A treasure hunt that I use every year on my Rhine trip to the Boppard area. We stay in the small town of Bad Salzig (5 mins from Boppard). The treasure Hunt starts and ends at the Hotel Apostelhof (although this can be edited), and takes around an hour. It is advisable that students start on the same side of the street as the hotel then make their way down to an allocated member of staff who should stand where they are to cross the road and make their way back down. I also suggest another member of staff stands near the church near the end of the treasure hunt.

I made this for a trip I took to the Black Forest area in Germany. It takes place around the town of Lahr, which is where our hotel was.

Two gap texts for the Nikolaus song by Rolf Zuckowski. There is an easier version that I use with year 7/8 and a harder version for the older ones. Link to the song at the bottom of the sheet.

An extra easy version of my general conversation booklet for students who get overwhelmed when faced with too much. Each question is provided with a very simple writing frame to help structure very simple one or two line answers. I have also cut out a lot of the more difficult topics such as poverty, charity work and environment. I will be giving this booklet to my students who, at the moment are even struggling to get a grade 4, as they have no idea where to even start with their speaking preparation.

A full lesson (can also stretch to 2) I did as an observation with Y11 on the topic of "Umwelt". It concentrates on the skill of writing for the outgoing controlled assessments, but it will still be very useful in the new spec as it is also about general writing skill and translation. This lesson comes with a PP, handouts, a help sheet for foundation candidates and ABCD posters for the plenary, where students had to turn to the correct letter stuck around the room. This lesson has been awarded "outstanding" twice. It is based on the Heinemann Higher book for GCSE but includes a help sheet for weaker pupils. I can also send you the lesson plan on request.

UPDATED DEC 2018 TO INCLUDE A NEW YOUTUBE LINK. THE OLD VIDEO HAD DISAPPEARED! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPnxvZ9OUZo A lesson based on the German Peppa Pig episode “Schnee”. Would be good as a Christmas activity, that’s not just “watching a video” and has lots of educational content. Covers lots of winter vocab (to do with snow), body parts (on the snowman), clothes (hat, gloves etc.) and lots of basic verbs (bauen, machen, lachen, weinen, finden, sagen, fragen) mostly in the present tense (one bit in the perfect) and adjectives (kalt, warm, zufrieden). Includes a starter with extension, a gap fill and a vocab translation exercise. Oh, and another file with answers. Edit: I’ve added a work sheet with gaps to be filled. This can also be cut up and used as an ordering exercise. Another edit: I’ve added an easier version. I used the harder one with Y10 and top set Y9 and the easier version with Y9 middle sets.

Worksheets to accompany the “Sendung mit der Maus” episode about Nikolaus. Resource includes the transcript of the programme, the transcript with gaps, a vocab matchup and vocab answers. Link to the programme is at the bottom of the transcript.

UPDATED JUNE 19. SOME OUT OF DATE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND I’VE ADDED THE ANSWERS AS REQUESTED. A treasure hunt that I use every year on my Rhine trip to the Boppard area. The treasure hunt takes around an hour and you can edit it to meet students wherever you want (I suggest in a nice warm café with Kaffee und Kuchen). It starts in the main square and I suggest sending group off with staggered timings, or even get different groups to start at different questions. I also give extra marks for speed, as long as they have answered everything! You can also give extra points for asking them to answer some questions in both German and English (I have done this on some but not all) PLease note, I cannot guarantee this will be still up to date when you use it!

I made this lesson for a Year 11 taster session in the summer term. I wanted to pick something they were familiar with, so chose the topic of "family" but used resources from Zeitgeist rather than Nelson Thornes 1) because I think Z is easier and 2) because we use NT in Year 12 so didn't want them repeating the same work later. It comes with a PowerPoint, handouts and a vocab sheet. You can make this last 2 hours if you include the extra grammar activity. This can, of course, also be used with actual Y12s!

A lesson for Year 12 on the uses and advantages and disadvantages of the internet using authentic resources. This lesson was graded outstanding recently.

For and against suggestions for each of the A2 German topics to help students form their arguments for the speaking test whichever side they choose to take.

