This digital escape game will allow your students to practice using the French passé composé with avoir in a fun way. Students will complete 5 tasks that start out with the simplest questions and move towards more difficult tasks. As they complete each task, the self-grading game will give them a number to unlock the code as the final task.

The game is built in genial.ly, so you don’t need to do any prep at all – no teacher or student account needed! The teacher guide will give you the link to the game as well as a description and answer key for each task. Simply share the link with your students and they can play through it. If you’re not sure whether or not the site will work on your school’s network, please check out the preview of the game. It’s an abbreviated version of the game so you can get an idea of how it works and check for technical issues: Jurassic Composé preview

• Task 1 has students sorting which past participle will end in é, i and u
• Task 2 has students selecting which form of avoir should be used to complete the sentence.
• Task 3 has students selecting whether a sentence is in the past or present.
• Task 4 has students matching the infinitive verb to the irregular past participle.
• Task 5 has students taking a verb in the infinitive and putting it into the passé composé.

As each task is completed, students will a piece of the code to use the collar. The game will assign different codes to each student, so they can’t share the codes to get out of doing the work! If you have students working together, they should use one device.