There are many anchor charts on the web (just do a search on Pinterest and you’ll see), but not so many examples of a French anchor chart.
On this blog, you’ll find a growing collection of French anchor chart ideas and learn how useful they can be in your French classroom.
On this post, you’ll see how a St. Patrick’s-themed French anchor chart can make your students use lots of adjectives!
Using themes
Anchor charts can be used to support the learning of pretty much anything, be it vocabulary, grammar, math equations, problem-solving, geography, history, you name it!
If you add a seasonal theme to your anchor chart, you’ll be making it even more appealing to your students.
Since St. Patrick’s Day is coming soon, I thought I’d share with you an idea for a French anchor chart for la Saint-Patrick!
Adjectives French Anchor Chart
This idea can be used any time of the year – all you have to do is change the main character. In other words, use a bunny for Easter and Santa Claus for Christmas. Since I’m thinking about St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve decided to use a leprechaun, “un farfadet”, as the main character.
If you’re gifted enough to draw a leprechaun, go ahead and use your talents, please! I would probably make kids cry if I tried to draw a farfadet, so I printed out a piece of clipart by one of my favorite artists, Kari Bolt, and placed it in the middle of the chart.
Now, in the classroom, have students tell you which adjectives they associate with a leprechaun. You can have them come up to the board and write the words themselves. Depending on the number of students you have, you might even create more than one chart.
If your students are real beginners and don’t really know what adjectives are, you can have them come up with any kind of words, e.g. chapeau, homme, etc.
Read: Nouns Anchor Charts in French
Getting Speaking and Writing Practice from an Anchor Chart
– have one of your students mentally select one of the words, but don’t let him/her tell anyone what the word is. You might have him/her write the word on a piece of paper and give it to you. The other students will take turns asking him/her questions to find out which word he/she chose. Ex. “Est-ce que le farfadet est vert?”, “Est-ce que le farfadet est petit?”, etc. The student who guesses the word correctly is the next one to choose a word.
– have students take a good look at the chart and memorize as many words as possible. Then, start a game to test their memory. You start out by saying: “Le farfadet est rapide”. Point to a student (or throw a bean bag). This student repeats what you said, but adds another word: “Le farfadet est rapide et orange.” He/she points to another student who adds another word: “Le farfadet est rapide, orange et astucieux”. Keep on doing that until students run out of words or until everybody has spoken.
– discuss the adjectives with students. Have them come up with situations/actions to illustrate why they believe those words describe a leprechaun. After many ideas have been discussed, students will be ready to do some writing.
I’ve created some printables that can be used to support this writing activity.
CLICK the images below to download the FREE file from Dropbox.
And click for more freebies for la Saint-Patrick and a Slideshare about un farfadet!
Thank you for reading!
Lucy
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