Asking+or+Telling+Age

I had my kids do a survey. They had to ask EVERY person in the class how old they are "Quel age as- tu?" I gave them a sheet that required them to write down the question they would be asking as well as the statement they would use to answer when someone asked them. As they asked each person they had to also write down the sentence to tell how old each person was. "Mary a 17 ans", "Chance a 14 ans". They had to do this for each person in the class so they ended up doing it 27 times. We then drew a graph to illustrate the difference in age between the classmates. I also asked them afterwards "Qui a 17 ans" and they had to respond "Mary a 17 ans". I did this to expose them to other possible questions that could be asked in this context.

During this activity I went around and helped with pronunciation and made sure kids stayed in the Target Language. They really enjoyed finding out how old everyone is and also how old my mentor teacher is. It gives them a lot of practice speaking the phrases and made them comfortable doing so.



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