French Freebie: Activity to get your students speaking

French Freebie: Activity to get your students speaking

This resource is very similar to another one (also free) in which you’ll have students talking about the house, hotel, vacation, etc. of their dreams. Students will talk all about the house, etc. of their worst nightmares in this one. I like to use these resources one after the other while the content is still fresh, but the vocabulary will change dramatically when students shift from what they would love to what would give them nightmares!

This is a no prep, one page activity for intermediate to advanced level students, and the content is perfectly suitable both for primary (French immersion) and secondary curriculums. There are fifteen questions that will have them talking about, for example, the house of their worst nightmares. This is meant to be a paired or small group activity, but it is NOT meant to just have students take turns describing what they would love. The idea is to imagine that everyone in the group is going to live in the house together. There will probably be some things that everyone agrees on, and there will certainly be things they will disagree on. When I have my students do this activity, it’s always fun to watch them debate what is and what is not important. In the end, they can agree to disagree! My students really have a good time with this activity, and I love seeing the imagination that they have!

Here are the 15 conversation starters:

DÉCRIVONS…

1. La maison de nos pires cauchemars…

2. L’hôtel de nos pires cauchemars…

3. Le jardin de nos pires cauchemars…

4. Le restaurant de nos pires cauchemars…

5. La ville de nos pires cauchemars…

6. L’avion de nos pires cauchemars…

7. Les vacances de nos pires cauchemars…

8. La voiture de nos pires cauchemars…

9. La garde-robe de nos pires cauchemars…

10. La chambre de nos pires cauchemars…

11. La cuisine de nos pires cauchemars…

12. La fête d’anniversaire de nos pires cauchemars…

13. La plage de nos pires cauchemars…

14. Le lac de nos pires cauchemars…

15. Le cinéma de nos pires cauchemars…