I was looking through some of my students from last year's work the other day and thought what better way to review the verbs "être" and "avoir" than through riddles? I learned last year that kids take riddles extremely seriously and get very intense when it's guessing time.
So, I wrote some riddles that all started with "Je suis", using simple vocabulary, and I projected them onto the SMART Board. I handed every group of four to five students a mini white board (those boards are very exciting no matter how old you are) and a French-English dictionary. I then asked the students to try and solve the riddle. At first, the students needed a refresher on what "Je suis" meant, but they quickly caught on and worked hard on being the first team to solve the riddle (I never said it was a race, but if it motivated them to work hard and stay focused, I wasn't going to argue with them). I noticed that different groups used different strategies to solve this French riddle. Some groups chose to translate most of the riddle, which is fine with me. All in all, it was a very successful lesson, and it left the kids wanting more riddles. So, I took advantage of that...
The next day, I used "Il est" and "Elle est"... This riddle activity is allowing me to use all of the "être" verb in a fun way, instead of just repeating "Je suis, tu es, il est, elle est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils sont, elles sont" over and over again in a notebook. The next step will be to use the verb "avoir" in the riddles!
Here's a snapshot of the students working hard on solving those riddles!
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