German in Year 7

1 Willkommen	2a Mein Leben	2b Geburtstag	2c Familie/Tiere	3 Weihnachten	4 Meine Schule
5 Ostern	6 Meine Freizeit	7 Meine Ferien	8 Fernsehen	Help Sheets	Useful Links

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	Projekt 1 Willkommen
1	TaskMagic games for greetings. See above for installation of Task Magic to play these games at home.
2 Listen	Listen to these greetings and say them aloud. Activity from Languages Online.
3 Lied	Sing this song about greetings from Languages Online.
4 Drag	Drag and drop listening activity on greetings from Languages Online.
5 Match-up	Introduction: questions and answers.
6 Lied	Fun song from Languages Online: How are you?
7 Quiz	How many of the 11 bananas can you win in this quiz on personal information?
8 BBC	Visit the BBC website to find out where German is spoken and scroll down to hear some key words.
9 Dustbin	What do you know about German-speaking countries? Sort these words into the right dustbin!
10 Quia	Game on famous people and things from German speaking countries.
11 Quia	Hangman on famous Germans, Austrians and Swiss people.
12 Salzburg	Look at pictures of Salzburg in Austria, where Mozart was born (Mozart was a very famous composer).
13 Schiller	Find out family details for Schiller (a famous classical German author).
14 Quia	Match the name of the German county with the correct map location.
15 Quia	Welche Stadt ist das? Can you take the Geography challenge? (Towns in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland)
16 Quia	Games to practise saying the German alphabet.
17 ABC	Spellmaster jigword activity - matching game with sounds to practise the German alphabet (from www.yjc.org.uk).
18 ABC	Spellmaster matching activity with sounds for two players, practises the German alphabet (from www.yjc.org.uk).
19 Penalty	Penalty shoot-out game for 1 or 2 players on pronunciation.
20 Jigword	Jump start your language learning by matching these cognates (look-alike words).
21 Quia	Things you need to say in the classroom every lesson.
22 Quiz	Multiple choice quiz on classroom language. Would the teacher or a pupil say each sentence?
23 Quia	Battleships game to practise the compass points in German.
24 Quia	Matching games to practise compass points.
25 Quia	Games to practise German words for countries.
26	TaskMagic games to practise countries.
27 Hangman	Hangman games on countries.
28 Bananas	Find the hidden pairs of countries German/English.
29 Wdsearch	How many countries can you find?
30 Quia	Can you match these flags to the correct countries. This will help you in our Active Learning lesson in the sports hall!
31 Test	Test how well you can spell countries.
32 Europa	Listen to the European anthem, scroll down and click on the link: Europäische Hymne anhören.
	Projekt 2a Mein Leben (Numbers, Colours and Interview Questions)
1	TaskMagic games to practise interview questions and answers.
2	TaskMagic activities for formal and informal questions.
3 Quiz	Matching activity for personal information questions and answers.
4 Penalty	Penalty shoot-out game on personal information.
5	Task Magic games to revise personal information questions and answers.
6 Tetris	Type the correct number (as a figure) for each German number that appears. Try to stop the numbers stacking to the top.
7 Link	Can you write down the German names as they are spelled aloud? Visit this website and find out! There are 15 names to try.
8 Quia	Matching game for the numbers 1-20.
9 Penalty	Penalty shoot-out game on numbers.
10 Quia	Try this picture matching game for the numbers 1-20.
11 Test	Spelling challenge for the numbers 1-10. How well can you do?
12 Test	So you think you can spell? Try this spelling challenge for the numbers 1-30!
13 Quia	Games to practise colours.
14 Quia	Another game to practise colours.
15 Bananas	Find the hidden colours.
16 Noughts	One or two player games of noughts and crosses on colours.
17 Rhubarb	Spell out the colours in German, but watch out for quakes!
18 Link	Change the colour of the girl's shirt (Languages Online activity). Click on 'next' to type in the German words for the colours.
19 Klasse	Visit this website to read about the pupils in the class. How much can you work out?
20	Listen to this Level 3 Podcast on personal information and answer the questions on the worksheet. You can print the worksheet or write the answers in your exercise book. You can listen to the Podcast as many times as you wish.
	Survey for 71/Ge1: What do you think of German so far?
	Survey for 72/Ge2: What do you think of German so far?
