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A PowerPoint to introduce the German alphabet and the sounds each letter makes, followed by some spelling and conversational exercises.
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You will find a very useful audio tool to hear the letters pronounced by a native speaker here.
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A worksheet to consolidate learning of weather phrases in present, past and future tenses.
Students should fill in the table – they are given one phrase from the various tenses and they must accurately fill in the others.
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A PowerPoint to introduce past tense weather phrases in German. Students are reminded of the present tense phrases and introduced to the past tense version, prompting discussion and comparison. Past tense time phrases are then given and the concept of inversion is introduced. Students are then given the task of writing their own past tense weather reports.
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A PowerPoint to introduce future tense weather phrases in German. Students are reminded of the present tense phrases and introduced to the future tense version, prompting discussion and comparison. Future tense time phrases are then given and the concept of inversion is introduced. Students are then given the task of writing their own future tense weather predictions.
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A wordsearch of common phrases to describe the weather in German. This worksheet has two differentiated versions. The words in the wordsearch are of course all in German, but you can choose from the listed vocabulary being in German or in English. To download the simple German version, click on the picture below.
To download the higher level version, where students are given the English vocabulary and must work out the German, click here.
To download an answer sheet with the solution highlighted in red, click here.
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A PowerPoint to introduce the weather in German. It firstly introduces a selection of basic, present tense phrases, before leading on to compass points. It then invites students to present their own weather forecast.
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You can also find a worksheet with a blank map, which students can use as an aid for creating their own weather reports here.
Map of Germany – By Minestrone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A worksheet to help students to plan a German weather forecast, including a blank map and a selection of useful vocabulary.
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You can also find a PowerPoint to introduce the weather and the task here.
Map of Germany – By Minestrone [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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A Pelmanism/Matching Cards game with pictures and vocabulary for twelve common phrases to describe the weather in German.
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Pelmanism
Students work in small teams of 3 – 6. They shuffle the cards and lay them all face down on the table. Students take it in turns to select two cards, aiming to find a matching pair. If they find one, they keep the cards and take another turn. If not, they must return the cards to where they found them.
