A text in which a teenager recounts her entry into drug abuse, followed by (i) an exercise in which students must extract the verbs in the imperfect from the text, link them to infinitives and compare them with the equivalent perfect tense (ii) an explanation in English of the Imperfect in German and (iii) an exercise in which students must translate sentences into German using vocab supplied in the stimulus text.

Text in which young people outline what they have to do to earn their pocket money, followed by a comprehension task.

35 authentic images and short texts with questions in English. Created for a revision-averse Year 11 group but will work as a starter for other students.

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.

An activity practising language for saying what pets you used to have and what happened to them. There is a grammatical focus on gender and the use of the correct pronoun for 'it'. The first slide acts as a homepage with hyperlinks to other slides. Students then use the linked slides to create grammatically accurate sentences about the deceased and departed pets.

Toolkit to help students produce grammatically accurate sentences about their dead and departed pets. Grammatical focus is on the correct use of pronoun for 'it'.

And... another batch of authentic images and mini-texts with questions in English. Pitched at a lower ability Year 11 group, but works well as a starter for other students.

35 authentic images and short texts with questions in English. Created for a revision-averse Year 11 group but will work as a starter for other students.

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

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.

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

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

Fifteen pictures of cartoon faces are displayed on a master slide. Each time you click, one of the faces will disappear. Students then have to describe the face from memory.

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.

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.

And ... 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.

Another set 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.

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.

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.

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.