12th Grade French Lesson

These Activities to accompany French Duolingo Podcast Episode 84: Visite du Marais4 will help your students with their listening comprehension skills while also entertaining them. This set of activities it meant to accompany episode 84, which is the story of a man who dreams of becoming a fashion designer while working to reduce waste and protect the planet.

Each podcast is in both English and French - so even novice-high students can enjoy the stories. The podcasts are approximately 24 minutes long and are available for free on the Duolingo podcast site. This set of activities it meant to accompany episode 84, which is about a man who lives in the Marais district of Paris and loves the architecture and history of the area.

The activities include both pre- and post-listening activities. To prepare your students to listen to the podcast, you will find:

• vocabulary list
• vocabulary matching activity
• links to vocabulary set on Gimkit, Blooket and Quizlet so students can practice
• a crossword puzzle to practice the vocabulary

During the podcast, students can take notes on the sheet provided in the activity if you wish them to do so.

After listening, students can do the comprehension questions. There is a set of 10 questions, in both English and French to check for understanding. There is also a page with 10 true and false questions and 10 fill in the blank questions.

If you would like the students to read the complete transcript of the podcast, you will find it on the Duolingo Podcast site. Please note that I am not affiliated with Duolingo and these activities do not contain the transcript or podcast - but they do contain the link to the site where you can legally find both.

ACTFL Standards Alignment:

Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.

Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.

Standard 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.

Kickstart your French 2 classroom with this comprehensive Back to School Bundle! Perfect for the first weeks of school, this bundle has everything you need to review previous knowledge and build new skills for the year—plus, save 20%!

Included in this Bundle:

• Academic Contract and Student Information Sheet: Essential first day of school activity is designed to set clear expectations, promote accountability, and start relationship building!
• Ice Breaker: Fun ice-breaker activity to help students get to know each other
• Cognates: Build on what students already know! Learn about false cognates, morphology and building blocks of language.
• Discussion Topics: 60 seasonal topics to use as bell-ringers, for early finishers or enrichment.
• Ultimate French I Grammar Review: Presentation highlighting more than a dozen concepts including conjugation, negation, sentence structure and more.
• French Review Boardgame Project: Review Grammar, Vocabulary, and Culture from the previous year through an engaging, student-led project.
• Regions of France Virtual Field Trip: Student-led geography project combines research, creativity, presentation skills, and cultural exploration to deep-dive into the birthplace of the French language.
• All About Me Infographic: Students create visual representations of themselves including adjectives, family, hobbies/activities, likes/dislikes, and school subjects.
• School Vocabulary Activities: Vocabulary lesson plan is packed with fun and interactive activities to help students brush up on school subjects and supplies at the start of the year.
• First Quarter Review Packet: Includes reading, writing, speaking and listening activities that cover greetings, numbers, time, date, and weather.

Designed with busy teachers in mind, this bundle provides a variety of resources to make your back-to-school transition smooth and effective. Each activity is crafted to build confidence in your students while fostering a love for the French language and culture to last for years to come!

Make your French II class a success from day one with this essential Back to School Bundle. Ideal for new and experienced teachers alike, these resources will set the stage for an exciting and productive year of learning.

This is a ready to go French lesson to teach the pronouns Y and EN. This lesson breaks down the tricky differences and when to use each pronoun. This lesson makes teaching the concept of Y and EN pronouns accessible, understandable, and most of all fast, easy, and no prep for you!

Just print the 6 page lesson guide and have your students follow along and take notes as you present the 22 slide PowerPoint. See the preview for a closer look.

Looking for a quick quiz to match this French lesson? My French Pronouns Y and EN - Google Forms Quiz or Exercise covers it!

Included:

• 6 page ready to print and teach French lesson on the pronouns Y and EN
• 22 slide PowerPoint presentation

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Enhance your French language teaching with this comprehensive collection of 100 conversation starters! Perfect for beginners and intermediate learners, these prompts will help spark engaging discussions, improve speaking skills, and boost confidence in conversational French.

What's Included:

• 100 Conversation Starters: A mix of beginner to intermediate prompts, covering various topics such as hobbies, food, travel, and personal experiences.

What happens to socks when one of a pair goes missing? Where does the missing sock go? And what happens to the sock that is left behind? Your students will enjoy discussing these questions and learning the answers in this movie talk.

This item includes a pre and post viewing activity worksheet for students, a teacher instruction page, a story script and an answer key as well as a link to the video.

This is easily suitable for level 2 French students, and could be adapted to level 1 and also more advanced levels by adding/removing some of the details in the story.

