A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 3.3 - Sport. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Saying what you like/prefer/like best”, “Using separable and reflexive verbs in the future tense”, and “Using wann, wenn, and als correctly”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge (KO) organiser for German GCSE. It is for theme 12.1 - Choice of career. It complements the OUP textbook. It includes key grammar (“Using ich möchte,* ich werde*, and* ich will*”, “Using subordinating conjunctions”, and “Understanding and using the genitive case”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.

A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes: Grammar Using haben and sein correctly Using ordinal numbers Key Phrases The alphabet pronunciation Introducing yourself Numbers (up to 31) Saying how you are Birthdays and months of the year Saying where you live School equipment It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”. Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers: Introduction to German My Family School Free Time My Home My Town Food and Shopping Body and Fitness Daily Routine Film, TV, Music and Social Media These can be purchased individually or as a bundles. You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity thinking about content previous covered and then introduces the different words for “my” for introducing male and female family members. It then introduces lots of family member vocab before explaining how to give names and ages of other people. There are also some translations, a translation worksheet (included), and a reading comprehension on the PowerPoint. It ends with an extended writing activity. Please note there is a reference to a Linguascope worksheet, which I am unable to share due to Copywrite. This is lesson 17 of many lessons available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity to practise work covered so far, then introduces the brother and sister (plus “half” and “step”) vocabulary and the plural forms. There is a worksheet to practise labelling the spellings correctly, two listening exercises, and some translations. It ends with a written task to put it together. Also included is a Knowledge Organiser for this half term (siblings, family, pets, descriptions). This is lesson 16 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 16-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces several sports and activities and there’s a quick video to introduce “Handball”. It then practises the sports and hobbies with a simple listening exercise. There is then some work on conjugating verbs (“spielen” and “gehen”), before some translations into English and into German. After a little more listening practice and a recap of key facts, there’s a short writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 32 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 13-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It starts with a recap of what verbs are and a reminder of how to conjugate - especially “wohnen”. It then introduces types of houses (“Einfamilienhaus”, “Reihenhaus” etc.) followed by areas you can live in (“an der Küste”, “auf dem Land” etc.). There is a listening exercise to practise this, before some short translations. There is a “True or False” activity and students should correct the false sentences, and the a little information on the Dative Case. It ends with some information about how to give addresses and phone numbers in German with another listening exercise. This is lesson 39 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity thinking about the German language and then goes through the importance of the Knowledge Organiser (KO included!) and then goes through basic “Guten Tag” vocabulary. There is a listening activity of people saying “Hello” to each other" and a vocab matching activity. My Knowledge Organiser for beginners’ German is also included (Word and PDF available). This is lesson 3 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes: Grammar Using “seit” Using imperatives to give advice Using “können” as a modal verb Key phrases Body parts Face parts Illnesses Saying how to stay fit (“Man kann…”) It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”. Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers: Introduction to German My Family School Free Time My Home My Town Food and Shopping Body and Fitness Daily Routine Film, TV, Music and Social Media These can be purchased individually or as a bundles. You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity and then introduces the idea of verb conjugation (using “wohnen”). A grid for students to fill in is included. It then presents 11 country names in German, and practises them with two listening exercises. Please note: There is a reference to the Linguascope worksheet on countries, which I cannot share as it is protected by Copyright. Also included is a grid for students to fill in the conjugation of “wohnen”. This is lesson 10 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 4-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity and then goes the instructions for carrying out the assessment as a writing activity. Also included are the markschemes (slightly different depending on if you do it as a speaking or a writing activity) which will enable you to grade students up to grade 9. There is also a slide to help you mark it so that you can write, e.g. “T4, T9” to feedback on students’ improvement targets. Students can then work on these in the next lesson by using the PowerPoint presentation for lesson 15, which explains to students what they need to do to improve the work and re-write it. This is lesson 14 and 15 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 19-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces new “hobby” phrases (e.g. “I go into town”, “I listen to music” etc.) There is then a recap of what is meant by “conjugation” and a grid to fill in of sport/hobby regular verbs. It then introduces irregular verbs with another grid to fill in. After that, there are three listening exercises and then translations into English and into German. There is then a recap of using “gern”, “lieber” etc. in sentences and some practice of that in the first and third person - including a comprehension sheet. There is a recap of key facts before a writing exercise to put it together. This is lesson 35 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 12-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then introduces the structure of the German school system and there’s a video from YouTube to watch. It then introduces the vocabulary for lots of areas within a school (e.g. canteen, playground, staff room etc.), and invites students to put these words into simple descriptive sentences. There is then a reading activity and a listening activity to practise this vocabulary. It ends with a written exercise asking students to write about the school they go to. This is lesson 30 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

A 15-slide PowerPoint presentation which starts with a Do Now activity covering German topics covered so far. It then reminds students about inversion (after “In meinem Zimmer…”) and then introduces 13 words for bedroom furniture (e.g. “ein Regal”, “ein Bett”, “einen Stuhl” etc.). There is a quick listening activity to put the furniture in order and then a reminder about using “kein” properly and another listening activity to write out the furniture words that students hear. There is then a “spot and correct the mistakes” activity and some translations into English and into German. It’s followed by a text for students to find out the some adjectives like “big”, “tidy”, “light” etc. (plus another listening activity to practise this) and it ends with by asking students to put together a written piece to describe a messy bedroom. This is lesson 42 of many available for Year 7 (Y7) or first year German. Bundles available! Everything (plus KS3 and KS4 German Knowledge Organisers and GCSE exam skill help sheets) is available from my shop. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 2.1G - Gesund leben for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

All you need to teach two or three lessons to cover 3.1F - Eine gute Ausbildung for the new (2024) AQA GCSE German course. The content matches the 2024 OUP AQA GCSE German book. Includes: PowerPoint for two or three lessons Lesson resources Vocab sheet to fill in (including Quizlet and Blooket links) Vocab practice exercises Vocab test The PowerPoint includes a starter, recall activities, the vocabulary for this subunit, vocab practice, the OUP (AQA) textbook resources (including the audio files, transcripts, the extra resources, grammar exercises and practice test questions), grammar explanations, extra exercises, key phonics, and exam focus pages and activities, including the new exam questions, like Reading Aloud, Dictation etc. Each suite of lessons (e.g. 1.1G) is £2.50, and a bundle of three (i.e. the G, F and H sets) is just £6. See my TES shop here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/IndieSinger

An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Speaking exam - the General Conversation part at the Higher tier. It explains the format of the exam, the mark scheme, some useful questions words, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.