Elevate Core French with our Mots Amis (Sight Words) collection—vibrant, cut-and-laminate cards for a dynamic bulletin board. Boost language fluency through recognizable words, aligning with standards. Transform learning with visually engaging tools.

This 45-page document contains a 134-card set and 134 coordinating images and category titles to set up your "Mur de mots" bulletin board.

There are 6 categories in this document:

• Les endroits (places)
• Les vêtements (clothing)
• Le transport (transportation)
• La nourriture (food & drinks)
• Les objets (objects & things)
• Les animaux (animals)

Whether you're teaching your students about mots amis, want them to feel more confident, or you're just looking to add some vocabulary to your walls (that they'll recognize and reference!) you've come to the right place.

Did you happen to want mots familiers word wall? That can be found right here!

Looking for more engaging, game-based Core French/FSL resources for your middle school classroom? I've got you covered! Explore more items like this one:

• Mon camion-resto!
• Mon pizza party!
• Mon café Starbucks!
• Les saisons et la météo

Want it all?! This bundle includes all Core French products from my store for you to enjoy all year long!

For goodness sakes, don't forget to have fun!

Kaitlyn.

This 80+ page, highly visual, very engaging resource has everything you could possibly need to effectively teach - and reach - your low-level middle schoolers who crave games, interaction and movement to keep them interested in learning a new language. My products are geared towards middle-schoolers from grades 4 through 8 and focus heavily on game-based learning, collaboration -- and build independence.

This resource includes your lesson plans for the entire unit, a word wall, "messages du jour," a slide deck, games, activities, worksheets, modelled examples and templates to differentiate your instruction for all levels of learners. I provide you with prompts, suggestions, classroom management ideas and ways to push their learning. Extra "filler activities" are also provided for "those days." ;)

This unit focuses heavily on the terms "pareil," "différent," "différences," "similitudes," "le même," and the négation "ne... pas." It revisits and consolidates vocabulary relating to colours, clothing, body parts, birthdays, pastimes and interests.

In this document, you will find:

35 Teachable Slides (within the Slide Deck) which includes:

• A revision of color vocabulary;
• Prompts for asking and answering questions about clothing;
• A revision for clothing vocabulary;
• Skits of conversations relating to the vocabulary;
• Activities for students to find similarities and differences with people;
• "Trouver les différences" type activities;
• Numerous models (used as shared reading) of mini biographies;
• A simple game "Toucher l'image" to choose the proper vocabulary;
• A simple game "Trouver l'intrus" to find the "odd duck;"
• 5 modeled examples for final project "Je vous présente."

7 days of lesson plans (+ more)

• 60 minute lesson plans provided with prompts for students and tips to engage low-level and low-motivation students;
• Games and activities suggested to get your class moving and interested in your lesson;
• Explicit instruction (for you) on how to lead the lesson, the timeframes for the lessons, and instructions for the worksheets and activities;
• Instructions on how to use the Slide Deck and the included activities and prompts;
• Instructions for final project;
• Recommendations and suggestions for high-achievers and early-finishers to keep them motivated in French content;
• "Mur de mots" included (images + words) to place on your wall as a visual aid.

42 pages of worksheets, activities and games

• "Me voici!" - A worksheet on describing themselves;
• "Bingo!" - Teacher copy with call-out cards and a spin on the classic game;
• 6 different clothing bingo cards;
• "Mon propre Bingo!" - A blank template used as an extension activity.
• "Mon propre Bingo!" - Word list
• "Dans ma garde-robe" - A personal-sized clothing word wall for students;
• 2 "Trouvez les différences" games;
• "Que préfères-tu?" - A partner game to practice speaking, listening, and recording preferences;
• "#OOTD - La tenue du jour" - An independent activity on building a dream outfit!;
• "Pareil ou différent?" - A guessing game on describing and comparing clothing (with game boards);
• "Pareil ou différent?" - A word and phrase bank;
• "Pareil ou différent?" - A blank template used as an extension activity;
• "Mon ami" - An infographic worksheet to record details about a friend;
• "Similitudes et différences" - A worksheet on finding similarities and differences (similar to Guess Who?);
• "École Charlevoix" - A skit for students to practice in large group and in partners;
• "Qui est-ce?" - A "Guess-Who?" style game with game boards;
• "Qui est-ce?" - A blank template used as an extension activity;
• "Moi et mon ami(e)" - A comparison activity;
• "Entrevue avec un(e) ami(e)" - A conversation-based activity in partners;
• "Quelle est la forme différente?" - A low-level activity (filler);
• "Quelle est la grandeur différente?" - A low-level activity (filler);
• "Pareil ou différent?" - A low level activity (filler).

