Interactive drag and drop exercise in which pupils must match the German book titles to the year in which they appeared. Good excuse to get the pupils to practise numbers like neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive cloze exercise about the military security for London 2012. Will work on PC or IW.

Foundation Level text about the Olympic Torch, with questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise, a manipulation exercise, and a writing task.

Text about the decision of Germany's Young Liberals to support nuclear power. Text is followed by comprehension questions in German and an exercise in the use of the subjunctive. (NB Typo removed following comment below!)

Improbable dialogue in which Fernando Torres consults a fortune-teller about Spain's chances of winning Uefa Euro 2012. Includes a full work-out of the verb werden. (1st, 2nd and 3rd person, singular and plural.)

Put the sentences in the correct order, to reconstruct a day in the life of a vampire. The solution is on page 2.

5 verbs in the Imperfect tense, set out as a table so that students can analyse and infer the pattern. Could be given out as a hand-out of blown up for display.

Higher Level GCSE text about the frustration of leaving an coat on a train and the intransigence of the Fundservice, followed by comprehension questions in English, a find the phrase activity, a reminder about modal verbs, and a second reading task leading to an extended role-play. Text substantially adapted from an article in die Zeit.

PPT for presentation to pupils approaching exams. Based substantially on an article, summarising extensive research conducted by Dr Tom Stafford of Sheffield University. PPT deals with (i) organisation vs cramming (ii) the value of learning from failure (iii) the need to practise (iv) processing information aids memory and (v) rest and sleep. I've added some links to helpful websites.

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!)

A sequence of activities linked to the transcript of the Listening Comprehension "Zusammen oder allein?" in Brennpunkt Neue Ausgabe (by Aberdeen, Morris, Sandry and Somerville). The work sheet includes (i) the transcript (ii) comprehension questions in German (iii) preparation for a discussion (iv) a discussion and (v) an AS-style writing task.

Dialogue / playscript for beginners, in which a persistent fan badgers Katy Perry for personal information. How are you? / What's your name? / Where do you live? / Where do you come from? / How old are you? / Are you angry?

A set of Taboo cards for practising key terminology from Das Leben der Anderen.

Zog describes his trip to Earth and his impressions of life in Portishead. Text is followed by questions in German.

"Powerpoint" in which the different forms of you ("du" / "ihr" / "Sie" / "man") are revealed one step at a time. Students can be asked to speculate before each reveal.

A more advanced text, originally written for able FL2 beginners, about pets. The text features a variety of tenses and detailed descriptions.. It is followed by (i) comprehension questions (ii) a find the phrase activity (iii) an introduction to the articles in the Accusative and (iv) a manipulation exercise.

Activity practising articles in the Accusative in the context of saying what you got for your birthday. Each slide reveals a cropped picture of a putative birthday present, which the pupils have to identify. Then the full picture is revealed. On the next click a sentence such "Ich habe ein Trkot bekommen." reveals itself slowly and students have to race against the powerpoint. They may not start their sentence before the PPT but have to finish the sentence before the PPT. Worked well with a middle ability Year 9 class.

A text in which a teenager recounts her entry into drug abuse, followed by (i) an exercise in which students must extract the verbs in the imperfect from the text, link them to infinitives and compare them with the equivalent perfect tense (ii) an explanation in English of the Imperfect in German and (iii) an exercise in which students must translate sentences into German using vocab supplied in the stimulus text.

More authentic materials for revision-shy GCSE candidates. Questions in English.

Three resources relating to the eclipse on 20th March 2015: (i) An original text for translation into English (ii) An adapted text with helpful diagram and multi-choice questions in English (iii) An adapted text with no helpful diagram and open questions in English