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Increase student talk-time, engagement, and confidence with these daily warm-up conversations for the beginning/intermediate French classroom. Set includes over 40 ready to print pages full of questions designed to spark conversation and interaction. Over 300 questions and four styles of questioning will guide your students from beginner to intermediate users of the French language. Questions have been designed to scaffold student development and encourage gradual spontaneity and critical inte

Thirty-six questions to encourage daily oral communication and build student confidence in the FSL classroom. Begin everyday with a warm-up question, perfect for beginning-intermediate French students. Download includes two sets of questions, one with sentence prompts for responding and one without to scaffold students as they grow. Also includes assessment guide (aligned with the Ontario core French curriculum) and an explanation of how I use these daily questions in my core French classes to b

Thirty-six questions to encourage daily oral communication and build student confidence in the FSL classroom. Begin everyday with a warm-up question, perfect for beginning French students. Download includes two sets of questions, one with sentence prompts for responding and one without to scaffold students as they grow. Also includes assessment guide (aligned with the Ontario core French curriculum) and an explanation of how I use these daily questions in my core French classes to build confide

Game based learning has been shown to increase student motivation and engagement. In the second language classroom, games provide the added benefit of allowing students the opportunity to practice spontaneous interaction in a structured, but unscripted situation. These centres will increase student confidence and talk time, provide practice using target weather vocabulary, and develop the skills and phrases that will be required for critical thinking and interaction in later grades. These games

Game based learning has been shown to increase student motivation and engagement. In the second language classroom, games provide the added benefit of allowing students the opportunity to practice spontaneous interaction in a structured, but unscripted situation. These centres will increase student confidence and talk time, provide practice using target colour vocabulary, and develop the skills and phrases that will be required for critical thinking and interaction in later grades. These games a

Set includes one colour and one black and white printable poster (size 11x14) that can be displayed as an anchor chart or added to students' journals/notebooks. Provides useful sentence stems for encouraging collaborative communication in the second language classroom such as: - Expressing an opinion - Asking a partner for their opinion - Sharing likes and dislikes - Asking for clarification - Expressing agreement and disagreement Also available in 8.5x11 and legal (8.5x14) sizes.

Set includes one colour and one black and white printable poster (size 8.5 x 11) that can be displayed as an anchor chart or added to students' journals/notebooks. Provides useful sentence stems for encouraging collaborative communication in the second language classroom such as: - Expressing an opinion - Asking a partner for their opinion - Sharing likes and dislikes - Asking for clarification - Expressing agreement and disagreement Also available in legal and poster (11x14) sizes.

Set includes one colour and one black and white printable poster (legal size; 8.5x14) that can be displayed as an anchor chart or added to students' journals/notebooks. Provides useful sentence stems for encouraging collaborative communication in the second language classroom such as: - Expressing an opinion - Asking a partner for their opinion - Sharing likes and dislikes - Asking for clarification - Expressing agreement and disagreement Also available in 8.5x11 and poster (11x14) sizes.

School year calendar (formatted to include school holidays and PD days for the Durham District School Board) This resource has been created to accompany my question du jour routine or my daily partner conversations. Students staple the calendar into the front of their notebooks for quick and easy access. Each time that a student participates, I (or their partner) will add a small signature to the date. To encourage meta-cognition, each month comes with a reflection on how many signatures were c

This is the editable assessment template to accompany the CEFR A1 Question du jour resource available here.

This is the editable assessment template to accompany the CEFR A2 Question du jour resource available here.