You can preview the video at: https://youtu.be/\_rZ427qxkcM

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Be prepared for absences with this hassle-free, print-and-go lesson plan that will keep your students engaged and quietly focused on independent learning. This emergency sub lesson plan is packed with fun and interactive activities that will enrich your students' French Job vocabulary. Here's what's included in this ready-to-use resource:

1. Vocabulary List: Kickstart the lesson with a curated list of 25 French Job-themed words.
2. Repetition-Based Learning: Utilize the power of repetition to solidify vocabulary retention. Students will practice writing place words multiple times, enhancing their memory and fluency.
3. Decoding Secret Message: Pictorial symbols provide visual cues that help learners associate meaning with the target language vocabulary. By decoding a message using symbols, learners reinforce their understanding of the language's visual representation.
4. Short Answer: Provide an opportunity for students to apply the vocabulary in meaningful ways. By constructing responses, students connect the vocabulary to specific contexts, demonstrating their understanding of how the words are used. This application helps with recall and enhances their ability to use it effectively.
5. Code Breaker: Decoding the vocabulary is like solving a puzzle. It encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills as learners work to match the symbols to the correct letters to form vocabulary while providing ongoing review and reinforcement.
6. Matching: Learners make connections between words and their translations. By actively associating and pairing words together, learners establish meaningful connections that enhance their understanding and retention of vocabulary.
7. Crossword Puzzle: When students create a crossword puzzle, they actively engage with the vocabulary words. They must think about the meanings of the words, consider their spelling, and create clues that correspond to each word. This active involvement promotes deeper processing and understanding of the vocabulary.
8. Magic Square: Learners must analyze the available options and find the correct matches. This process stimulates critical thinking, encourages logical reasoning, and enhances cognitive skills, all while reinforcing the vocabulary.

Keep your students engaged and quietly learning even if your substitute has ZERO French skills!

*Answer key is included only for the Secret Message, Magic Square and Short Answer activities. Answers will vary for other activities.

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French Relative Composed Pronouns Crossword Puzzle - LEQUEL - AUQUEL - DUQUEL

This crossword puzzle with 12 fill in the blank clues will help upper-level French students practice using relative composed pronouns. This no-prep, one-page printable will save you time, and it's a nice change from textbook exercises. Check out my set of 35 practice cards for French relative composed pronouns!

Students choose from: lequel - laquelle - lesquels - lesquelles - à laquelle - auquel - auxquels - auxquelles - duquel - de laquelle - desquels - desquelles

➯ This resource is included in my Advanced French Curriculum: Ça y est, je parle français!

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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.

Joe is a potato, and he's lonely. He's got a plan to find a girlfriend - but will it backfire? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• seul

• il s'est habillé

• pensait

• était

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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This complete lesson plan for French class is perfect for emergency substitute situations. Lesson plan has adaptations for all levels of French and can be taught by someone with ZERO knowledge of the language.

Includes:

Links to short, entertaining videos teaching French animal vocabulary

Guided Notes/Vocabulary List for students to complete during video

Animal Questions Worksheet

Fun and Engaging Review and Extension Activities

Answer Keys

Intended for a 50-60 minute class period with optional extension activities for block scheduling. Don't wait - be prepared!

*Lesson plan does include some direct instruction, collaboration, and use of technology. For more challenging classes or inexperienced subs, I recommend one of our print-and-go independent written vocabulary plans.

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French faire causative lesson plan, video, lesson guide, audio, practice cards

The French causative faire construction can be a hard concept for students to understand, and it can be difficult to find enough different ways to practice. This is a complete lesson plan that you can use with your upper levels to have them learn, practice, and master this skill that is really much different in French than in English. This lesson focuses on using the faire causatif in the present, passé composé, and futur proche tenses, and even with pronouns. Click here for an additional set of practice cards using 45 SE FAIRE expressions.

This resource is part of my Ça y est, je parle français! Advanced French curriculum.

INCLUDED IN THIS LESSON:

1. In depth video tutorial link including 32 detailed slides with plenty of fun and useful examples in 3 tenses
2. 7 page study guide with all of the rules, examples, and some extras that aren't included in the tutorial
3. 75 practice cards: Translate from English to French and really get a chance to practice using FAIRE in this new way
4. 30 minute audio recording to use the practice cards in a different way. The answer to each card is spoken slowly in French two times. The idea is to listen and repeat to improve listening comprehension and pronunciation skills. I've included 4 unique ways for to use this recording.
5. Detailed lesson plan

STUDENTS LEARN HOW AND WHY THE FOLLOWING ARE CORRECT AND INCORRECT:

I must have the dishwasher repaired.

