OLD SCHOOL MEETS
NEW SCHOOL:
Stepping Away From the
Textbook
Marie Miarka
9th year at Flushing High School/Flushing Middle School French
Marie.Miarka@flushingschools.org
HOW TO GET MY NOTES
SCAN IT!!
Oh yeah!!
http://tinyurl.com/p9ud
Just some Organizational ideas
for all the materials that I use
(my classroom is totally OCD)
Keeping papers accessible for multiple preps
Grading – seating chart in a slip cover on clipboard
One folder per class (left-To Grade, right- Pass Back)
Color the back of flashcards with different colors so
it’s easier to find the correct envelope
• Partnering with paint samples
– Pairs (2 of the same)
– Groups of 3 or 4 (the shades of a color)
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STUDENT BINDER - Organization
COLOR CODED WORKSHEETS
(As often as I can. Let’s be honest here. )
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Vocab – yellow
Grammar – pink
Writing – orange
Culture readings – blue/purple
Homework/activities - white
OLD SCHOOL
(no technology
needed)
POUBELLE – Trash Can Review Game
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Move desks out of the way
Garbage can in the middle of the room
Class stands in a circle around it
Students get a stack of scrap paper
Teacher calls a question/conjugation
Students write their answer on paper
– If correct – Students get 1 point automatically
– If correct- students crumble up paper and shoot for a
basket. If they make it, they get 1 more point
– If incorrect- students can throw on the ground
• Students are responsible for keeping their score
I use a whiteboard or screen to project the correct answer
THROWING FOOD/TRADING
FOOD
• When learning food or partitives, I use
plastic food.
• Throw one piece to a kid and say vocab
and the class would repeat.
• Hold up 2 pieces and asked a student
“Do you want this or that?” Then threw it
to the student.
• Once students have 2 or more pieces,
they walk around the class and ask each
other “do you want this or that?” and
they take each other's food items
FLASH CARDS OF PEOPLE
• Pass out- walk around and describe (or in
partners)
• What is he/she wearing?
• What activities would he/she do?
• 2 cards per person – Compare/Contrast
• Tape up around the room and number
with Post It notes. Walk around, write a
sentence
SENTENCE STRIPS- to check
worksheets
• Write an entire answer on cardstock(one word
per strip) and cut them up
– Each sentence is a different color marker
• Pass out all strips to students
• Call up one color at a time(or a translation)
• Students put sentence together in front of
room
(I have also done this with smaller strips in ziplock
bags and had students pass them around in groups)
– this is a great
way to check a
worksheet
BALLOON POP
• Thanks to Darcy Ebert at Dewitt HS
• Put vocab words in the balloons
• Can put pictures in and call in
language
• Just a quick listening
for vocab
WHITE BOARDS
• Finish the sentence…..
– Great for upper level writing and speaking
– Then share with a partner
• Draw this vocabulary word
• Give a category and list all the words you
know
• Divide the board into four squares
– Describe the scenes and students draw what they
hear
(great for 4 seasons/4 meals/4 people-clothing & adjectives)
• Quick check for a worksheet
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Give 1 worksheet number per white board, have
student write answer on it, they present to class
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Great way to correct mistakes together
Example: Seasons
SUMMER
FALL
SPRING
WINTER
NUMBER SQUARES- Call me, Maybe?
• Give out an envelope with pieces of paper
with 0-9 on it to each student
• Tell them a French phone number to put
together
– “Who was able to call me?”
• Same thing with telling them prices
– “Who was able to correctly purchase the item?”
• Then they do this with a partner, going back
and forth with a folder up between them for
speaking practice
QUESTION WORDS- WALK
AROUND Q&A survey
• Each student gets an index card
• Write a yes/no question on it
– Ask 5 students
• Change the question word (I shout one out)
– Write it on the card
– Ask 5 more students
• And so on…
• Follow up: Writing - Using their index card
and own questions, answer all questions on
the back of their index card and turn it in.
BARBIES
• To introduce Passé Composé vs. Imparfait
– Draw a scene on the board (give the kids 5 minutes).
Any type of scene works
– Have kids act out a story with Barbies
– Class narrates in English
• Follow up with questions about the story to differentiate
between PC and Imparfait
• Describe clothing- Barbie Fashion Show
– Break into groups/partners
– Give a pile of clothing
– Dress Barbie for different activities/seasons/etc and
present to class
• Writing – I have a chart they fill out for each outfit change
• Students use Barbies for skits
Reading ComprehensionFrench Specific
– Frenchteacher.net Reading Resources
– I love the readings under the column A “Level”
• Short reading. Vocab. Questions.
