Playscript in which Mister Bean has a driving lesson, with predictable consequences. Lots of practice of directions and a bit of Spanish.

Powerpoint with images of celebrities, designed to stimulate speculation, and possibly even debate, about what they have in their bedroom. The second version of the Powerpoint leads in with an introduction to / revision of the use of adjectives in French and provides support for the descriptions.

TOOLKIT to help students generate sentences starting with an adverb, adverbial phrase, or subordinate clause, and continuing with the Perfect Tense of a selection of common 'Holiday' verbs..

TOOLKIT to help students generate sentences starting with an adverb, adverbial phrase, or subordinate clause, and continuing with a reflexive verb in the Perfect Tense.

Two GCSE type questions relating to a synopsis of the film 'Into the White', which features Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter fame). The film is based on the true story of German and British air crews having to co-operate to survive, having both crashed in the Norwegian mountains during WW2. In one version, the synopsis is followed by questions in English. In the other, the text is followed by True / False / Not in Text questions.

Who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-style Powerpoint quiz about the content of the movie NORDWAND. I used the WWTBAM template uploaded by ahardiment.

A sequence of activities relating to the film NORDWAND. (i) Questions in English about the beginning of the film. (ii) Multichoice questions in German about the beginning of the film. (iii) a match-up exercise (iv) a gap-fill (v) an activity in which students must put the main events of the film into the correct order and (vi) a storyboard exercise. NB exercises iii and iv are adapted from an activity uploaded elswhere on the TES by brettl. The second file contains a more challenging re-sequencing activity for more able students.

Three short character studies of Gerd Wiesler, Georg Dreyman and Christa-Maria Sieland. Each study contains an anomaly, which the students must identify and delete. (PS typos removed)

Three characters from the Lord of the Rings describe where they live in Year 8 German. Text followed by a R/F exercise.

Playscript in which a stressed teacher foolishly complains about the length and structure of the school day to the Head Teacher, who happens to be Darth Vader. Students could practise the dialogue as is, and then change the words in bold type.\nPS This is not a reference to any particular Head Teacher!

Text about the first snow of winter and the chances of a white Christmas. Followed by comprehension questions in English.

Text about Straßengaukler in Köln followed by true / false / not in text questions in German and a writing task.

Short text in English about the life of Ulrich Mühe. For translation into English. Solution also supplied.

Text in German about a curious Christmas tradition in Iceland, followed by GCSE style questions in English.

Three speaking activities (i) a simple identification exercise (ii) a more challenging character exercise (iii) a more challenging role play activity which will probably need some preparation time.

Simply display the Powerpoint, and read out plausible or implausible football results for the students to note down. This provided a surprisingly compelling context for the simple dictation of numbers in the early stages of learning them. You can of course change the teams however you like.

Activity featuring the 12 Olympics posters commisionned from artists such as Tracey Emin and Rachel Whitread. The Powerpoint aims to stimulate speculation, discussion, interpretation, a bit of guesswork, and suggestions for titles for the artworks. Lots of questions in French to structure discussion and (hopefully) get the pupils thinking More…. The title of each piece can be revealed with a click of the mouse once suggestions have been made. Typo now removed!

Interactive multiple choice quiz on Das Leben der Anderen. Each time the file is opened, the questions and the multi-choice options will be presented in a different order. Will work on IW or PC.

Text featuring an interview with a ghost in which he recounts aspects of his life and death, handily icluding examples of the Perfect with haben and with sein. The text is followed by a capture sheet and some inductive exercises on the selection of the correct auxiliary verb.

Questions to stimulate discussion about work experience. Could also be used as a written task to provide a scaffold for extended writing.