.
Questions on Filmsprache in Das Leben der Anderen followed by (i) a manipulation exercise, in which students must adapt the questions to generate statements about technical aspects of the film and (ii) an essay title.
Toolkit featturing key structures for describing a room. It brings together the Nominative, the Accusative and prepositions with the Dative . It is followed by a multiple choice exercise practising these grammatical points.
Powerpoint which systematically builds up a table demonstrating the formation of the Dative after certain prepositions (an, auf , hinter etc). After the table has been built up, articles are removed randomly and students have to say what is missing.
Interactive multiple choice quiz on Das Leben der Anderen. Each time the file is opened, the questions and the multi-choice options will be presented in a different order. Will work on IW or PC.
Text featuring an interview with a ghost in which he recounts aspects of his life and death, handily icluding examples of the Perfect with haben and with sein. The text is followed by a capture sheet and some inductive exercises on the selection of the correct auxiliary verb.
Interactive drag and drop practice of a number of useful structures for talking about pets. The examples here all relate to cats, so pupils have to focus on the structures themselves. Will work on PC or IW.
Another toolkit to help pupils talk about their work experience. This one features adverbial phrases followed by inverted verbs. Also features Perfect and Imperfect tenses.