Playing TABOO in French is a great way to get students to speak French and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game focuses on different cities and countries around the world. It is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. Advanced students try to get teammates to guess the word at the top of the card without saying any of the “taboo” words listed below. Beginner students can still play, but they should be allowed to use the “taboo” words to help learn new vocabulary and build sentences in French. All of the words on the cards are in French and English. This is very useful as many of the words will be new to students. This French Taboo game includes the following: 40 Taboo game cards to print, cut out and laminate if possible Color and black and white versions included How to play Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here! Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can’t use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues.

Play this French Halloween Taboo game and have some fun! Playing games and having fun is when learning really happens in French class. I love to play the game Taboo with my students. French taboo is a game that is east to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. Your students will learn a lot of new and useful vocabulary while preparing for and playing this fun game. Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here! French Halloween Taboo includes: Quizlet study set with 129 terms, all including images and pronunciation by a native French speaker (not a computer generated voice). Share the Quizlet link provided with your students a few days before you plan to play the game in class, and they’ll really feel prepared. 35 different Taboo game cards to create a deck that you will print and cut out for as many teams as you need (black and white & color versions provided). Game instructions for both beginner and advanced students. Powerpoint presentation version of the game to project and play as a class. Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can’t use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are those written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed, and the team with the most points wins.

Des catastrophes naturelles - Natural disasters: Many times when teaching higher level French vocabulary it is nice to have a way to engage students and encourage them to speak about things that happen in the world around us. This French taboo game and accompanying list of conversation questions will have your students talking about all kinds of natural disasters, how to prepare for them (if possible) and the consequences of such horrible happenings around the world. This product includes: List of 20 vocabulary words, 20 different natural disasters Quizlet study set to practice and master the new vocabulary Handout of 15 conversation questions related to natural disasters Set of 20 French - English Taboo game cards How to play Taboo Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here!

Comprehensive resource on how to teach and use the pronouns Y and EN in French complete with lots of examples and 4 exercises with answer key. Two 30 minute videos are included if you are looking for a very experienced teacher modeling instruction on these sometimes difficult pronouns. This resource would also be great for French homeschool. The 4 exercises include: 2 using “EN” and 2 using “Y”. Great reinforcement to your lesson on adverbial pronouns. This resource includes: Two instructional videos 4 exercises + answer keys PDF handouts with rules and examples Be sure to visit my shop and browse through 500+ resources like grammar games, speaking activities, listening comprehension, worksheets, and much more. Just click here!

Countryside vocabulary - 30 ESL speaking prompt question cards - American English Want your students to use their COUNTRYSIDE vocabulary in meaningful conversations? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your students to speak more to each other about living in or traveling to the country. This resource is suitable for any curriculum in which English is the language spoken, and will work best for students in 6th to 12th grade. You can use these cards after learning specific vocabulary for the countryside or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print. Included: 30 color speaking prompt cards 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Easy to project file for whole class activity Scoot activity instructions Scoot student recording sheet LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Countryside vocabulary - 30 ESL speaking prompt question cards - American English

La famille et les amis - French taboo speaking game - Family and friends Playing French TABOO is a great way to get students to speak French and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. In this FAMILLE et AMIS theme version of the game there are 30 French-English cards. There are 2 fun ways to play this fun vocabulary game and both are explained in the instructions. This French Taboo game includes the following: How to play classic Taboo (beginner and advanced levels) 30 Taboo game cards to print, laminate, cut out and hook together with a ring (color and grayscale copies provided) How to play 15 MINUTES MAX - an alternative version of the game 15 MINUTES MAX game board Sheet to record new words in French and English (nouveaux mots) *In the upper left corner there’s a spot for you to punch holes in the cards so that you can then attach them with a ring for no prep use every time. Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can’t use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Forming French questions with interrogative words - 100 Practice Cards This is a set of 100 cards for practicing forming French questions using est-ce que and inversion. All of the cards prompt students to transform a sentence into a question using an interrogative word: qui, que, quand, où, comment, pourquoi, à quelle heure, combien de, de quoi, avec qui, à qui. All of the cards are written in the present tense, and some include negation. Here are the verbs used in this set of practice cards: aimer, préférer, aller, commencer, apprendre, regarder, acheter, avoir, partir, faire, manger, finir, vouloir, parler, étudier, savoir, déjeuner, adorer, travailler, appeler, être, prendre, donner, arriver, et ranger. Most of the time I like to have my students work in pairs or small groups when using these cards, but they are also effective as individual practice. I also like to project these cards and use them as a whole class activity. I’ve included a PDF version so that you can project one card at a time or have students use them on tablets to avoid printing. Answer key is provided.

