Grammatical match-up exercise in which students must distinguish between structures in different tenses, all featuring the verb wohnen.

Two texts in which Wallace & Gromit and Bruce Wayne é Selina Kyle describe their plans for a trip around the world. The texts are followed by a true/false exercise in German and a writing task.

Playscript based 90% on lyrics from the song 'GutenTag, ich bin der Nikolaus'. What might Santa be tempted to do if he forgot his own boots?

Four texts in which teenagers describe their work experience in fairly brief terms. The texts are followed by a comprehension exercise, a find the phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise and a writing task.

Text about a German girl who did work experience at the Times in London, followed by questions in English.

Text describing some of Katniss's family relationships and friendships in the first book. Text is followed by a 'Correct the false statements' activity and two speaking and/or writing activities.

Relatively simple playscript for beginners who have done SEIN, a few adjectives of personality, and a few basic phrases. There is no real denouement to this dialogue but the pupils generally like it because I have a puppet just like the cat in the script ... Adapt the script to suit whichever props you have to hand. Once the students have practised the script as it stands, they could improvise changes to the words in bold type.

Two parallel texts, pitched at different levels, looking forward to the Paralympic Games 2012. The first text is fairly complex and is followed by questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise with a focus on the Future Tense, revision / presentation of the Future, a manipulation exercise, again with a focus on the Future Tense, and finally a writing task featuring past tenses. The second text, pitched at Foundation level, is virtually verb-free, and is followed by questions in English and no grammar whatsoever.

A grammar workout on Past, Present and Future focusing on the topic of fitness.

35 authentic items culled from the internet, with questions in English. Designed for a revisophobic year 11 class, but would work as a starter for a more able group.

Text about the possible introduction of school uniforms in Nordrhein-Westfalen followed by GCSE-style questions in English. Based on on authentic text, but names of people and schools haves been changed.

Text about an inclusive disabled/non-disabled football tournament, with comprehension questions in English

Another collection of 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.

"Who wants to be a millionaire" style vocab quiz on domestic and wild animals. I used the PPT uploaded by ahardiment as a template.

I showed my KS4 classes the Til Schweiger film KOKOWÄÄH and they loved it. Some of the scenes are very accessible in terms of the language level, so I transcribed one of the scenes and added some activities. You'll need a copy of the film, though.

Text about the RTL series "Deutschland 83" with questions in German.

A text about Bio-Mode in which students must (i) analyse and explain the the case of a series of highlighted articles and nouns in the first part of the text and (ii) supply the correct article in the second part of the text. Solution also provided for part (ii)

An interview with a homeless person in Berlin, followed by questions in English and an improvisational role play. Pitched at able Year 11s but could be used with Yr 12. The text is authentic, but for a handful of edits.

Interactive activity featuring simple (?) arithmetic to practise numbers 1 to 20 in German.

Three short texts in which characters from the Hunger Games describe and comment on where they live. Followed by questions in German.