Digitally French

Digitally French

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Go Fish - Reflexive Verbs In Future Tense

The importance of PLAY TESTING!!  This game started out as an idea...I wanted to adapt Go Fish to apply writing reflexive verbs in the near future (futur prôche).  So, I created a deck of cards where students had to match a "book" of four to complete a match "Je vais me browser."  Then, I "play tested"  and most importunity, asked the kids for feedback on how to make this better.  The end result after two full days of "play testing" was a version where students could not stalemate each  other, and I could keep track of who was winning for extra credit.  They love this game.  I then used the same deck of cards and created supplemental cards to alter the game for Passé Composé.



Allez À La Pêche - Rules
The goal is to create a phrase of 4 in agreement: Je vais me coucher.
The student with the most phrases wins.

For 2 players:  Deal 7 Cards
     3 players:  Deal 6 Cards
    4 players:   Deal 5 Cards  (Best arrangement)
     5 players:  Deal 4 Cards
All other cards go in the middle.

Similar to go fish, ask a player if they have a certain card that would complete a phrase.  If you have a 'Je' you could ask for a 'me.'  If that player has the card they give it away and you would go again.  If that player does not, they would say "Allez À La Pêche."  If you run out of cards because other people have taken them, you re-deal cards from the pile.  "Libre" cards are free to be whatever, similar to a wild card.  Once you get three of a "book" you can set those aside to protect them from being taken, but then you may not take them back later to use for another "book."  This prevents stalemating a player by exchanging the same card back and forth.  Record completed "books" of four on the team page.  The player who has the most correct phrases wins and the teacher can use that sheet as formative assessment or can use those points as extra credit. 


The red cards can be substituted to create a similar game for Passé Composé.


*I printed off six sets of these cards in different colors of card stock to create a classroom set that was easy to keep organized.  I also kept the Passé Composé cards separate also.


The entire file complete with playing cards, a formative check sheet while students are playing, color coded guided notes, and a final assessment for Reflexive Verbs in present, future, and past tense
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