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 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)
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
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!
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
To generate “rien que du blabla” in the target language, try using chatterboxes. These two cocottes en papier offer your students relaxed starting points for discussing their “tâches ménagères”.
The “all text” cocotte gives students the security of choosing from a number of pre-fabricated answers. The less prescriptive, illustrated cocotte uses visual prompts to guide their answers.
An “ALL TEXT” cocotte sample:
Question: Quelle tâche ménagère dois-tu faire tous les jours?
Choix de réponses
• Je dois faire mon lit.
• Je dois nourrir le chien et le chat.
• Je dois vider le lave-vaisselle.
An ILLUSTRATED cocotte sample:
Question: “Quelle tâche ménagère fais-tu chaque matin?”
The picture of a bed will prompt answers like, “Je fais mon lit chaque matin.”
A short “tâches ménagères” exercise is also included.
LUPIN 1 is based on the hit series whose modern hero is obsessed with
Marcel Leblanc’s gentleman-cambioleur.
Students will match the sentence fragments printed on the edges of the triangles to reconstitute the 18 statements about episode 1 and to “build” their pyramid.
A cooperative activity suitable for francophone, immersion students and advanced students in core French.
To be sure that this activity is right for your students by, try the free "futur simple” triangle puzzle at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/le-futur-simple-a-triangle-puzzle-6450469
FOUND IT! is a game inspired by Spot it™ or Dobble™. There is always one matching expression on any two cards. FOUND IT! encourages students to concentrate, to read attentively and to pronounce the thematic vocabulary carefully.
This deck comprises 31 cards with 6 expressions or pictures per card.
Here is the vocabulary featured in FOUND IT! (The Hallowe’en deck):
autumn leaves
bat
black cat
broom
cauldron
cemetery
coffin
danger
devil
disguise
frightened
ghost
goosebumps
hat
haunted house
horror film
jack o’lantern
makeup
mask
owl
party
scar
scarecrow
scream
shiver
spider
sweets
toilet paper
trick or treat
vampire
witch
Thanks to Diana Martínez, a brilliant young colleague from Mexico, here is a ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! game that concentrates on SER and ESTAR. 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.
T
To see if this activity is right for your students, download its freesister resource, ¡Busquemos el tesoro escondido! (AR-ending verbs)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-busquemos-el-tesoro-escondido-ar-ending-verbs-2-0-11522811
When students match the sentence fragments printed on the edges of the triangles, they will reconstitute the 25 Easter facts and “sculpt” the Easter Bunny’s head.
Although designed as a co-operative activity, the EASTER TRIANGLE puzzle also works well as an enrichment task for individual students.
Here are 7 of the 25 Easter facts embedded in this puzzle:
• Monks made the first pretzels for Lent. They shaped them like arms crossed in prayer!
• A baby rabbit is a “kitten” or a “kit”.
• This is a moai: (image) a giant Easter Island sculpture.
• The Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny are imaginary characters.
• In the movie, HOP, the Easter Bunny’s son wants to leave the family business to drum in a rock band.
• North Americans eat 90 million chocolate bunnies every year!
• A Ukrainian Easter egg decorated with intricate traditional folk designs is called a “pysanka”.
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
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)
The difference between homophones and homographs is (literally) illustrated in this homonym lesson camouflaged as a game. Students are asked to identify and write out the eighteen pairs of homonyms pictured in the puzzle:
ad add
ball bawl
bare bear
bat bat
bowl bowl
cents scents
dough doe
eight ate
eye I
flour flower
knight night
lynx links
moose mousse
pair pear
piece peace
pitcher pitcher
sow sew
waste waist
Black and white and half-sized versions of the game board are included.
Thanks to the accumulative-repetitive nature of QU’EST-CE QUI MANQUE ICI?, your pupils will master their vocabulaire de Noël. QQMI is a Kim’s game. Students are asked to remember and call out the Christmas expressions that have disappeared from the mix. A joyful whole-class activity that will get everyone involved!
