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!
Both of the self-correcting games in this file are designed to hone your students’ understanding of les phrases hypothétiques or sentences built around “si” clauses.
GET THE PICTURE? After students have shuffled the 44 cards in this deck and spread them, text side up, on a table, they look for pairs of cards that make logical “phrases hypothétiques”. To check their work, they turn over each set of cards. Matching pictures mean they’ve made the right choices. Pictures that don’t match are gentle encouragements to try again.
The TRIANGLE PUZZLE asks students to align the text printed on the edges of 16 triangles to reconstitute the original hypothetical sentences.
Both of these activities work for independent learning, learning centres and competitive play with a study buddy.
Examples are not repeated in the two games.
Here are three of the “hypothetical” sentences your students will work with:
Quelqu’un qui boit trop d’alcool est alcoolique. Alors si moi, je bois beaucoup de Fanta, JE SERAI FANTASTIQUE, N’EST-CE PAS?
Couche-toi de bonne heure SI TU AS UN EXAMEN DEMAIN.
À mon avis, si Shakespeare vivait aujourd’hui, IL ÉCRIRAIT DU RAP.
You’ll find a simple aide-mémoire at the end of the GET THE PICTURE? file. It reminds students that the tense of the “then” clause depends on the tense of the “if” clause and charts what those tenses are.
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.
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.
Try before you buy. Here is 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
This bundle includes the " Où sont les trésors cachés?" game sheets for
1 les verbes réguliers -IR
2 les verbes réguliers -RE
3 les verbes ER, IR and RE
4 les verbes ÊTRE et AVOIR
5 les verbes DEVOIR, VOULOIR et POUVOIR
6 les verbes FAIRE, PRENDRE, METTRE
7 les verbes SAVOIR, CONNAÎTRE et
RECONNAÎTRE
8 les verbes conjugués avec ÊTRE/ Dr. & Mrs.
VAN DER TRAMP).
9 les verbes PRONOMINAUX
10 les verbes OUVRIR, DÉCOUVRIR, SORTIR
et PARTIR
11 les verbes ER (the original free resource)
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 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.
There are a dozen puzzles in this file, including ten Christmas carol titles in rebus format. They are intended for francophone, advanced FSL and gifted students. I've also included a list of links to audio and video files of the songs featured in the puzzles.
Joyeux Noël!
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 object your students will describe. A relaxed way to reinforce lessons on adjectives and to encourage speaking in full sentences in French (or any target language). If you’d like to extend the lesson to written work, just assign any dice co-ordinates (ie: •• x •••• or •••• x •)
I’ve included a PDF and a Powerpoint version of this resource.
To be sure that this kind of activity is right for your students, download the free Exprime-toi (Les vêtements) at : https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/exprime-toi-les-v-tements-6291778
Joyeux Noël!
“Où sont les trésors cachés? (Noël)” works well both as a full-class, teacher-directed game and as a small group activity. You’ll find that even reluctant learners will be motivated to listen carefully to hear which squares have already been “played” by their classmates. And the promise of “treasure” tends to generate enthusiastic oral participation as well. 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.
This answer key is for le présent, le passé composé, l’imparfait, le futur simple & le conditionnel antérieur. However, the game works for all verb tenses.
To see if “Où sont les trésors cachés? (Noël)” 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
The objective of “Où sont les trésors cachés? (Les aliments)” is to help students to build sentences and to talk about food using indefinite and partitive adjectives. It uses primarily the present tense. Even reluctant learners will be motivated to listen carefully to speak in French in full sentences. After the oral treasure hunt, you can assign coordinates to create an instant written assignment.
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
VOCABULARY FEATURED IN THIS GAME
le beignet
la boisson
le beurre d’arachides
le biscuit
le café
la cerise
les chips (f.)
le chocolat
les choux de Bruxelles (m.)
la fraise
les frites (f.)
le fromage
le gâteau
la glace
le hamburger
le légume
les oeufs (m.) au plat
la pastèque
la pizza
la pomme
le poulet
le raisin
le sandwich
les spaghettis
le sushi
ALTERNATIVE VOCABULARY FEATURED IN THE QUÉBÉCOIS VERSION
la beigne
le beurre de pinottes
la crème glacée
les croustilles
le melon d���eau
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
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
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
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
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.
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