About as simple a history of the divided city of Berlin as I could come up with. Designed as in introduction to the topic.

Exemplification and practice of subordinate clauses in German, with a vague Simpsons theme.

TOOLKIT to enable students to generate a variety of sentences about their career plans. Also reinforces word order after WEIL.

Interactive drag and drop activity for practising (or learning) verbs relating to mobile phone use. Will work on IW or PC.

Interview with Mr Bean about towns in France he likes and has visited, loosely based on 'Mr Bean's Holiday'. Not all of his answers fit the questions but pupils generally pick up on this, ( and they can of course be invited to supply the answers Mr Bean should have given ...)

Questions to stimulate discussion on the topic of the environment

Challenging text based partly on an article about a hotel in Holland that claims to be the worst hotel in the world and partly on real complaints about hotels found on TripAdvisor. (The first paragraph contains an unpleasant, but true, reference to dog faeces, so may not suit all tastes and classes!) The text is followed by, some grammar, comprehension questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise, a manipulation exercise, a translation into English, a bit more grammar (weil and obwohl), a speaking task and a writing task.

Powerpoint story in which Bella from the 'Twighlight' series describes a typical day. The text appears slowly, giving students time to read and work out the meanings. As a follow up you could ask the class for ideas, such as likes and dislikes, to augment the text on each slide and make the story their own.

Short texts in which teenagers say which options they have chosen and why. Texts are followed by comprehension questions in English, a 'find the phrase&' exercise, a manipulation exercise, a speaking activity and a short writing activity. Also includes brief revision of the present tense and word order after &';weil'.

Practice of adjectival agreement in French.

Powerpoint to support / stimulate discussion of the film.

Interactive, self-marking cloze exercise about the London Olympics. Will work on PC or IW.

Text with questions in English. Texts contain past, present and future tenses.

Text describing the situation in Germany with regards to young people's involvement with illicit substances and excessive drinking. The text is followed by questions in English, a find the phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise based on equivalent stats from the UK, and finally a challenging extended writing task. This was produced for an able KS4 group but could easily be upgraded to AS material.

Interactive multiple choice quiz on the London Olympics. The programme will shuffle the possible answers into a different order each time it is opened. Will work on PC or IW.

PPT which acts as a stimulus for speaking about free time. The first slide acts as a homepage for the whole activity. Students choose an image on the homepage and are hyperlinked to an images of a celebrity with an empty speech balloon. Students can say as much or as little as you want them to say.

Gap-fill exercise practising irregular past participles with haben. It is Valentine's Day and Amy wants to go out with Sheldon. Sheldon wants to stay at home and watch Star Trek. Students fill in the missing past participles. (Some gaps can take more than one possibility.) When complete you have a dialogue, which the students can perform. They could also write up the dialogue adding in language of their own such as more persuasive comments from Amy and more disparaging comments from Sheldon.

Text in which Homer Simpson talks about what there is to do in Springfield and compares it to Shelbyville. The text is followed by a True / False exercise, a find-the-phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise and a writing task.

Text describibg daily routine and school life in the future, with comprehension questions in German

Yet more practice of key vocab for recalcitrant Year 11s. Although designed for lower ability classes, these work well as a starter for more able students too.