This activity calls on memory and using different tenses of verbs and commonly used vocabulary words. Have one or two students come to the front of the class. If it's two students, they can work together or compete against each other. Have them look at the classroom and remember where things and students are. Then have them turn around so their backs are to the class. Get a few of the other students to move around and to rearrange some obvious things in the classroom. Then have the students at the front of the class turn around and guess what is different. They can answer in several ways in French, depending on their skill level--for example, "John has moved from this desk to that one," "John moved from here to there" or "John is now sitting here."
This activity gets students talking by asking and answering questions and by playing detective along the way. Take two students out of the class and tell one that he has to tell the class a lie and the other that she has to tell the truth. Students can create their own lies and truths, or you can provide them. For example, one student might will tell the class that he went to the circus last weekend, and the other might say she went to a movie. When the two return to the class, the other students will ask questions in French to try to find out the truth. For example, they can ask the student who went to the movie, "What movie?", "Who is in it?", "Where did you see it?" and so on. This activity is better for mid-level students and higher.
There are many situations in which we are called upon for directions: on the street, in the subway and at school are a few. After practicing the necessary commands involved, use a subway map, draw a city map on the board or use the school to get students to give each other directions in French. For lower-level students, it might help to write on the board a few difficult words or phrases (or even the sentence) with blanks to fill in. This well ensure that they are using proper sentences. For example, you write in French: "Go (blank) and turn (blank) at the (blank)," so that the student has to fill in straight, right and corner, respectively.
This is a fun way for lower-level students to review some basic prepositions. Put the students into three or four teams of three to five students each. You will need a medium-sized box for each team. Put the boxes in a line at the front of the class and have the teams line up in front of the boxes. Have the first student from each team stand behind the box and call out a preposition, such as "in," "on," "in front of" or "under." Have the student use the box to act out the preposition. For example, if the preposition is "under," the student must pick up the box and stand under it. Have each student act out two or three prepositions.
This activity is good for practicing spelling out loud and reviewing vocabulary. This can be done as a quick activity to start class or as a game to end class. As a game, students can compete alone or in pairs. The idea is to use the last letter of the first word to start the next word. Give a point for each letter in the word to encourage longer words. So, if you start the game with "pomme" (apple), the next student or team could say "éléphant" (elephant), and so on. This is a useful game because it encourages students to learn new words so they can get more points.