Cartes de Conversation – Les Passe-temps A1/A2

Item description

These conversation questions will get your students talking in French about their hobbies and interests. All questions are in the present tense and are at an A1/A2 level of difficulty.

Who is this for?

✓ Students learning about or familiar with les passe-temps

✓ Core, extended or immersion students

✓ The cards only work for in-person students but the slides work well for online environments

This resource includes:

• 32 questions in total
• Standard version of the cards (4 to a page)
• Differentiated version of the cards (sentence starters to answer the question provided – 4 to a page)
• Large version of the cards (2 to a page)
• Slides version of the questions (Great for question du jour!)
• Extension activity
• Teacher list of all the questions
• Questions in a worksheet format where students can write their answers to the questions
• Scoot! Game answer sheet 
• Guide for how to use these cards in 9 different ways!
• Colour and B&W versions of the cards

How it works:

Cards:

• Choose which version of the cards you want to use and then print, cut and ideally laminate the cards
• Many ways to use, for example:
  • Speed-friending – Group students into two lines facing one another (or inner and outer circles) and give each student a question card. Students ask and answer one another’s questions and then once everyone is done, one of the lines shift down a person so everyone is faced with someone new. Repeat over and over again so students get to answer lots of new questions.
  • Speaking warm-up – As students enter your classroom, give each one a question. When they sit down, they ask and answer questions with a partner.
  • Fast finishers – Those who finish their work early can take a few cards and answer the questions in writing.
  • Stations – Create a few stations around the room, each with a few question cards on the table. Have students move around in small groups to each of the stations and discuss the questions.
  • Mingling – Give each student a card and have them go up to someone else in the room to ask and answer one another’s questions. After they have finished, they swap cards and find someone else.
  • Walk and talk – Use the large version of the questions and post them around the room or on the board. Students walk around in pairs asking and answering the questions. If they have done the action, they write their name underneath. 
  • Scoot! Spread out the cards around the room so there is one on each desk. Give each student an answer sheet and have each student start at a desk. Give everyone a set time limit to answer the question in front of them. When the time is up yell “Scoot!” and everyone shifts down one place to answer the next question.

Slides:

• Share slides in both an online or in-person class
  • Question du jour – Using the slides, each morning project one of the questions on the board. Ask individual students to answer the question in front of the class, or have students turn to the person next to them to discuss the question.
  • Exit cards – Project one of the questions on the board and have students write a written answer to the question and turn it in to you before leaving.
  • Breakout room conversations – Share one of the questions with students and then send them to a breakout room in small groups to discuss it.

Formats included:

• PDF
• Powerpoint 

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