• A simple spin on the classic game of I SPY ("Cherche et trouve" ou "C'est moi l'espion") geared towards Core French/FSL students in which they are first given practice with the structure: "Est-ce que c'est..." and answering the question with the affirmative, "oui, c'est..." or the negative, "non, ce n'est pas..."

• Students are then provided an opportunity to take turns being the spy - using objects in your classroom.

• It also comes with a 11" x 8.5" placemat to laminate (or to project onto your whiteboard/Smartboard) to provide students a visual when playing the game.

• Colors, shapes, textures and prepositional phrases (left, right, on, under, behind) as well as size (big, small) are provided to give your students confidence and the vocabulary needed to make this game a hit!

• I also provide an explanation of how I use this in my Core French classroom.

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Give your students meaningful visuals to remember basic verbs, expressions, activities and objects like, video games, music, sports, movies, school activities, friend activities, pastimes, etc.

Includes 46 different animated slides to engage your students in authentic expressions and activities that will get them participating in Core French class. My slides are animated - similar to GIFs - and your students will be intrigued and engaged.

Looking for more?

• An ever-growing bundle with all of my Core French - FSL Documents.

Here are some other, fun, game-based approached to learning for you to check out:

⭐️ Mon café Starbucks / My Starbucks Café!

⭐️ Mon pizza party! / My Pizza Party!

⭐️ Mon animal perdu! / My Lost Pet

⭐️ Je vous présente... / Presenting...

⭐️ Prof du jour / Teacher of the Day

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For goodness sakes, don't forget to have fun!

Kaitlyn.

Middle schoolers dive into reading, writing, and speaking, culminating in the exciting challenge of designing their very own Food Truck. Watch language skills soar in this engaging, hands-on experience!

This MEGA (in size and popularity!) 76-page document contains everything you could possibly need to comfortably, confidently (and with as little effort as humanely possible) lead a long-term unit with your low-vocabulary middle-schoolers needing a high interest BOOST.

Tired of finding documents that are too advanced for your Core French/FSL kids or babyish and full of cartoon-y, childish clipart? This frustration is what gave me an epiphany 3 short years ago. Are you, too, losing the buy-in before you even JUMP in? Created with middle school in mind, this unit of activities, games, vocabulary and content, communication prompts, lesson plans, worksheets and templates will get your kids saying "Je vais prendre..." "Quelle est ta nourriture préférée?" and "Dans mon camion-resto, je servirai..." in two shakes of a lamb's tail!

My Core French products are high engagement, low-level. This 76-page document has everything you need to effectively engage your students to build the vocabulary needed to become confident enough to create something that will WOW you!

Students are provided with roughly 14 days of fun and engaging activities:

• 28 Slides with animated, engaging content and "messages."

• 1 x Kahoot link is included

• 3 x "Wheel Decide" links are included

• 42 page teaching document with:

• Detailed lesson plans and suggested activities,

• Worksheets,

• Vocabulary cards + games,

• Templates for food truck creation,

• Rubrics (French and English included),

• Activities to promote discussion with a partner,

• Money math activities,

• Mock menus,

• Skits,

• Artistic activities...

• ... and much more!

What sorts of themes/activities are included?

• Money (cost) and numbers,
• Ordering, recommending and asking questions,
• Creating menu items and designing a menu,
• Creating a logo and a company name,
• Curb appeal,
• Stating preferences,
• Designing a food truck,
• Making choices about details,
• Determining meal categories,
• Numerous oral activities!

Your students will create their very own Food Truck - with Core-French friendly materials to help you along the way.

If you're on the hunt for more game-based learning and project-based learning for your hard-to-reach, hard-to-impress middle-schoolers, have no fear! I've got a bundle with all of it right here.

Here are some others for you to check out!

⭐️ Mon café Starbucks / My Starbucks Café!

⭐️ Mon pizza party! / My Pizza Party!

⭐️Mon animal perdu! / My Lost Pet

⭐️ Je vous présente... / Presenting...

