German in Year 7

Einleitung	Projekt 1 Hallo	Projekt 2 Schule	Weihnachten	Projekt 3 Familie
Projekt 4 Geburtstag	Projekt 5 Hobbys	Projekt 6 Fernsehen	Help Sheets	Useful Links

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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!

	Einleitung
1 BBC	Visit the BBC website to find out where German is spoken and scroll down to hear some key words.
2 Quia	Match the name of the German county with the correct map location.
3 Quia	Welche Stadt ist das? Can you take the Geography challenge? (Towns in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland)
4 Quia	Games to practise things you may need to say in the classroom every lesson.
5 Quia	Games to practise things to say when first meeting people.
6	TaskMagic games for greetings. Remember to install Task Magic Play on your computer to play these games at home.
7 Quia	Class assignment on German-speaking countries.
	Projekt 1 Hallo
1 Lied	Download this sample of a song by Barbara MacArthur about names.
2 Quia	Games to practise saying the German alphabet.
3 Lied	Download this clip by Barbara MacArthur about the alphabet.
4 ABC	Spellmaster jigword activity - matching game with sounds to practise the German alphabet (from www.yjc.org.uk).
5 ABC	Spellmaster matching activity with sounds for two players, practises the German alphabet (from www.yjc.org.uk).
6	TaskMagic games to practise interview questions and answers.
7	TaskMagic activities for a more advanced dialogue - this is the one we used in class, I've added it as promised. Have a go!
8	TaskMagic activities for formal and informal questions - this will help with your homework.
9 Quia	Battleships game to practise the compass points in German.
10 Quia	Matching games to practise compass points.
	Visit this website to find out the letters on car number plates for some German towns.
12	TaskMagic games for the numbers 5-20.
13 Quia	Matching game for the numbers 1-20.
14 Quia	Try this picture matching game for the numbers 1-20.
15	Hennings Haus! Play mix 'n' match level 3 and find the pairs. This practises numbers.
16 Test	Spelling challenge for the numbers 1-10. How well can you do?
17 Lied	Download this rap by Barbara MacArthur for the numbers 1-10.
18	Hennings Haus! Play 'Just the Ticket' to practise numbers and days of the week. For level 1, choose the type of ticket you need (Kino, Fußball or Konzert) click OK, then select the right number of tickets and click OK. For Level 2, you will also need to select the right day of the week and click OK. For Level 3 you need to choose the time as well as the other 3 details e.g. 8 Uhr = 8 o'clock.
19 Test	So you think you can spell? Try this spelling challenge for the numbers 1-30!
	Visit the website of our assistant's favourite German football team.
21 Lied	Listen to the football song by Martina Schwarz.
22 Quia	Games to practise colours.
23 Quia	Another game to practise colours.
24	Hennings Haus! Mix 'n' match. Level 1 - turn over pairs of cards to match the German words with the colours.
25 Lied	Download this song by Barbara MacArthur about colours, do you know all seven of them?
26 Quia	Games to practise German words for countries.
27	TaskMagic games to practise the countries.
28 Test	Test how well you can spell the countries.
29	Where do you come from? Play these TaskMagic games.
30 Map	Visit this website to see a map of Europe showing the positions of all the countries.
	Discover information about European countries and their flags. Click on Nationenfahnen - International - Europa.
32 Europa	Visit this website to listen to the European anthem, scroll down and click on the link: Europäische Hymne anhören.
33 Klasse	Visit this website to read about the pupils in the class. How much can you work out?
34	Listen to this Podcast and complete the worksheet task. 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.
	Projekt 2 Schule
1 Web	Investigate what goes into a Schultüte!
2 Quia	Activities to practise items in a school bag.
3 Quia	Practise spelling the school equipment words before the test!
4 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.
5 Quia	Flashcard activity with sounds. What school equipment do you have?
6 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!
7 Quia	Now put these numbers in order, you will see any numbers from 0-100.
8 Spiel	Fantastic memory game on numbers. Languages Online, Australia.
9 Quia	What is in a classroom?
10 Quia	Test yourself on the classroom words before the lesson.
11	TaskMagic games. How well can you describe a classroom?
12	Hennings Haus! Rainbow Rooms - Paint the rooms in the colours chosen by Henning, you will need to know colours and furniture type words.
13 Quia	Practise the days of the week.
14 Quia	How well can you spell the days of the week in German?
15 Quia	Games to help you to learn the school subjects.