A quick demo video: https://youtu.be/LsoHHmUHjKM
Le vocabulaire
l’arbre de Noël / le sapin
le bas de Noël
le bonhomme de neige
la boule de Noël / la décoration
la bûche de Noël
le cadeau / la surprise
la canne de Noël
le casse-noisette
les chandelles (f.)
le chant de Noël
les choristes (m.) de Noël / les chanteurs (m.) de Noël
les cloches (f.)
la couronne
la crèche
la dinde
l’église
l’étoile (f.)
le gâteau aux fruits
le gui
le houx
les jeux (m.)
les jouets (m.)
le lait de poule
les lumières de Noël (f.)
le lutin
la magie de Noël
la neige
le pain d’épice
la paix
le papier d’emballage
la papillote de Noël / le pétard de Noël
le Père Noël
le poinsettia / l’étoile de Noël (f.)
le pôle nord
le renne
les rois (m.) Mages
le traîneau
la veille de Noël
le vitrail
Appropriate for young French First Language and
Immersion pupils and for students in Core French.
Here’s a quick demo video:
https://youtu.be/LsoHHmUHjKM
DIRE OU INTERDIRE? is a bit like “Taboo” and can be played 2 ways.
If your students are confident in French, have them play according to traditional Taboo® rules.
If your students are uncomfortable giving clues, turn the rules upside down. Have your students use the words beneath the red and green 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. The green stars indicate challenging cards.
It’s usually a good idea for you as the teacher to announce that you will accept synonyms like 'un palet” or 'un disque” for 'une rondelle”.
The cards are designed to be run on business card sheets or card stock.
As it is suitable for French as a First Language, Immersion, Extended and advanced Core French students, it can be played at many grade levels.
The French episodes of Peppa the Pig are a rich and engaging resource for both FSL and immersion students.
This puzzle complements the episode, PEPPA APPREND À SIFFLER. The objective is to match the sentence fragments printed on the edges of the triangles in order to reconstitute the picture of the pig and the 12 statements about the episode.
Les épisodes français de Peppa sont une ressource précieuse pour les étudiants en français langue seconde et en immersion.
Cette activité accompagne l’épisode “Peppa apprend à siffler”. L’objectif est de faire correspondre les fragments de phrases imprimées sur les bords des triangles afin de reconstituer l’image du cochon et les 12 énoncés concernant l’épisode.
Le jeu encouragera vos étudiants à lire en contexte et à s’entraider pour trouver les solutions. L’activité peut également servir de matériel d’enrichissement pour les étudiants individuels.
To be sure that this kind of activity is right for your students,
download the free tarsia puzzle, LE FUTUR SIMPLE
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-6450469
As your students complete these MOTDOKU6: JOUR DE LA TERRE game grids, they “write out” and learn their Earth Day vocabulary without even realizing it!
The file comprises two 6x6 word sudoku puzzles, a simple version and a slightly more challenging one.
If you’re not sure if this game is right for your students, please do a test run by trying a free MOTDOKU6 puzzle:
MOTDOKU6: LA SAINT-VALENTIN
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12068245
MOTDOKU6: NOËL
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11448787
MOTDOKU6: JOUR DE LA TERRE comprend deux jeux MOTDOKU simplifiés. Veuillez, s.v.p., téléchargez un MOTDOKU6 gratuit (voir ci-dessus) pour vous assurer que ces jeux conviennent à vos élèves.
Le jeu de NIVEAU 1 fait travailler le vocabulaire suivant.
1 le soleil
2 l’eau
3 les arbres (m.)
4 recyclable
5 le vent
6 la Terre
Le jeu de NIVEAU 2 fait travailler le vocabulaire ci-dessous:
1 un sac réutilisable
2 l’énergie éolienne
3 composter
4 l’énergie solaire
5 renouvelable
6 l’énergie verte
COUP DE COEUR (jeu tarsia pour la Saint-Valentin) is a cooperative activity that has a lot of heart! Students have to match the sentence fragments and Q and As printed along the edges of the triangles in order to reconstitute the 25 sentences below and to “build” a heart.
CITATIONS ET EXPRESSIONS IDIOMATIQUES
1 Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connalt pas. (Blaise Pascal)
2. On ne voit bien qu’avec le coeur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
3. Le coeur n’est pas une voiture qu’on peut dirigier. (Sivi)
4. II faut avoir un coeur pour comprendre celui d’autrui. (Gustave Flaubert)
5 avoir le coeur sur la main = être généreux
6. avoir un coeur d’artichaut = tomber vite et souvent amoureux
7. Vous faites vos devoirs à contrecoeur; vous n’avez pas envie de les faire.
8. Le mot “courage” dérive du mot “coeur”.
9. au coeur de = en plein milieu
10. avoir mal au coeur = avoir envie de vomir
11. Selon moi, Ia restauration rapide est écoeurante . . . vraiment dégoûtante!
12. Dès qu’il a vu Juliette, Romeo a eu un coup de coeur.
13. du fond du coeur = très sincèrement
14. le coeur me manque = je suis découragé.