Here are fifteen beginner level French dictations to use with your lower level students. They are not very long. Each dictation is a separate audio file. Answer key and translation provided for each dictation. Sample dictation: TITRE : La mer TEXTE : Je joue dans l'eau avec mon ami, Pascal. La mer est bleue. J'aime la plage. TRADUCTION : I am playing in the water with my friend, Pascal. The sea is blue. I like the beach. "Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

This is a listening comprehension exercise to accompany the episode «Babar: La Rentrée des Classes» which you may view on YouTube (link provided). There are 45 chronological multiple choice listening comprehension questions for your students to work through while watching the Babar episode. This is an excellent exercise in French listening comprehension for upper level students to work on independently, perhaps in the language lab or for homework. You can also use this exercise as a classroom activity for lower levels that students work on together and along with your help.

This is a set of 32 French relative pronouns task cards focusing on QUI - QUE - OÙ - DONT - CE QUE - CE QUI - CE DONT. Task cards are a nice alternative to classic worksheets. Each card contains a fill in the blank sentence with multiple choice answers. Students can either practice individually or with a partner. A student response sheet is provided if you would like your students to write their answers. These task cards provide a quick NO PREP activity. Just print, laminate and cut out. I like to punch holes in the upper left corner and attach the cards with a keyring. You will be able to use these cards for years to come. A classic worksheet is also provided in case you would like to use it as a quiz or homework assignment. Included: 32 numbered task cards in black and white 32 numbered task cards in color Classic worksheet version Numbered answer key Student answer sheet for recording responses

Want your ESL students to use their HOUSE AND HOME vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your low intermediate to advanced students to speak more. Just print and cut out the cards or use the easy to project file to show the cards one by one for a whole class activity or for when you don't want to print and cut out. You can use it after learning specific vocabulary for the home or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. There are 30 questions in all. All of the questions are asked in the YOU form and require the answering student to respond using I. Most of the questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than YES and NO responses. Most questions are in the present tense. Topics used in these cards: * Types of homes * Rooms * Furniture * Household chores * Preferences Included: 30 color speaking prompt cards 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Scoot activity instructions Easy to project PDF for a whole class activity All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities.

Use this set of primary French speaking prompt cards to get even your most timid students talking to each other in French. Each question is reinforced with a picture. This no prep activity is perfect for small groups or centers. You can also use the powerpoint version to make it a whole class activity. These speaking cards are perfect for FRENCH IMMERSION or CORE FRENCH. You can easily use these cards as a review with French students at any level. Included: 100 speaking prompts (color and black and white versions), Powerpoint presentation version to project to the whole class and / or modify as desired. There are many ways you can use this set of 100 speaking cards: ➤ Print, laminate, cut out, punch holes & attach on a ring for small groups to ask and answer questions. ➤ Project the powerpoint showing questions to the whole class and have them answer the questions with a neighbor. ➤ Use as a warm-up speaking activity with a conversation buddy. As students enter the classroom have them choose 2-3 cards from a box. ➤ Students who finish their work earlier than others can choose a few of the cards and write out their answers. ➤ Use as exit tickets. Give each student a card before the end of class and as they walk out of the room they tell the teacher their answer. ➤ Stations: Put students into groups and divide the cards amongst them. Have groups rotate to a new station as they finish the cards. ➤ Scoot: Put one card on each desk in the classroom. Give each student a response sheet and set a timer to give them just enough time to answer the question. When the timer rings students move on to the next desk and the next question. ➤ Use the cards with board games. Students must answer a question in order to move. ➤ Use the cards as a getting to know you activity. ➤ Great resource for tutoring sessions. Suitable for: ➤ Grades 1-6 immersion (create stacks according to level) ➤ 4-8 core French ➤ Traditional high school French programs