16 Quia	Match the pictures with the school subjects (visual learners).
	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.
18 Schule	Fill in this timetable on-line! Click on the words PDF-Datei zum Ausfüllen.
19 Quia	Word search for school subjects.
20 Quia	Do this test on the school subjects.
21 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.
22	TaskMagic games. Can you use adjectives to describe your teachers?
23 Quia	Improve your sentences by using qualifiers like extremely, especially, very etc.
24 Plank	You can make your teacher walk the plank, but only if you're good at activities 21 and 22! (You might need to click the bar at the top of your screen to allow the active content if the game doesn't start.)
25 Quia	Discover how to compare school subjects.
26 Lied	Download this song about favourite subjects by Uwe Kind (first verse is complete). Read the song words and look up some of the new words in your dictionary.
27 Quia	Learn the days of the week and some German festivals.
28	Listen to this Podcast and complete the worksheet task. 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. Sets 1-3.
	Weihnachten
1 Quia	Games to learn some German words connected to Christmas.
	Projekt 3 Familie
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 Quia	Games to learn family words.
4 Quia	More games for family words.
5 Quia	Battleships game to practise family words.
6 Quia	Practise words for the/my with family words.
7 Quia	Activities to help you with the family topic.
8 Quia	Spelling test on family words.
9 Quia	Practise these adjectives to describe people.
10 Quia	Learn some new adjectives to describe people.
11	TaskMagic games to practise adjectives.
12 Quia	How many sentences can you find to describe your family?
13 Quia	Challenge game for one or two players on family and personality- remember German nouns begin with a capital letter.
14 Schiller	Find out family details for Schiller (a famous classical German author).
15 Quia	So you think you know the family words? Then try this challenge! Can you work out how the speaker is related to each of these people. Type in German words like brother (Bruder), wife (Frau) etc.
16 Quia	Games to learn the pets.
17 Quia	Match the pictures to the pets.
18 Tiere	Spellmaster jigword activity for pets (from www.yjc.org.uk).
19	TaskMagic games on plural words for pets.
20 Quia	Family, pets and personality (challenge game for one or two players).
21 Lied	Download this clip by Barbara MacArthur about family and pets and read through the song words, this is very catchy!
22 Quia	Spelling challenge for pets.
23	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.
24	Listen to this Podcast and complete the worksheet task. 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. Sets 1-3.
	Projekt 4 Geburtstag
1 Quia	Games to learn the days and the months.
2 Quia	Practise the seasons and the months.
3 Quia	Join up the months with the right season.
4 Quia	Play battleships to practise dates.
5 Quia	When is your birthday? (dates)
6 Quia	What did you get for your birthday?
7 Quia	Match up the presents.
8	Hennings Haus! Play mix 'n' match level 2 and find the pairs of cards. Would you like these items for your birthday?
9 Quia	Can you unjumble these words?
10	What do you like to eat and drink on your birthday?
11 Quia	Games to learn German sentences to say what you did on your birthday.
12 Quia	Class assignment on birthdays.
13	Listen to this Podcast and complete the worksheet task. 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. Sets 1-3.
	Projekt 5 Hobbys
	What is your hobby?
2 Quia	How many hobby words can you match correctly?
3 Quia	Do you do sport?
4 Fling	Can you fling the teacher? What do you do at the weekend?
5 Quia	Games to practise freetime activities (extension activity).
6 Quia	Match the pictures to the hobbies.
7 Quia	Can you match these pictures with the hobby words?
8 Quia	Do you play an instrument?
9 Quia	Play battleships with the words for musical instruments.
10 Quia	What do you collect?
11 Quia	Activities to choose the right form of the verb (present tense).
12	TaskMagic games to practise the present tense of 5 common verbs (spielen - to play, lesen - to read, schreiben - to write, fahren - to go and sehen - to see).
13 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.
14	Listen to this Podcast and complete the worksheet task. 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. Sets 1-3.
	Projekt 6 Fernsehen
1 Quia	Practise these words for television programmes.
2 Quia	More games to practise television programmes.
3	TaskMagic games for TV programme words.
4 Quia	How often do you watch television?
	What is on German TV on the children's channel today?
6 Umfrage	Can you complete this survey about television?

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.