Scaffolded speaking activities: (i) who's who (ii) character descriptions (iii) discussion of relationships in the film (iv) the characters at the end of the film
Reading and writing activities relating to the film "Nordwand": (i) who's who (ii) scaffolded character description (iii) discussion of relationships in the film
TOOLKIT outlining ordinal numbers from 1 - 31 with the twelve months. The structures will enable students to say when they and others celebrate their birthdays and when they ans others were born.
Powerpoint which builds up, slide by slide to create a table illustrating adjectival endings in the Accusative after 'Es gibt ... '. The examples are all in the context of desribing a room. The table is followed by images of celebrities, and students then have to speculate as to what there is in their room.
Revision of useful phrases relating to asking the way and understanding directions. followed by a look at the formal versus the informal imperatives of four key verbs. This sets the students up for a playscript in which heart-throb Harry Styles has to ask the way to the station, having been given his marching orders by Taylor Swift. The script then becomes the basis for a writing task.
Nine images of Marvel characters for students to describe. The first slide acts as a homepage for the presentation. Students choose an number and a clicl wiill hyperlink them to an image of a Marvel superhero / mutant to describe. Each slide has an on-screen toolkit to help students form suitable sentences.
Text about the legal rights and responsibilities of 16-18 year olds in Germany.\nThe text is followed by (i) step by step guidance on how to convert the facts into sentences and then into opinions (ii) practice in expressing opinions.
A text in which one of the characters from BBT describes the gastronomic likes and dislikes of various characters. The text is followed by comprehension and manipulation exercises, a speaking task and a writing task
A two part workout on adjectives. In the first exercise students must identify the adjectives in the text about Harry Potter. In the second they must choose the adjective with the correct agreement.
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.
Series of slides to promote pair work on / discussion of holidays. The clock in the corner is to encourage the pupils to keep talking for a minimum of sixty seconds per slide.
Three activities relating to jobs and professions, pitched at Foundation Level students. 1 Students match jobs to short clues about those jobs. 2 Students identify key chunks of language from the first eexrcise. 3 Students usea toolkit to generate short descriptions of other jobs.
Three slides with stimulus questions which students must answer as though they were a character in the film. The first two are relatively straightforward, but the third will require a little imagination. Worked well with an able year 9 class.
Dialogue in which the characters from THE BIG BANG THEORY discuss bedtimes. The dialogue contains the complete paradigm of se coucher and is followed by a grammatical exercise on reflexive verbs, a find the phrase acticity, a manipulation activity, and a writing task. The writing task will produce a script for subsequent speaking practice.
A text about the Hunger Games, featuring some character info and a comparison of the Capitol and District 12. This is followed by a true / false / not in text exercise, an adjective identification exercise, a reminder about adjectival endings, and two writing tasks. The second file contains an additional task for students who may need some additional work / challenge. Students have to complete an interview with Katniss Everdeen and must transpose many statements in the third person into the first person.
A powerpoint featuring a model of a statement about household chores covering three tenses, followed by several images of celebrities or fictional characters, into whose mouths the pupils might like to put words. Could easily be adapted for any topic.
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.