	Projekt 2b Mein Geburtstag
1 Quia	Games to learn the days and the months.
2 Bananas	Find the hidden months.
3 Letterdrop	Spell out the months by grabbing the correct letters with the magnets.
4 Quia	Practise the seasons and the months.
5 Quia	Join up the months with the right season.
6 Rhubarb	Spell the words for 1st-10th, but watch out for quakes. You can't use a letter tile more than once. Choose your level of difficulty.
7 Noughts	One or two player games of noughts and crosses on 11th-19th.
8 Bananas	Find the hidden pairs to practise dates between 21st and 31st.
9 Quia	Play battleships to practise dates.
10 Quia	When is your birthday? (dates)
	Projekt 2c Meine Familie und Haustiere
1	TaskMagic games on family words. Try these activities before playing the Hennings Haus family game.
2	Hennings Haus! Play 'Family Ties' - three great games on family words.
3 Bananas	Matching game on family words.
4 Quia	Battleships game to practise family words.
5 Hangman	Hangman games on family words.
6 Wdsearch	Find the hidden family words.
7 Tetris	Spell out the family words to stop them stacking to the top.
8 Quia	Practise words for the/my with family words.
9 Bananas	Family quiz to win bananas.
10 Quia	Spelling test on family words.
11 Link	Visit the Oklahoma State University's website. Can you answer 10 questions about Lisa's family?
12 Quia	Practise these adjectives to describe people.
13 Quia	Learn some new adjectives to describe people.
14	TaskMagic games to practise adjectives.
15 Bananas	Find the hidden pairs of adjectives to describe people's character.
16 Letterdrp	Spell out adjectives by grabbing the right letters with magnets. How quickly can you do this?
17 Rhubarb	Tap on the tiles to spell adjectives, but watch out for quakes!
18 Link	Listening and matching task on describing people's hair and eyes (Languages Online activity). Click on 'help' for instructions.
19 Quia	How many sentences can you find to describe your family?
20 Fling	How well can you describe people? Can you fling the teacher?
21	Hennings Haus! Who's who? Narrow down which photo to select by asking questions (using the box top right). When you know who the person is, click on their picture. This game introduces you to descriptions of people and practises questions.
22 Quia	Challenge game for one or two players on family and personality- remember German nouns begin with a capital letter.
23 Schiller	Find out family details for Schiller (a famous classical German author).
24 Quia	Match the pictures to the pets.
25 Invaders	Space invaders game on pets.
26 Jigword	Spellmaster jigword activity for pets.
27 Speedwd	How fast can you type the words for pets?
28 Lied	Song about pets from Languages Online.
29	TaskMagic games on plural words for pets.
30 Quia	Spelling challenge for pets.
31 Quia	Family, pets and personality (challenge game for one or two players).
32 Quia	Put numbers in the correct order 1-60. You need to type the numbers in the boxes starting with the smallest number, this is really challenging!
33 Quia	Putting numbers in order, you will see any numbers from 0-100.
34 Castle	Memory game on numbers with sounds. Languages Online, Australia.
35	Listen to this Level 3 Podcast about family and pets and then answer the true/false questions on the worksheet. You can print the worksheet or write the answers in your exercise book. You can listen to the Podcast as many times as you wish.
36	Listen to this Level 4+ Podcast about family and pets and then complete the tasks on the worksheet. You can print the worksheet or write the answers in your exercise book. You can listen to the Podcast as many times as you wish.
	Projekt 3 Weihnachten
1 Quia	Picture matching activities on German Christmas traditions.
2 Quia	Can you draw lines between the German Christmas words and the correct English translations?
3 Quiz	How much do you know about a traditional German Christmas?
	Projekt 4 Meine Schule
1 Website	Investigate what goes into a Schultüte!
2 Hangman	Hangman on school subjects.
3 Quia	Match the pictures with the school subjects.
4 Bananas	Find the hidden subjects.
5 Wdsearch	How many school subjects can you spot?
6 Tetris	Can you spell the subjects before they stack up to the top?
7 Invaders	Space invaders game on school subjects.
8 Quia	Do this test on the school subjects.
9 Cloze	Put these sentences back in the right order. Can you understand opinions, connectives and qualifiers?
10 Cloze	Put these sentences back in the right order, improve your writing and speaking by using 'weil' to link sentences.