⭐️ Prof du jour / Teacher of the Day

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- Mme. Kaitlyn.

Includes:

20 playing cards.

Call-out tickets.

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Boost your students' vocabulary surrounding Fall and Halloween with this Make-Your-Own Bingo activity suitable for all ages and all levels of French.

This activity is a great way to have your students create their own bingo cards and then to play with them. It comes with many versions depending on your Core French groups.

1. Two versions, one with instructions in English and one with instructions in French, which prompt your students to color, cut and paste to create their bingo card.
2. Two versions, one with instructions in English and one with instructions in French, which prompt your students to create their own illustrations, cut and paste to their bingo card.

Choose the version applicable to your students' level and then they'll cut out their squares and paste them to their bingo card. Take this to the next level by laminating their cards so that they can use a dry-erase marker as a bingo dabber!

This comes with the call-out cards.

Enjoy!

Mme. Kaitlyn

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Sometimes, a little oral activity is all your Core students need to practice a concept, have fun, or be on their best behaviour for a substitute. This type of game is used everyday in my Core French classroom. They hear the sentences repetitively, learn new vocabulary and reinforce their learned concepts.

This resource contains 3 sets of 24 "J'ai... Qui a?" cards:

• Couleurs + Fruits
• Date + Lecture des chiffres
• Vêtements + Couleurs

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This 64-page resource will provide you with ample activities, games and subject matter for roughly 2 weeks (or more) of Core French at the grades 5-7 level. As with all of my Core French material, the vocabulary and sentence structure is VERY beginner and some English is used on the worksheets to help them understand the tasks.

I was tired of seeing the same babyish activities and content for Middle School Core French so I listened to them and their interests. Ta-da!

In this document, you'll find:

• Basic vocabulary introduction to Space,
• Message du matin on "Ma planète préférée",
• Quick class survey on "Ma planète préférée",
• A listening activity on "quel temps fait-il dans l'espace?" for all 8 planets with a fill-in-the-blanks activity to keep their attention,
• A "Cache-cache" game with the 8 planets (whole group activity),
• A game: "Toucher l'image" with the 8 planets (whole group activity),
• A cut & paste activity on our solar system,
• An activity for students to research planets and to colour in a template,
• An activity for students to invent their own planet,
• Mots-cachés espace,
• A colouring page,
• A space maze,
• A colour & cut puzzle,
• Space trivia,
• Space Bingo with call-out cards with 11 different Bingo cards.

If your students are tired of the same run-of-the-mill worksheets and readings from resource books that no longer suit the demographic, they might also enjoy:

• My Food Truck
• My Bento Box
• Celebrity Trivia
• Cache-Cache Numérique

Engage your star-struck middle-schoolers with 10 animated slides with their favorite celebrities! They'll be prompted to say hair and eye color, as well as if they like or dislike the celebrity. Celebrities like Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes and Billie Eilish will get your most disengaged students wanting to get a word in!!

This is a great activity for disengaged classrooms. I often get my students to create their own slide and we build a class version, too.

This would be suitable for grades 4 or 5 Core French - in a low-level classroom which requires high-interest activities.

Hope your kids go nutso like mine do.

Mme. Kaitlyn.

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This 6-page resource has 4 pages of cut-out animal cards (48 in total), an explanation slide for teachers and a visual prompt for students that I like projecting during the activity as a reminder and revision before the activity.

I teach Core French to low-level middle schoolers who need engaging, highly visual, loud, movement-heavy activities to participate and get into it and all of my Core French products fit this demographic.

Here are some others for you to check out!

⭐️ Mon café Starbucks / My Starbucks Café!

⭐️ Mon pizza party! / My Pizza Party!

⭐️Mon animal perdu! / My Lost Pet

⭐️ Je vous présente... / Presenting...

⭐️ Prof du jour / Teacher of the Day

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Middle schoolers dive into reading, writing, and speaking in this Starbucks-themed world.

This 40-page document will give you plenty of teachable content, games, activities and simulated discussions for your low-level Core French groups.

I teach grades 5 and 6 to a group of very low-level, high-behaviours and hard-to-engage students. As with all of my products, this one focuses on oral communication and moving around. If your demographic is like mine, try out one of my engaging resources for your next Core French project!

