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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

The American President may be powerful, but he isn't happy. He'd much rather be singing. He wants to be better than the best - and he flies around the world to prove it. But can he succeed at achieving his dream job? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• rend visite

• mieux que

• veut changer

• la Maison-Blanche

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Are you looking for a French dictée - dictation exercise with a routine quotidienne theme using reflexive verbs for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée with a routine quotidienne theme.

Included:

• Seven sentences
• Theme - La routine quotidienne
• Basic grammar
• Present tense - se lever, prendre, manger, se laver, travailler, aimer, se détendre, se préparer, se coucher, regarder, lire, avoir, se coucher, dormir
• Basic negation
• Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles

Included:

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

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Are you looking to improve student comprehension and proficiency in French?  This French comprehensible input short story is a fun sample of what can be done with French CI instruction.  It is a sampler from the series of French CI units, available for level 1 and level 2 French.

This short story is for French learners who are just starting their studies. Very simple language with lots of repetition - but the story itself is interesting enough to hold their attention. It is the unit story that finishes unit 1 of the CI unit series - each unit uses comprehensible input to give your students a base of frequently used vocabulary words with some basic structures.  At the end of the unit, students should be able to easily read and understand the story - and with practice, they can retell the story as well.  

These units are especially helpful if you want to use CI but:

• You are required to use a district textbook
• You need a little bit of structure as you get your feet wet with comprehensible input
• You are required to give a district final, but want to use CI to teach your classes

The units are complete units with vocabulary and grammar in context - they cover the same material as the standard textbook programs, only with a more comprehensible input focus.

This free story can be used as a standalone activity as early as the first semester of French.  

Includes:

• short story in French
• comprehension questions
• story retell activity
• mp4 animated video of the story

This story is part of the Bonjour! Comprehensible input unit 1 for beginning French. This will give you an idea of what the units are like - each unit builds up to a unit story based on the vocabulary and grammar of the unit.

In this video lesson I show how to teach the French present subjunctive. This video is 40 minutes long. It is exactly how I introduce the present French subjunctive to my students. Use it to help plan your lesson or show the video directly to your students. Lesson guide to use as a handout and exercises are included. Included with this product: 40 minute video lesson - MP4 13 page PDF including lesson notes to use as a handout and exercises that I talk students through at the end of the lesson. Once your students have learned the present French subjunctive you may find yourself looking for inventive ways to have them practice.

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There is a monster under the bed! That is scary for any kid, but how does the monster feel about having a little girl on top of the bed? Find out in this Comprehensible Input video lesson for French learners.

This item includes a story with targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The structures are:

• sous le lit - under the bed

• j’ai peur - I’m scared

• il y a - there is/there are

• sur le lit - on the bed

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells.

To accompany the video and printed story, there are several activity pages - a comprehension worksheets, a "who said it?" worksheet, and a story retell page. Answer key included.

To sum it up, the item includes:
✓ one mp4 file of the story with text
✓ one mp4 file of the story without text
✓ link to videos online so your students can rewatch on their own
✓ printable pdf story
✓ comprehension question worksheet
✓ "who said it?" worksheet
✓ story retell worksheet
✓ answer key

With many people doing distance learning these days, you might wonder if it is possible to use this story in this way. The answer is YES! Here are some suggestions on how you can make this work:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Use Zoom meeting (or whatever software of your choice) to tell the story with the video. Share your screen with the mp4 file. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says "there is a monster under the bed" - ask questions such as "is there a monster or a dog? Is the monster under or on the bed? What kind of a monster is it - big or little? Scary or nice? What is his name? Is there a monster under your bed? What kind of a monster is under YOUR bed?"

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the mp4 stories, so the students can watch the video on their own - with or without the text - and practice retelling.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. This can be done through Zoom, or you could have them use Flipgrid to record.

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Are you looking for a French dictée - dictation exercise using the imperfect tense - l'imparfait for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée about "quand j'étais petit".

Included:

• Ten sentences
• Theme - Quand j'étais petit...
• Basic grammar
• Imperfect tense - être, habiter, prendre, réviser, travailler, aimer, faire, passer

Included:

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

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Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Marcie loves cheese. She REALLY loves cheese - so much that she smells like cheese. Her boyfriend Peter doesn't like cheese at all. How can Marcie reconcile her love for cheese with her love for Peter? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• sent mauvais

• Je ne t'aime plus

• Beaucoup de fromage

• il/elle met

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Are you looking for a dictée - dictation exercise for the French passé composé with avoir for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée with a passé composé theme.

