PPT focusing on the reinforcement of grammatical gender. (i) Colour coded text and images are used to get students to associate nouns with a particular gender. (ii) students have to recall the correct article for m. f. nt. and pl. (iii) Students then have have to use der / die / das accurately with only the colour coding of the image as a clue to gender.
Simple speaking stimulus. Each slide has a picture of a celeb and students have to choose one of the three options given to express what the celeb does in their free time. No right or wrong answers.
Text looking at the origins of our image of Santa and exploring the mathematical realities of his work. The text is followed by questions in German and an AS-style writing task, whichi s not meant to be taken too seriously
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.
Text in which the characters from Scooby Doo describe what they do in their free time. Text is followed by questions in English and a 'Richtig, falsch, nicht im Text' exercise.
Colour coded grammar toolkit to help students formulate sentences such as 'I've got a dog called &'Lumpi&';.' or I used to have cat, called 'Mimi&'.' or 'When I was little, I used to have a cat called &';Mimi'.'
Text about the elves in the Lord of the Rings followed by by True/False/Not in Text questions in English. Practice of character, personality, qualities, appearance ...
Descriptive text about a journey in the North of Norway. The text provides a stimulus for structured poetry writing. Students have to list all the descriptive elements of the text and then re-arrange them until they have a poem. Classroom-tested!
Powerpoint presentation which introduces es gibt + adjectival endings in the Accusative and then invites students to use their new found grammatical knowledge to describe the bedrooms of various celebrities.
Text in which a teenager compares Berlin to the Baltic resort of Damp. The text is followed by a comprehension activity, a find-the-phrase activity and a manipulation exercise.
Multiple choice practice of Perfect Tense structures for relative beginners. The first slide on the PPT acts a homepage for the other slides. Students must select a letter on the homepage and are then hyperlinked to a multiple choice question.