This resource includes:

27 pages of teachable slides

• Messages de la semaine
• Quick surveys
• Prompts ("Quel est ton boisson préféré?", "Quel boisson vous plaît le plus?" and "Qu'est-ce qu'ils commandent?")
• A Hide & Seek game
• "Comment personnaliser notre boisson"
• "Comment dit-on?" with vocabulary related to ordering at a café.
• "Mon café idéal"
• "Des phrases utiles"
• A menu board with drinks
• A menu board with pastries

11 pages of printable activities and prompts

• "Star Bucks" (printable dollar bills)
• "Ma liste de vérification" (Success criteria and goals)
• "Je vais prendre..." (a worksheet on what they like to order)
• "Aimes-tu ça?" (an interactive whole group survey on preferences)
• "Ma tasse de café personnalisé" (A design activity to create their personalized coffee cup)
• "Faites-en votre propre!" (Another doodling design activity on personalizing a paper cup).
• "Qu'est-ce que tu veux?" (Taking orders from their classmates for a Starbucks order!)
• "Mon café parfait" (A checklist for students to modify their dream boisson!)
• "Mots cachés - chez Starbucks!" (A word search puzzle)
• "Méli-Mélo" (A word unscramble game)
• "Des dialogues simulés" (simulated ordering dialogues)

If you're on the hunt for more game-based learning and project-based learning for your hard-to-reach, hard-to-impress middle-schoolers, have no fear! I've got a bundle with all of it right here.

Here are some others for you to check out!

⭐️ Mon camion resto / My Food Truck

⭐️ Mon pizza party! / My Pizza Party!

⭐️Mon animal perdu! / My Lost Pet

⭐️ Je vous présente... / Presenting...

⭐️ Prof du jour / Teacher of the Day

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This newly updated *94 page* unit will cover you for roughly 7-9 Core French 1-hour classes and features a teachable slide deck, worksheets, lesson plans, rubrics, success criteria, a word wall, a phrase wall and numerous suggestions to get your kids having fun, moving, interacting and legitimately enjoying French class with you. The entirety (or parts of) the unit can easily be left with a substitute teacher and you need a quick lesson plan. It's ALL here!

As with all of my Core French products, this one is geared toward a LOW-LEVEL middle-school classroom (grades 3-7). It's high-energy, interactive, highly engaging and requires no prep. It ties in to some science concepts for grades 5 & 6 on biodiversity and adaptations. It features a significant amount of game-based learning and some project-based learning

There are three longer projects included with this unit: "Mon drôle d'animal" which has them building a silly animal and describing its body parts and details; "Mon animal perdu," a poster project which has them creating a poster for their missing pet, and "Une interview à la radio" which has them writing a radio script to find their lost pet with a partner.

Included in this bundle:

• Warm-Ups: A collection of 11 worksheets, suggested lessons and activities, and games to support very low-level students who do not yet have basic vocabulary for colors, animals, etc., to get them up to snuff before jumping into the unit.

• "Les couleurs" - A personal picture dictionary for students to use throughout the unit.

• "Ma maison" - 3 differentiated, independent activities for your students to draw and describe their house.

• "Les animaux de la jungle" - An independent colour and vocabulary activity.

• "Méli-Mélo" - A simple word scramble activity.

• "Apprenons les noms des animaux" - 3 pages for students to practice coloring and writing vocabulary.

• Lesson Plans: 6 days of explicit lesson plans included. Everything from your prompts, needed material, explanation of tasks, extension opportunities, differentiation ideas, classroom management tips and tricks are included for each day. Each day students have activities, games, worksheets, and projects to work on independently, in partners and in groups.

• Slide Deck: 38 pages of highly engaging, game-based learning, that's interactive for you to click and go. In your Slide Deck, you'll find:

• "Quel est ton animal de compagnie préféré?" - A listening and speaking activity on showing preferences. Your lesson plan has suggestions for kinesthetic games and a student survey.

• "Tapette à mouches" - A 4-Slide group activity for students to find the vocabulary on the board in two large groups. Your lesson plan has suggestions for having your students lead this game.

• "Quelle couleur sont les animaux?" - A 10-Slide activity to practice les couleurs in partners. Your lesson plan has suggestions for a kinesthetic game for this activity.

