How to use a mannequin in your classroom #17: Guess what's in Jacques' head?

Last year I added a new routine to my French III class which I've named Guess what's in Jacques' head?. It was inspired by a wonderful game I purchased on Teachers Pay Teachers called La Boîte Mystère from The French Nook (un grand merci, Jennifer, for this great idea!!). The basic idea is that you hide a random object in a mystery box, and students have to guess what's in it. As I pondered using this idea, I remembered that Jacques' head is hollow!
I decided that my students might like this activity even more if I hid the mystery object inside his head. So now I do this every Friday and my students practice asking yes/no questions about the shape, size, texture, color and the general use for the item until they guess it. Once they do, I make a big production of tipping Jacques forward so we can all look inside his head.  The activity takes about 5-10 minutes of my lesson. It has been a real hit in my classroom. Everyone loves it! And it has helped them to practice speaking more spontaneously.
 I kept a list of all the items I hid in Jacques' head last year. At the end of the year, I gave students the list of the items in English to see how many items they could name in French.

Here is my favorite item:


Hahahaha!  I sure had fun doing this!  

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