French back to school game Soupe Salade ou Sandwich icebreaker

This French back to school activity is a great icebreaker for all levels of your classes – it’s fun and easy, and can be used with all levels of French.

The activity includes a slideshow of 35 different food items from around the Francophone world. Each slide has the name of the food, a large photo of the food, and the words soupe, salade and sandwich. Students can choose which category the food items fit in and you can start a fun discussion with your students. It’s a great way to break the ice and get your students feeling comfortable talking in your classroom – even if they don’t speak French yet!

There is also a printable set of images if you’d rather use that. In addition, there are several printable activities for your students, so you can have them writing as well as speaking.

This French back to school activity includes:

• Presentation link in Canva with 35 slides
• Printable teacher instructions
• Printable page for students to categorize the foods
• Printable pages for students to hold up their choice
• Printable pages for you to do a “four corners” style activity – get students up and moving around!
• Printable pages for students to put each item in a category and justify their choice
• Printable pages for students to use to make rules for determining what is a soup, a sandwich or a salad