A few years ago, I retired from my position as head of Modern Languages, a bit fearful of the "R" word. But to date, it has been nothing but fun! Canadian law requires school-aged actors to study with a qualified teacher when they’re off-camera. Many of our young actors are in immersion French so I've found a happy little niche, teaching a few days a week as an on-set tutor and moving in inspiring and creative circles! Furthermore, I get to share resources here! Vive la retraite!
A few years ago, I retired from my position as head of Modern Languages, a bit fearful of the "R" word. But to date, it has been nothing but fun! Canadian law requires school-aged actors to study with a qualified teacher when they’re off-camera. Many of our young actors are in immersion French so I've found a happy little niche, teaching a few days a week as an on-set tutor and moving in inspiring and creative circles! Furthermore, I get to share resources here! Vive la retraite!
In this co-operative review activity, students who have studied ROMEO AND JULIET are asked to match the text on the edges of sixteen triangles to reconstitute the following quotes:
Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
A plague o’ both your houses.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday, or never after look me in the face.
For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone till Holy Church incorporate two in one.
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life…
Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.
Your lady mother is coming to your chamber: the day is broke; be wary…
O true apothecary, thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
Tempt not a desperate man
My only love sprung from my only hate!
Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
Thanks to Diana Martínez, a brilliant young colleague from Mexico, here is the second Spanish game in the ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! series. The focus in ¿Dónde están mis regalos de navidad? is self-explanatory. This resource works both as a teacher-directed activity and as a small group game. Even reluctant learners will be motivated to listen carefully and the promise of “treasure” always generates enthusiastic oral participation. After the oral treasure hunt, assign a handful of co-ordinates for instant written conjugation practice. The answer keys are in thebpresent and future tenses but the game can be played in virtually every verb tense.
We have used Mexican Spanish wherever possible.
To see if this activity is right for your students, please download this free sister resource, ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! (AR-ending verbs):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-busquemos-el-tesoro-escondido-ar-ending-verbs-2-0-11522811
Thanks to Diana Martínez, a brilliant young colleague from Mexico, here is a ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! game that concentrates on verbs like gustar. This resource works both as a teacher-directed activity and as a small group game. Even reluctant learners will be motivated to listen carefully and the promise of “treasure” generates enthusiastic oral participation as well. After the oral treasure hunt, assign a handful of co-ordinates for instant written conjugation practice. The answer keys are in the present and past tenses but the game can be played in virtually every verb tense.
Please note that we have opted to use Mexican Spanish wherever possible.
To see if this activity is right for your students, download its free
sister resource, ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! (AR-ending verbs)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-busquemos-el-tesoro-escondido-ar-ending-verbs-2-0-11522811
Traditional Taboo® has always been a wonderful classroom tool. DIRE OU INTERDIRE?POUR LA SAINT-VALENTIN is a themed variation of the game that can be played in two very different ways.
If your students are confident and articulate, have them play DIRE OU INTERDIRE? following traditional Taboo® rules. If, however, you have students who are uncomfortable giving clues, turn the rules upside down. Tell them to use some or all of the words beneath the pink and white banner in their descriptions! This topsy-turvy approach encourages and empowers everyone to participate. You won’t believe what a positive game-changer it is.
This file includes 36 “Valentine” cards about friendship, relationships and love as well as a template for students to make their own DIRE OU INTERDIRE? deck.
In this co-operative review activity, students who have studied THE TEMPEST match the texts on the edges of sixteen triangles to reconstitute the following quotes:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, Scene 2)
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
(Act 1, Scene 2)
You taught me language, and my profit on't is, I know how to curse.
(Act 1, Scene 2)
But this swift business I must uneasy make, lest too light winning make the prize light. (Act 1, Scene 2)
The wills above be done but I would fain die a dry death.
(Act 1, Scene 1)
I’ll rack thee with old cramps, fill all thy bones with aches.
(Act 1, Scene 2)
My library was dukedom large enough.
(Act 1, Scene 2)
There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.
(Act 1, Scene 2)
Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows.
(Act 2, Scene 2)
It was mine art, when I arrived and heard thee, that made gape the pine and let thee out.
(Act 1, Scene 2)
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.
(Act 4, Scene 1)
How beauteous mankind is!
O brave new world, that has such people in’t!
(Act 5, Scene 1)
The strongest oaths are straw to the fire i' the blood.
(Act 4, Scene 1)
He that dies pays all debts.
( Act 3, Scene 2)
Now I will believe that there are unicorns.
