A lesson that goes into the formation of the imperfect tense in German (regulars, irregulars + mixed) - key rules + short practice. Context is that of Vorbilder, culminating in a translation into English that includes several verbs in the imperfect. Included: Lesson plan also provided for this resource Teacher version of the PPT with answers Student version of the PPT for annotation

Some exercises with accompanying answer sheet for year 9 German grammar revision - it has been used in conjunction with Stimmt 3 to a certain extent, but would cover a range of key grammar points in a student’s third year of study. Possibly also useful for recapping key points at the start of year 10, too. Key tenses (present, perfect, imperfect, future) & reflexives, comparative forms and superlatives as well as adjective endings.

A lesson aimed at KS3 (advanced)/KS4 German pupils- a PowerPoint that covers reasons for liking/disliking family members + reasons why using both weil & denn. There’s a student version of the PPT without answers, which can easily be printed with 2 slides per page to make a booklet/handout. Differentiation through outcome tasks included in the PPT.

A series of ‘Ferien’ worksheets that I’ve designed with cover in mind, but could easily be used as part of the main lessons or for revision. Topics covered include: Reasons for going on holiday Perfect tense Future tense

A PowerPoint that helps pupils revise the future tense to talk about plans for the summer holidays/ Sommerferien. This comes with a PowerPoint with notes on slides to help, a lesson plan plus handout and files to make the laminated cards for the speaking tasks. Pupils will gain confidence in recalling both different forms of ‘werden’ as well as core vocabulary to talk about summer plans e.g. ich werde im Meer schwimmen, du wirst rodeln etc. Aimed at year 8/9 pupils with differentiated tasks within + kinaesthetic tasks.

A revision/practice sheet on subjunctive 1 and 2 in German - each with answers provided. The sentences are identical on both sheets to facilitate comparison between subjunctive 1 and 2.

Run PowerPoint, and use back arrow to stop at a random question. 7 key topic areas covered PowerPoint easily adapted. Good for revision in the build-up to GCSE exams.

A new set of IGCSE speaking questions, based on the Edexcel specification topic areas, broken down into sub-sections. Extension (or possibly challenge) questions are highlighted in red, and a range of tenses covered, as well as the ‘warum ist es wichtig, dass…’ type questions.

A sheet that helps students to check whether to invert/swap, send the verb to the end, or do nothing. It contains examples to show how the conjunctions/adverbs function in a sentence.

For use with written work. A list of common errors with a code to use when students identify mistakes made by someone else. This resource contains advice for students in terms of how to improve for each issue highlighted. For example: Problem identified: Tense Formation What you can do: Check formation of tense. E.g. in the perfect tense, have you got BOTH an Auxiliary AND a Past Participle? In the future, have you used a form of ‘werden’ and then second verb in the infinitive?

Key vocabulary to describe items of clothing commonly worn to school + practice of adjective endings in the accusative case. Two versions attached - a student version (SV) - without answers and a teacher version (same, but with mark scheme at the end). Could form part of a sequence of lessons after having taught adjective endings or as a cover lesson (examples/support provided). Useful for KS3 or as revision at KS4.

A PowerPoint (with answers) and worksheet to practise using wenn to talk about Sport. Aimed at year 9/10 pupils.

A range of generic phrases for topics A-E of the Edexcel IGCSE specification Teacher PPT and pupil version PPT for them to translate/write their answers. Covers different grammar points and makes pupils aware of the range required at this level.

A series of PowerPoints to help students use a range of structures to extend the complexity of language used. Teacher PPT and Student Version (SV) to facilitate annotation. Phrases that can be used in the oral exam (or indeed in an essay) to help develop the point being made. Examples include passive, subjunctive, conditional perfect etc.

A series of PowerPoints and worksheets covering key shops in towns, as well as the verb ‘aller’ in the present tense e.g. je vais bowling. Also covered are prepositions to describe where shops are in relation to each other. 1-2-3 reading game (21 dares) featured on the PPT: pupils take it in turns to read 1, 2, or 3 words. Whoever has to read a word next to a full stop is out.

Translation into German practice relating to the theme of house and home. Worksheet + accompanying PowerPoint. This translation tests pupils on: giving opinions use of ‘gern’ subclauses with ‘weil’ and ‘obwohl’ prepositions modal verbs genitive (time phrase) wenn sentences expressing future intent (vorhaben)

3 paired dictations aimed to support beginners in reading and listening skills. Each dictation has 50 words, so they can check and give it a total out of 50, doubling to make a percentage. Pupils find this a low-stakes reading activity that is engaging and fun, working in pairs with an element of competition.

This resource revises: Changing the 1st person to the 3rd person (for Reading/Listening papers) Adjective endings in a range of cases Tense revision - putting sentences into different tenses Short translation practice A few identify the error sentences

A series of tasks that could form part of revision or for a cover; answers are provided at the end. Task 1: Match up of key school subjects Task 2: Translation into English (some words will likely need to be looked up in a dictionary, but some vocabulary support is provided to help pupils. Focus is on opinions/weil. Task 3: Reading comprehension with questions in English - focus is on times of the day + in the X lesson. Task 4: Pupils to write own paragraph, using tasks 2/3 to support them.