The Golden Thread
Be the author of your own adventure: stretch the golden thread and agree the words
An illustrated interactive adventure for practising French agreement from Grade 2 to Grade 7. In the Grimoire of Eldoria, the student reads a paragraph where two or three agreements need restoring: they touch the word that commands (the subject), stretch a golden thread to the word to agree, then pick the right form. Once the agreements are right, they decide what happens next: flee, negotiate, sneak or attack. The story branches over five chapters, with two possible endings. Three difficulty levels, hints that never show the answer, and a fallback route instead of a failure screen.
Audience : Students from Grade 2 to Grade 7, families and teachersLevel : Grades 2 – 7 (ages 7-13)
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Sign in with your e-mail address or with Google. The app then opens in your browser.
What the app does
- Three levels: Apprentice Mage (Grades 2 – 3 – 4), Guardian of the Runes (Grades 4 – 5 – 6 – 7), Archmage of Eldoria (Grades 5 – 6 – 7).
- 22 illustrated paragraphs, each with exactly 2 or 3 agreements to restore: the rest of the text is flawless.
- The touch golden thread: touch the subject, trace the thread to the word to agree, pick the form on the wheel.
- A branching story: after every successful paragraph, a choice that really changes the path; five chapters, two endings.
- Hints in three steps (a question, the rule, the glowing word) that never give the answer.
- A bad run does not stop the game: a mishap leads to the Troll Pit, where you catch up on the agreements.
- Agreements practised: verb and subject, plural of nouns, adjectives, inverted subject, joined subjects, distant subject, object pronoun in between, past participle with être.
- Interface in French, English and Indonesian; Lexend or OpenDyslexic font, adjustable text size, read aloud, keyboard and tablet.
How it works
- 1ReadA paragraph of the adventure, with two or three agreements to restore.
- 2LinkTouch the word that commands, stretch the golden thread to the word to agree.
- 3AgreePick the right form; the Mentor explains why.
- 4DecideChoose what happens next: every choice leads to another place.
Why it is useful
- Grammar spelling becomes an investigation: you look for who commands the word.
- A strict dose (2 to 3 agreements per paragraph) so reading is never discouraging.
- Mistakes that move you forward: a hint, never a failure screen.
- Students become the author of their own path and want to replay to find another ending.
Good to know
- This game uses no artificial intelligence: it uses no credit.
- Progress and settings stay in the device's browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
- For teachers: the student gives a progress code (with their first name if they type it); the teacher area gathers the class's codes, shows the least successful agreements and the pupils to support, and exports a CSV.
- The story is played in the interface language: French (agreement), English (a / an, irregular past, pronouns…) or Indonesian (ber- / me-, di / ke, standard words…), with exercises suited to each language.
- Designed for tablets (finger), it also works with a mouse, a keyboard and on phones; it opens in the browser, with nothing to install.