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 theyâre 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 theyâre 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!
Câest touchant ressemble un peu Ă Boggleâą.)
This Câest Touchant! puzzle for Easter is a Boggleâą with a twist.
Embedded in the game grid are 8 French words on the PĂąques theme
and 70 more general vocabulary words.
The file includes
âą a âhow to playâ guide
âą a full colour puzzle
âą 4 small B&W copies of the grid for teachers who are trying to cut back on photocopying costs
âą a thematic vocabularyÂ
âą the answer key
Because the English version of the game, Hippity, Hoppity, Easterâs on its Way, has been warmly received, this French version has been on my âto doâ list forever. Thank you for your patience.
La fiche, Comment jouer, explique les rÚgles du jeu en français.
Embedded in this âBoggleâ grid are the holiday theme words, âan, carte, chant, fĂȘte, gui, houx, jouet, noix & toitâ plus 60 general vocabulary words.
Just for fun, I "apollinairized" one of my favourite passages from "Le Petit Prince". I hope that it will inspire your students to illustrate a favourite quote in the form of a calligram.
I stumbled across this extraordinarily moving and hopeful clip yesterday and feel that it deserves a wider audience.
In clear, careful and beautifully articulated French, author Francine Christophe recounts a little miracle that was born of an act of kindness in Bergen-Belsen.
Iâve done very little other than to put together a transcript of the story, with a link to a second, related clip and a bibliography of Christopheâs work.
Iâve also included a link to a version of the clip with English subtitles for any of your anglophone colleagues who may be looking for something for their history classes or Remembrance Day.
If youâve been working on Henri Crespiâs "LâOeuf de PĂąques" and youâre looking for a hands-on, collaborative alternative to paper and pen review questions, try this activity.
The original text and an audio version of the story are available online here:
http://web2.gyldendal.no/contact/flash/chap9/ecoute4.swf
BTW, I usually distribute chocolate Easter eggs before we read the story . . .
In an article about children's struggles with multiplication tables, "The Guardian" once pointed out that the hardest numbers for kids to multiply are 6 x 8; they get that wrong 63% of the time!
Hereâs a little 6 times tables exercise camouflaged as an entertaining, self-correcting card game.
Happy 6 times tables mastery.
The card decks for the Times Tables from 2 through 12 are available here:
/teaching-resource/taming-the-times-tables-without-tears-get-the-picture-multiplication-game-11309583
This printable is a self-correcting activity for beginners who are studying the present tense ER verb endings.
Note: After putting together, âNew work for good old Mini Veritech: Le preÌsent des verbes ERâ, I decided to incorporate the same sentences into this GTP puzzle for those who donât own Mini-Veritech sets.
These magic message riddles will serve as instant Christmas cards for your students if you print them on card stock.
The riddles resemble QR codes until you raise them to eye level and read the âmagical messagesâ from bottom - indicated by a red number - to top. There are four cards to the page.
Decades ago, these things took me forever and a day to draw by hand. But then I could legitimately challenge my students to draw a message of their own. Nowadays, I use the computer so they just take forever. However, Iâve lost the moral authority to launch my drawing challenge. But the âwowâ moment when a student actually sees the message still makes it worthwhile.
These message cards are just little ice-breakers. They look a bit like QR codes until you raise them to eye level and read the âmagical messagesâ from bottom (indicated by a number) to top.Â
Decades ago, these things took me forever and a day to draw by hand. But then I could legitimately challenge my students to draw a message of their own. Nowadays, I use the computer so they just take forever. However, Iâve lost the moral authority to launch my drawing challenge. But the âwowâ moment when a student actually sees the message still makes it worthwhile.
If you print your magical messages on card stock you can also use them as little reward records. Once my students accumulate ten stickers or stamps on the back of their magic message card, they redeem the card for a small treat or a bonus point on a future test.
Engage your pupils in reading (and writing) through play by
printing and cutting out these puzzles for them to solve.
There are separate files for puzzles in upper and lower case letters.
I'm working on puzzle sets on other themes and would appreciate your feedback.
Engage your pupils in reading (and writing) through play byÂ
printing and cutting out these simple puzzles for them to solve.
There are separate files for puzzles in upper and lower case letters.
pepper
broccoli
peas
corn
carrot
celery
tomato (even though itâs actually a fruit)