Text, cobbled together from two authentic sources, about the consequences of environmental change for ski areas in Austria. Followed by reading comprehension questions and a discussion task.
Text about the fraternisation between British and German troops at Christmas 1914. The text is followed by a comprehension task and a grammar activity.
A german text containing a number of pieces of advice for greater on-line safety. Puils have to read the German and match up the advice with the suggestions listed in English below the source text.
Reading comprehension text for beginners in which three pop stars introduce themselves and comment on other pop stars. The text is followed T/F questions in English and dictionary exercise.
Phonics practice for learners of German. Open and play the Powerpoint. The first slide acts as a homepage for the remaining slides. Clicking on an image on the first slide will hyperlink to practice of a particular phoneme. Clicking on the Back symbol at the top right of each slide will return you to the first slide. The very last slide has a long number written as a word for pupils puzzle over.
Revision and practice of the Immediate Future in French. Pupils have to predict which member of the class will have one of fifteen possible futures. They then have to write a paragraph about the possible futures of their classmates with the support of a TOOLKIT and a short vocab list.
Text in which Homer compares Springfield and Shelbyville briefly, before enthusing about what there is, and there is not, in Springfield. The text is followed by a Richtig / Falsch exercise, a find-the-phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise and a writing task.
Two interactive self-marking html activities practising vocab relating to social issues. Each activity has twenty words embedded into it but reveals only a random selection of ten each time it is opened. Will work on PC or IW. If working with a class in a computer suite, they can all open the files but each student will get a slightly different activity.
Vocab quiz on the theme of UMWELT. Adapted from the "Who wants to be a millionaire?" template uploaded by ahardiment. This now works more like a traditional quiz. Students score 5 points for each German word they can give without any prompting and two points for any answer they get from looking at the multichoice options.
Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory describes his very precise daily routine. The text is followed by true / false questions, a find the phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise, and a reminder about the verb needing to be the second idea.
Speaking activities to be conducted after students have seen the film. (i) students identify key characters (ii) students describe key characters with the support of on-screen vocab (iii) students identify key conflicts between the characters with the support of on-screen vocab (iv) students answer a number of questions as though they were characters in the film.
Text in which four teenagers describe the contents of their schoolbag, and say what they have forgotten. It serves as an introduction to the regular plural form in French. The text is followed by an exercise in which students must identify and list the singular and plural forms. They could then describe the contents of their own schoolbag.
Text based on internet threads about the idea of introducing school uniform in Germany. Text is followed by comprehension questions in English, a "find the phrases" exercise and a text manipulation exercise. Hopefully, this will provide students with some useful language for commenting on school uniform in their own school.
I've had a go at editing the various DLdA resources I've uploaded, into a single Filmheft. I've added a vocab list and a load of essay titles for good measure.
40 curious facts in English about Germany. The first PPT is a straight presentation with one per week for the whole of the next academic year ... The second PPT is in essence the same, but asks students to speculate as to whether the statements are true or false, and then to try to recall interesting factoids.
24 questions about DLdA. Used for revision with Year 13. Students choose a letter from A to W on th homeslide and are hyperlinked to a question about the film.
Overview of the Case System, with a logical question process to help pupils arrive at the correct case. For issue as a handout or for blow-up as a poster.