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 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
Designed to help beginners master their ”clothes” vocabulary, this game is for independent work and study buddy activity. Once players have finished matching each vocabulary card with its corresponding picture card, they flip over all the pairs to check their own work. Matching icons on the back of flipped pairs 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 28-card decks.
To get an idea of "GET THE PICTURE?” cards work, download the free resource, “GET THE PICTURE? (multiplication game)” at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/taming-the-6-times-tables-without-tears-get-the-picture-multiplication-game-11309613
Designed to help beginners master their ”animal” vocabulary, this game is for independent work and study buddy activity. Once players have finished matching each vocabulary card with its corresponding picture card, they flip over all the pairs to check their own work. Matching icons on the back of flipped pairs 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:
"GET THE PICTURE? (Pets and farm animals”) and
"GET THE PICTURE? (Wild animals”).
For a taste of how "GET THE PICTURE?” cards work, download the free resource, "Taming the 6 Times Tables without Tears (GET THE PICTURE? multiplication game)"
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/taming-the-6-times-tables-without-tears-get-the-picture-multiplication-game-11309613
Designed to help beginners master their ”kleren” vocabulary, this game is for independent work and study buddy activity. Once players have finished matching each vocabulary card with its corresponding picture card, they flip over all the pairs to check their own work. Matching icons on the back of flipped pairs 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 28-card decks.
To get an idea of how "GET THE PICTURE?” cards work, download the free resource, “GET THE PICTURE? (multiplication game)” at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/taming-the-6-times-tables-without-tears-get-the-picture-multiplication-game-11309613
As its name suggests, this is a simplified variation of the “Où sont les trésors cachés?" game. It provides the subject and the conjugated verb to allow students to focus on learning clothing vocabulary and using the appropriate definite, indefinite or partitive article.
There are two game boards in this file. One labels each item of clothing.
The other is illustrated but not labelled, making students responsible for providing the name for each garment.
As in the original, "Où sont les trésors cachés?" games, students will think and speak in full sentences as they try to locate hidden “treasure”. There’s also a simple hack for extending the lesson to written work.
To see if “Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les vêtement JUNIOR)” is right for your students, download the free “Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les verbes ER)”:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/o-sont-les-tr-sors-cach-s-les-verbes-er-6438862
If you are a fan of Taboo®, YOU DON’T SAY! might just be the game for you. It can be played in two very different ways.
If your students are confident and articulate, have them play YOU DON’T SAY! like traditional Taboo®. If, however, you have students who are uncomfortable speaking in public, turn the rules upside down. Tell them to use some or all of the words beneath the orange and black 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 32 Hallowe’en-themed cards and a template for students to make their own YOU DON’T SAY! deck.
In all my “Où sont les trésors cachés?” games, students must speak in full sentences as they vie to find the treasure hidden in the grid. This edition features the verbs, “porter”, “essayer”, “enlever”, “mettre” and “s’habiller”
The file includes two game boards.
The first concentrates on the key verbs in the tense or mood of the teacher’s choice. Clothing vocabulary and descriptors are provided to allow students to focus on their conjugations.
The second game board does not provide the sentence conclusions - ie: the “vêtements” vocabulary. It’s for more courageous students who will now have to come up with their own descriptions.
To see if, “Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les vêtements)” is right for your students, download the free “Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les verbes ER)": https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/o-sont-les-tr-sors-cach-s-les-verbes-er-6438862
YOU DON’T SAY! is a themed variation of Taboo® that can be played in two very different ways.
If your students are confident and articulate, they can play YOU DON’T SAY! 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 40 “Valentine” cards about friendship, relationships and love. I’ve also appended a template for students to make their own YOU DON’T SAY! deck.
Embedded in each of the 4 puzzle grids in this bundle are several French words on the themes of L'Action de Grâce, L'Automne, L'Hiver and L’Halloween as well as many more general vocabulary words.
The bundle includes
• Full-colour copies and BW copies of each puzzle • a thematic vocabulary for each theme • answer keys • a “how to play” guide
Try the free TES activity,'Joyeux Noël ('C'est touchant' is like Boggle.)' to see if this activity is for you:
https://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Joyeux-No-and-235-l-and-quot-C-and-39-est-touchant-and-quot-is-like-Boggle-6150658/
This activity works well as a full class, teacher directed game or as a small group activity. After the fun of the oral treasure hunt, you can also assign co-ordinates to create an instant written assignment to reinforce the correct spelling of the verb endings. You’ll find that even reluctant learners will be motivated to listen carefully and the promise of “treasure” tends to generate enthusiastic oral participation as well. My answer key is for le présent, le passé composé, le futur simple and le présent du subjonctif but the game works for virtually every verb tense.
