Interactive activity for practising the gender of common domestic pets.

5 key verbs for beginners, set out to allow pupils to see the pattern of endings. Can be blown-up for display or printed to go in exercise books.

'ich wohnte in Liverpool' is a KS4 level text about Markus Babbel's time with Liverpool FC and his opinions of the city. Text is followed by (i) richtig / falsch questions and (ii) open questions in German. 'Interview mit Markus Babbel' requires pupils to anser questions as though they were Markus Babbel. They can answer some on the basis of the previous text but will need to use a bit of imagination to answer them all.

Drag and drop exercise reviewing the verb être in various tense forms. Will work on PC or IW.

2 interactive drag and drop exercises, one more challenging than the other. Pupils must put the German titles of the Harry Potter films into the correct sequence. Includes practice of the ordinals 1 - 8. Will work on PC or IW.

Key scene from the film "Sophie Scholl - die letzten Tage" , as it appears in the Drehbuch, in which Sophie is questioned by the Gestapo investigator. Students must (i) answer the questions in English (ii) compare the official script with the scene in the film and spot the differences.

Playscript, featuring a relatively simple interview.. Students could practise the dialogue as it is, and then improvise changes to the text in bold type..

Powerpoint with on-screen help, designed to stimulate and support discussion about (i) what constitutes a uniform (ii) what students think of various school uniforms. This is a more challenging version of something I uploaded previously.

Interactive activity practising key phrases relating to likes and dislikes.

Interactive drag and drop exercise in which pupils must match the German book titles to the year in which they appeared. Good excuse to get the pupils to practise numbers like neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig. Will work on PC or IW.

Interview in German relating to the film 'Into the white'. The film features Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter fame) and is based on the true story of German and British air crews, who were shot down in the snowy wastes of Norway in WW2 and who had to co-operate to survive. The interview is with German actor Florian Lukas (Goodbye Lenin!) about the shooting of the film, and is followed by questions in English.

A simpl,e unstructured writing task for beginners. Relies on the appeal of the pictures to get a response. Change the images to whoever your pupils like to write about.

A list of questions covering typical Year 7 topics and a list of possible answers. Pupils have to match up the answers to the questions. But ... there are two answers for every question. Pupils have to find both answers each time. It can then be used as a platform for extended oral work.

PPT featuring characters from the Hunger Games with information about the d.o.b of the actor who plays each character. Students have to convert this info into a statement about their birthday.

Trisha interviews the Doctor about where he's from and where he lives.

A multi-choice self-correcting interactive exercise practising the word order after weil in the context of GCSE level statements about school.

Drag and drop exercise reviewing the verb avoir in various tense forms. Will work on IW or PC

Text in which a teenager compares Berlin to the Baltic resort of Damp. The text is followed by a comprehension activity, a find-the-phrase activity and a manipulation exercise.

The worksheet features (i) a dialogue between a hotel manager and a disgruntled guest, regarding items in a room which are all in the wrong place (ii) questions in English prompting students to analyse and explain the changes in the definite article after the prepositions an, auf, unter and in.

Two GCSE type questions relating to a synopsis of the film 'Into the White', which features Rupert Grint (of Harry Potter fame). The film is based on the true story of German and British air crews having to co-operate to survive, having both crashed in the Norwegian mountains during WW2. In one version, the synopsis is followed by questions in English. In the other, the text is followed by True / False / Not in Text questions.