Help! I need an interactive activity ASAP!!

Bonjour à tous et à toutes!

Here is my short list of activities to do in Foreign Language! Great for last minute lesson plans

1. Bingo: Modify this bingo template to your needs! Or have students make their own on a sheet of paper! Just have them make a 5 x 5 chart off their vocab list!
2. Running Dictée:  I love this activity because it forces students to memorize grammatical structures! Mwahaha!
3. "Musical Chairs": Have  students write on their desk with a dry erase marker. They will write something (a word, a phrase, a conjugation, etc). Each student writes something different. Then play some music and the students must walk around the classroom. When the music stops they must find a desk and copy what is written. (Note: There is a desk for everyone and no on can repeat desks!)
4. Crossword puzzle maker
5. Make your own word search!
6. Slap Game!: Make note cards and have students sit in a circle. Have them put all the cards down and one student acts as the caller. They will say the name of the card in English. The students will then race to grab the correct one. The student with the most at the end wins!
7.  Notecard shuffle:  Have student rearrange their notecards into different piles. Great if you want to incorporate higher level thinking.
8. QUIA: This website has all types of free games made for different books. Or pay and make your own games, quizzes, etc!
9. Charades
10. Pictionary
11. Vocabulary Ladder:  Make two columns of words, one column is a set of vocab words the other is it's definition. Student will then need to "climb" the ladder by reading the word and giving the definition. When the make a mistake they switch places and their partner gets to climb the ladder. However, every time they make a mistake they must restart from the bottom!
12. Dommage
13. Choose your own vocabulary activity!
14. Verb races!
15. Tuez la Tortue!

I will keep updating this!!

Bonne Chance,

La Prof

Vocabulaire en tête!

Bonjour à tous et à toutes!

I wanted to share this new writing activity with you! I call it "Vocabulaire en tête!" It's a writing strategy that I use to improve fluency and give individual attention! I also think the students like it and it is how we normally start our Monday class in Français 3!

I have a worksheet which I will gladly share but students could do this on their own sheet of paper! I start by showing them a picture with A LOT going on.  Here are some that I have shown students in the past.

Any image with a lot going on will do! "Where's Waldo?" images work well because students find a lot to talk about. Another great idea is a one minute video! You could watch it or just listen to it.

When they've had a good long look, I then give them 5 minutes to brainstorm as many words as they can on their own. They write verbs and nouns in their respective category. I then give them another 5 minutes to look up words they want to use on their phones!

We then share all the words and definitions on the board. Students copy all the new words on their sheets. They then have 10 minutes to write as much as they can! I tell them not to worry about grammar! (I also encourage them to either A. describe the image/video as they are or B. make a story out of what's happening.) When the 10 minutes are up I give them another few to correct any mistakes and to make sure they didn't repeat the same mistakes as their last "vocabulaire en tête." We then read our stories aloud to the class.

By saving these and stapling them together student can see their own progress! It also makes it easier for students to set and achieve goals. It could also be fun to give a challenge! Like today try to use faire causatif, direct object pronouns, or multiple verb tenses!

Try it out and let me know how it goes! :) Here is the link to my worksheet!

Bonne chance!

-Mme