Included:

• Seven sentences
• Theme - Faire du shopping
• Basic grammar
• Passé composé - faire, acheter, coûter, payer, déjeuner, partager, boire
• Clothing and food vocabulary
• Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

Check out my Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

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Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

This French comprehensible input story is so easy, it can be done in the first or second week of French level 1! It has a lot of repetition, but also teaches about a very important cultural touchpoint - the need to say "bonjour" when you interact with other people.

This item includes a story with 4 targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The structures are:

je dis - I say

je suis - I am

une personne polie/impolie - a polite/impolite person

quand je vais - when I go

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just under 4 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text.

To accompany the video and printed story, there are several activity pages - a comprehension worksheet, an activity to practice au and aux (no explanation - just using what students heard in the story), and a story retell page. Answer key included.

To sum it up, the item includes:
✓ a video mp4 file of the story with text
✓ link to videos online so your students can rewatch on their own
✓ printable pdf story
✓ comprehension question worksheet
✓ au/aux worksheet
✓ story retell worksheet
✓ answer key

If you aren't familiar with the process of storyasking and circling, here are some tips for using this lesson plan:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Tell the story with the video. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says " Quand je vais au zoo,je dis bonjour" - ask questions such as "Do you go to the zoo? What is the name of the zoo? Is there a lion at the zoo? Is there an elephant at the zoo? Is the lion dangerous? Is the elephant dangerous? Do you prefer an elephant or a lion? What is the lion's name? Is the lion big or small?" Add as much detail as you like so that students can hear the vocabulary and structures as many times as possible.

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the video of the story, so the students can watch the video on their own and practice retelling at their own speed.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. They can do the written retell, the spoken retell, or both.

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Are you looking for a French dictée - dictation exercise with a food - la nourriture et les courses theme for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée with a nourriture theme.

Included:

• Seven sentences
• Theme - La nourriture et les courses
• Basic grammar
• Present tense - aller, acheter, prendre, accompagner
• Futur proche - être, faire
• Il faut + infinitive
• Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles

Included:

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

Check out my Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

Follow my store

Newsletter - French Freebies + Flash Sales

Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Amadou wants to find the perfect gift for his mother's birthday. But somehow, his gifts don't work out. Can he find the right gift to show his love for her, or will she be disappointed? There are three targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• le cadeau parfait

• il veut lui donner

• dans sa poche

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!

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Are you looking for a French dictée - dictation exercise with a décrire un lieu d'habitation theme for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée with a décrire un lieu d'habitation theme.

Included:

• Six sentences
• Theme - Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Basic grammar
• Present tense être
• Il y a
• Descriptive adjectives
• Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles
• House vocabulary

Included:

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée.. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

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➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

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Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Dad is watching the kids while mom's at work, but they keep ending up getting hurt. Will they make it through the day, or will disaster strike? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• J'ai mal

• Je me suis cassé...

• Tu devrais

• Tu faisais

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Are you looking for a French dictée - dictation exercise using reflexive verbs in the passé composé for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée about la routine quotidienne - daily routine using reflexive verbs.

Included:

• Ten sentences
• Theme - La routine quotidienne
• Basic grammar
• Passé composé - se coucher, s'endormir, se réveiller, se lever, se reposer, se faire, se préparer, se maquiller, se laver, se coiffer, se regarder, s'en aller
• Infinitives - profiter, se déplacer
• Basic negation

Included:

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

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Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Le Mauvais Chef is bad - really bad. He puts too much salt on EVERYTHING. He's sad and customers are angry. But is there a simple solution? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• trop de sel

• vous êtes

• un mauvais chef

• il met

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!

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Are you looking for a French dictée - dictation exercise with a décrire une personne theme for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée with a décrire une personne theme.

Included:

• Eight sentences
• Theme - Décrire une personne
• Basic grammar
• Present tense - être, avoir, faire, porter
• Basic negation
• Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles
• Descriptive adjectives
• Clothes vocabulary - vêtements

Included:

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée.. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

Check out my Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

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Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Make learning French and practicing the verb être fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Sophie is a carrot. She's lonely and is looking for the perfect boyfriend. Online dating is the answer, but she's got very particular requirements. Will she be able to find the perfect boyfriend? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• je suis - I am

• tu es - you are

• il est - he is

• un copain - a boyfriend

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and a PowerPoint/YouTube video version with audio. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just short of 11 minutes long, with French audio and text. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this Copain Parfait French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Link to the video version of the story with audio

• A PowerPoint version of the story with audio

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• A worksheet to practice changing from je/tu/il/elle forms of être and adjectives

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Are you looking for a French dictée - dictation exercise for the passé composé with être for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée with a passé composé theme.

