French find someone who activities are some of my favorite go-to speaking activities when working with new vocabulary. Students don’t have to stress about holding long conversations and they can simply focus on using the new words to ask and answer questions. Plus, for busy teachers, it’s the perfect activity to print and go!
Students love French find someone who activities because sitting in a desk all day can be so boring. Adding a little movement to the class is sure to liven it up a bit, but the best part is that since they are all moving and speaking at the same time, no one student is singled out for speaking in front of the class. It’s a great way to break up a lesson after direct instruction so that students can use the language in a meaningful way without being stressed about having to come up with detailed answers before they have the language proficiency to do so.
Here’s how the French find someone who activity works:
- Print off the student answer pages and give one to each student.
- Give students a few minutes to look over the questions and make sure they know what each question is asking.
- If there are any words they aren’t sure of, you can pass out the included vocabulary list to help them review or understand new words.
- Model asking and answering a few questions before students get up and start moving.
- Students should only answer in complete sentences, and no one should speak English!
Once the students have gotten all the squares signed, have them bring you their sheets and return to their seats. As a quick formative assessment to see how they’re understanding, I randomly pick some questions and ask the students who signed those squares to answer. If they signed the square, they should have answered in a complete sentence during the activity, so no one is put on the spot, but everyone is held accountable.
Here’s a French find someone who activity for ER verbs:
With easy-to-understand yes/no questions, it’s a French speaking activity even beginners can do. It’s a great confidence builder for students who may be hesitant to speak in class, and that can be just the ticket to getting them communicating with one another more regularly.
To follow up the activity:
If you need to give a speaking assessment, this is also a super-easy way to do this! After we do this French find someone who speaking activity in class, I give students a printed list of all the questions. Sometimes, I’ll have them complete the sheet to get in some written practice, but sometimes I’ll just have them practice with a partner asking and answering and trying to provide more detail than they had during the whole class activity.
On the day of the evaluations, I use their forms to ask questions. I’ll usually put numbers into a box and have them randomly choose five numbers. Those are the questions I’ll ask them. It’s a big time-saver, because I don’t have to ask every question to every student, but they need to be prepared to answer them all!
The grading rubric is included, so it’s really easy to assign a grade right there on the spot!
This entire French find someone who activity comes in an English version for beginners, but you can also use the included full-French version with more advanced classes as a review or with your French immersion classes.
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