(i) Extended text about the surface to air missiles deployed in East London for the Olympics, followed by comprehension questions in German, and (ii) a selection of opinions about the security measures, based on internet blogs, followed by a comprehension task, a speaking task, and two writing tasks, one pitched at AS level and one pitched at A2 level. (Typos spotted and now fixed.)

Exercise in which students must re-arrange scenes from the film into the correct order.

Reading comprehension activity relating to the film 'Der Tunnel'. Students must read the jumbled set of events and put them into the correct chronological order to reconstruct the plot. Solution provided.

Text with questions in English

Questions in German to stimulate discusssion about shopping, shopping habits, and possibly even gender stereotypes.

Blogs relating to the topic of Ganztagsschulen in Germany. The texts are followed by comprehension questions in English and a manipulation exercise. The latter should enable students to generate language which they could use to comment on the length of their own school day.

Three short texts about what teenagers use the internet for, followed by questions in English, a 'find the phrase' activity, a minor Grammar point, a manipulation exercise, a 'find the tense' exercise, and a writing task.

A text about heart-throb Justin Bieber followed by questions in German. Amongst other things, the text reveals why Justion Bieber has a German surname.

Four higher level texts relating to themes of homelessness, human rights, disability and drug abuse. Each text is followed by questions in English.

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.

Practice of (i) e - è - é (ii) different pronunciations of the letter c (iii) some common words with accents that distinguish meaning rather than sound

Ppt featuring severely cropped authentic images of places in Berlin (station, supermarket etc). Pupils have to try to guess what the place is and say'Hier gibt es ...'. The cropped image is followed by the full image to confirm the answer or make it a bit easier, and this is then supported with the correct sentence in German. Colour coding has been used to emphasize gender. The final four slides build up a table modelling the use of the Nominative after Das ist vs the Accusative after Es gibt. This could be elicited from students before clicking in each answer.

Powerpoint for practising phonics. The first slide acts as a homepage for the activity. Students pick a number and re then hyperlinked to a word (or a phrase if you use the other PPT) to pronounce. Change the content to suit your focus.

Two short texts about fashion and designer clothes, followed by a 'Which person said what?' activity.

This table is set out to help pupils begin to understand patterns of conjugation. Could be printed as a hand-out or blown-up as a poster for display.

Potted history of Germany in ten dates. In this interactive exercise students must match the events to the dates. Will work on PC or IW.

Short texts in which school pupils express the likelihood of their going into the sixth form versus looking for training or employment, followed by comprehension questions in English, a 'Find the phrase' exercise and a text manipulation exercise. (The original four texts are from Lernpunkt Deutsch 3, but the two texts featuring authentic German handwriting have proved to be too hard to read for many of my students so I've typed them up!)

Playscript in which a stressed teacher foolishly complains about the length and structure of the school day to the Head Teacher, who happens to be Darth Vader. Students could practise the dialogue as is, and then change the words in bold type. PS This is not a reference to any particular Head Teacher!

Text about future plans followed by questions in English

Interactive, multiple choice exercise practising a range of regular and irregular past participles. There are 65 verbs embedded in the file and the file will create a new quiz of 20 verbs selected at random each time the exercise is opened.