Included:

• Nine sentences (audio and video presentations)
• Theme - La montagne
• Basic grammar
• Passé composé - partir, aller, arriver, monter, descendre, passer, tomber, rentrer, se reposer
• Dormir is used once (avoir helping verb)
• Pronoun Y is used once
• Infinitives - chercher, déposer, découvrir, prendre, dire, faire
• Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

Check out my Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

Follow my store

Newsletter - French Freebies + Flash Sales

Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Are you wanting to use French comprehensible input in your classes, but:

• You are required to use a district textbook?
• You need a little bit of structure as you get your feet wet with comprehensible input?
• You are required to give a district final, but want to use CI to teach your classes?

If so, this comprehensible input unit for French is for you!

This unit is the perfect complement to a district curriculum or textbook - it covers some of the typical vocabulary and grammar taught in the first semester of French 2, but with a more communicative approach.  Work through the unit with circling and repetition and at the end of each unit, your students will be amazed at how much they can do with the language!

A complete unit that can be used to begin the second year of French. It builds on the vocabulary from the first year units 1-8 and second year unit 1. Includes lesson plans for 12 days, talking about air travel,  souvenirs, hotels and tourism.

This unit includes the following materials:

• Lesson plan guide for each day
• PowerPoint with lesson for each day
• Student dictionary handout page

Word wall posters for vocabulary

Links to vocabulary set on Gimkit, Quizlet and Blooket
• Handouts to practice writing and reading about their daily routine

• Grab it! game for hotel and travel vocabulary
• Handout for students to read reviews of toiletry products
• Handout for students to write about vacations and hotels
• Activities to practice using direct and indirect object pronouns
• Unit story using vocabulary from this unit
• Cloze activities to accompany story - one with and one without word bank
• Running dictation game to accompany unit story
• Handout for unit story retell/rewrite
• Animated video of unit story

• It's not fair game in English for the unit story

It's not fair game in French for the unit story
• Short assessments for unit: reading, listening, presentational speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing

• NEW! now includes digital/distance version of student activities

Use the unit on its own or as a follow-up to the level 1 units 1-8 and level 2 units 1-5.

Units 1-8 are available for level 1 and units 1-7 for level 2.  Each unit builds on the previous units' vocabulary. A list of the vocabulary for each unit is available here: http://bit.ly/2Sg3tLK

Are you looking for a French dictée - dictation exercise with a dans la rue theme for your beginner level students? Do you struggle to find themed dictées that match beginner level French grammar?

Dictées are great activities for building listening comprehension and writing skills. This is a beginner level French dictée with a dans la rue theme.

Included:

• Eight sentences
• Theme - Dans la rue
• Basic grammar
• Present tense - avoir, préférer, être, prendre, pleuvoir, faire, aller, travailler
• Basic negation
• Pronoun Y appears twice
• Giving directions vocabulary
• Definite, indefinite, and partitive articles

Included:

➯ Video presentation of the dictée. Watch me and listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. Many non-natives find it makes the listening comprehension part of dictation exercises more manageable to see the speaker's mouth. Once I've finished reading the dictation, I will present each written sentence in French along with the English translation. Once we've gone through all of the sentences and students have checked their work, I will present the complete text in paragraph form on the screen. At that time, we can slowly read through the complete text together so they can see how the separate sentences actually form a short story.

➯ Audio presentation of the dictée.. Listen as I read each sentence two times slowly enough to understand and write at the same time. This version of the exercise will be more challenging as students will not see the speaker's mouth.

➯ PDF of the numbered sentences in the dictée and the English translation.

➯ Numbered student response sheet. This is located on page 2 of the PDF.

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 1:

• Présenter quelqu'un
• Pays, langue, nationalité
• Situer un objet
• Décrire une personne
• Décrire un lieu d'habitation
• Dans la rue
• À l'hôtel
• Les heures
• La semaine
• La routine  - Verbes réfléchis

➯ The following dictées are included in Bundled Set 2:

• La nourriture
• Passé composé avec avoir
• Passé composé avec être
• Interdictions et devoirs
• Savoir, pouvoir, vouloir
• Pronoms directs et indirects
• L'entretien
• Avantages et inconvénients
• Passé composé des verbes réfléchis
• Parler de son enfance

"Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken. Among speakers of several languages, dictation is used as a test of language skill, similar to spelling bees in the English-speaking world."

Check out my Build Your Own French Bundle option. Select resources from my store, and if they total $20 or more I'll quickly create a special order bundle for you at 20% off. No sale items or other already discounted bundles can be included.

Follow my store

Newsletter - French Freebies + Flash Sales

Want to have all of your secondary French resource needs covered? Check out the following curriculum supplement bundles:

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 1 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 2 curriculum

➯ Ça y est, je parle français! French 3 and 4 curriculum

LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses.

COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students.

Copyright © Love Learning Languages, Jennifer Crespin

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.