15. Il y a quelqu’un que tu ne portes pas dans ton coeur. Tu le détestes.
16. apprendre par coeur = mémoriser
17. être de tout cceur avec quelqu’un = partager ses sentiments
18. prendre une critique trop à coeur = Ia prendre trop personnellemt
19. ouvrir son coeur = révéler ses sentiments secrets
20. en avoir gros sur le coeur = être triste
21. un chouur (illustré)
22. un coeur (illustré)
23. Un sourire cordial vient du coeur.
24. Tu es comme une calculatrice; je peux toujours compter sur toi!
25. Ce petit bonbon est un coeur de conversation (illustré)
COUP DE COEUR (jeu tarsia pour la Saint-Valentin) est une activité coopérative. Sur les bords de chaque triangle, il y a soit le début, soit la fin d’un énoncé qui a pour thème, “le coeur”. Vos étudiants doivent les jumeler afin de reconstituer les 25 énoncés et . . . l’image du coeur.
To be sure that tarsia puzzles are right for your students, please judge for yourself by downloading the free “futur simple” triangle puzzle at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-6450469
Students have to match the sentence fragments and Q and As printed along the edges of the triangles in this puzzle. In so doing, they will reconstitute the following 25 statements on the themes of friendship and Valentine’s Day and “build” a heart
Cette année je vais envoyer des cartes numériques.
J’ai beaucoup de chance d’avoir un(e) ami(e) comme toi!
Petit bandit! Tu as volé mon coeur.
Prends-moi dans tes bras. = Fais-moi un calin.
Je t’aime un peu . . . beaucoup … À LA FOLIE!
un ours en peluche = image d’un ours en peluche
S.t.p., ne joue pas avec mon coeur!
le petit Cupidon = image d’un Cupidon
Pourquoi la St-Valentin est-elle la fête préférée de M. Hershey et M. Cadbury?
Il lui demande en mariage. [+ image]
Papa offre des fleurs à Maman! Malheureusement, ce sont des
dents-de-lion!
Tu es comme une calculatrice; je peux toujours compter sur toi!
Quelle fleur symbolise l’amour? La rose rouge.
Que vas-tu faire pour Maman le 14 fevrier? Le petit déjeuner au lit!
Tu es mon ami(e) parce que tu es très sympa.
Ce bonbon est un coeur de conversation. [+ image]
Ma recette pour un dîner romantique? image d’une boîte de dîner Kraft.
Voici l’acrostiche d’un mot important: Aimable, Magnifique, Imaginatif
Un admirateur secret t’achète une boîte de chocolat!
Un synonyme de copain / copine est ami / amie.
Je t’aime gros comme ça! [+ image]
C’est toi et moi pour toujours!
“x,x,x” a la fin d’ une lettre = bisou, bisou, bisou
Mon meilleur ami / Ma meilleure amie? C’est toi, bien sûr!
Chaque [image d’un chat + k] seconde passé avec toi est un moment
de bonheur!
LA SAINT-VALENTIN (JEU TARSIA/TRIANGLE PUZZLE) est une activité coopérative. Elle encouragera vos étudiants à se focaliser et à s’entraider pour trouver les solutions ci-dessus.
To be sure that this activity is right for your students, please download the free “futur simple” triangle puzzle at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-6450469
Si vous cherchez un puzzle tarsia un peu plus difficile pour vos étudiants plus avancés, je vous propose COUP DE COEUR:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12965687
As your students complete these WORDOKU6: EARTH DAY game grids, they “write out” and review their Earth Day vocabulary without even realizing it!
The file comprises two 6x6 word sudoku puzzles, a simple version and a slightly more challenging one.
If you’re not sure if this game is right for your students, please do a test run by trying the free MOTDOKU6 CHRISTMAS puzzle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-11448792
The LEVEL 1 game uses the following vocabulary:
1 sun
2 water
3 trees
4 recyclable
5 wind
6 Earth
In LEVEL 2, the focus is on the following vocabulary:
1 geothermal energy
2 wind power
3 composting
4 solar power
5 renewable
6 reusable bag