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!
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.
TROUVÉ est un jeu inspiré par Spot it™ ou Dobble™. Il y a toujours une expression identique entre deux cartes. TROUVÉ encouragera vos étudiants à se concentrer, à lire attentivement et à bien prononcer le vocabulaire thématique.
TROUVÉ is a game inspired by Spot it™ or Dobble™. There is always one matching expression on any two cards. TROUVÉ encourages students to concentrate, to read attentively and to pronounce the thematic vocabulary carefully.
Included are a “how to play” guide and a deck of 31 cards to be printed on card stock,
The grade levels will vary depending on whether your programme is in core, extended, immersion or first-language French.
TROUVÉ ( un jeu comme “Spot it” pour Halloween ) met l’accent sur ces expressions:
une araignée
un balai
des bonbons
un cercueil
la chair de poule
un chapeau
un chat noir
le chaudron
une chauve-souris
une cicatrice
un cimetière
crier
faire du porte-à-porte
les feuilles mortes
un film d’horreur
le danger
un déguisement
un diable
effrayé
un épouvantail
un fantôme
une fête
le frisson
un hibou
une lanterne citrouille
une maison hantée
le maquillage
le masque
le papier hygiénique
la sorcière
le vampire
"Où sont les trésors cachés? (ÊTRE et AVOIR)" 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 tense but the game works for virtually every verb tense.
To see if this this ÊTRE and AVOIR lesson 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
“Où sont les trésors cachés? (FAIRE, PRENDRE, METTRE)” 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 tense, but the game works for virtually every verb tense.
Try the free, “Où sont les trésors cachés (les verbes ER) to see if ”Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les verbes DEVOIR, VOULOIR et POUVOIR)” is right for your students:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/o-sont-les-tr-sors-cach-s--les-verbes-er-6438862
“Où sont les trésors cachés? (OUVRIR, DÉCOUVRIR, SORTIR, PARTIR)” is for students who have mastered regular IR verbs and are ready to work with irregular IR verbs. It 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 and le passé composé but the game works for virtually every verb tense.
Try the free, “Où sont les trésors cachés (les verbes ER) to see if ”Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les verbes DEVOIR, VOULOIR et POUVOIR)” is right for your students:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/o-sont-les-tr-sors-cach-s--les-verbes-er-6438862
Featured in “Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les verbes PRONOMINAUX)” are SE LAVER, SE LEVER, S’HABILLER, SE PARLER and S’ACHETER. The 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 et le passé composé but the game works for virtually every verb tense.
Try the free, “Où sont les trésors cachés (les verbes ER) to see if ”Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les verbes DEVOIR, VOULOIR et POUVOIR)” is right for your students:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/o-sont-les-tr-sors-c
“Où sont les trésors cachés? (SAVOIR, CONNAÎTRE, RECONNAÎTRE)” will 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 but the game works for virtually every verb tense.
Try the free, “Où sont les trésors cachés (les verbes ER) to see if ”Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les verbes DEVOIR, VOULOIR et POUVOIR)” is right for your students:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/o-sont-les-tr-sors-cach-s--les-verbes-er-6438862
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
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
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.
This set of twelve illustrated bingo cards - I know, I know, I should have made thirteen - is designed for language arts and ESL students. One of the two tiny bonuses is a DIY bingo card that disguises writing and spelling practice as a game.
Here is the vocabulary featured on these cards:
afraid
bat
black cat
broom
candles
cauldron
cemetery
costume
creepy
excitement
goosebumps
haunted house
incantation
jack o’lantern
little monsters
magic potion
makeup
mask
moonlight
night
owl
party
phantom
prank
pumpkin
scarecrow
scream
skeleton
spiderweb
to cast a spell
trick or treat
vampire
witch
wizard
To see if these three games are right for your students, first try the free resource, “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
Even my most reluctant learners listen carefully and participate enthusiastically when we play OÙ SONT LES TRÉSORS CACHÉS?, an oral “treasure” hunt. It works well as a full class, teacher directed game and as a small group activity.
My answer keys are in le présent, le passé composé & le futur simple but the games can be played in virtually every tense.
After the fun of the oral treasure hunt, simply assign a handful of coordinates for an instant written assignment that will reinforce your lesson.
Les expressions avoir ciblées dans OSLTC? sont
avoir soif
avoir faim
avoir froid
avoir chaud
avoir __ ans
avoir raison
avoir tort
avoir hâte
avoir le trac
avoir de la chance
avoir mal
avoir besoin de
avoir envie de
avoir peur de
avoir l’air
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.
This bundle includes Scribblescrabbles for:
1 Halloween
2 Diwali
3 Eid
4 Remembrance Day
5 Kwanzaa
6 Christmas
7 Hannukah
8 The New Year
9 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
10 Chinese New Year
11 Valentine’s Day
12 Groundhog Day
13 Saint Patrick’s Day
14 Easter
15 Passover
16 Earth Day
17 Thanksgiving
This file includes English, French and Spanish versions for each grid and a blank grid for those of you teaching other languages.
This bundle includes
1 Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les verbes
conjugués avec ÊTRE/ Dr. & Mrs. VAN
DER TRAMP)
2 Dr. & Mrs. van der Tramp (les verbes
conjugués avec être): a mini-unit
3 Triangle puzzle: Les verbes conjugués
avec être
4 Deux MARELLES Dr. & Mrs. van der
Tramp
5 Jouons du piano (Les verbes conjugués
avec être)
Please note that, until recently, this bundle included my beloved "15 mini-dictées au format QR". But QRvoice.net is having some issues. When / if they are resolved or I create a viable alternative resource, I will be thrilled to reupload mon activité chouchou.
I was really pleased when a young teacher in Italy (Italy!) suggested that I create separate OÙ SONT LES TRÉSORS CACHÉS? puzzles for the regular RE and IR verbs. Here they are, bundled along with the composite puzzle and the original free ER resource.
OSLTC? (les verbes réguliers ER)
OSLTC? (les verbes réguliers IR)
OSLTC? (les verbes réguliers RE)
OSLTC? (les verbes réguliers ER, IR & RE combined)
Here are all five ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! games in one bundle:
• LOS VERBOS REGULARES, AR, ER y IR
• GUSTAR, FASCINAR y MOLESTAR)
• SER y ESTAR)
• Dónde están mis regalos de NAVIDAD?
and, of course,
• AR-ending verbs (the first and free resource)
Here are all of my French Halloween resources, both paid and free, in one file.
1 DIRE OU INTERDIRE? (Un jeu comme Taboo):
L'édition de Halloween
2 10 French Bingo Cards for Hallowe'en
3 C'est Touchant! (un jeu comme Boggle) pour
L'Automne, L'Action de Grâce, L'Halloween et
L'Hiver
4 Scribblescrabbles for Halloween, Diwali, Thanksgiving, Eid and Kwanzaa (Multilingual)
5 Mots coupés (Halloween) 2.0
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.