• "Bones?! Où es-tu?!" - An engaging, interactive 8-Slide game that will have your students guessing the location of a hidden dog I've hidden behind objects on the slides. Your lesson plan has suggestions for having your students lead this game.

• "Qui suis-je?" - Two animal riddles as models for a riddle-creating activity outlined in your lesson plan. Students see, hear and use descriptive language.

• "Le projet final" - Your final project build-up has two slides which I use as messages du jour to explain their poster project, and two slides which highlight the expectations.

• "Headbandz" - A final fun group game for your students to use descriptive language, with vocabulary prompts, to explain an animal.

• Worksheets, Games and Activities: 25 pages of engaging, straightforward worksheets, activities, games, printables, cut-outs, flashcards etc., that match up with your lesson plans.

• Color name cut-outs for a kinesthetic game.

• "Que préfères-tu?" - a speaking and listening activity on preferences.

• "Les descriptions!" - an activity on creating a riddle for a mystery animal.

• "Qui est-ce?" - a 'Guess Who?' style game that has your students using prompts for describing their animal with "j'ai..." and "je suis..." formations.

• "Qui suis-je?" - A charades game with print-and-cut animal names and images.

• "Mon drôle d'animal" - 3 differentiated activities depending on your students' levels in French.

• "Plumes, Écailles, Fourrure, Coquille" - Cards to print and cut for an art activity on body coverings.

• "Où vivent-ils?" - An independent creative worksheet on animal habitats.

• "Adaptations" - An independent worksheet for students to colour, trace & write animal vocabulary.

• "Les revêtements corporels" - a cut-and-paste sorting activity to understand 4 body coverings.

• "Caractéristiques animales" - a cut-and-paste activity to label animals and their body parts.

• "Rapport sur mon animal" - an independent 2-page fill-in-the-blank infographic on a researched animal.

• "Animal Cards" - 48 Print, cut and laminate cards for your students to play a number of suggested and explained games including Pictionary, Charades, Memory and Go Fish!

• "Word Wall" - 18 Printer-friendly cards with images and vocabulary to add to your word wall, as well as a student version (one page) to be used as a personal dictionary.

• "Mur de phrases" - 12 Questions and answers to typical phrases seen in this unit, en Français with English translations. 2 student copies "Comment répondre?" are given with the questions and prompts to answer them. One copy has modelled examples.

• Final Project: Students create a poster on their missing animal with specific guidelines to follow. This is the bulk of formal assessment for this unit.

• "Ah non! Mon animal est perdu!" - Students are provided with an explanation of the final project task with a checklist as their "success criteria."

• "Mon collier d'animal" - Two differentiated versions of this activity that will have students designing their pet's collar for their final project.

• "Une interview à la radio" - A partner skit-writing activity where they'll take turns pretending to be the "animateur" and the "invité" and either record their radio interview, present it to the class, present it to you, or use other means like FlipGrid (if your board allows it) to show you their learnings.

• "Mon animal perdu" - A formal rubric which focuses on their ability to meet the checklist criteria, to be creative, or to be effective communicators in the radio interview.

Getting your Core kids to write something authentic and meaningful can be one of the toughest parts of teaching Core... At least it was for ME!

This themed unit will give the students transferrable knowledge for their LA classes and will guide them to creating their very own "bande dessinée" with a spooky twist.

In this 14-pg. unit, you'll find:

• A mini dictionary of 30 common words, expressions and dialogue they can use related to Halloween/scary stories;

• An activity on developing personality traits & mood;

• Students will become familiar with vocabulary for different moods and feelings en Français (nerveux, triste, drôle, déterminé etc.)

• A visual dictionary of common Halloween costumes to inspire their stories;

• 8 examples of possible scene/setting choices to inspire their stories;

• A guide to developing scene and setting with our 5 senses;

• Students will become familiar with vocabulary for our 5 senses en Français (l'ouïe, le toucher, le goûter, l'odorat, le goûter, la vue).

• A personal dictionary;

• Plot design;

• A collection of speech bubbles, thought bubbles, starburst, call-outs to cut and paste into their bandes-dessinées;

• Two templates of "strips" for their comics.

17 pages of activities and games for your Core French classroom! These are great for early finishers or for a substitute.