11 Quia	Practise the days of the week.
12 Letterdrp	Use the magnets to grab the right letters to spell the days of the week.
13 Quia	How well can you spell the days of the week in German?
14	Download a blank copy of a school timetable - scroll down the page, click on the timetable (Stundenplan) and press print! There is an option to make this your screen background - Bildschirmhintergrund.
15 Schule	Fill in this timetable on-line! Click on the words PDF-Datei zum Ausfüllen.
16 Cloze	Put these sentences about timetables back in the right order - verb second idea word order rule.
17 Fling	Can you fling your teacher? You will need to see a copy of the timetable on page 29 of PD1 to play this game.
18 Quia	Discover how to compare school subjects.
19	Listen to this Level 4 Podcast about school subjects and opinions and then complete the task on this worksheet. You can print the worksheet or write the answers in your exercise book. Feel free to listen to the Podcast as many times as you wish.
20	Listen to this Level 4+ Podcast about school subjects and opinions and then complete the task on this worksheet. You can print the worksheet or write the answers in your exercise book. Feel free to listen to the Podcast as many times as you wish.
21 Jigword	Games to practise the time (o'clock and half past).
22 Jigword	More games to practise time.
23 Quia	Time and numbers challenge game for one or two players.
24 Link	Visit the Oklahoma State University's website. Can you answer 10 questions about Marcus's timetable?
25	TaskMagic games. Can you use adjectives to describe your teachers?
26 Quia	Improve your sentences by using qualifiers like extremely, especially, very etc.
27 Plank	Make your teacher walk the plank! (Talking about your teachers.)
28 Bananas	Find the hidden words for school equipment.
29 Noughts	One or two player games of noughts and crosses on school equipment.
30 Rhubarb	Tap out the school equipment words, but watch out for quakes!
31 Quia	Activities to practise items in a school bag.
32 Quia	Can you spell school equipment words?
33 Quia	Flashcard activity with sound. Pupils in the class are asking your teacher for something. What do they want? Work out what is on the back of the flashcard before you flip it over. Remove the card from the pack when you get it right.
34 Quia	Flashcard activity with sounds. What school equipment do you have?
35 Quia	What is in a classroom?
36 Quia	Test yourself on classroom words before the lesson.
37 Dustbin	Race against the clock to drop words into the correct dustbin. Where would you find these items? In a school bag (in einer Schultasche), in the classroom (im Klassenzimmer), on a timetable (auf dem Stundenplan) or in the school grounds (im Schulgelände)?
38 Match	Assessment 2A: What do the speaking test questions mean? Beat the clock to find the pairs!
39 Match	Assessment 2A: Match up questions with possible answers.
40 Match	Quiz 2B: What do the questions in the speaking round mean? Ignore the 2 empty text boxes!
41 Match	Quiz 2B: Pair up the questions with possible answers. Ignore the 2 empty text boxes!
	Projekt 5 Ostern
1 Bananas	Find the hidden pairs.
2 Noughts	Noughts and crosses games for one or two players.
3 Quia	Match up words connected to Easter.
4 Quia	Match Easter words with the correct pictures.
	Projekt 6 Meine Freizeit
1 Bananas	What are your favourite things? Find the hidden pairs.
2 Noughts	Play noughts and crosses on your favourite things.
3 Rhubarb	Spell out your favourite things, but watch out for quakes!
4	What is your hobby?
5 Quia	How many hobby words can you match correctly?
6 Quia	Match the pictures to the hobbies.
7 Quia	Do you do sport?
8 Quia	Can you match these pictures with the free time activities?
9 Quia	Games to practise free time activities (extension activity).
10 Link	Languages Online listening activity on 'gern' and 'nicht gern'. (Gerne is the older form of the word, it is not used as often today, but is still correct.)
11 Link	Listening activity from Languages online. Click on 'help' for instructions. Listen to the questions and place the picture in the right basket, does the girl like the activity or not?  Write the answers up in your exercise book.
12 Quia	Do you play an instrument?
13 Quia	Can you match 15 pictures of instruments with the correct German word?
14 Quia	Play battleships with the words for musical instruments.
15 Quia	What do you collect?
16 Link	What do German people like to collect? Have a look at this website and list 5-10 things to collect in German and English.