( Act 3, Scene 3)
What have we here? A man or a fish?
(Act 2, Scene 2)
Let’s get to the bottom (or top) of LES EXPRESSIONS FAIRE is a competitive, repetitive game that will help your students to listen “actively” and to familiarise themselves with “les expressions faire” through the process of osmosis.
There are three games in this file.
To be sure that this activity is right for your class, try the free resource, Let’s get to the bottom (or top) of LES EXPRESSIONS AVOIR: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/let-s-get-to-the-bottom-of-les-expressions-avoir-6451763
Here are three sample sentences from Let’s get to the bottom (or top) of LES EXPRESSIONS FAIRE:
• “Chez moi, c’est le bonhomme Pillsbury qui fait les biscuits!” avoue
Mary Berry.
• Elle est rentrée après son couvre-feu et ses parents en ont fait tout un
drame.
• Hamilton est une pièce musicale qui fait un tabac en ce moment!
Thanks to Diana Martínez, a brilliant young colleague from Mexico, here is a ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! game that concentrates on the VERBOS REGULARES, AR, ER e IR. This resource works both as a teacher-directed activity and as a small group game. Even reluctant learners will be motivated to listen carefully and the promise of “treasure” generates enthusiastic oral participation as well. After the oral treasure hunt, assign a handful of co-ordinates for instant written conjugation practice. The answer keys are in the present and past tenses but the game can be played in virtually every verb tense.
Please note that we have opted to use Mexican Spanish wherever possible.
To see if this activity is right for your students,
download the free resource, ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! (AR-ending verbs)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-busquemos-el-tesoro-escondido-ar-ending-verbs-2-0-11522811
These printable games are self-correcting activities designed to help beginners master the verb endings for RE and IR verbs in the present tense.
To see if these games are right for your students, download the free resource, GET THE PICTURE? (Le présent des verbes ER): https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/get-the-picture-le-pr-sent-des-verbes-er-a-self-correcting-learning-activity-11342123
Because it's hard to find big, bright, text-rich, French motivational stickers, I have designed about fifty “reward cards” to encourage and congratulate my students. My kids like them and I like being able to update them as needed. Many sincere thanks to my (much) younger colleague, who gently suggested that I move into this millennium and label this file as “brag tags”!
HOW I USE THEM
1) AS COLLECTIBLES
They work as little giveaway rewards for good effort. (I’m from Canada, hockey trading card country. The best compliment I ever got was when one of my boys announced that he was trying to collect the “whole set”!)
2) AS CURRENCY
Students may trade in 10 cards for a package of gum or a dollar store /pound shop gift.
3) As a “bon point” incentive
A bon point is redeemable for “1 mark on our next test”. Even
high school kids love this little card trick. If you go this route,
reserve two or three styles (for example, the “vachement bien”
and the “de quoi être fier /fière” cards) as the bon point cards.
Challenge your students to use their words with these Christmas, Hannuka, The New Year and Remembrance Day puzzles.
Unlike Scrabble players, Scribblescrabblers can choose which letters to use for each of their turns. As in Scrabble, however, they will score the most points with the strategic placement of those letters.
You may ask your students to incorporate a thematic vocabulary list or to play using general vocabulary only. Either way, they will be engaged! In fact, very competitive students tend to want to play every possible open square.
This file includes English, French and Spanish versions for of each grid and a blank grid for those of you teaching other languages.
Challenge your students to use their words with these Halloween, Diwali, Eid and Kwanzaa puzzles.
Because the Hannukah Scribblescrabble has been available as a free resource for years, I've
added a Thanksgiving Scribblescrabble for good measure. You'll find it in the second file.
Unlike Scrabble players, Scribblescrabblers can choose which letters to use for each of their turns. As in Scrabble, however, they will score the most points with the strategic placement of those letters.
You may ask your students to incorporate a thematic vocabulary list or to play using general vocabulary only. Either way, they will be engaged! In fact, very competitive students tend to want to play every possible open square.
This file includes English, French and Spanish versions for of each grid and a blank grid for those of you teaching other languages.
Unlike Scrabble players, Scribblescrabblers can choose which letters to use for each of their turns. As in Scrabble, however, they will score the most points with the strategic placement of those letters.
Download this free Scribblescrabble to see if this activity is right for your students: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-scribblescrabble-for-hannukah-6301284
This file includes English, French and Spanish versions of each grid as well as a blank grid for those of you teaching other languages.