• Similaire ou différent?
• Roulez et dessinez un monstre! (3 activities: Un 'monstre roulé' and 'Langage descriptif' (for the monster!)
• Les parties du corps d'un monstre
• J'ai... qui a? (Monster hand / Numbers edition)
• Mots mêlés (Word scramble)
• Mots cachés (Word search)
• Casse-tête Halloween
• Tracer et associer
• Colorier selon les consignes
• Halloween conversation dice
• Colorier la maison hantée
• Trouver les différences.

These are ideal for grades 3-6 Core French or for grades 1-2 Immersion!

This 76-page (it keeps growing) document has you covered for your next Core French unit. As with all of my Core French products, this resource is designed for a low-level FSL classroom but generates high engagement and interest for your "big" kids. My products work best for low-level Core French groups from grades 4-9.

This document is packed with all games, activities, drawing lessons, puzzles, speaking activities, writing activities and reading activities to REALLY get your students to open up and want to participate. It's differentiated (with potential activities for a variety of learners), and I provide guidance, links and suggestions so it runs smoothly.

Here are the goodies you'll find in here:

• Recap on location prepositions (sur, sous, à gauche, à droite).
• "Dessinons une pizza!" (a step-by-step guide to practice following directions related to location prepositions).
• "Qu'est-ce que tu aimes sur ta pizza?" (Pizza vocabulary)
• An interactive wheel game for students to practice ordering a 3-topping pizza!
• An activity on calculating the totals and saying prices en Français.
• "Où est M. Pizza?" - A hide-and-seek interactive whiteboard game.
• "Est-ce que tu préfères..." - A game to get your kids moving and showing preferences.
• A word wall with all vocabulary seen in the unit and a suggestion for a fun class activity!
• "Sur ma pizza... J'aime/Je n'aime pas."
• "Comment faire une pizza" - Procedural writing activity.
• "Aimes-tu ça?" - Making personal choices.
• "Aimes-tu ça?" - A class survey about preferences.
• "Ma pizza idéale" - Template for drawing and writing.
• "Maths sur le menu!" Adding up ingredients for a pizza.
• "Sur ma pizza" - Cut & Color 6-sided dice.
• "Mots mélangés" - A word jumble with misplaced letters for pizza toppings.
• "Mamma Mia!" A maze.
• "Mots cachés pizza!" - Pre-created version.
• "Mots cachés pizza!" - Build-your-own version.
• "Que préfères-tu?" - A partner speaking and listening activity.
• "Les commandes de pizza" - An activity on following directions.
• "Une commande compliquée" - An activity on following directions.
• "Commandons la pizza" - An activity on building a pizza order (great as a partner activity)
• "Pizza Palace" - Skit with prompts on pizza ordering (easier).
• "Pizza Rénaud" - Skit with prompts on pizza ordering (harder).
• Dictionnaire personnel
• "Qui est-ce?" - A "Guess-Who?" style guessing game with instructions & printable cards! (with 3 differentiated versions for low and high-level students).
• A matching game.

My (very) low-level middle-schoolers love learning about niche objects and concepts in Core French. I use their interests and personalities to create engaging projects that meet the outcomes. I actively use this particular project with grades 4, 5 and 6 but it could easily be used in a grade 7 or even grade 8 classrooms. If you use Pearson's Échos Pros, this works AMAZINGLY alongside "Ah oui, j'aime ça!"

This 30+ page project will prompt your discussions and activities and will provide your students with engaging, highly visual, clear and simple instructions and examples. My products are not babyish -- this is the main reason I started creating products.

You will find:

• A pre-created WheelDecide game on Bento Box food to practice the sentence structures ("Qu'est-ce que tu apporterais dans ta boîte bento?" "Dans ma boîte bento, j'apporterais...")
• A kinesthetic game: "Qu'est-ce que tu as dans ton sac à lunch?"
• 4 visual lunch bag examples for students to practice the sentence structure ("Qu'est-ce que tu as dans ton sac à lunch?" "Dans mon sac à lunch j'ai...")
• Lunch bag vocabulary - En français with images.
• 2 "Messages du jour" - with prompts for mots amis and mots familiers.
• 2 slides for explaining why we like or dislike with sentence starters.
• Criteria for final project with two options (Drawing or Collage using flyers).

My products consistently grow. Anytime I create a new activity, I modify this document so that it is always up-to-date and complete.

Enjoy!

Kaitlyn.

