An unlikely dilaogue in which Bella fro Twighlight and Belletrix from Harry Potter discuss health and fitness. I've uploaded the dialogue on its own before but it is now followed by comprehension questions in English, a grammar point relating to word order after aufhoeren and anfangen and two exercises in which students must generate sentences of their own.

Text in which a number of young Germans express their views about environmental issues. The text is followed by (i) an exercise in which students must make notes from the text on the causes of environmental problems, the problems themselves and the possible solutions and (ii) a scaffolded discussion.

A sequence of activities relating to the thorny issue of G8 in German Gymnasien. There is (i) an article followed by questions in German (ii) a set of opinions to sort into Pro and Contra groups (iii) a discussion and a diamond 9 card sort (iv) an analysis of the structure of the article (which is very similar to an essay structure) and (v) an essay title.

A series of statements loosely based on the themes of technology / media / celebrity. Students must speculate how Harry Styles (or any celeb you care to replace him with) would answer the questions. This is followed by writing task. Students then answer similar questions for themselves before doing some pair-work on the topic.

Vocab activity and complex sentence building, followed by discussion questions on the topic of homelessness

Scaffold to structure a discussion about what kinds of animals pupils would be prepared to eat and why.

Dialogue in which Batman discusses his commitment issues with a psychiatrist. Includes Past, Present and Future tenses

Text about future plans followed by questions in English

Text about JK Rowling, followed by 'True / False / Not in text' questions

Text about a Goth festival in Leipzig followed by questions in English.

Interactive practice of the Present Tense of the verb trinken. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive exercise practising the present tense of ESSEN. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive drag and drop exercise practising the je form of three high-frequency verb forms in their positive and negative forms. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive practice of countries. Pupils match eight events from the year 2008 with eight countries. Will work on PC or IW.

Simple Powerpoint designed to scaffold pair work on basic daily routine structures.

Questions in German about clothing and fashion. The questions could be used as prompts for written or oral work or both.

Reading activity in which10 teenagers say something about what they did on their birthday. Students must match these statements to others in a list below the stimulus texts.

Three character descriptions of the the three central characters in the film Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei. Pupils have to read the descriptions and work out which character is being described in each case.

I've piggy-backed the content of this acitivity onto the excellent Trivial Pursuit PPT uploaded by Helen Wolfenden. The content is pitched slightly higher in this version and might suit students revising for Higher papers.

Simple writing frame for beginners in German. They are gradually weaned off the support structures as they progress through the four individual tasks.