I have taught all levels from kindergarten to adult continuing education. I love languages and am constantly working on improving and adding to them. I believe that if students have fun, they will learn faster and remember longer. I try to have students speak in the target language as much as possible during the limited time that they are in class.
I have taught all levels from kindergarten to adult continuing education. I love languages and am constantly working on improving and adding to them. I believe that if students have fun, they will learn faster and remember longer. I try to have students speak in the target language as much as possible during the limited time that they are in class.
Partner charts - each chart has only half of the information filled in. Students must converse in German to complete their chart. Uses seasons & clothes.
Print on cardstock and cut into cards; make 1 set for every 3-4 students. Includes picture and name in Portuguese for 33 chores. Use to play Concentration, Slap, Old Maid, Drats, Kaboom, Go Fish, Match Game.
Print on cardstock and cut into Dominoes. Make 1 set for every 3-4 students. Dominoes have the picture for 1 of 12 chores and the expression in Portuguese for 1 of 12 chores. Play like a normal game of Dominoes. Easy to edit to match the vocabulary from your text.
Battleship game using the vocabulary: to skate, speed skating, figure skating, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, snowmobile, hockey, snowflake, snowstorm, snowman, to throw snowballs, snowdrift, snowplow, to shovel, fireplace, hot chocolate, ski jumping, sledding.
Students take turns asking and answering questions using the verbs aburrir, gustar and interesar. Each student has 6 questions to ask and 6 questions to answer.
Modelo: ¿Te gusta la pizza?
Sí me gusta la pizza.
¿Te interesan los deportes?
No, no me interesan los deportes.
Worksheet has a 6 by 6 grid with pictures of fruits and vegetables. There are 16 fruits and vegetables written out in words and students identify which square it is in. Includes second version in black and white.
This is an all-class activity. 5 students go to the front of class. There are 5 different pages hanging on the board. Each page has a name and 4 pictures of sports. This activity uses a total of 10 different animals. Students at seats take turns asking questions with yes/no answers to deduce which student has which name.
The object of the game is to collect a full family - 6 cards. The player with the most families at the end is the winner.
Player 1 asks a player of his/her choice for a card belonging to a specific family. In order to make the request, the player must already have at least 1 card belonging to that family. “Dans la famille (Martin), je demande (specific card).” If that player has the card, he/she hands it over. Player 1 continues asking for cards until he/she does not get what is requested. Player 2 then takes his/her turn. Once a family is collected, it is laid on the table in front of that player.
Set of 144 Dominoes. Print on cardstock and cut into tiles. Each domino has a picture of 1 of 12 common places around town and the word for 1 of 12 places. Play like a normal game of Dominoes.
This is a partner speaking activity. Students draw lines from 1 place to a subject to a second place. Partners then take turns telling their sentences so that their partner can correctly connect the same pictures: Paul vient du cafe et va au restaurant. Uses the French verbs venir and aller with the names of places.
Print on cardstock and cut into cards; 1 set for every 3-4 students. Students must put the words in order to form logical & grammatically correct sentences.
Categories are cheveux, yeux, visage, taille, apparence generale, signes particuliers. Uses more advanced vocabulary such as taches de rousseur and chatain.
Set of 24 tiles using Aller, Avoir, Etre and Faire in the present tense with many common idioms. The right side of the tile has a question: Faites-vous vos devoirs? that needs to link to the left side which has a logical and grammatically correct answer: Oui, nous étudions. When completed correctly, it forms one large continuous circle.