Blogs relating to the topic of Ganztagsschulen in Germany. The texts are followed by comprehension questions in English and a manipulation exercise. The latter should enable students to generate language which they could use to comment on the length of their own school day.

Authentic screenshots and mini-texts on the topic of EDUCATION and WORK, with questions in English. Created for a lower ability group but works well as a starter for more able classes.

(i) A definition of Carsharing followed by a discussion and diamond nine ideas-sort (ii) A variety of statements for and against Carsharing, followed by a comprehension activity, a speaking task, and an AS-style writing task.

Another 35 authentic items culled from the internet, with questions in English. Designed for a revisophobic year 11 class, but works well as a starter for the more engaged. Various topics covered.

Powerpoint with nine slides picturing different types of holiday and with questions to support or provoke discussion. The Word document has arguments for and against tourism which can provide further support. The first slide on the PPT acts as a homepage. Students pick a number and are hyperlinked to an image to discuss.

Authentic signs and notices with GCSE type questions in English. Pitched at revision-averse Foundation students.

AS-Level text about Bio-Mode, followed by questions in German.

Powerpoint containing a sequence of slides, each with a lead question and a number of supplementary questions. Designed to support speaking activities as a whole group and / or in pairs.

Straightforward conjugation practice of five common German verbs

Five authentic blogs about pets written by relatively young native-speakers.( I've changed the names of the writers and the pets.) The texts are followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises and a little bit of grammar.

5 verbs in the Conditional, set out in a table, so that students can analyse and infer the pattern. Could be printed as hand-out or blown up as a poster.

A speaking (and possibly writing) activity in which students must use on-screen support to generate sentences about key characters in the film. The first page on the slide acts as a homepage, hyperlinking students to hidden photos of the characters.

A booklet containing a set of typical GCSE Foundation level conversatio questions, with examples of how students might begin their answers.

Dialogue in which Batman attempts to arrange a date with Catwoman. Colour-coded to draw attention to the use of au, 'à l’ and à l’a

Interactive game containing 40 vocab items. Each time the game opens it will select ten of the 40 words at random, so it will virtually never be the same activity twice. If you use it in a computer suite each student will have effectively a different quiz. Will work on IW or PC

two comprehension exercises and one sentence building exercise to encourage pupils to think about the usage of three key verbs relating to free time. Examples in three tenses.

(i) A link to the ad (ii) As faithful a transcript of the TV ad as I can get onto a sheet of A4, with some stage directions, plus a sequence of activities. (iii) a story board activity (iv) a PPT with stills from the film, to which students should supply their own text and (v) an exploded version of the dialogue for the students to reconstruct. I've added in a couple of additonial speech bubbles to pack it out a bit.

Explanation of the functions of wann, als and wenn as translations for 'when', followed by two grammar exercises.

Advice on reviewing vocab for learners of French / German / Spanish or any Modern Foreign Language

5 verbs in the Imperfect tense, set out as a table so that students can analyse and infer the pattern. Could be given out as a hand-out of blown up for display.