A grid with phrases in past, present and future tenses. Phrases are activities people can do to protect the environment. Students need to fill in the gaps, using the other phrases to help them. The options for the gap fill can be printed on the back of the sheet for support. Ideal as a starter to practise the tenses.

A reading which practises clothes and opinions. It also introduces the students to more complex sentence starters e.g. ‘Normally I wear’ and ‘I would like to wear’. It is useful for students to complete before writing their own paragraphs on clothes. It would also be useful for cover.

Students need to draw the details in the descriptions on the faces. They then write two of their own descriptions. Students really enjoy this activity!

Sentence builder aimed at year 7 German students. Includes conditional mood.

This is a checklist which links to merits. Students check off when they have said a phrase e.g. ‘j’ai fini’. When they have 5 ticks they receive 5 merits. This has worked really well in my KS3 groups. They have it printed off and stuck in their exercise books. It has created a bit of a buzz with using the target language in lessons! :-)

Class set of dominoes to practise German hobbies with time phrases

My students love playing this board game on the topic of Taschengeld/Argent de poche. There are loads of ways of playing it but here are a couple! 1. Students work in groups of 2 or 3. They take it in turns to roll the dice. Students must say a sentence to describe what they have landed on. It is the first person to get to the end of the board game. 2. Students work in groups of 2 or 3. They are given a certain about of play money e.g. 100 euros. They must say a sentence to describe what they land on. If they land on a money square, they pick up this amount of money from the 'banker'. If it is a spending square, they must give that amount of money to the 'banker'. It is the person with the most money at the end of the game that wins.

A set of Quiz-Quiz-Trade cards which practise analogue time in German. Both the question and answer are on the cards so that pupils are able to learn from their mistakes. How Quiz-Quiz-Trade works: Students get up with their card and find a partner. They 'quiz' their partner by asking them a translation (e.g. what is 'half past four' in German?). Their partner also quizzes them with what is on their card. Once they have finished, they swap cards and then find another partner.

This crossword makes a brilliant starter to revise or teach jobs and careers. My students have always really enjoyed the challenge! It is also great for cover work. There is some support for weaker students at the bottom of the second page.

A set of Quiz-Quiz-Trade cards which practise analogue time in French. Both the question and answer are on the cards so that pupils are able to learn from their mistakes. How Quiz-Quiz-Trade works: Students get up with their card and find a partner. They 'quiz' their partner by asking them a translation (e.g. what is 'half past four' in French?). Their partner also quizzes them with what is on their card. Once they have finished, they swap cards and then find another partner. It works really well for getting students to practise saying the time. They really enjoy getting up and talking to different people too!

This is a reading text which can be used to consolidate or revise the topic of clothes and school uniform. The text includes adjective endings, conjunctions and 'ich möchte'. It is a useful resource either as part of a lesson or as cover work. It could also be used as a scaffolding activity for students to write their own text.

A class set of Quiz Quiz Trade cards which practise the future tense with the topic of hobbies/free time activities. The cards include sections in brackets which can be translated for extra challenge. For example, needing to use inversion with 'morgen'. How Quiz Quiz Trade works: Every student gets a card. They get up, and find a partner. They 'quiz' their partner by reading out an English sentence for them to translate. Once both partners have done a translation, they swap cards and find another partner. I like to give students a certain amount of time and for them to see how many conversations they can have in that time.

A staged worksheet which practises the use of relative clauses with the topic of Family. I have used this with lots of groups, ranging from year 7 to GCSE.

Students need to extract information from a written text and a timetable in order to answer a set of true or false questions. There is also a translation activity as an extension (this is why there are lines under each statement). The worksheet would be a good scaffolding activity to support students with describing their own timetables.

A reference sheet with useful phrases to signpost opinions in German writing and speaking. They have been split into their effect on the word order. It could be laminated and kept in the classroom, printed off for students' books or displayed. My students often refer back to this sheet when speaking and writing in order to help extend their ideas and to make their opinions clear. Using these also helps improve their mark for Range of Structures.

A class set of Quiz Quiz Trade cards to practise digital time in German. How Quiz Quiz Trade works: Every student gets a card. They get up and find a partner. They then ‘quiz’ their partner by reading out an English sentence for them to translate. Once both partners have done a translation, they swap cards and find another partner. The answer is on the cards so students can check that they are right. I like to give students a certain amount of time and for them to see how many conversations they can have in that time.

A word search and translation worksheet on the topic of 'die Zukunft'. It is a great way to introduce the vocabulary and for the students to start manipulating the language straight away. It would also make a great cover work task.

A full lesson introducing school subjects in German, including a match up worksheet and a set of Quiz Quiz Trade speaking cards. The Quiz Quiz Trade speaking cards could also be used with other year groups and languages.

A blank grid for students to use to create their own wordsearches. This works great as cover work and is also useful to have for students who struggle drawing grids.

Every time a pupil says one of the target language phrases on the list they tick it off. Once they have 5 ticks they receive 5 merits. This has worked really well at KS3 and has created a bit of a buzz with using German in lessons!