Interview with Mr Bean about towns in France he likes and has visited, loosely based on 'Mr Bean's Holiday'. Not all of his answers fit the questions but pupils generally pick up on this, ( and they can of course be invited to supply the answers Mr Bean should have given ...)

TOOLKIT outlining ordinal numbers from 1 - 31 with the twelve months. The structures will enable students to say when they and others celebrate their birthdays and when they ans others were born.

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.

Powerpoint containing a set of activities which become progressively more challenging (i) a multiple-choice quiz (ii) more demanding reading activities regarding the history of the World Cup (iii) reading activities relating to Brazil (iv) images to provoke discussion. Use the bits that suit your class!

This replaces a previously uploaded version which simply did not work (as my Year 12s discovered.) A text about three contrasting holidays has been broken up and students must reassemble it correctly. This is followed by the original text (ie the solution), a reminder of the Adjective / Comparative / Superlative constructions, and an exercis comparing two of the holidays.

Nine images of Marvel characters for students to describe. The first slide acts as a homepage for the presentation. Students choose an number and a clicl wiill hyperlink them to an image of a Marvel superhero / mutant to describe. Each slide has an on-screen toolkit to help students form suitable sentences.

An activity I did with a revision-shy Year 11 class to make them engage with a past paper in a different way.

A two part workout on adjectives. In the first exercise students must identify the adjectives in the text about Harry Potter. In the second they must choose the adjective with the correct agreement.

Toolkit to help students describe their town or village.

Interactive vocab practice of school subjects, using drop-down lists. Will work on PC or IW.

A Powerpoint which (i) step by step builds up a grammatical table to demonstrate the adjectival endings needed when desribing places in a town and (ii) presents pairs of real and fictitious characters which form the basis for paired speaking activities.

Toolkit designed to help pupils generate a range sentences relating to TV and films.

Did this at the end of the academic year with my two Year 7 classes. It's adapted from generic instructions found elsewhere on the net.

TOOLKIT to help students generate sentences starting with an adverb, adverbial phrase, or subordinate clause, and continuing with a reflexive verb in the Perfect Tense.

Three short character studies of Gerd Wiesler, Georg Dreyman and Christa-Maria Sieland. Each study contains an anomaly, which the students must identify and delete. (PS typos removed)

Dialogue in which Orlando Bloom is interviewed in german about his free time.

Lara Croft describes a convoluted journey to Germany. Text followed by questions in German and a writing task.

Powerpoint in which the pattern of adjectival endings after 'Wir haben ein / eine / ein ... ' are built up slide by slide. This followed by an activity in which images of celebrities and fim characters are used as a stimulus for students to say what kind of garden / kitchen / bedroom they have.

A series of statements loosely based on the themes of technology / media / celebrity. Students must speculate how Harry Styles (or any celeb you care to replace him with) would answer the questions. This is followed by writing task. Students then answer similar questions for themselves before doing some pair-work on the topic.

Three short texts about what teenagers use the internet for, followed by questions in English, a 'find the phrase' activity, a minor Grammar point, a manipulation exercise, a 'find the tense' exercise, and a writing task.