Teacher begins with a prompt, e.g.: «J’ai acheté quelque chose pour toi…» / “I bought something for you.” 

1. Student responds individually by recording a response:
(e.g. “Is it expensive?”)
(e.g. « Est-ce que c’est cher? »)

2. Teacher asks for multiple students to read out their answers. Teacher chooses one of the responses, and announces it to the class, then shares a response, e.g.  “Yes, I paid 100 dollars for this gift.” « Oui, j’ai payé 100 dollars pour ce cadeau. »

3. Students respond individually to the teacher’s reply
(e.g. “But it’s not my birthday!)
(e.g. «Mais ce n’est pas ma fête! »)

4. The sequence continues for as long as teacher feels necessary. This can be done on whiteboards (if possible), or on a sheet of paper using empty, numbered boxes. Provides a great tool for formative assessment of independent writing skills and spelling pattern acquisition.

Idea c/o Larry Ferlazzo. Read his original blog post here.