Using cootie catchers (fortune tellers) to get students speaking to each other and to help them get to know their classmates better is a great idea at any time of the year. Your students already love them, and cootie catchers are the perfect ice breaker activity for back to school. This resource is in English and is suitable for any teacher who wants his or her students to interact and learn fun facts about each other. This file includes ten different ice breaker cootie catchers. The file also contains 2 blank templates for making your own cootie catchers (a perfect activity for test review questions). Each version includes 8 fun questions for a total of 80 getting to know you questions. Some of the questions are really silly while others demand more reflection. Here's everything you get: 10 different cootie catchers, each has 8 questions for a total of 80 Color and black and white copies are included 2 blank templates to make your own review games (one with classic cars and one with flowers) Instructions on how to fold cootie catchers

Playing French TABOO is a great way to get students to speak French and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. In this INFORMATIQUE et INTERNET theme version of the game there 30 French-English cards. There are 2 fun ways to play this fun vocabulary game and both are explained in the instructions. This French Taboo game includes the following: How to play classic Taboo (beginner and advanced levels) 30 Taboo game cards to print, laminate, cut out and hook together with a ring Black and white and color versions of the cards are included How to play 15 MINUTES MAX - an alternative version of the game 15 MINUTES MAX game board Sheet to record new words in French and English (nouveaux mots) *In the upper left corner there's a spot for you to punch holes in the cards so that you can then attach them with a ring for no prep use every time. Be sure to laminate if at all possible! Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

