Whether you teach Core French or French Immersion, brain breaks, and movement breaks are essential for every program and grade level. You have got to incorporate French Four Corners games into your French routines! Four Corners are interactive French vocabulary games that combine French vocabulary, movement, and interaction!
What is Four Corners?
Four Corners is a digital French game. You simply project a slide on your whiteboard. The slide has a question in the center. The slide is divided into four areas. Each area has a different potential answer.
Students see all of the potential answers and identify the one that resonates most with them.
They then get up and move to that corner.
Why are these interactive French vocabulary games awesome?
I LOVE these games for a bunch of reasons.
They are community-building French games
There’s this one in particular that I play with my students at the start of the school year or the new semester. My goal is for all of us to get to know each other more in a light-hearted manner.
Teach new French vocabulary or revise previously learned vocabulary
You can create games on any topic or theme you are learning in class. For example, if you are teaching a French food unit, you can introduce new vocabulary with a Food-themed four corners game.
Who can play these interactive French vocabulary games?
These games are ideal for middle or high school-aged students in Core French and/or French Immersion. Since there is visual support, beginner French students can for sure play these games.
Let’s dive into some potential themes
I spent several weekends creating these French vocabulary games for my classes. If you do not have the time or resources to do so, these are available for purchase in my TPT.
You are absolutely welcome to create your own!
Here are the themes I’ve created
La rentrée scolaire
Some of the questions are basic get-to-know-yous like “quelle est ta collation préférée?” and others are questions that will and should result in a class discussion like “what are the qualities of a good teacher” or “how do you feel about homework”.
I chose these types of questions because I truly believe that a classroom community requires transparency and communication.
If you teach intermediates, this is an ideal French vocabulary game for revision at the start of a new school year.
Les animaux + le comparatif
The theme of this French Four Corners game is les animaux!
This French game is the perfect way to review or learn about animals in French and get comfortable with the French comparative words of PLUS and MOINS.
French Hobbies, Pastimes, Activities Four Corners Game
The theme of this French Four Corners game is les passe-temps, les loisirs, les sports, et plus. !
This French game is the perfect way to review or learn or learn about vocabulary related to French hobbies, pastimes, sports, and more.
French Food Four Corners Game – La NOURRITURE
French Summer-themed Four Corners Game
In this game, students will learn and/or review French summer and vacation vocabulary.
This game is great for French vacation units!