WRONG ANSWER: Je dois réparer le lave-vaisselle.

CORRECT ANSWER: Je dois faire réparer le lave-vaisselle.

Are you going to have your shirts ironed?

WRONG ANSWER: Tu vas repasser tes chemises?

CORRECT ANSWER: Tu vas faire repasser tes chemises?

I am going to have a cake made.

WRONG ANSWER: Je vais faire un gâteau.

CORRECT ANSWER: Je vais faire faire un gâteau.

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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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Be prepared for absences with this hassle-free, print-and-go lesson plan that will keep your students engaged and quietly focused on independent learning.
This emergency sub lesson plan is packed with fun and interactive activities that will enrich your students' French Around Town vocabulary.
Here's what's included in this ready-to-use resource:

1. Vocabulary List: Kickstart the lesson with a curated list of 25 French Place-themed words.
2. Repetition-Based Learning: Utilize the power of repetition to solidify vocabulary retention. Students will practice writing place words multiple times, enhancing their memory and fluency.
3. Drawing and Labeling: Tap into your students' artistic side as they sketch and label an entire town with their new words. This activity promotes creativity while reinforcing vocabulary and spelling.
4. Decoding Secret Message: Pictorial symbols provide visual cues that help learners associate meaning with the target language vocabulary. By decoding a message using symbols, learners reinforce their understanding of the language's visual representation.
5. Alphabetizing: Alphabetizing vocabulary requires active cognitive processing. Students must analyze the words, compare their initial letters, and determine their correct placement in the alphabetical sequence. This cognitive engagement deepens understanding and promotes stronger memory connections with the vocabulary terms.
6. Short Answer: Provide an opportunity for students to apply the vocabulary in meaningful ways. By constructing responses, students connect the vocabulary to specific contexts, demonstrating their understanding of how the words are used. This application helps with recall and enhances their ability to use it effectively.
7. Creative Writing: Students draw from previous language knowledge to create complete sentences relevant to the new vocabulary. This is a slightly more advanced activity that allows students to use higher-level thinking and creativity to form sentences using verb tenses and additional they are familiar with.
8. Code Breaker: Decoding the vocabulary is like solving a puzzle. It encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills as learners work to match the symbols to the correct letters to form vocabulary while providing ongoing review and reinforcement.

Keep your students engaged and quietly learning even if your substitute has ZERO French skills!

*Answer key is included only for the Secret Message and Short Answer activities. Answers will vary for other activities.

Check out my other Emergency French Sub Plans!

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French Relative Pronoun: DONT

This is a comprehensive lesson on the French relative pronoun DONT for upper-intermediate students. This lesson is meant to accompany my 24 minute grammar video lesson on YouTube in which I give the rules and show plenty of examples to explain how this pronoun is used in context. You can skip the video lesson if you wish and directly distribute the lesson guide as you teach DONT on your own.

If you only want the practice cards, you can purchase them separately here.

All of the following resources are included to help your students continue to practice and master this French grammar skill. This resource is included in my Advanced French Curriculum Bundle.

STEP 1: Print and distribute the 6 page lesson guide on the relative pronoun DONT.

STEP 2: Show the 24 minute video lesson to learn how to use this pronoun or teach the lesson yourself.

STEP 3: 6 sudoku puzzles to help student become familiar with 20 French expressions that are commonly used along with DONT.

STEP 4: Written exercise (1 - 25). Link relative and main clauses with DONT. Answer key is included.

STEP 5: Practice speaking cards (1 - 25). Use these cards to practice oral production when using the pronoun DONT. The sentences are not the same ones used in the written exercise.

Included:

• 25 numbered practice cards - 4 per page for printing and cutting out
• 25 numbered practice cards (the same ones) - 1 per page for online use
• Numbered answer key

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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 second semester of French 1, 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 in the first year of French. It builds on the vocabulary from the Bonjour, J'aime, le Lycée, On va sortir and La Famille and Les Achats units. Includes lesson plans for 11 days, talking about food and cooking in French.

This unit includes the following materials:

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

Word wall with cards for unit vocabulary
• Handouts to practice writing and reading about foods and cooking
• Handout for students to talk to each other about food quantities
• Handout for students to read about food description
• Internet activities for restaurant reviews and recipes
• 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 French and English to accompany unit story
• Short assessments for unit: reading, listening, presentational speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing

• Links for Quizlet/Blooket/Gimkit sets for vocabulary.

• NEW - includes access to digital/distace version of student activities

Use the unit on its own or as a follow-up to the Bonjour, J'aime, Le Lycée, On va Sortir, Ma Famille et mes amis and Les Achats units.

