REVISION FOR GSCE SUCCESS in GERMAN
Tick off what you’ve done as you go along
Record your vocab test results and your past paper results – you should soon see
GOOD PROGRESS!
Spend AT LEAST 20 minutes twice a week, every week, on your revision 
Date
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23/2/15
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2/3/15
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9/3/15
Topics and tasks
Session 1 this week
Topics and tasks
Session 2 this week
Homework this
week
ENVIRONMENT
Problems facing the environment
Vocab, pollution, acid rain, toxic fumes etc
Listening and reading tasks
Echo Green – p.
ENVIRONMENT
Individual actions to protect the planet
Vocab, eg to recycle, re-use, save electricity etc
Listening and Reading tasks
Echo Green
Past paper
Reading/Listening
ENVIRONMENT and TENSE practice
Say what you did last week and what you will
do to help the environment in the future
Consolidate verbs and vocab
Tense recognition and practice - past and future
Listening and Reading tasks
ENVIRONMENT /LIFE OF YOUNG PEOPLE +
CONDITIONAL
Past paper
Reading/Listening
WEATHER AND SEASONS
Vocab - Weather past, present, future
Listening and reading tasks on weather – weather
reports
Matching activities to weather
MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
Media and technology
Vocab–list of devices + verbs/nouns associated
with technology eg
To download, search, save , surf the net, work
Say what governments/public should do to protect
the environmentand improve life for young people
Vocab – recycle vocab previously learnt, and
introduce ways of improving life for young people
Identify conditional – grammar games+tasks
L and R tasks
Vocab test 1
Result:
Vocab test 2
Result:
Past paper
Reading/Listening
Vocab test 3
Result:
from home, email etc
Listening and reading tasks
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16/3/15
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23/3
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23/3/15
EASTER
HOLIDAYS
EASTER
WORLD OF WORK
Jobs and places of work
Vocab – different jobs – places of work
Adjectives to describe different jobs – match
adjectives to jobs
Reading and Listening tasks
WORLD OF WORK
Plans for the future
Vocab-nouns and verbs as appropriate eg,
training, apprenticeships, aspirations for the
future (wealth, power, responsibility) marriage ..
Reading and listening tasks
Past paper
Listening/Reading
HEALTH
Problems for young people today –
Vocab-drugs, alcohol, stress, peer pressure,
smoking/homework/unemployment
Grammar – identify imperfect –what it used to be
like in the past
Listening and reading tasks
LEISURE
Talking about music / TV / film
Vocab-types of film and adjectives
Impersonal verbs eg, it
frightens/terrifies/inspires / makes me laugh
etc..
Reading and Listening tasks
FAMILY,SELF AND FRIENDS
Vocab – members of the family,adjectives
Birthdays, relationships and getting on with
people
LIFESTYLE/HOBBIES AND SPORTS
What do people do in their free time?
Vocab – hobbies and sports
Opinions about hobbies and sports
Frequency words – how often do they play sport?
Reading and Listening tasks
Past paper
reading/listening
PLACES IN TOWN/GOING OUT
Say where you can go and inviting people out
Vocab-places in town
Language of inviting-refusals and acceptance
Understanding opening and closing
times/timetables/price info
Reading and Listening tasks
HOME AND HOME LIFE
Vocab-rooms and furniture
What do you do to help at home – chores vocab
Listening and Reading tasks
Past paper
listening/reading
 PAST PAPERS
Vocab test 4
Result:
Vocab test 5
Result:
Vocab test 6
Result:
Vocab tests online
How many
completed:
Results:
COMPLETE ONLINE
HOLIDAYS
w/c
13/4/15
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20/4/15
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27/4/15
w/c
4/5/15
 GO THROUGH EXERCISES IN THE TEXT BOOKS – COMPLETE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
 SEE FRONTER FOR MORE RESOURCES
 USE THE LINKS BELOW TO ACCESS ONLINE HELP
SHOPPING
Clothes, fruit, vegetables, numbers
Vocab related to shopping
Reading and listening tasks
Understanding question words, how much, how
many, where, what..etc
Reading and listening tasks
DAILY ROUTINE AND HOME
Vocab - verbs to describe daily routine
Grammar –spotting reflexive verbs
Revise the time
Reading and Listening tasks
HOTEL / LOST PROPERTY
Places in a hotel and items people often lose
Hotel booking language
Language to cope in the lost property office
Reading and Listening tasks
SCHOOL AND SCHOOL LIFE
Describe your school and your studies
Vocab-subjects/places around the school / after
school clubs
Giving opinions
RESOURCES
 Student GCSE textbook – ECHO / LOGO
 Resources on FRONTER

VOCAB PRACTICE available on:
VOCAB
TESTS/TASKS
At least one every
day 
DOCTOR/DENTIST
Illnesses and remedies
Vocab
Understanding times (appointments)
Recap of question words
Reading and Listening tasks
Past paper
Reading/Listening
HOLIDAYS/DIRECTIONS
Holiday destinations and activities – vocab
Understanding directions
Reading and listening tasks
Past paper
Reading/Listening
TRANSPORT
Vocab - Types of transport/signs/
announcements at airports and stations
Understanding timetables
Buying tickets
Reading and Listening tasks
Vocab test 7
Result:
Vocab test 8
Result:
Past paper
Reading/Listening
Vocab test 9
Result:
Vocab test 10
Result:
Quizlet – mini vocab lists by topic/vocab from WJEC wordlist
Access by clicking this link:
www.linguascope.com
www.vocabexpress.com
GERMAN GCSE Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/