Students will have already learned the passé composé using the verb avoir as an auxiliary verb. Now, using this graphic organizer, students can be introduced to the other auxiliary verb, être, which is used with a specific set of verbs. To learn which verbs require être, students can memorize a list known as the “Dr & Mrs Van der Trampp” verbs and/or they can learn the concept of these verbs as they relate to actions or movements that happen at home in “The House of être;” learning both ways