French Freebie: Activity to get your students speaking

French Freebie: Activity to get your students speaking

This resource is very similar to another one (also free) in which you’ll have students talking about the house, hotel, vacation, etc. of their worst nightmares. Students will talk all about the house, etc. of their dreams in this one. I like to use these resources one after the other while the content is still fresh, but the vocabulary will change dramatically when students shift from what they would love to what would give them nightmares!

This is a no prep, one page activity for intermediate to advanced level students, and the content is perfectly suitable both for primary (French immersion) and secondary curriculums. There are fifteen questions that will have them talking about, for example, the house of their dreams. This is meant to be a paired or small group activity, but it is NOT meant to just have students take turns describing what they would love. The idea is to imagine that everyone in the group is going to live in the house together. There will probably be some things that everyone agrees on, and there will certainly be things they will disagree on. When I have my students do this activity, it’s always fun to watch them debate what is and what is not important. In the end, they can agree to disagree! My students really have a good time with this activity, and I love seeing the imagination that they have!

**Here are the 15 conversation starters:

DÉCRIVONS…**

1. La maison de nos rêves…

2. L’hôtel de nos rêves…

3. Le jardin de nos rêves…

4. Le restaurant de nos rêves…

5. La ville de nos rêves…

6. L’avion de nos rêves…

7. Les vacances de nos rêves…

8. La voiture de nos rêves…

9. La garde-robe de nos rêves…

10. La chambre de nos rêves…

11. La cuisine de nos rêves…

12. La fête d’anniversaire de nos rêves…

13. La plage de nos rêves…

14. Le lac de nos rêves…

15. Le cinéma de nos rêves…