Ppt featuring severely cropped authentic images of places in Berlin (station, supermarket etc). Pupils have to try to guess what the place is and say'Hier gibt es ...'. The cropped image is followed by the full image to confirm the answer or make it a bit easier, and this is then supported with the correct sentence in German. Colour coding has been used to emphasize gender. The final four slides build up a table modelling the use of the Nominative after Das ist vs the Accusative after Es gibt. This could be elicited from students before clicking in each answer.

Playscript in which Mister Bean has a driving lesson, with predictable consequences. Lots of practice of directions and a bit of Spanish.

This an upgraded version of a worksheet I originally uploaded for Year 11 pupils. The text contains unpleasant but true information about the self-styled 'Worst hotel in the world' plus comments about dreadful hotels from contributors to TripAdvisor. This is followed by a grammar tip about adjectives, comparatives and superlatives, questions in German, a manipulation exercise, a translation into English, a writing task, more grammar, a speaking task and finally another writing task.

Handout revising the use of the Nominative after 'sein' and the Accusative after 'Es gibt ... ' , presented in the context of describing your town.

Text in which Homer compares Springfield and Shelbyville briefly, before enthusing about what there is, and there is not, in Springfield. The text is followed by a Richtig / Falsch exercise, a find-the-phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise and a writing task.

Text in which Homer Simpson talks about what there is to do in Springfield and compares it to Shelbyville. The text is followed by a True / False exercise, a find-the-phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise and a writing task.

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.

Toolkit designed to help my Year 10 foundation students practise the patterns required to create a few complex sentences about school and what they would change if they had the power.

The first text is about a Grundschullehrer who answered a pupil's question about Father Christmas with the truth. The second text is a weather report covering the prospects of there being a white Christmas. Both texts are followed by questions in English.

A powerpoint featuring a model of a statement about household chores covering three tenses, followed by several images of celebrities or fictional characters, into whose mouths the pupils might like to put words. Could easily be adapted for any topic.

Activities for students to do after watching the film. There are two reviews of the film, edited together from a number of authentic reviews. These are followed by comprehension questions in German, and two writing tasks.

Playscript based 90% on lyrics from the song 'GutenTag, ich bin der Nikolaus'. What might Santa be tempted to do if he forgot his own boots?

Powerpoint which (i) explores what the key attributes of a uniform are (ii) provides images of interesting dress codes with on-screen language support to stimulate discussion about whether certain combinations of clothing constitute a uniform, and (iii) provides images of school uniforms from around the world with on-screen language support to provoke comments. Worked OK with my Year 10 Foundation class.

Toolkit to help Foundation Level students say what they wear, have to wear, would rather wear, like, dislike, despise etc and get the adjectival endings right.

Powerpoint to support / stimulate discussion of the film.

Playscript in which a stressed teacher foolishly complains about the length and structure of the school day to the Head Teacher, who happens to be Darth Vader. Students could practise the dialogue as is, and then change the words in bold type. PS This is not a reference to any particular Head Teacher!

Colour coded grammar toolkit to help students formulate sentences such as 'I've got a dog called &'Lumpi&';.' or I used to have cat, called 'Mimi&'.' or 'When I was little, I used to have a cat called &';Mimi'.'

Text in which four teenagers describe the contents of their schoolbag, and say what they have forgotten. It serves as an introduction to the regular plural form in French. The text is followed by an exercise in which students must identify and list the singular and plural forms. They could then describe the contents of their own schoolbag.

This a version of a resource I've already uploaded. It focuses on gender and the change in masculine articles in the Accusative. Instead of the 'Family' vocab in the other version, this one features vocab from 'Der Hobbit' and was made to help some Tolkien fans in my year 9 FL2 class to have a rudimentary conversation about the film.

Text about the legal rights and responsibilities of 16-18 year olds in Germany. The text is followed by (i) step by step guidance on how to convert the facts into sentences and then into opinions (ii) practice in expressing opinions.