Snap
Overview
Purpose
Vocabulary acquisition
Learning outcome
Students will be able to:
- respond appropriately to visual stimuli
- recognise and understand simple words.
Skills
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
Type
Pairs, group, or class activity
Related units in Oui! kit
- Unité 9 Tu as un animal chez toi?
- Can be adapted to suit all Oui! units
Instructions
Note that colour snap is demonstrated in the LLS Introduction video – see the 'Language games on LLS Intro video' page.
Snap can be played in pairs or groups.
Materials
Each student player makes one set of animal cards.
To download the student instructions and cards template, select from the following Word or PDF formats:
- Lets play snap! – On y va! students' template for 'Snap' activity (Word, 54KB)
- Lets play snap! – On y va! students' template for 'Snap' activity (PDF, 26KB).
To download the teacher's version of the template containing the French vocabulary, select from the following Word or PDF formats:
- Snap/Les animaux vocabulary (Teacher's template) for 'Snap' activity (Word, 49KB)
- Snap/Les animaux vocabulary (Teacher's template) for 'Snap' activity (PDF, 25KB).
Object of game
To win the most cards.
Pairs version
The pairs game is played with two sets of the same cards.
- Shuffle the cards thoroughly and deal them out one at a time, placing them face down in front of each student alternatively until all cards are dealt.
- Without looking at the cards, the students take it in turns to turn the top card over and put it in the middle of the table, forming a new pile. Both players must be able to see each new card at the same time.
- When a card is turned over that is the same type as the top card on the pile in the middle of the table, the first student to realise it shouts out "snap!". (For example, if the top card on the table is a fish/un poisson and you put another fish/un poisson on top of it, you or anyone else can shout "snap!".
- The player who shouts "snap!" first wins the whole pile of cards.
- The winner shuffles their new cards, and starts a new pile in the middle of the table by turning up the first card.
- When a player has no cards left, they are 'out' and cannot 'snap'. The winner is the player left with cards in hand. If no 'snaps' occur, no-one wins. Re-shuffle the cards and start the game again.
Group version
The group game is played with the same number of sets of cards as the number of players, for example, four players need four sets of the identical cards.
Follow the instructions for the pairs game but with the following differences:
- to start, players decide on who will start the game (by, for example, rolling a dice and the highest scorer starting)
- players take turns in a clockwise direction
- each player turns up their cards onto a separate pile in front of them, and 'snapping' gains the 'snapper' all the centre piles (not just the one with the matching card)
- the winner is the player who wins all the cards, or who has the most when time is up.
Tips
- Only introduce one type of snap game at a time.
- Ensure you have sufficient cards available for the number of students playing.
Variations
- Challenge students to design their own games of snap using vocabulary from any unit.
- Pairs of students can make their own sets of cards using other vocabulary. Then, after playing, add them to a classroom 'learning centre' for use by other students.
Further learning
Play a game similar to 'Pictionary', in which the students are in pairs. One student draws a simple picture while the other attempts to guess what it is, in French, as it is being drawn.
Language to use
- J'ai gagné!
I won!