• A variety of topics
Reading- cheat sheet
• At the end of a
short story, I always
have them fill out
something like this
– Characters
– Picture that
represents each
chapter
– Summary in French
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
ACTIVITIES
• Divide paper in 4 sections
– Drawing faces for description
– Drawing/dressing people for clothing
– Describe seasons- different activities/hobbies
• Class objects- what’s in my locker/on my
desk
• Clothing – Dressing people
• Students draw what I tell them or work
with a partner
Follow up:
Writing - (label/paragraph)
Speaking – describe to a partner
MAPS
• Draw a map of a town
• Label places, streets, etc.
• Follow up speaking activity: place an X
somewhere on Map
– Give directions to a partner to different
places
• Follow up writing activity: Place an X
somewhere on Map
– Write directions to different places
DREAM HOME- Realtor
• Typical – build your dream home activity
• Post around the room
• ½ the students are sellers ½ are buyers
• Buyers ask questions about home
• Buyers fill in a chart
•Follow Up Writing :
•Which house do you want to buy?
THE USUAL GAMES
• TIC TAC TOE
• DICE GAME
• PUZZLE SQUARES
NEW SCHOOL
(TECHNOLOGY
NEEDED)
EDMODO
• www.edmodo.com
– Online Facebook type group
– Great for posting notes/homework/absent
work
– Polls
– Class discussions
– Extra links
– Students post work directly to page
– Students can upload assignments directly
to Edmodo
LIVEBINDERS
• www.livebinders.com
• A great place to save your favorites by
category
• A great resource for searching for lesson
plans
– Can save other teachers’ binders to revisit
• A great place to house links for your students
to use
– Can post links to binders for students
• French I - Chapter 3 Family/Adjectives Live Binder
HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONALHousing Unit
• House Hunters Normandy
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House Hunters Normandy Part 1
House Hunters Normandy Part 2
House Hunters Normandy Part 3
House Hunters Normandy Part 4
– French specific: Marseille,Strasbourg, and
more are on YouTube as well!
• Compare/contrast writing
WEBQUESTS- French specific
• CLOTHING - http://www.printemps.com/
– Go shopping for outfits for different scenarios
• FOOD- http://www.ooshop.com/
– Go shopping for different meals
• CLASSROOM OBJECTS - http://www.top-office.com/
– Back to school shopping
• MOVIES -
http://www.cinemasgaumontpathe.com/cinemas/paris.html
– Great for movie trailers
– Schedules/times
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS – VIDEOS
• http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/
• They already have PDFs to print that
go along with the videos
– Great for listening comprehension
• I do believe they have something like
this in Spanish
CONJUGUEMOS
• https://conjuguemos.com/
– Great site for practicing verb conjugation
and vocab
– Vocab is broken down by text book
ONLINE DISCUSSION ROOMToday’s Meet
• https://todaysmeet.com/
– All kids join
• Ask questions
– All kids answer
• It can be kept open for 1 hourweeks
• Upper Level Writing using Conditional:
– Post a “problem/what should I do”
– Students must reply to each other @X- “If I
were you, I would….”
YouTube Videos with a Twist
• www.educanon.com
• Take a YouTube video and you can
pause it to put in Multiple Choice
questions
• Sample of one that I created:
Sifflez en Travaillant
GeoBeats- Mini Video Clips
• http://www.geobeats.com/
• Great culture from all parts of the world
– Cities
– Landmarks
– How to use the subway systems
• 1-2 minute videos
PIC COLLAGE – iPad/iPhone App
• Favorite movie poster
– Post a screen shot/picture to Edmodo to
Share with the class
• When I was young….
• Use a photo and type
right over it
- posted to Edmodo
ABSOLUTE BOARD- iPad App
• It’s basically a whiteboard on an iPad
• The kids can pick and choose
background colors
TWITTER- Spring Break
Assignment
• Students create a Twitter or Instagram
about their Spring Break
• Write 20 posts throughout the week
with pictures
• I also participated
SOME OF MY
FAVORITE
LINKS FOR
TEACHERS
• Online Stop Watch
• Wikispaces
– Has a secure page for my Textbook for teachers
only to join where teachers upload activities
• E pals
– Website to find pen pals around the world
• Duolingo
– A great practice game for all languages
• I E Languages
– Great links for Realia, listening, and other activities
Thanks for joining today!
Feel free to e-mail for any
sample activities, word
documents, links, etc.
Marie.miarka@flushingschools.org