I am a German native speaker from Berlin who works in a secondary school in Dorset.
I have been teaching for nine years from year 7 to A-Level and my specialty is using technology, puzzles and games in lessons.
I am a German native speaker from Berlin who works in a secondary school in Dorset.
I have been teaching for nine years from year 7 to A-Level and my specialty is using technology, puzzles and games in lessons.
A presentation of different genres of films in German that can be used as a quiz. There are six rounds including recognising genres from posters, reading film descriptions and listening to trailers. Can be used to introduce the topic of film, for example in Chapter 2 Zeit fur Freizeit in Stimmt GCSE.
Answers after each round and again all together at the end of the presentation, depending on the way the quiz is played and marked.
Please read the slide notes.
A powerpoint to introduce and practise a variety of jobs, places of work and descriptions of the workplace. Gives a quick overview of the conditional. Includes reading and speaking activities and several games.
A web-based activity to introduce students to French geography and culture and first French words. Unlike other webquests, students here use internet research to solve puzzles and codes while learning about France. It also does not require any printing as all answers are entered and checked on the webpage.
Ideal activity at the beginning of a course in French language or European geography or as a fun activity last lesson before the holidays.
The activity includes tasks on:
• France’s location in the world
• Main points of French geography
• pictures of French cities
• 360-degree picture quests
• famous French peoples
• French companies and what they produce
• Greetings in French
• French numbers
A fun starter or plenary practising school vocab from pages 8-9 in the new AQA GCSE Stimmt! Green book (perfect and pencil case items). Includes three word puzzles and answers.
Get your students used to GCSE-style questions early on with translations (Eng-Germ and vice versa), picture description and role plays based on vocab learned in Chapter 3 Stimmt 3 Red.
This download includes:
-PowerPoint with three pictures with questions in German and optional English to guide students along. The first picture can be used as example/writing task, the other two for pair work.
-translation worksheet
-two role play cards for student pair work
-example answers for speaking and translation tasks included in the PowerPoint.
More chapters available soon!
Note: vocabulary slide should be first in ppt, was put to back so preview on TES shows pictures.
Get your students used to GCSE-style questions early with translations (Eng-Germ and vice versa), picture description and role plays based on vocab learned in Chapter 1 Stimmt 3 Red.
This download includes:
-PowerPoint with three pictures with questions in German and optional English to guide students along. The first picture can be used as example/writing task, the other two for pair work .
-translation worksheet
-two role play cards for student pair work
-example answers for speaking and translation tasks included in the PowerPoint.
More chapters available soon!
Note: vocabulary slide should be first in ppt, was put to back so preview on TES shows pictures.
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Stimmt 3 New GCSE-style translation and speaking tasks
Get your students used to GCSE-style questions early on with translations (Eng-Germ and vice versa), picture description and role plays based on vocab learned in Stimmt! 3
-powerpoint with three pictures with questions in German + English to guide students along. The first picture can be used as example/writing task, the other two for pair work. .
-translation worksheet
-two role play cards for student pair work
-example answers for speaking and answers for translation task included in the powerpoint
Get your students used to GCSE-style questions early on with translations (Eng-Germ and vice versa), picture description and role plays based on vocab learned in Chapter 2 Stimmt 3 Red.
This download includes:
-PowerPoint with three pictures with questions in German and optional English to guide students along. The first picture can be used as example/writing task, the other two for pair work .
-translation worksheet
-two role play cards for student pair work
-example answers for speaking and translation tasks included in the PowerPoint.
More chapters available soon!
Note: vocabulary slide should be first in ppt, was put to back so preview on TES shows pictures.
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Get your students used to GCSE style questions early with translations, picture description and role plays based on vocab learned in Studio 3. It is based on the vocabulary of the foundation book, but can be used for vert + rouge.
This download includes for each chapter:
-powerpoint with two pictures with exam style questions in French with optional English to guide students along.