To see if this activity is right for your students, try the free, “Où sont les trésors cachés (les verbes ER):
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/o-sont-les-tr-sors-cach-s--les-verbes-er-6438862
Chaque phrase dans ces deux marelles comprend un participe présent.
Each sentence in these two hopscotch games includes a present participle.
Les phrases cachées dans cesmarelles sont:
The sentences hidden in these hopscotch games are:
• Je fais toujours mes devoirs en écoutant de la musique sur mon
téléphone.
• C’est en rappant qu’on devient rappeur.
• Normalement, ma famille et moi, nous mangeons le dîner en regardant
les nouvelles à la télé.
• Cet homme est devenu célèbre en mangeant un sandwich. Pour savoir
comment, regarde le clip à gauche.
• C'est en lisant le roman, The Hunger Games, que je suis devenu fan de la
science-fiction.
• Ma pauvre grand-mère s’est encore cassé la jambe en faisant du ski
acrobatique
• La talentueuse Béyoncé exécute souvent des danses compliquées tout
en chantant.
• Malheureusement, le parachutiste a oublié d’ouvrir son parachute en
descendant alors il est descendu TRÈS vite. SPLATTT!
• Moi, j’aime écouter de la musique relaxante en faisant du yoga.
• Rédige le brouillon de ton texte en t’aidant de tes notes préparatoires pui
demande à un camarade de classe de corriger ta copie.
• En marchant pendant trente minutes, vous brûlez environ 125 calories.
• Selon la police, le chauffeur de la voiture s’est retrouvé dans le lac en
suivant son GPS défectueux.
• Vous pouvez changer de mot de passe en cliquant ici.
• En mangeant un beigne glacé au chocolat, vous consommez 300
calories!
• Chaque matin, Maman boit son café en lisant le journal.
Originally designed as a Modern Language tool, this virtual scavenger hunt encourages even students who are usually reluctant to participate in class to jump right in and to speak in full sentences. You’ll experience the phenomenon of an entire class listening “actively” because no one wants to waste a guess choosing a square from which the gift has already been claimed.
After the oral treasure hunt, assign a handful of co-ordinates for an instant written assignment that will reinforce verb conjugations and vocabulary acquisition.
“Where are my Valentine’s gifts?” has been designed to review virtually any tense. I have appended answer keys for four of them: the present, the simple past, the simple future and the conditional perfect.
This resource will help visual learners master the following idioms:
aller droit au but
avoir du pain sur la planche
avoir la langue bien pendue
avoir le bras long
avoir le coeur sur la main
avoir une peur bleue
c'est dans la poche
c’est simple comme bonjour
ce n’est pas la mer à boire
ce n’est pas sorcier
connaître les ficelles
couper la poire en deux
coûter les yeux de la tête
en faire tout un fromage
faire la court échelle à quelqu'un
faire la pluie et le beau temps
faire la une
faire le pont
il y a quelque chose qui ne tourne pas rond
je suis un vrai tombeau
les doigts dans le nez
mettre la main à la pâte
parler français comme une vache espagnole
plier bagage
quand les poules auront des dents
un ours mal léché
If you like this resource, please let me know and I will make more like it.
DIRE OU INTERDIRE? pour la Saint-Valentin can be played like Taboo with confident and advanced students. But if your students are reluctant to speak French, empower them by flipping the flipping rules!
OÙ SONT LES TRÉSORS CACHÉS (La Saint-Valentin) will turn conjugating “avoir” and “er” verbs in any tense and speaking in full sentences into fun. (No, really.) SCRIBBLESCRABBLES are deceptively challenging word building puzzles. I’ve also included 2 free resources to save you some searching. If you like these files, please let me know.
This file includes
• 3 motdoku6 (word sudoku) games
• Où sont les trésors cachés (Les expressions AVOIR)
• 1 powerpoint presentation illustrating
15 expressions
• an 8.5" by 14" poster of those same expressions
• the free game, "Let's get to the bottom (or top) of
LES EXPRESSIONS AVOIR"