17 Quia	Now see if you can match up the German for 18 collectables with the right picture!
18 Cloze	Cloze activity on questions and answers. Write out the 7 completed tasks in your book.
19 Lied	Link to the song 'Langweilig!' from Languages Online. Click on play.
20 Word	Gaptext activity. Listen to the song 'Langweilig!' and fill in the 10 missing words. Either print the document or copy the song into your book.
21 Link	Gapfill task from Languages Online - What would you like to do?
22 Fling	Can you fling the teacher? What do you do at the weekend? This practises the 'ich' form of the verb you were using in the Active Learning session.
23 Bananas	Match up the verb form with the correct English - note that these verbs end with 'e' when used with 'ich'.
24 Noughts	How do the verbs change when used with 'er' (he)?
25 Rhubarb	Can you spell out the correct form of these verbs to go with 'wir' (we)? Watch out for quakes!
26 Penalty	Penalty shoot-out game on the present tense of irregular verbs (essen, fahren, lesen, sehen, treffen).
27 Link	Visit this website to investigate how to write letters in German.
28 Quia	Play battleships - you will need to know the topic well to win!
29 Quia	Rags to Riches game. Win a million euros! How well do you know this topic? You will need to know your verbs.
30 Quia	How many points can you get? Challenge game on sports, school subjects and pets - remember to include der, die or das with the pets and that German nouns begin with a capital letter.
31	Listen to this Level 4 Podcast about free time interests and then answer the questions on this worksheet. You can print the worksheet or write the answers in your exercise book. You can listen to the Podcast as many times as you wish.
32	Listen to this Level 4+ Podcast about free time interests and then answer the questions on this worksheet. You can print the worksheet or write the answers in your exercise book. You can listen to the Podcast as many times as you wish.
	Projekt 7 Meine Ferien
1 Bananas	What do you do on holiday? Find the hidden pairs to practise holiday vocabulary and activities.
2 Noughts	Play noughts and crosses with holiday words.
3 Rhubarb	Spell out holiday words by tapping on the correct tiles, but watch out for quakes!
4 Cloze	Reconstruct these sentences about a future holiday.
	Projekt 8 Fernsehen
1	TaskMagic games for TV programme words.
2 Quia	More games to practise television programmes.
3 Quia	Can you match types of TV programmes with the right pictures? How many of the 16 pairs did you find? For example, do you know that 'Lindenstraße' is a popular series (soap opera) in Germany?
4 Quia	Now match up words from two columns for television programmes.
5 Wikipedia	Read the entry about Lindenstraße on Wikipedia.
6	Visit the 'Blinde Kuh' website and click on the 'Fernsehen' link to see a list of children's TV programmes. How many do you recognise? Note down at least 5 of the programme titles in German and in English.
7	MDR is one of the German TV channels. What is on MDR today (heute) and tomorrow (morgen)? What was on yesterday (gestern)? Use the back arrow key of your browser to return to the main page each time. Now click on the alphabetical list of programmes in the menu to the left of the screen (Sendungen von A bis Z) and scroll down to see how many words you can work out. Note down some of these words in German and in English.
8 Quia	How often do you watch television?
9 Penalty	Penalty shoot-out game for one or two players. How often do you watch TV? Play game 8 first if you want to win!
10 Quia	Play this matching activity until you think you are ready to try the next link to an on-line survey. Keep the list of terms open if you still need help.
11 Umfrage	Can you complete this on-line survey about television? Please don't enter your e-mail address.

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Do these activities to practise the 'Language of Improvement':
	1 Quia	Match the German and English sentences.
	2 Quia	Draw lines between the correct words or phrases
	3 Quia	Battleships game.
	4 Quia	Win a million euros!

 

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Links to other useful websites:

	This is an on-line course for beginners written by the BBC. Try topic 1 Meeting People.
	This BBC quiz aims to make you better at learning languages.
BBC	Tips from the BBC for learning words.
BBC	Tips from the BBC to help you with speaking and listening.
BBC	Frederic has written a diary of his move to Germany, where he's working as a teacher in the former East German town of Meißen near Dresden.
	Pupils make their own language puzzles on-line.
	Visit this website or iTunes Music Store to download podcasts for your mp3 player to help you to learn German at home step by step, day by day, phrase by phrase.
	Visit this website or iTunes Music Store to download this podcast for your mp3 player or computer. DW-World: Deutsch, Warum nicht? A beginner's course in German. Select bits that interest you from Series 1.