Short text in English about the life of Ulrich Mühe. For translation into English. Solution also supplied.

Three speaking activities (i) a simple identification exercise (ii) a more challenging character exercise (iii) a more challenging role play activity which will probably need some preparation time.

Questions on Filmsprache in Das Leben der Anderen followed by (i) a manipulation exercise, in which students must adapt the questions to generate statements about technical aspects of the film and (ii) an essay title.

Toolkit featturing key structures for describing a room. It brings together the Nominative, the Accusative and prepositions with the Dative . It is followed by a multiple choice exercise practising these grammatical points.

Powerpoint which systematically builds up a table demonstrating the formation of the Dative after certain prepositions (an, auf , hinter etc). After the table has been built up, articles are removed randomly and students have to say what is missing.

Simply display the Powerpoint, and read out plausible or implausible football results for the students to note down. This provided a surprisingly compelling context for the simple dictation of numbers in the early stages of learning them. You can of course change the teams however you like.

Activity featuring the 12 Olympics posters commisionned from artists such as Tracey Emin and Rachel Whitread. The Powerpoint aims to stimulate speculation, discussion, interpretation, a bit of guesswork, and suggestions for titles for the artworks. Lots of questions in French to structure discussion and (hopefully) get the pupils thinking More…. The title of each piece can be revealed with a click of the mouse once suggestions have been made. Typo now removed!

Interactive multiple choice quiz on Das Leben der Anderen. Each time the file is opened, the questions and the multi-choice options will be presented in a different order. Will work on IW or PC.

Text featuring an interview with a ghost in which he recounts aspects of his life and death, handily icluding examples of the Perfect with haben and with sein. The text is followed by a capture sheet and some inductive exercises on the selection of the correct auxiliary verb.

Practice of key verbs of travel in Perfect, Present and Future Tenses.

Bart's first letter to his German penfriend. Students read the text and then capture the key points by completing a Steckbrief.

Questions to stimulate discussion about work experience. Could also be used as a written task to provide a scaffold for extended writing.

Interactive drag and drop exercise requiring a knowledge of German and an understanding of the basic idea of football. Will work on the PC or the IW.

The verb ESSEN. Interactive practice of a range of structures in three tenses. Will work on PC or IW.

Interactive drag and drop practice of a number of useful structures for talking about pets. The examples here all relate to cats, so pupils have to focus on the structures themselves. Will work on PC or IW.

Text about eco-friendly, fairtrade sneakers with questions in German and a discussion question to follow.

Another toolkit to help pupils talk about their work experience. This one features adverbial phrases followed by inverted verbs. Also features Perfect and Imperfect tenses.

Text about bizarre, extraterrestrial pets, followed by a 'find the phrase' activity, a bit of grammar, a manipulation exercise and a creative writing task

Kim's game. Pupils have to say which image has disappeared each time.

Dialogue in which Simon and Cheryl discuss the personal qualities of singers, family members and each other, and Cheryl gets a bit upset with Simon. Focus on adjectives. Pupils perform the dialogue as it stands, then improvise changes to the words highlighted in bold.