These Scribblescrabbles games are for Valentine’s Day, MLK Day, Chinese New Year & Groundhog Day. English, French & Spanish grids are included as is a blank grid for other languages.
As in Scrabble, students will score the most points with the strategic placement of their letters. Unlike Scrabble players, Scribblescrabblers choose which letters to use for each turn.
You may ask your students to incorporate a thematic vocabulary list or to play using general vocabulary only. Either way, they will be engaged! In fact, very competitive students tend to want to play every possible open square.
Challenge your students to use their words with these puzzles for Saint Patrick’s Day, Easter, Passover and Earth Day.
Unlike Scrabble players, Scribblescrabblers can choose which letters to use for each of their turns. As in Scrabble, however, they will score the most points with the strategic placement of those letters.
You may ask your students to incorporate a thematic vocabulary list or to play using general vocabulary only. Either way, they will be engaged! In fact, very competitive students tend to want to play every possible open square.
This file includes English, French and Spanish versions for of each grid and a blank grid for those of you teaching other languages.
As students solve this MOTDOKU (SUDOKU) du SUBJONCTIF they inadvertently “write out” the following verbs. (Yes, it’s manipulative! Mea culpa.)
1 que je vienne
2 que je doive
3 que je prenne
4 que je voie
5 que je veuille
6 que je puisse
7 que j’aille
8 que je sache
9 que je fasse
To be sure that this kind of activity is right for your students, download the free MOTDOKU du subjonctif (vouloir):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/le-sudoku-du-subjonctif-vouloir-6160677
Un jeu conçu pour aider les débutants à apprendre le nom des vêtements.
Once your students have finished matching each vocabulary card with its corresponding picture card, they will turn over all the pairs to correct their own work. Matching icons on the back of the flipped pair will confirm that the task has been well done. Icons that don’t match tell players that it’s time to try again.
To be sure that "GET THE PICTURE (Les vêtements)" is the right kind of activity for your students, download the free resource, "GET THE PICTURE (Le présent des verbes ER)"
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/get-the-picture-le-pr-sent-des-verbes-er-a-self-correcting-learning-activity-11342123
There are 56 cards in this file.
In this small-group activity, Fate (the dice) will determine which Christmas character or icon your students will describe. A relaxed way to encourage students to use their best descriptive skills. If you'd like to extend the lesson to written work, just assign any dice coordinates (ie: •• x •••• or •••• x •)
To see if “Express Yourself! (Christmas)” is right for your students, download the free resource, “Express Yourself! (Clothing):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/express-yourself-clothing-11459227
I've included PDF and PPT formats.
Dans ce jeu, la tâche est plus difficile que dans GET THE PICTURE (Les vêtements pour les débutants) puisque tous les indices sont sous forme de mini-textes.
This game is more challenging than GET THE PICTURE (Les vêtements pour les débutants) because all the clues are written descriptions.
To see if “GET THE PICTURE (Les vêtements pour les étudiants plus avancés)” is right kind of activity for your students, try the free resource, "GET THE PICTURE (Le présent des verbes ER)”
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/get-the-picture-le-pr-sent-des-verbes-er-a-self-correcting-learning-activity-11342123
There are 56 cards in these two decks.
These three MOTDOKU6 games are a vocabulary review dressed up as word sudoku puzzles.
To see if they’re the right kind of activity for your students, download the free MOTDOKU6 (Noël):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/motdoku6-no-l-11448787
The puzzles feature the following vocabulary.
1 un sac à dos
2 une chaussette
3 une chemise
4 une robe
5 un chandail
6 un gant
7 un écharpe
8 un chapeau
9 un pantalon
10 une botte
11 une basket
12 un sweat à capuche
13 des lunettes de soleil
14 une ceinture
15 une chaussure
16 une casquette
17 un maillot de bain
18 une jupe
Un jeu conçu pour aider les débutants à apprendre le nom des animaux.
A game to help beginners, playing alone or with a study buddy, master the vocabulary of "les animaux". Once they have finished matching each vocabulary card with its corresponding picture card, players flip all the pairs to check their own work. Matching icons on the back of the flipped pair will confirm that the task has been well done. Icons that don’t match tell players that it’s time to try again.
This file includes two decks: les animaux domestiques et de la ferme et les animaux sauvages.
To see if "GET THE PICTURE (Les vêtements)" is the right kind of activity for your students, download the free resource, "GET THE PICTURE (Le présent des verbes ER)"
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/get-the-picture-le-pr-sent-des-verbes-er-a-self-correcting-learning-activity-11342123