Zog describes his trip to Earth and his impressions of life in Portishead. Text is followed by questions in German.

"Powerpoint" in which the different forms of you ("du" / "ihr" / "Sie" / "man") are revealed one step at a time. Students can be asked to speculate before each reveal.

A single slide with images of Marvel heroes and characters for pair work. One students must describe the physical characteristics of a character and the other student must identify the character.

A more advanced text, originally written for able FL2 beginners, about pets. The text features a variety of tenses and detailed descriptions.. It is followed by (i) comprehension questions (ii) a find the phrase activity (iii) an introduction to the articles in the Accusative and (iv) a manipulation exercise.

Activity practising articles in the Accusative in the context of saying what you got for your birthday. Each slide reveals a cropped picture of a putative birthday present, which the pupils have to identify. Then the full picture is revealed. On the next click a sentence such "Ich habe ein Trkot bekommen." reveals itself slowly and students have to race against the powerpoint. They may not start their sentence before the PPT but have to finish the sentence before the PPT. Worked well with a middle ability Year 9 class.

Powerpoint presentation which introduces es gibt + adjectival endings in the Accusative and then invites students to use their new found grammatical knowledge to describe the bedrooms of various celebrities.

TOOLKIT outlining ordinal numbers from 1 - 31 with the twelve months. The structures will enable students to say when they and others celebrate their birthdays and when they ans others were born.

Text in which a teenager compares Berlin to the Baltic resort of Damp. The text is followed by a comprehension activity, a find-the-phrase activity and a manipulation exercise.

Multiple choice practice of Perfect Tense structures for relative beginners. The first slide on the PPT acts a homepage for the other slides. Students must select a letter on the homepage and are then hyperlinked to a multiple choice question.

Two PPTs which act as stimuli to help students say which type of TV programmes they like and dislike. The first slide acts as homepage. Students select a number or a letter and are then hyperlinked to an image to comment on. The first PPT has nine images of reasonably recognisable programme types. The second has a selection of images from German TV and may involve a degree of discussion as to the type of programme it is, before students make their comments.

Short text, adapted from an authentic source, in which young French speakers discuss what food they like. The stimulus text is followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises, a bit of grammar and a writing task.

Powerpoint in which students must supply the correct preposition to complete the description of the picture.

A dialogue featuring some of the central characters from the film "Was tun, wenn's brennt?" The dialogue is not an actual scene from the film but is a fantasy love triangle featuring three of the characters. The text focuses on physical description, with a little bit of jealousy thrown in. It is followed by activities in which students must (i) identify key language, (ii) adapt the dialogue, focusing on the words in bold type, and (iii) enhance the dialogue by adding in adverbial phrases from a given list. Students will need to have seen the end of the film to get the joke at the end of the dialogue.

This an upgraded version of a worksheet I originally uploaded for Year 11 pupils. The text contains unpleasant but true information about the self-styled 'Worst hotel in the world' plus comments about dreadful hotels from contributors to TripAdvisor. This is followed by a grammar tip about adjectives, comparatives and superlatives, questions in German, a manipulation exercise, a translation into English, a writing task, more grammar, a speaking task and finally another writing task.

Powerpoint which builds up, slide by slide to create a table illustrating adjectival endings in the Accusative after 'Es gibt ... '. The examples are all in the context of desribing a room. The table is followed by images of celebrities, and students then have to speculate as to what there is in their room.

Question and answer activity. There activity contains a numbered sequence of questions to be asked, and a bullet pointed list of answers to choose from. Students could be expected to answer (i) using only answers on the sheet (ii) an answer on the sheet plus an additional statement of their own devising (iii) an answer on the sheet plus two additional statements of their own devising.

Powerpoint for practising phonics. The first slide acts as a homepage for the activity. Students pick a number and re then hyperlinked to a word (or a phrase if you use the other PPT) to pronounce. Change the content to suit your focus.

A gap-fill exerise about fitness featuring a Futurama character with one eye and purple hair.

A series of sentence pattern generators to help students stay in the TL when working independently.

Two activities to help beginners structure an account of a day: (i) a gap-fill on Dracula's day(ii) a scaffolded writing task for students to describe their own day.