Marie Allirot - Unlocking language learning

I absolutely love coming across creative gems while scrolling through social media. Recently, I discovered the imaginative work of Zackabier, a German Youtuber who asked his fans what the shapes of various European countries reminded them of. Their responses were both clever and entertaining, inspiring him to illustrate 48 European countries based on their humorous suggestions. This gave me the idea to have the children copy his style by creating illustrations of various countries for our language week. It will make a fantastic and eye-catching display! artist Zackabier by Marie Allirot Here are the graphics for the children's work (outile of maps of different countries) Maps to draw on (29.7 x 21 cm) by Marie Allirot

I designed an escape game focused on French celebrations for my classes to complete during our languages week. Inspired by the Head of Religious Studies at my school, I aimed to create a cross-curricular activity. I created a little video with Vidnoz to introduce the task.  For this task, you will need to display the graphics around your room (I hang them on the ceiling - graphic on one side, QR code on the other side). The graphics and QR codes are here: French celebrations by Marie Allirot French celebrations by Marie Allirot The children have to go around the room and scan the QR codes to learn about each celebration. Each QR code takes them to a Genially with information to read like this one about "La fete des rois" The children answer questions about each celebration on a worksheet. The highlighted letters reveal a 4-digit code for a safe containing their reward. French celebrations 2025 by Marie Allirot    If you like my resources, please lea...

A Christmas escape game in French I created this escape game last year but planning to re-use it this year as it was such a success.  The vocabulary needed for this task is: To create the atmosphere, I created an little video with    AI invideo . The children have to crack a 4-digit code by completing tasks displayed in the classroom on  4 reindeer (z-e-r-o) 5 snowmen (t-r-o-i-s) 2 trees(u-n)  4 elves (d-e-u-x) A letter is given after each task (the letters spell the code 0312 but do not tell the children as they might guess the numbers before completing all the tasks). Here are the graphics with the tasks (these need to be displayed in your classroom). Christmas escape game by Marie Allirot The pdf version is here for you to print and all the instructions and answers are here .  You will need a safe or a padlock with the code 0312. This will unlock your reward! To complement this resources, I have also created a digital escape game.  Ple...

My pupils love escape games, not just digital ones. I try to prepare a mixed physical and digital escape game each term for "special occasions". This is always something they remember! Having worked on planning lessons around the Olympics, I decided to recycle some of the tasks I had already made into a mixed physical and digital escape game.  You need to have access to devices which can scan QR codes.  You will need to print the 30 Phryges (Olympic mascots) and display them in your classroom. I usually hang them on the ceiling with a piece of string. The children work in small group and have to complete the 30 activities, some are QR CODES linked to a Genially or learning app, others are logic puzzles or riddles. Two of them need a mirror attached to them as you will need to read the messages in the mirror. Each activity gives them a letter which they record on the worksheet.  Once they have retrieved all the letters, they can read  the secret message: "la recompen...

  The Olympics With the Olympics fast approaching, I've planned several cross-curricular lessons centred around this exciting event. It seemed like the perfect theme to integrate with various subjects! Lesson 1: Connect the history of the Olympics with basic French vocabulary related to the Games. Lesson 2: Use the Phryges, the mascots of Paris 2024, to explore the history behind the Phrygian cap. This lesson can also incorporate learning French colour vocabulary. For older students, you could create a chatbot modelled after one of the mascots and have them ask questions in French. This will be a fun and interactive way to practise the language! Lesson 3: Integrate art by exploring the interesting designs of the Olympic pictogram I also prepared an interactive quiz to recap what has been learnt so far: Lesson 4: Combine computing and creativity by using Minecraft to build the Eiffel Tower and the Olympic rings. Lesson 5: Engage with music through Udio by creating an...

As someone new to chatbot development, I was thrilled when Mindjoy invited me to produce a video for their website's how-to section . I designed a mini Genially escape game featuring a 5-digit passcode. In order to unlock the padlock, users need to engage with the chatbot and ask questions in French. The conversation with the chatbot enables you to unlock the padlock. Here is an example of a conversation enabling the learner to open the padlock: Here is the video: Thank you Mindjoy for inviting me to do this! Please leave a comment.