I have taught all levels from kindergarten to adult continuing education. I love languages and am constantly working on improving and adding to them. I believe that if students have fun, they will learn faster and remember longer. I try to have students speak in the target language as much as possible during the limited time that they are in class.
I have taught all levels from kindergarten to adult continuing education. I love languages and am constantly working on improving and adding to them. I believe that if students have fun, they will learn faster and remember longer. I try to have students speak in the target language as much as possible during the limited time that they are in class.
Mixer activity with 36 student sheets; each has 4 answers to share and 4 questions. Students mingle until they find the answers to all of their questions. Focus is on chores. All questions ask Qui… Sample answer: Jean-Claude a repassé les chemises. Questions are in present, passé compose or futur proche.
29 pages about 12 zoo animals: lion, tiger, giraffe, elephant, monkey, camel, zebra, penguin, polar bear, kangaroo, hippo and rhinoceros. 6 pages have 2 animals each; each animal has a picture and its name in dotted letters for the students to trace.[These 6 pages are also included with a regular font in gray for tracing.] 4 pages have 4 animals each; animal names are in dotted boxes to be cut out and pasted below the correct picture. 2 pages have 6 animals each; animal names are to be cut out and pasted below the correct picture. 1 page has 7 boxes with pictures of animals; directions tell the student how many to circle. 1 page has the numbers 1 to 9 and sets of pictures that need to be cut out and pasted next to the correct number. 1 page has the numbers 3 to 8 and sets of pictures; students draw a line to connect the picture sets to the correct number. 1 page has pictures of 6 different animals all mixed together; students are to count each type of animal and write down the number. 1 page has 7 boxes with pictures of animals; students count the animals and write the correct number. 12 pages mini-posters.
Sudoku game uses the 9 Halloween words: pumpkin, black cat, ghost, witch, candy, haunted house, vampire, monster, skeleton. This version of Sudoku uses pictures, English and German. This approach makes the student think about the meaning in each square and so helps students to learn the vocabulary faster.
Worksheet has pictures of 28 clocks. Students are to write out what time it is. Title is in French and may easily be changed. Worksheet has pictures only and so may be used for any language; you may want to split it into 2 pages for lower level classes.
Set of 12 basic colors. Print on cardstock and cut into cards. Make 1 set for every 2-3 students. One side has the color and the other side has the word for that color in Dutch. Use for Flashcards, Concentration, Slap, Old Maid, Go Fish, Match Game, Drats, Kaboom.
Worksheet has 3 pictures; each picture has 6 questions "dónde est". Students answer using the appropriate preposition (depending on vocabulary covered, there is often more than one possible answer).
This is a partner activity. Students take turns guessing squares in order to find the opponent’s ships. In order to guess a square, the student must correctly give the time [hours are in the left column and minutes are across the top]. Winner is the first student to find and sink all 5 of his opponent’s ships.
There are two dot to dot pictures with the letters of the alphabet. Student A has a list of letters that he slowly reads out loud to student B. B listens carefully and connects the dots in the order he is told. Partners then exchange roles. Can be used for any language with the Roman alphabet.
Worksheet has list of 25 times to be written out in a complete sentence. Directions are in French, but can easily be changed for any language. Key is in French.
This has an easy level Sudoku game using the numbers 1 to 9. Includes step by step instructions on how to solve the puzzle. This is the same as my PDF, but with animations.
Word search for the vocabulary in lesson C unit 4 of T’es branché 1. 4 versions in each of 3 different formats: word list in French; word list in English; no word list. Total of 12 unique puzzles.
This worksheet has 12 short paragraphs in French about 12 of the French-speaking countries in Africa. All numbers must be written out in French; includes percents, fractions, ordinal numbers and very large numbers. Statistics come from the CIA World Factbook (updated 2013).
This is a mixer activity. There are 36 different student sheets. Each one has 4 questions and 4 answers for different questions (and "Je ne sais pas"). Students mingle, asking their questions until they find all of the answers. Uses je trouve que, je pense que and a mon avis. Sample: Je trouve que le francais est genial.
63 slides to teach and practice vocabulary related to these verbs and to teach and practice the present tense of these verbs. Includes several labeling activities and activities for forming sentences.
