Reading and writing activities relating to the film "Nordwand": (i) who's who (ii) scaffolded character description (iii) discussion of relationships in the film

An edited authentic text which explains to German Abiturienten/innen how to write an essay. This is followed by questions in English.

22 quotes in German from the first 45 minutes of the German movie version of the Lord of the Rings. Students have to ascribe the quotes to one of three characters in each case.

Text in German about Spiderman followed by comprehension questions in English

This is an activity I did with an improvers class to get them to think a bit about their approach to writing in a foreign language. It could be easily adapted to any language or topic.

This activity based on an article written by Anne Merritt. I have added rogue words and ideas into the original concepts for students to identify and eliminate from the text. They can also be invited to consider what the text should actually say, before you reveal the original script.

A newspaper cartoon about chaos in lessons in some German schools with seven sets of questions designed to get the students to interpret what they see and justify their deductions.

Powerpoint with on-screen help, designed to stimulate and support discussion about (i) what constitutes a uniform (ii) what students think of various school uniforms. This is a more challenging version of something I uploaded previously.

Activity to follow the film KOKOWÄÄH 2. Students must match the names of the characters to short character descriptions.

Higher Level text about an orchestra from Vienna that performs on instruments made out of vegetables. Bizarre but true. The text is followed by a true / false / not in text exercise.

This dialogue is set in a hotel but practices the prepositions and vocab you need to describe your own room.

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.

Example of school rules from a school in Germany, with comprehension and manipulation exercizes.

Questions in German relating to the Youtube clip Öko-Hauptstadt Hamburg which can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w4eoVa5wlk . The comprehension questions are followed by an AS style writing task. I've tacked on some suggested answers to the first part,

An authentic text about recycling in Germany with AS style comprehension questions in German.

Interactive drag and drop practice of ten common questions. Suitable for PC or IW.

Dialogue for students to act out, in which Dracula repeatedly oversleeps and has to ask Igor what time it is. Perform it to them with the FLA or act out both parts yourself. The hammier the better. Then ask them to practise the dialogue. They can then use the additional lexis at the bottom of the sheet to expand the dialogue, either as an oral improvisation or as a written task.

Interactive drag and drop practice of the 16 countries taking part in Uefa 2012. Pupils have to try to match the name of the goalkeeper to the national team. There are 16 countries in the quiz, but it will select a different set of eight each time you open it. Never the same twice.

Interactive activity practising key phrases relating to likes and dislikes.

This interactive presentation is designed to elicit a range of questions from pupils at the start of a topic. It incorporates Ian Gilbert's 8 Way Thinking ideas (based on Gardener's Multiple intelligences) to ensure breadth of thinking. Within each of the 8 intelligences the questions are sequenced to ensure depth of thinking too. The questions pupils generate can be used to inform your planning and / or provide direction for pupils who finish the work you have set and / or ideas for homework.