Gaspard the elf has hidden the golden star from the giant Christmas tree in Strasbourg. Your students have 40 minutes to crack five puzzles in French, find the five-digit code and save Christmas!
A story-led French escape room with real francophone culture: Christmas in France, Québec, Belgium and Martinique. N° 2 in Les Mystères Érudits.
TWO LEVELS IN ONE PACK: Niveau 1 (Years 7–8, English support and word banks) and Niveau 2 (Years 9–10, all in French). Both levels share the same final code, so you can mix levels in one class.
WHAT’S INCLUDED: 2 student booklets (Niveau 1 and Niveau 2, 10 pages each, PDF + editable Word) • Teacher guide with run sheet, hint system, full answer keys, audio transcripts and culture notes • 13 classroom slides with audio built in • 2 French audio tracks (MP3) in slow, clear French • Printable hint cards, envelope labels, reward card and detective certificate • Christmas card writing extension and exit ticket.
THE FIVE PUZZLES: Christmas vocabulary • francophone culture reading (true or false) • prices, numbers and change in euros • être, avoir and -er verbs in the present • listening to a phone message from Gaspard.
No prep: print the booklets and press play. A relief teacher can run it with the run sheet. 50–60 minutes, teams of 3–4. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum v9 French.
The audio was produced with AI voice technology in clear, slow French.
Gaspard the elf has hidden the golden star from the giant Christmas tree in Strasbourg. Your students have 40 minutes to crack five puzzles in French, find the five-digit code and save Christmas!
A story-led French escape room with real francophone culture: Christmas in France, Québec, Belgium and Martinique. N° 2 in Les Mystères Érudits.
TWO LEVELS IN ONE PACK: Niveau 1 (Years 7–8, English support and word banks) and Niveau 2 (Years 9–10, all in French). Both levels share the same final code, so you can mix levels in one class.
WHAT’S INCLUDED: 2 student booklets (Niveau 1 and Niveau 2, 10 pages each, PDF + editable Word) • Teacher guide with run sheet, hint system, full answer keys, audio transcripts and culture notes • 13 classroom slides with audio built in • 2 French audio tracks (MP3) in slow, clear French • Printable hint cards, envelope labels, reward card and detective certificate • Christmas card writing extension and exit ticket.
THE FIVE PUZZLES: Christmas vocabulary • francophone culture reading (true or false) • prices, numbers and change in euros • être, avoir and -er verbs in the present • listening to a phone message from Gaspard.
No prep: print the booklets and press play. A relief teacher can run it with the run sheet. 50–60 minutes, teams of 3–4. Aligned to the Australian Curriculum v9 French.
The audio was produced with AI voice technology in clear, slow French.
