Text, cobbled together from two authentic sources, about the consequences of environmental change for ski areas in Austria. Followed by reading comprehension questions and a discussion task.
Interview with Mr Bean about towns in France he likes and has visited, loosely based on 'Mr Bean's Holiday'. Not all of his answers fit the questions but pupils generally pick up on this, ( and they can of course be invited to supply the answers Mr Bean should have given ...)
Simple quiz. Each slide of the powerpoint begins with an outline map of one of the competing countries in Euro 2012. A click of the mouse will reveal the football strip of that country, modelled by a Subbuteo / Zeugo figure. Another click will reveal the flag of that country. A fourth click will reveal the name of the team. How many clicks do your pupils need before they identify the team?
Higher Level text about an orchestra from Vienna that performs on instruments made out of vegetables. Bizarre but true. The text is followed by a true / false / not in text exercise.
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.
Short texts in which teenagers say which options they have chosen and why. Texts are followed by comprehension questions in English, a 'find the phrase&' exercise, a manipulation exercise, a speaking activity and a short writing activity. Also includes brief revision of the present tense and word order after &';weil'.
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.
Text describing the situation in Germany with regards to young people's involvement with illicit substances and excessive drinking. The text is followed by questions in English, a find the phrase exercise, a manipulation exercise based on equivalent stats from the UK, and finally a challenging extended writing task. This was produced for an able KS4 group but could easily be upgraded to AS material.
PPT which acts as a stimulus for speaking about free time. The first slide acts as a homepage for the whole activity. Students choose an image on the homepage and are hyperlinked to an images of a celebrity with an empty speech balloon. Students can say as much or as little as you want them to say.
Interactive multiple choice quiz on the London Olympics. The programme will shuffle the possible answers into a different order each time it is opened. Will work on PC or IW.
Two parallel texts, pitched at different levels, looking forward to the Paralympic Games 2012. The first text is fairly complex and is followed by questions in English, a 'find the phrase' exercise with a focus on the Future Tense, revision / presentation of the Future, a manipulation exercise, again with a focus on the Future Tense, and finally a writing task featuring past tenses.
The second text, pitched at Foundation level, is virtually verb-free, and is followed by questions in English and no grammar whatsoever.
I've piggybacked a load of Foundation Reading Comp questions from my other resources onto the Trivial Pursuit template created by Helen Wolfenden. Worked well with students who are getting a bit worn out and revision-averse just as they should be hanging on my every word ...
TOOLKIT to help students generate sentences starting with an adverb, adverbial phrase, or subordinate clause, and continuing with the perfect tense of gehen or an imperfect modal + gehen.