Interactive drag and drop exercise, in which pupils must link the eight parts of speech to examples in German. Will work in the computer suite or on the IW.

Colour coded grammar toolkit to help students formulate sentences such as 'I've got a dog called &'Lumpi&';.' or I used to have cat, called 'Mimi&'.' or 'When I was little, I used to have a cat called &';Mimi'.'

Text in which the characters from Scooby Doo describe what they do in their free time. Text is followed by questions in English and a 'Richtig, falsch, nicht im Text' exercise.

PPT with a single word in German on each slide. Click "view show" and the PPT scrolls through the slides rapidly and loops continuosly until you click the "ESC" key. Students simply have to note down as many words as they can spot. This is adapted from an original template created by Gemma Culliford.

Text about the elves in the Lord of the Rings followed by by True/False/Not in Text questions in English. Practice of character, personality, qualities, appearance ...

GCSE style text with questions in English. This an edited down version of the AS level text I also uploaded.

A GCSE Higher Level text about a young German's decent into drug abuse, followed by questions in English. (NB This is the same text that I used for the "Intro to the Imperfect" but with different exploitation.)

A2 text about 9/11 with questions in German.

Questions to stimulate discussion about possible work experience or future careers. Pupils must in each case choose between two alternatives and justify their choice. Two daft alternatives to warm up with, followed by a sequence of serious alternatives

Foundation Level text about the Paralympics, with on-page vocab support. Text is followed by questions in English, a 'find the phrase' task focussing on time phrases, a manipulation exercise, and a writing task.

Text about the world's first wind-powered car, with comprehension questions in German, and discussion questions which could also be answered in written form or used as a scaffold for oral work.

Extended dialogue in which three cast members of a reality show discuss what to watch on TV and decide on a reality show. The dialogue is followed by a vocab matching exercise, a 'find the phrase exercise', a trawl of the different tenses used in the text, a manipulation exercise and a writing task

A series of short texts in which characters from the series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' reveal where they have lived apart from Sunnydale. Texts are followed by a richtig / falsch exercisr, a 'Welche Person ...? ' exercise and finally comprehension questions in German.

Text in which Katy Perry and Kevin Petersen are interviewed and then commented on by Wallace and Gromit. Text is followed by True / False exercise in German, a 'find the phrase' text, and a manipulation exercise. Lots of practice of likes and dislikes.

Playscript in which Shrek and Mr Incredible compare their physique and argue about who has the nicer wife. Practice of adjectives and comparatives for relative beginners.

Relatively simple (?) Jungle Book style playscript for practising the language of the breakfast table. Cliffhanger ending.

Simple toolkits to help students go beyond 'er / sie ist + adjective' when describing friends and relatives. - He / she looks ... - He / she can be ... - I think he / she is ... - I find him / her ... plus a load of adjectives

I think the title just about captures it. These are based on a now redundant exam format, but are still good stimulus materials to base oral work on.

Extended domestic dialogue in which Lois Lane tries to help an improbably untidy Superman remember where he put an essential part of his outfit. Lots of practice of adjectives after the noun, and locations within a house. The dialogue is followed by a true / false exercise, a 'find the phrase' exercise, and two manipulation exercises.

Toolkit to help pupils describe unlikely accidents. Practice of reflexive verbs in the Perfect Tense followed by Present Participle to say what you were doing when you injured yourself.