Download ideas and materials for your German classroom, some of which were originally shared in our teachers’ journal SZENE and/or with the support from the Victorian Government.
Earn Tokens to Trade in for Prizes
An idea to encourage positive learning behaviours. Students are awarded tokens to cash in for prizes. The spaces are dynamic. This means you can type in the space provided on the tokens before printing and laminating. Use in the classroom, on excursions, on special days or camps. There is a blank sheet to make up your own.
• Tokens – included advice on how to use them
Finde einen Freund/ eine Freundin
A series of Leute Lotto games for primary students to use at the beginning of the year to get to know each other. First published in SZENE 2023.
Mein Haus
Materials developed by Dave Nutting to complement a unit for junior students on Mein Haus and published in SZENE 2023
• Mein Haus – Teacher info
• Mein Haus – Students
• Mein Haus – Students Dynamic*
*Students can type into the document on their devices.
Negotiations
Two pages of useful expressions for negotiating. Printed in SZENE 2024 to support senior students of German.
• Negotiations
Using AI Music and Sentence Builders
Printed in SZENE 2025 as a follow up from the National Conference for Teachers of German in 2024, this article and sentence builder shows how to use AI to create music to support language learning for the topic of future plans.
• Using AI Music (Zukunft)
• Sentence Builder (Zukunft)
Der Froschkönig
A unit of work with worksheets about this famous fairy tale. The worksheets could be for primary and secondary.
• Der Froshkönig – Worksheets