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

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Can't decide or want them all? Grab our complete set of 20 French vocabulary lessons and emergency sub plans! This comprehensive bundle contains 500 vocabulary words and will cover your needs from the first day of school to the last all while saving you 20%! Word searches, magic squares, matching, drawing, word jumbles and more provide meaningful and independent vocabulary practice, ensuring that students are actively learning. These worksheets are great for homework, exit tickets, bell ringers or when you just need a break to catch up!

Enjoy stress-free, print-and-go topics, including:

• School vocabulary
• Professions vocabulary
• Clothing vocabulary
• Foods vocabulary
• Places around town
• Fall vocabulary
• Winter vocabulary
• Spring vocabulary
• Summer vocabulary
• Calendar terms
• Thanksgiving vocabulary
• Halloween vocabulary
• Christmas/Noël vocabulary
• Valentine’s Day vocabulary
• Mardi Gras vocabulary
• Numbers 1-100 vocabulary
• Family vocabulary
• Body parts vocabulary
• Rooms of the House and Furniture Vocabulary

Lessons contain vocabulary lists with 25 words and 7 different options for practice worksheets. These include:

1. Repetition-Based Learning: Utilize the power of repetition to solidify vocabulary retention. Students will practice writing place words multiple times, enhancing their memory and fluency.
2. Drawing and Labeling: Tap into your students' artistic side as they sketch and label new words. This activity promotes creativity while reinforcing vocabulary and spelling.
3. Decoding Secret Message: Pictorial symbols provide visual cues that help learners associate meaning with the target language vocabulary. By decoding a message using symbols, learners reinforce their understanding of the language's visual representation.
4. Alphabetizing: Alphabetizing vocabulary requires active cognitive processing. Students must analyze the words, compare their initial letters, and determine their correct placement in the alphabetical sequence. This cognitive engagement deepens understanding and promotes stronger memory connections with the vocabulary terms.
5. Short Answer: Provide an opportunity for students to apply the vocabulary in meaningful ways. By constructing responses, students connect the vocabulary to specific contexts, demonstrating their understanding of how the words are used. This application helps with recall and enhances their ability to use it effectively.
6. Creative Writing: Students draw from previous language knowledge to create complete sentences relevant to the new vocabulary. This is a slightly more advanced activity that allows students to use higher-level thinking and creativity to form sentences using verb tenses and additional they are familiar with.
7. Code Breaker: Decoding the vocabulary is like solving a puzzle. It encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills as learners work to match the symbols to the correct letters to form vocabulary while providing ongoing review and reinforcement.
8. Crossword Puzzle: When students create a crossword puzzle, they actively engage with the vocabulary words. They must think about the meanings of the words, consider their spelling, and create clues that correspond to each word. This active involvement promotes deeper processing and understanding of the vocabulary.
9. Word Search: Let your students become puzzle masters! They'll create their very own crossword puzzles using new vocabulary. This activity enhances spelling, vocabulary recognition, and problem-solving skills.
10. Magic Square: Learners must analyze the available options and find the correct matches. This process stimulates critical thinking, encourages logical reasoning, and enhances cognitive skills, all while reinforcing the vocabulary.
11. Matching: Learners to make connections between words and their translations. By actively associating and pairing words together, learners establish meaningful connections that enhance their understanding and retention of vocabulary.
12. Categorizing: Engage your students in critical thinking as they categorize their new vocabulary This activity encourages them to analyze and sort words according to different genres.
13. Vocabulary Maze: Students encounter visuals that require them to choose the correct translations to proceed through the maze. This repeated exposure to new vocabulary promotes active learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, making the acquisition of new words more effective and memorable.
14. Reading comprehension: This involves the ability to understand, interpret, and analyze written text. It is essential for academic success and everyday communication, as it enables individuals to extract meaning, make inferences, and critically evaluate information from what they read.

And more!

*Includes FREE fully editable Substitute Notes Template!

Use when your students need a little vocabulary boost or save for super-easy emergency sub plans. Your health and well-being matter. So give yourself the time you need to get back to your best. Students will remain engaged and continue their learning, even if your substitute has no knowledge of French.

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French verbs like OUVRIR - Lesson and exercises in 3 tenses

This is a comprehensive French lesson which includes 3 worksheets in 3 tenses. Students learn how to use the irregular -IR verbs ouvrir, offrir, souffrir, découvrir, and couvrir in the present, passé composé, and imperative tenses. This ready-to-go lesson would be perfect to use as a substitute lesson plan.

This resource is included in my French Verbs Like Ouvrir Bundle.

