Two texts relating to the events on the Domplatz in Köln on New Year's Eve 2015. The first text is a report which outlines the kinds of crimes that were committed and states who the perpetrators were believed to be. The second text relates the views of a German woman of Turkish heritage regarding these events. The texts are followed by questions in German.

Practice of the technical language needed to discuss technical elements of the film. The PPT contains a sequence of slides, each containing images / an image from the film plus a statement about Filmsprache which contains an error. Students must identify, and in some instances correct, the error. After each slide containing an error, the correct statement is revealed.

Practice of word order after WEIL in the context of MEINE STADT. The activities are set up for students to work through independently.

Improbable dialogue in which Bella from Twighlight and Belletrix Lestrange from Harry Potter compare and contrast the different routines of vampires and wizards. Embedded in the text is the complete paradigm of se coucher. The dialogue is followed by a 'Find the Phrase' exercise focussing on the reflexive verb 'se coucher', practice in writing the paradigms of other reflexives, and a gap-fill exercise in which students must supply the correct reflexive pronouns.

Higher level text about the prevalence of drugs in German schools, with comprehension questions in English.

Lots of photos of German breakfast items. Pupils initially get to see a very small section of each photo and must try to identify the food. The following slide reveals the answer. Generates high participation levels.

Interactive activity for practising TV programmes

A young German, apparently called Markus Absendt, expounds on TV programmes. Followed by True / False / Not in Text questions and a writing task.

Lots of pictures of clock-faces for practising the time.

Fundamentally a very dry bit of grammar work focusing on this key word order concept. In a thinly veiled attempt to make this more interesting, all the language in the examples and the exercises relate to the Hunger Games.

Powerpoint to help students practise answering questions about themself, their family, their pets, and their favourite things. Open the PPT, click 'slideshow' and the 'view show'. Each of the pictures has a hyperlink to a question on another slide. And each of the slides with questions has a back button with a hyperlink back to the slide with the pictures on. Pupils should choose a picture and see which question they get,

Interactive match-up activity for practising WEATHER vocab. Programmed to practise a slightly different vocab list each time it is opened.

A school pupil of the future describes his school day. Text is followed by comprehension questions in French.

Higher level GCSE type text with questions in English.

A two page list of football-related vocab, ready for the European Championships.

Two sets of German materials relating to the Titanic. They are similar but are pitched at different levels. Each set contains a lead text with a vocab list, followed by comprehension questions in English. There is then a grammar point, a find the phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise. Pupils then study a list of German FAQs about the Titanic, select questions that interest them and research the answers. Finally they are invited to write a text of their own about the Titanic.

Powerpoint with 9 slides each with a stimulus question. The questions focus on high-frequency Perfect Tense constructions. The first slide of the PPT acts as a homepage. Students choose a number and are hyperlinked to a slide they can not see.

Back to the future. (i) A table setting out the Past, Present and Future forms of the 20 most frequently used German verbs. (ii) two translation exercises working on each of the 20 verbs in turn.

10 questions in English relating to Easter-Bunny-related realia.

The two PPTs are assembly resources from Macmillan Cancer Support. I will be running the Brist0l Half Marathon on the 13th of September 2015 to raise money for this charity. If you have found any of my resources on TES useful, please consider sponsoring me via this link: https://www.justgiving.com/petermorris2001/ All donations go directly to Macmillan.