Elle said she did not want to write today, as soon as she walked into the room. I offered the white board and said I was going to “time” her as I said short conversational sentences, in English. She didn’t mind that, but she insisted on holding onto the “reference sheet” as she searched each sentence/phrase in French to copy onto the whiteboard. These are the same greeting and saluation phrases and sentences we have been doing for one month. She did a few then stopped. She took a 10 minute break for a snack. We then moved onto a different activity in order to practice the same material (it is explained below).
Elle and I began with a review of greetings and salutations. She wrote a few of the sentences on her white board using an activity sheet to assist with spelling and word placement. We did this as a game and I “timed” her as she wrote each phrase and/or sentence. Subsequent sentences took less time. I then gave her a page with all the phrases and sentences written out in Bingo card format. I said a greeting or salutation in English and she searched for it in French. When she found it, she crossed it off. We kept going until they were all crossed off. As Elle does not like to write in French on paper, I counted this as her quiz. 80% of the work she did was on her own and correct. 20% was with clues and/or assistance. Elle had a 10 minute snack break during our time together.