Text about the daily routine of two characters from 'Twighlight' and one from 'Harry Potter', who apparently all live together in a house in Portishead. The text is followed by comprehension questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise, a little bit of grammar, an 'adapt the phrase' exercise and a writing task.
The Powerpoint contains a set of questions which form a scaffold for pair work. There is a stop watch on every slide to encourage the students to try to improvise a one-minute answer to each question.
Text about the Selfie Generation in Austria, followed by True/False/Not in text questions in English, then a reading task which is in itself preparation for a speaking task.
A two part workout on adjectives. In the first exercise students must identify the adjectives in the text about Harry Potter. In the second they must choose the adjective with the correct agreement.
Powerpoint in which characters from the Hunger Games are presented with empty speech bubbles. The teacher specifies a topic or asks a question and the students have to answer on behalf of the characters. Can be used with any topic.
Interactive PPT for practising numbers and personal description. The first slide acts as a homepage with links to nine hidden images. These images can be used as a stimulus for practising (or getting the pupils to request) language relating to personality, mood and appearance.
In this PPT the first slide acts a as homepage for the other slides. Students pick a number and are then hyperlinked to a set of word or a phrases to pronounce. Each set practises a particular phoneme. 9 different phonemes are practised.
Authentic screenshots and mini-texts on the topic of TOWN, with questions in English. Created for a lower ability group but works well as a starter for more able classes.
Powerpoint in which students must (i) play Kim's Game with an image of Springfield and (ii) use the picture of Springfield as a stimulus for oral work.
Group activity followed by discussion and essay. Students have to cut out 18 opinion cards and sort them into Pro and Contra groups. They then have to create a diamond nine with each set, before using these as reference materials for a discussion. Finally there is the inevitable essay title.
TOOLKIT to help students generate sentences starting with an adverb, adverbial phrase, or subordinate clause, and continuing with a reflexive verb in the Perfect Tense.
A questionnaire on health and fitness followed by (i) a reminder about the position of the main verb in a German sentence (ii) an activity in which students must begin sentences about health and fitness with adverbs from a supplied list and subsequently invert the verb (iii) a writing task with a small toolkit to help students include some subordinate clauses.
An interview with a homeless person in Berlin, followed by questions in English and an improvisational role play. Pitched at able Year 11s but could be used with Yr 12. The text is authentic, but for a handful of edits.