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Classroom management in a middle school Core French classroom can be dicey! That's why I engage my students as much as possible to keep em' on their toes! Prof du jour is a part of my everyday routine, where a different student each day is given the opportunity to lead the discussions with their peers and to give them confidence in French. Sit back and watch the magic!

This isn't just a run-of-the-mill calendar! My Prof du jour is at the command desk and interacts with their peers and the Google Slides. Here are some activities that my Grades 4, 5 and 6 students actively use found in this document:

• Complete Calendar (drag & drop icons) for SEPTEMBER 2024 - JUNE 2025.

• Weather, time of day, days of the week, and terms like "yesterday," "today," and "tomorrow."

• Two versions available: One has the Sunday start and another has the Monday start, depending on how you prefer to view your calendar with your students.

• A Wheel Decide question prompter (which you can edit by removing or adding questions your students are working on).

• An "I SPY" prompter (a favorite in ALL of my classes).

• A "GUESS WHO?" prompter.

• A Franco DJ Music activity (great for explaining why they like/dislike something with sentence starters).

In addition to the calendar: This resource provides 27 fresh and fun ideas that can be easily incorporated into your lessons, designed to give students the opportunity to step into the role of "Prof du jour" and lead their peers in interactive activities.

These activities are perfect for students in Grades 4 to 8 and will foster an engaging, positive classroom atmosphere where students feel comfortable practicing their French language skills. Whether you want to boost participation, improve active listening, or simply add some energy to your class, these ideas are versatile and adaptable to different classroom dynamics. With no prep required, they can be used spontaneously to keep students on their toes and excited to take part.

How This Resource Benefits Your Classroom:

• Student-Led Learning: Gives students the opportunity to take ownership of their learning by stepping into the "Prof du jour" role, building leadership skills and confidence.
• Encourages Speaking & Participation: Each activity is designed to maximize speaking opportunities, ensuring every student gets a chance to practice conversational French in a supportive environment.
• Promotes Active Listening: Activities challenge students to listen closely to their peers, reinforcing vocabulary, comprehension, and communication skills.
• Engaging & Fun: The activities use a mix of movement, music, games, and questions to keep students engaged and motivated to participate.
• No Prep Required: All activities are spontaneous and flexible, allowing you to use them anytime without prior preparation.
• Supports a Judgment-Free Environment: By allowing students to lead, the classroom becomes a space where students feel comfortable making mistakes and learning from one another without pressure.

What’s Included:

In addition to your yearly calendar with interactive daily slides, this resource provides a list of 30 easy-to-implement activities, including:

• Question & Answer Games (e.g., "Would You Rather?" or "Rapid Fire") that encourage quick thinking and verbal responses in French.
• Movement-Based Activities (e.g., "Jacques a dit" or "Stand If…") that combine physical activity with language practice, making learning active and engaging.
• Memory & Listening Challenges (e.g., "True or False" or "What's Missing?") that help students sharpen their listening skills while reinforcing key vocabulary and phrases.
• Vocabulary Boosters (e.g., "Category Challenge" or "French Word of the Day") that encourage students to think creatively and expand their language knowledge.
• Visual & Creative Tasks (e.g., "Quick Draw" or "Pictionary") that blend art and language, offering a break from traditional speaking activities while still reinforcing comprehension.

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Flexible & Adaptable: Each activity can be adapted to suit your classroom’s needs, whether you're working with beginners or more advanced learners.
• Encourages Positive Risk-Taking: By giving students the chance to lead, this resource helps them become more comfortable with speaking French in front of their peers, promoting a positive learning environment.
• Sparks Joy in Learning: These activities add an element of fun to your Core French lessons, breaking up the routine and keeping students engaged and excited to participate.
• Great for Class Warm-Ups or Wrap-Ups: Use these quick, easy activities at the beginning or end of class to energize your students or reinforce what they’ve learned.
• Perfect for All Levels: Whether you're teaching a class of beginners or more experienced students, the activities can be adjusted to suit various language proficiencies.

How to Use:

Simply choose an activity, explain it briefly to the "Prof du jour," and let them take the lead. Each activity is designed to be intuitive and easy to facilitate, so even without notice, the student leader can jump into their role confidently. You can rotate the "Prof du jour" daily or weekly, giving every student the opportunity to shine and grow in their speaking abilities.

Mme Kaitlyn.

