An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Writing exam - the 40-word essay part (which only appears on the Foundation tier).
It explains the format of the exam, information on the word count, the mark scheme, some general tips, some common question vocabulary, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.
An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Writing exam - the 90-word essay part.
It explains the format of the exam, information on the word count, the mark scheme, some general tips, some common question vocabulary, information on stating and explaining your opinion, and some basic tense structures.
An information sheet about the AQA GCSE German Writing exam - the Photo Card description part (which only appears on the Foundation tier).
It explains the format of the exam, the mark scheme, some general tips, and some useful vocabulary to structure answers.
A list of 20 holiday homework tasks, e.g. a supermarket challenge, a German song challenge, a bake-off challenge, a board game challenge, an advert challenge… something suitable for everyone. Each challenge has simple instructions with it.
All students start with “Starting Sheet” and have the homework one week to memorise the full sheet. The sheet has lots of key verbs and three tense sentences for each verb.
In the next lesson, all students get Round 1. They have to fill in the gaps.
If the student reaches the pass mark, they are on to Round 2 the following week. If not, they complete Round 1 again until they pass. (Homework can be to revise from Starting Sheet every week.)
It gets more difficult each week until Round 10, in which they’re filling in the full German and English sentences in different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 5.1 - Home. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Forming plurals”, and "Using prepositions”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 7.1 - Environment. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using subordinating conjunctions”, “Using the imperative”, and “Using the pluperfect”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 10.1 - Life at school. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using adjectival endings”, “Using reflexive verbs in the present tense”, and “Using common subjunctive forms”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 6.1 - Charity and voluntary work. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using quantifiers and intensifiers", “Using ‘in’ with the dative and accusative”, and “Using ‘wenn’ clauses”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 7.2 - Poverty and Homelessness. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Understanding and using indefinite pronouns”, “Understanding and using reflexive pronouns”, and “Using reflexive verbs with a direct object”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 9.1 - School and School Subjects. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using modal verbs”, “Using the prepositions seit and vor", and “Using the infinitive constructions um … zu and ohne … zu”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 3.1 - Music, Cinema and TV. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Understanding and using separable verbs”, “Understanding and using separable verbs in the perfect tense”, and “Understanding and using reflexive verbs in the perfect tense”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 1.2 - Marriage and partnership. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using adjectives to describe people and things”, “Using the future tense”, and “Using comparative and superlative adjectives”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 4.1 - Germany and Customs. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using quantities, weights, and containers”, “Using adjectives as nouns”, and “Using verbs as the second idea in sentences”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 2.2 - Mobile Technology. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using the perfect tense”, and “Using the imperfect tense”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
Knowledge Organiser (KO) for German GCSE AQA OUP Textbook 4.2 - Festivals in Germany and Geman-speaking countries. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using the perfect tense”, and “Using personal pronouns”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 5.2 - Where You Live. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using inversion to form questions”, “Using the verb können correctly”, and “Using interrogatives to form questions”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A knowledge organiser (KO) for German GCSE. It is for theme 8.2 - Regions of Germany. It complements the OUP textbook.
It includes key grammar (“Using comparative and superlative adverbs”, “Using dative or accusative after prepositions”, and “Using relative pronouns and was”), the aims of the theme, some “fancy phrases” for the topic, 20 key items of vocabulary (also in sentences for context), and four key verbs in five different tenses.
A complete set of help sheets for all elements of the AQA GCSE German exams - saving 40%!
Most help sheets include an example question to show the format, some hints and tips, the mark scheme to show how it’s marked (and how to score highly), and some key vocabulary, e.g. forming questions, giving opinions and reasons, and forming sentences in different tenses (as appropriate).
Almost all can be printed and folded to neatly create an A4 booklet.
Also, check out my complete sets of AQA GCSE German Knowledge Organisers!
Knowledge Organiser Pack 1 (1.1 - 5.2)
Knowledge Organiser Pack 2 (6.1 - 12.1)
A knowledge organiser (KO) for one of the first half terms of German studies. It’s a packed single side of A4, which includes:
Grammar
Using haben and sein correctly
Using ordinal numbers
Key Phrases
The alphabet pronunciation
Introducing yourself
Numbers (up to 31)
Saying how you are
Birthdays and months of the year
Saying where you live
School equipment
It also includes some brief aims and a couple of “Fancy phrases”.
Also available to purchase are my other KS3 Knowledge Organisers:
Introduction to German
My Family
School
Free Time
My Home
My Town
Food and Shopping
Body and Fitness
Daily Routine
Film, TV, Music and Social Media
These can be purchased individually or as a bundles.
You can also find my complete sets of 21 KS4 Knowledge Organisers for AQA GCSE German.
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