Fun French Halloween Activity Early Finisher or Cover Lesson

Revise and extend Halloween in French vocabulary (L’Halloween) this October, in KS3, KS4, or with adult learners, using this giant FSL crossword puzzle. There are 90+ spooky and scary themed words in this huge puzzle. Ideal for a whole lesson, or add this packet to your cover lesson plans or early finishers activities bank. You could return to it over several sessions. This is low prep, great for collaboration, printable, differentiated, has an answer key, and there’s even an optional hidden sentence challenge! Best not used with absolute beginners, as it’s designed to review AND expand students’ existing vocabulary, to provide a challenge. Depending on experience and ability of students and level of support given, this can work with Key Stage 3 and 4 and beyond.

Please click on the preview file to check suitability for your students.

• Fun: Giant crosswords are enjoyable to complete.
• Low prep: Great for sub lessons and busy times.
• Flexible: Can fill a whole lesson or more, or be completed over multiple days.
• Early finishers: Great as an early finisher activity or extension, maybe to be competed over several sessions.
• Collaboration: Although it can be used for individuals, it’s especially good for pairs or small groups.
• Differentiation: Alternative clue page & vocab support page.
• Challenge: Fun hidden sentence extension!
• Printable: PDF file - 15 pages.

 
HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE THIS ACTIVITY:

• There are 2 versions of the clue sheets – one with just the word itself in English (to be translated into French) and an easier version with the first letter given. There’s a larger print version of the latter one too.
• Choose whether to provide the alphabetical answer list, perhaps just to support certain students, or distribute it only when students have done as much as they can independently
• Consider using mixed-ability groups
• Decide whether to allow access to online or traditional dictionaries, perhaps later when students have completed as much as they can independently
• Consider whether to use the hidden sentence challenge version (students use a blank grid with stars printed on certain squares, and then put the letters together from the star boxes to spell out a hidden word). There are 2 versions of the recording sheet for this challenge, should you wish to use them, and separate answer keys
• Early finishers could be directed to online sources to check out the pronunciation of unfamiliar words

Whatever you choose, I hope your students have as much fun completing it as I did compiling it!

You might want to expand the crossword if using with larger groups but if you can’t, it will still work in standard size.

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