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Your middle schoolers will enjoy playing this twist on the classic game of Guess Who!

14 Slides are included in this activity:

• An explanation on how to use this resource in whole group, small group or independent.
• 6 Slides to prompt practicing the structures "As-tu" and "Es-tu" as well as examples.
• A printable "placemat" to help remind students of the vocabulary and structures.
• 7 Slides with Guess Who? Boards. 6 feature real humans, and one is cartoonish. People shown are culturally diverse and provide your students with an authentic, diverse visual representation.

This gamified experience works great for your "Prof du jour," as a substitute activity, as a filler activity -- or to celebrate a good day. I hope you love it!

If you are looking for a big ol' bundle that has all of my Core French games, projects and activities, you can find that here.

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For goodness sakes, don't forget to have fun!

Kaitlyn.

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Middle schoolers dive into reading, writing, and speaking, culminating in the exciting challenge of designing their own hair style, poster and scrapbook. Watch language skills soar in this engaging, hands-on experience!

This MEGA 60-page document contains everything you could possibly need to comfortably, confidently (and with as little effort as humanely possible) lead a long-term unit with your low-vocabulary middle-schoolers needing a high interest BOOST.

Tired of finding documents that are too advanced for your Core French/FSL kids or babyish and full of cartoon-y, childish clipart? This frustration is what gave me an epiphany 3 short years ago and what gave life to my store! Are you, too, losing the buy-in before you even JUMP in? Created with middle school in mind, this unit of activities, games, vocabulary and content, communication prompts, lesson plans, worksheets and templates will get your kids saying "Je me fais couper les cheveux tous les six semaines!" "Mes cheveux sont bouclés et châtains" and "À quelle fréquence laves-tu les cheveux?" in two shakes of a lamb's tail!

My Core French products are high engagement, low-level. This 60-page document has everything you need to effectively engage your students to build the vocabulary needed to become confident enough to create something that will WOW you!

In this document, you'll find:

• A 24-page Slide Deck with:

• Messages du jour

• Games (Qui suis-je?, 4 Coins, etc.)

• Recaps of vocabulary they should know (but likely forgot, who are we kidding?)

• Oodles of oral prompts, reading and writing activities.

• A 40-page teaching guide & worksheet document

• Your lesson plans for 5 formal days before projects!

• "Mes cheveux sont..." An interactive translation dictionary activity on textures, styles, colors, and cuts.

• "Mes cheveux maintenant..." A creative, writing activity.

• Printable wall numbers for 4 Corners (4 Coins)

• "Que préfères-tu?" An oral partner activity on asking and stating preferences about hair.

• "À quelle fréquence coupes-tu les cheveux?" An oral surveying activity which requires asking and answering questions and filling out a table.

• "Est-ce que tes cheveux sont..." An oral surveying activity which requires asking and answering questions and filling out a table.

• "Quel est mon type de cheveux?" A writing activity on descriptive language and using learned vocabulary to write full sentences.

• "Comment sont tes cheveux?" A printable vocabulary list for students.

• "Qui suis-je?" (Version 1) Teacher copy with prompts + additional clues.

• "Qui suis-je?" (Version 2) Teacher copy with prompts + additional clues.

• Word search with answer key.

• Printable matching game on beauty services (Vocabulary + Images)

• Printable matching game on salon accessories (Vocabulary + Images)

• Your gradebook/roster with all outcomes explored.

• Final projects section

• "Coiffures à travers le temps" (a scrapbooking project featuring baby pictures and hair cuts through time, with a focus on descriptive language and preferences)

• "Ma coupe de cheveux préférée" (an additional activity that goes with the scrapbooking project.

• "Une coiffe à la mode" (a group project on inventing a hot new hair trend and creating a poster for it!) + Rubric

• 2 scripts on asking for services in a hair salon.

• 2 fake "services menus" for hair salons.

If you're on the hunt for more game-based learning and project-based learning for your hard-to-reach, hard-to-impress middle-schoolers, have no fear! I've got a bundle with all of it right here.

Here are some others for you to check out!

⭐️ Mon café Starbucks / My Starbucks Café!

⭐️ Mon pizza party! / My Pizza Party!

⭐️ Mon animal perdu! / My Lost Pet

⭐️ Je vous présente... / Presenting...

⭐️ Prof du jour / Teacher of the Day

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