This is a PowerPoint I used in our MFL celebration assembly. It has recent quotes from the Independent and the Guardian about the importance of languages, a slide explaining how learning a languages benefits pupils, a Wordle type graphic showing the main skills that come out when you enter articles/surveys about language learning, a slide which shows specifically why students have been chosen as winners and some slides to add the names of winners. This could also be used on open evenings and around options time and also for general display in MFL faculties.

This is a bundle of resources to help Year 10 pupils write answers to suggested speaking questions for Theme 1, Unit 1, although it could be used for other revision too. It is based on the Kerboodle book and I have taken suggested questions from the book only, so that most can be answered with mainly what is in the book, and not many additional resources. Where additional resources are required, I have provided them. Included is: A vocab sheet focusing on key words from the topic. A grammar sheet focusing on how to say what you do/did/will do with your family/friends in different tenses (I included this as there was not much in the book on it and the other tenses are not studied in detail until later on in the book. It is suitable for pupils who have studied other tenses in KS3 and need a reminder. Example sentences can be adapted by them, even if they don’t fully understand how to use the tenses yet. Example answers to the suggested speaking questions with a bullet point list of grammar points they can spot and highlight before attempting their own answers. A sheet for their own answers including a checklist of the aforementioned grammar points. A PowerPoint to bring it all together.

Two versions of a GCSE German speaking preparation booklet, one with sample answers and one without for students to prepare themselves. Both booklets are foundation level. The student booklet has lines under each question to guide them as to how much they should prepare. Originally based on AQA, but will still be useful for other exam boards. A similar booklet for higher is also available.

Two versions of a GCSE German speaking preparation booklet, one with sample answers and one without for students to prepare themselves. Both booklets are higher level. The student booklet has lines under each question to guide them as to how much they should prepare. Originally based on AQA, but will still be useful for other exam boards. A similar booklet for foundation is also available.

At least 3 lessons worth on the environment topic. Focuses on the top 10 biggest environmental problems in the world. Includes a video with transcript, gap fill and retranslation activity. Also included is a vocab sheet for one of the starters. This is quite challenging, so more appropriate for higher candidates, but foundation can also access it with the support provided.

This is a bundle put together for St. Martin’s Day in German lessons. There are different versions for Y7, Y8 and Y10/11, but they could be used in any order for any year (I just don’t have any Year 9s this year!). There are 3 PPTs. Some sections of all 3 PPTs are the same, but the song is different for each year group, in cas I want to repeat the lessons next year. The GCSE one also has the transcript of the “Sendung mit dem Elefanten” St Martin’s Day programme with gaps and a GCSE style photo card task relating to unit 4 (Festivals and Traditions). The KS3 lesson have really simple questions for the video, which can mostly be answered by just watching, without even listening to the sound. There is also a lantern picture to decorate at the end. It’s taken me a while to put all of this together, so I hope you like it!

Vocab match up activities for all of the main reading texts in the Kerboodle A level year 1 book for chapter 1 (Familie im Wandel). Answers included too.

This is the Smart Notebook document to be used alongside my grammar booklet. Both resources can be used on their own or together. The benefit of having the Notebook version is that answers can be revealed to the whole class. This resource covers basic grammar for GCSE Level with simple explanations, exercises and solutions. None topic specific, simple vocabulary is used so that the focus stays on grammar and exercises can be slotted in at any time, regardless of topic being studied. This can also be used in the orientation phase of Year 12 and selected parts are appropriate for good KS3 classes. 20 different grammar points are covered over 72 pages. Please see below. Contents • Personal Pronouns • The Present Tense of Regular Verbs • Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense • Haben and Sein • Separable Verbs • The Perfect Tense with Haben • The Perfect Tense with Sein • The Perfect Tense with Haben and Sein • The Future Tense • Modal Verbs • Word Order (Simple) • Word Order (Complex) • Word Order (Time, Manner, Place ) • Prepositions with the Dative Case • Prepositions with the Accusative Case • Dual Case Prepositions • Plurals • Relative Clauses • Questions • Comparatives and Superlatives