Before beginning this lesson, students should be familiar with using the passé composé with avoir as helping verb, and with using the imperative with -ER verbs since these irregular verbs follow the same pattern.

Step 1: Download, print, and distribute the 12 page lesson guide. There's plenty of space for students to take notes and write examples as you teach or play my video lesson.

Step 2: Show my video lesson on irregular French verbs like ouvrir, offrir, souffrir, couvrir, and découvrir. Since you will likely want to teach these verbs using your own methods, this video lesson is a bonus that is also available on YouTube. You may use it as supplementary work to help struggling students outside of the classroom, or on a day when you need a ready-to-go substitute assignment.

Step 3: Quiz / homework / worksheet: Present tense - Includes ten sentences that are not the same as in steps 4 & 5.

Step 4: Quiz / homework / worksheet: Passé composé - Includes ten sentences that are not the same as in steps 3 & 5.

Step 5: Quiz / homework / worksheet: Imperative tense - Includes ten sentences that are not the same as in steps 3 & 4.

Included:

1. Downloadable 34 minute video lesson on verbs like ouvrir
2. 12 page lesson guide
3. Present tense exercise
4. Passé composé exercise
5. Imperative exercise

➯ This resource is included in my French 3 curriculum: Ça y est, je parle français!

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

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The King is hungry! He wants an egg for breakfast...but not just any egg. He wants the biggest egg possible. How will the cook be able to keep the king happy?

This item includes a pre and post viewing activity worksheet for students, a teacher instruction page, a story script and an answer key as well as a link to the video. Also includes a link to a Textivate activity and printable gap fill and jumbled sentence activity.

This is easily suitable for level 2 French students, and could be adapted to more advanced levels by adding/removing some of the details in the story. The target vocabulary is:

plus grand
un oeuf
lui donne
il crie

The video can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/gBQrttF\_O3A

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Get your French 1 classroom off to a great start with this comprehensive Back to School Bundle with THIRTEEN different resources! Perfect for the first weeks of school, this bundle includes everything you need to engage your students and lay a strong foundation for the year ahead - and save 20%!

Included in this Bundle:

• Academic Contract and Student Information Sheet: Essential first day of school activity is designed to set clear expectations, promote accountability, and start relationship building!
• Ice Breaker: Fun ice-breaker activity to help students get to know each other
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French Lesson Plan: Année vs An - Journée vs Jour - Soirée vs Soir - Matinée vs Matin - Distance Learning

It can be difficult for students to understand when use which of these words, and how to make the right choice. The information and practice materials included in this complete lesson plan will clear up any questions your students have about how to use them correctly.

This resource is included in my An vs Année, Jour vs Journée Bundle.

Included:

➯ 12 page printable lesson guide to accompany my 30 minute lesson on YouTube

➯ Worksheet for students to complete as they follow the lesson

➯ Multiple choice exercise (25) with answer key

➯ 12 minute audio explanation of multiple choice exercise

➯ 50 practice cards with answer key

➯ 10 minute audio version of the practice cards

How to follow this lesson plan:

STEP 1: Download the lesson guide and "cours"

STEP 2: Have students watch the video lesson, or watch it and then teach it yourself

STEP 3: Students fill in the blanks on the "cours" worksheet during the lesson. This process is proven to help retain new information.

STEP 4: Complete the multiple choice exercise.

STEP 5: Listen to the audio explanation of the multiple choice exercise.

STEP 6: Go through the stack of 50 practice cards and check answers (great for paired or group work).

STEP 7: Practice by listening to the audio version of the 50 practice cards.

Check out my new 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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➯ Ça y est, Je parle français! French 1 & 2 curriculum

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

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

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Alice à Paris is such a great video series to use in your French classes - the episodes are short and there is a lot of cultural information in each one. But you can do so much more than just watch the videos - why not use them to enhance reading, writing and vocabulary skills? This item is to accompany season 1, episode 22 - which you can preview at https://youtu.be/c1WMoYU1pPQ

This item has activities for level 2 and up. The following activities are included:

• A plot synopsis in French, in the present tense with comprehension questions in English.
• A plot synopsis in French, in the past tense (passé composé, imparfait, and any others as grammatically required) with comprehension questions in French.
• A copy of the plot synopsis in the present tense with an activity to rewrite the paragraph in the past tense.
• A post-reading activity page - fill in the blank with missing words and a word bank, put the events in the correct order (in English), match the item with the photo.
• A post-reading activity page - fill in the blank with missing words and no word bank, put the events in the correct order (in French), match the item with the photo.
• An activity about a donut shop in Paris (the one in the video has closed).
• Answer key for the post-reading activities.

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