Nouns anchor charts in French are great visual aids for students to understand the most fundamental part of speech.
Kids might be able to make themselves understood without proper conjugation, but they won’t get their message across without the use of nouns.
According to some of my most trustworthy sources, an anchor chart, in French, may be referred to as a “tableau d’encrage”, “référentiel”, or simply “affiche”, but no matter how you call it, anchor charts can be powerful teaching tools in the classroom.
Use the ideas below to support students’ comprehension and learning of nouns:
Nouns Anchor Charts in French (people, places, and things)
- The idea is super simple: write the definition for nouns at the top and use a different color marker for each kind.
- Then, divide the chart into columns and don’t forget to use the same colors as the words at the top, e.g. pink for things and blue for people.
- The examples of nouns should be provided by your students. Of course, you can help them out at first, but THEY have to provide you with the words.
- You can write the words yourself (faster) or have students write them on the chart themselves (more engaging).
- You might also use the chart as an exit slip board by having students write a noun on a post-it and attach it to the chart at the end of the day (pictured above).
Nouns Anchor Charts in French (people, places, things, and animals)
- Some teachers use three categories to introduce nouns, like in the previous anchor chart, but I’ve often used the four categories above: people, place, thing, and animal.
- If your students are more advanced, you will want to include “emotions and ideas” as additional categories.
- You can use this idea as a group work activity. Have teams of students creating nouns anchor charts OR you can assign a category for each team and later put all the charts one next to the other. You might also decide to have students find images in old magazines to illustrate their charts.
- Another variation is to create a chart for each season and only use examples of nouns that are related to that season. That would give you a reason to review the topic at least four times a year.
- Once you feel the chart is complete, you can use it to play speaking or writing games. Here’s one that I loved to use in the classroom! Assign a number of points to each word in the chart (TIP: assign more points to the words that you really want your students to use). Then, tell students to create sentences using at least a word from each category. If the sentences are correct, they’ll get the sum of points for all the words they included in their sentences. You can have them write the sentences or say them out loud – it’ll depend on the skill you want to develop.
Recognizing and using nouns correctly is an important foundational skill that should be developed and assessed throughout the year.
Having that in mind, I’ve come up with a bundle of cut and paste worksheets focused on the French parts of speech, particularly nouns.
I’ve created a set of eight activity sheets for each season. The tasks are the same in each set to save on teachers’ time, i.e. the teacher won’t have to be explaining the worksheets every single time.
The nouns and other words included are related to each season.
I’ve bundled the four sets to enable you, the teacher, to be constantly assessing and reviewing the recognition and use of nouns all year long. Here are the links to the individual sets so you can take a better look:
You may buy each set separately. However, the bundle is a better deal for you because it’s like purchasing three sets and getting the fourth one free.
Read: St. Patrick’s Day Adjectives French Anchor Chart
Read: French Plural Nouns Anchor Chart (on my other blog)
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