Powerpoint summarising the use of
(i) the Nominative for the Subject
(ii) the Accusative for the Direct Object
(iii) the obligatory use of the Dative after aus, bei, mit etc.
(iv) the elective use of the Dative after an, auf, hinter etc (NB no mention of the possible use of the Accusative with these prepositions at this point).
Designed to support relative beginners in describing their town.
4 reflexive verbs relating to ma routine journalière, 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.
Students will need to have seen the first half of the film before doing this exercise. This worksheet contains a jumbled summary of scenes from the first half of the film. They should read the jumbled text and put the scenes into the correct order. There are quite a few adverbs and adverbial phrases to provide clues as to the sequence. Solution also supplied.
Three texts of increasing sophistication, ghost-written by characters from a reality show. Students have to evaluate the texts and give a NC level to each one. They then have to re-write one of the texts to improve the NC level. There are then two more written tasks to complete
Simple toolkits to help students go beyond "er / sie ist + adjective" when describing friends and relatives.
- He / she looks ...
- He / she can be ...
- I think he / she is ...
- I find him / her ...
plus a load of adjectives.
Nativity dialogue based on words and phrases from the French Christmas carol "Entre le boeuf et l'ane gris". Also includes a little bit of practise of the date.
Relatively simple interview with Jessie J, covering name, age, birthday, family and pets. Pupils can practise the dialogue as it stands and then adapt the language highlighted in bold.
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.
Three resources relating to the eclipse on 20th March 2015:(i) An original text for translation into English(ii) An adapted text with helpful diagram and multi-choice questions in English(iii) An adapted text with no helpful diagram and open questions in English
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.
The text is a simplified version of the Sixth Form text I've already uploaded. This version is followed by questions in English, a translation exercise and a writing task.
Text about a Facebook protest regarding difficult questions in a recent Abitur Maths exam, : Schülerproteste; followed by 'True, false, not in text' questions.
A text about Mehrwegflaschen followed by (i) AS style comprehension questions in German (ii) An exercise practising the Passive and (iii) a translation into German requiring the recycling of lexis from the source text and some use of the Passive.
Text about the Selfie Generation in Austria, followed by True/False/Not in text questions in English, then a reading task which is in itself preparation for a speaking task.
Three short texts relating to very different holidays in Spain, Canada and Myanmar / Burma. The texts have been jumbled together and students must separate out the paragrpahs relating to each trip and then re-order the paragraphs so that they make sense once more.