Dice


 * Dice** courtesy of Darcy Ebert at DeWitt High School, adapted by user:flanne13

Students are to work in pairs, each pair has two dice of different colors (usually a white and a colored die). There are two lists on the overhead/board, each numbered 1-6, but labeled "white" or "color." The list of 1-6 under each color should consist of what students are to comprise a sentence of. We usually have subjects or nouns on the left, and then whatever we want them to practice (adjectives, etc) on the right. These are written in English but I think pictures could be used also to try and eliminate direct translation. Student then roll dice to form sentences using list from overhead/board. //For example//: 1. I 2. you (informal) 3. she 4. you (formal) 5. they (fem) 6. we 1. tall 2. small 3. nice 4. unplesant 5. happy 6. energetic Suzie rolls a 3 on the white die and a 4 on the red die. She will form a sentence in the TL that means: She is unpleasant (Elle est antipathique). Then students need to make sure their adjectives agree with the subjects, etc.
 * verb**: etre
 * White**
 * Red**

Then, Suzie and her partner switch papers and check each others' sentences. If Suzie can find a mistake, she circles it and hands it back for her P to fix, and he/she do not get any points. If her P cannot find a mistake, Suzie gets all of the points from the dice (3+4=7). They students continue to make sentences and keep a running total of all of their points. At the end, they must bring up **the dice AND their papers** to get their prizes, and they are allowed **ONE** mistake per pair, or they don't get the prize.