-translation worksheet with three different tasks
-two role play cards with teacher script for student pair work, bullet points either in French or English
-answers for the translation task are included in the powerpoint
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A worksheet with 3 word puzzles for each double spread in Chapter 3 Menschliche Beziehungen (Relationshipts) of Stimmt! GCSE Higher.
Includes puzzles on word and sentence level to practise vocab and grammar.
Ideal as starter or plenary or for cover lessons.
Answers included.
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Get a puzzle worksheet for each page of Chapter 3 in Stimmt! 1 book. Each worksheet contains three different types of word puzzles (crossword puzzles, unjumbling, word clouds, cryptograms…) to practise the vocabulary and grammar on each page. Also includes answers.
Three fun puzzles to use as a starter or plenary to revise page 12-13 'Ich wohne in Deutschland' in Stimmt!1 (countries and spelling). Includes answers.
This is an introduction with exercises on how to use the Collins online dictionary and how to avoid common pitfalls when translating.
No preparation or printing required and all tasks will mark themselves.
The examples used are in German but no prior knowledge of German is required so it could be used for students of other languages as the principles of using a dictionary will be the same. A French version is available from my shop.
This activity covers:
• different meanings
• parts of speech
• conjugation and verb tables
• gender
• plurals
• pronunciation
• idioms
A mix of resources to teach a unit about the Berlin wall and/or the film Good Bye Lenin.
Suitable for old spec researched based essay or new spec topic “aspects of political life”
For teaching Good Bye Lenin to 6th form students.
This contains two vocabulary lists in German-English, one general Berlin Wall vocab, one more specific Good Bye Lenin film vocab, there is also a big crossword puzzle for each vocab list, including answers.
Speaking activities for 6th form students about GOOD BYE LENIN.
A grid with 25 scenes from the film "Good Bye Lenin", including ideas what activities to do with it and a short description of each picture in German, both in the correct order and jumbled up order for sorting.
Note: corrected version 01/06/17
A fun escape-room style revision activity for first year learners of German on the topic of hobbies. It is based on Echt 1 but can be used with other beginners’ courses.
The topics include:
music
opinions
sports
hobbies
time phrases
verb second rule
word order with gern
present tense verb endings
A web-based activity to introduce students to Spain’s geography and culture and first Spanish words. Unlike other webquests, students here use internet research to solve puzzles and codes while learning about Spain. It also does not require any printing as all answers are entered and checked in the webpage.
Ideal activity at the beginning of a course in Spanish language or European geography or as a fun activity last lesson before the holidays.
The activity includes tasks on:
• Spain’s location in the world
• Spanish cities
• 360-degree picture quests
• famous Spanish people
• Spanish companies
• Greetings in Spanish
This is the full 130 page Ebook document including links to more than 30 puzzle templates. Print copy also available.
Students are never as motivated as when they compete against the clock to stop a nefarious hacker destroying the internet or when they are searching for the entrance to the mummy’s tomb. Escape Rooms or Breakout Games promise an hour of puzzle fun, teamwork and logical thinking wrapped up in an exciting story, and many teachers are keen to harness this new trend for their classes. This guide is filled with advice on how to get started with your first escape room lesson, with little or no cost. It contains over 30 puzzle templates and instructions for Microsoft Office, Google and Genially that can be adapted for any subject and any age group and can be used in combination with real locks or as part of a digital activity in class or during remote learning.
Find the answers to all your questions:
What is an escape room?
Why use it in school?
Can I use it for my subject or topic?
How do I plan the activity?
What is the difference between digital, physical and mixed escape rooms?
What types of boxes and locks can I use?
How do I create digital rooms and locks?
What is the difference between linear and non-linear setup?
How do I come up with a story? How can I make it more immersive?
How do I organise the lesson and timing?
What is good puzzle design?
What puzzles can I use?
What do they look like?
How do I create them?
How do students solve them?
What templates and websites can I use?
How could I use them in my subject?
A fun escape room aimed at year 3 and above.
Can be played on any device and no preparation or marking needed.
Topics covered:
fractions
times table
figurative speech
synonyms
teling the time
addition and sustractions
famous towers
Answers included