This is a tarsia puzzle with mixed vocab for the end of year of year ten German. The vocab is based on units 1 to 4 of the Edexcel German GCSE (2009 spec) foundation book and includes Media, Holiday, School and Family. A tarsia consists of puzzle pieces that the students cut out and then match words to form a certain shape (ideally students don’t know what shape that is). They will quickly realise their mistakes if the puzzle won’t fit together. Great activity for Friday afternoons or end of year.

This is a bundle of six resources to teach the Berlin Wall to 6th form students, either as preparation for the research based essay (old spec) or the topic of "aspects of political life" (new spec). It includes: Ost-West-Kontrast PPT: a presentation of 8 maps of Germany (2016-2014) showing the distribution of e.g. unemployment and election results )to highlight the continuing differences between east and west Germany. Two lists of past research based essay questions for Edexcel (old spec) Potsdamer Plaz PPT: four pictures illustrating changes in Berlin's centre Quiz Berliner Mauer: 11 Questions about the history of the Berlin wall, including answers Survey: a survey of 10 questions in English to check how much students already know about the history of the Berlin wall before starting the unit

Two longer texts looking at why Germany was divided into two different states in 1949, one looking at the development in the East, the other in the West. Includes a vocab list, a timeline that the students have to fill in and some discussion questions. Suitable for 6th form students preparing for the history option of the research based essay or the topic area of "Aspects of political life" in the new AQA specifications.

This is a tarsia puzzle with family vocab for the end of year of year ten German. The vocab is based on unit 4 of the Edexcel German GCSE (2009 spec) foundation book about family, character, marriage and some past tense. A tarsia consists of puzzle pieces that the students cut out and then match words to form a certain shape (ideally students don’t know what shape that is). They will quickly realise their mistakes if the puzzle won’t fit together. Great activity for Friday afternoons or end of year.

This is a powerpoint presentation for about 2 lessons, practising colours and appearance (focusing on hair/eyes) in German. It includes speaking and writing tasks and a game as well as grammar practise for the forms of to be and to have and pronunciation practise of words ending in ‘e’. Answers and teacher’s notes are included in the powerpoint. Extra: Puzzle sheet with three different word puzzles as plenary or starter.

A presentation for Stimmt AQA GCSE Foundation/Higher to introduce genres of books with different speaking and writing activities and a quiz. Also includes an introduction to cases in German with focus on the nominative and accusative with a grammar handout for students.

A fun starter or plenary practising description vocab from pages 48-49 in the new AQA GCSE Red Stimmt! book (appearance, character and adjective endings). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

A presentation of different genres of films in German that can be used as a quiz. There are six rounds including recognising genres from posters, reading film descriptions and listening to trailers. Can be used to introduce the topic of film, for example in Chapter 2 Zeit fur Freizeit in Stimmt GCSE. Answers after each round and again all together at the end of the presentation, depending on the way the quiz is played and marked. Please read the slide notes.

A fun starter or plenary practising hobby vocab from pages 33-34 in the new AQA GCSE Stimmt! Red book (film and tv, plurals and opinions). Includes three word puzzles and answers. There are two version, one including a task on plurals to go with the book, the other with film and TV vocab only for users of other schemes of work.

A fun starter or plenary practising school vocab from pages 6-7 in the new AQA GCSE Stimmt! book (school subjects and uniform). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

A colourful display of the longest and most difficult to pronounce words in German. Try promising prizes for anyone who can pronounce three of them correctly and see what happens...

A worksheet for lower to middle ability GCSE students, practising writing about part time jobs. There are three tasks for similar texts with decreasing support.

A powerpoint to introduce and practise a variety of jobs, places of work and descriptions of the workplace. Gives a quick overview of the conditional. Includes reading and speaking activities and several games.

A display/hand out with German word order as condensed as possible.

A fun starter or plenary practising school vocab from pages 79-80 in the Stimmt! 1 book (days, times and timetable). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

A fun starter or plenary practising hobby vocab from pages 26-27 in the new AQA GCSE Stimmt! Green book (hobbies, books, instruments and cases). Includes three word puzzles and answers.

A worksheet for beginners to make them aware of common mistakes and how to improve them. The task is: Text 1 is not very good. Text 2 would get an excellent grade. How do you get from 1 to 2? 1. Underline mistakes in 1 and annotate with marking codes (see below) 2. Underline extras in 2 3. Write advice in the box (e.g. Use more…, Be careful with…, Connect…)

Three fun puzzles to use as a starter or plenary to revise page 10-11 'Eins, zwei, drei' in Stimmt!1 (numbers). Includes answers.

A worksheet for GCSE students to make them aware of common mistakes and how to improve them when writing about books. The task is: Text (A) needs improving, text (B) is excellent. What feedback would you give (A) to improve and become (B)? Be as specific as possible and use marking codes. 1. Underline mistakes in (A) and annotate with marking codes 2. Underline extras in (B) 3. What feedback would you give (A) to improve and become (B)?

A fun starter or plenary practising school vocab from pages 8-9 in the new AQA GCSE Stimmt! Green book (perfect and pencil case items). Includes three word puzzles and answers.