At the doctor's office - 30 ESL conversation starters and speaking prompts Want your ESL students to use their DOCTOR'S OFFICE vocabulary? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your lower intermediate to upper level students to speak more. You can use these cards after learning specific vocabulary for going to the doctor's office or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. There are 30 questions in all. Most questions begin with an interrogative word encouraging more than YES and NO responses. All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a keyring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print. Included: 30 color speaking prompt cards 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Easy to project file for whole class activity Scoot activity instructions Scoot student recording sheet LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Food vocabulary - 30 ESL speaking prompt question cards Want your students to use their FOOD vocabulary in meaningful conversations? This NO PREP activity is a fun way to encourage your students to speak more to each other. This resource is suitable for any curriculum in which English is the language spoken, and will work best for students in 6th to 12th grade. All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. A pdf with only one card per page is included for easy projection when you don't want to print. Included: 30 color speaking prompt cards 30 black and white speaking prompt cards 9 ways to use these cards Easy to project file for whole class activity Scoot activity instructions Scoot student recording sheet LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Le Restaurant - French Taboo Speaking Game - Restaurant vocabulary Playing French TABOO is a great way to get students to speak French and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. In this RESTAURANT theme version of the game there are 30 French-English cards. There are 2 fun ways to play this fun vocabulary game and both are explained in the instructions. This French Taboo game includes the following: How to play classic Taboo (beginner and advanced levels) 30 Taboo game cards to print, laminate, cut out and hook together with a ring How to play 15 MINUTES MAX - an alternative version of the game 15 MINUTES MAX game board Sheet to record new words in French and English (nouveaux mots) File for projecting one card at a time for an all class activity *In the upper left corner there's a spot for you to punch holes in the cards so that you can then attach them with a ring for no prep use every time. Be sure to laminate if at all possible! Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Countryside - ESL Taboo Speaking Game Playing TABOO is a great way to get ESL students to speak English and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. In this COUNTRYSIDE theme version of the game there are 30 playing cards. I've included 2 fun ways to play this fun vocabulary game and both are explained in the instructions. This ESL Taboo game includes the following: How to play classic Taboo (beginner and advanced levels) 30 Taboo game cards to print, laminate, cut out and hook together with a ring Color and black and white versions provided How to play 15 MINUTES MAX - an alternative version of the game 15 MINUTES MAX game board *In the upper left corner there's a spot for you to punch holes in the cards so that you can then attach them with a ring for no prep use every time. Be sure to laminate if at all possible! Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Hotels - ESL Taboo Speaking Game Playing TABOO is a great way to get ESL students to speak English and learn a lot of new vocabulary. This game is simple to modify and use with beginners and advanced students alike. In this HOTEL theme version of the game there are 30 playing cards. I've included 2 fun ways to play this fun vocabulary game and both are explained in the instructions. This ESL Taboo game includes the following: How to play classic Taboo (beginner and advanced levels) 30 Taboo game cards to print, laminate, cut out and hook together with a ring Color and black and white versions provided How to play 15 MINUTES MAX - an alternative version of the game 15 MINUTES MAX game board *In the upper left corner there's a spot for you to punch holes in the cards so that you can then attach them with a ring for no prep use every time. Be sure to laminate if at all possible! Object of the game: One player tries to get his teammate to guess the word at the top of a card. The player must give clues, but he can't use any of the Taboo words in his description. The taboo words are written beneath the word at the top of the card. Teams score points for each word successfully guessed. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Beginner students should be allowed to use the TABOO words printed on the cards. This will encourage them to use new vocabulary and will help them in forming sentences to use as clues. LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Use these insightful and thought provoking question cards to trigger great discussions among your students about the wonderful book by Antoine de Saint Exupéry, le Petit Prince. Use the cards to teach them the vocabulary if you want. This activity is a fun way to encourage your students to speak more and engage in conversation. It is a perfect resource to use in immersion, core or homeschool curriculums. You will have to read and study the book prior to using these questions. You can use these cards after teaching specific vocabulary and grammar for le Petit Prince or as a fun interactive activity on a day when you want to just focus on speaking and reviewing vocabulary in a different way. Read on to find out the many ways I like to use these cards including the popular SCOOT game. Instructions and recording sheet are included. All cards are visually stimulating and feature a circle to punch out in the upper left corner so that you can print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and hook the cards together with a ring. Using these cards this way makes it easy to pull them out year after year to use as NO PREP speaking activities. Included: ➱ 30 speaking prompt cards - color (4 per page to print and cut out) ➱ 30 speaking prompt cards - grayscale ➱ PDF version to project and avoid printing (1 card per page to project) ➱ 9 different ways to use these cards ➱ Scoot game instructions ➱ Scoot recording sheet There are many ways you can use these cards: ✫ Print, laminate, cut out, punch holes and attach on a ring for small groups to ask and answer questions. ✫ Project the pdf file in class to work in group or with your whole class and avoid printing. ✫ Use as a warm-up speaking activity with a conversation partner. As students enter the classroom have them choose 2-3 cards from a box. ✫ Students who finish their work earlier than others can choose a few of the cards and write out correct answers to false statements. ✫ Use as exit tickets. Give each student a card before the end of class and as they walk out of the room they tell the teacher their answer. ✫ Stations: Put students into groups and divide the cards amongst them. Have groups rotate to a new station as they finish the cards. ✫ Scoot: Put one card on each desk in the classroom. Give each student a response sheet and set a timer to give them just enough time to answer true or false and to correct the false statements. When the timer rings students move on to the next desk and the next question. All cards are numbered so it is simple to stay organized. Full instructions are included. ✫ Use the cards with board games. Students must answer a question in order to move. ✫ Use the cards as an icebreaker activity at the beginning of the school year or right after school holidays. ✫ Great resource for tutoring sessions and vocabulary building.