High School French Activities (by date, oldest first)

Learn time in French through drawing, writing, and choosing the correct answer through these worksheets

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If you teach Core French (FSL) to grades 4-8 and struggle to engage, interest and get them excited about French, then this is the bundle for you. It contains every single Core French product from my store.

My students have been known as low-level and require high levels of engagement. My products match that and are ready to be used, require no prep and are quick and easy to project and GO.

Check out the preview to see what you'll get from this mega bundle which will cover you for the year!

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This game of "Four Corners" is not new or unique; however, this one will work great for your middle schoolers who need to get up and move, and you'll find they are more apt to share without raising their hands or writing it down. This quick and easy, no prep and no printing activity will allow you to truly get to know them on a personal level very quickly.

It's HIGHLY visual so this could even fly in a Core French classroom (Grades 5 - 9); however, I use it in an immersion setting (Grades 5 and 6). It could comfortably be used in any Immersion or French first-language classroom (Grades 3 - 9). As with all of my products, it's not at all babyish and doesn't feature fonts that are frilly or hard-to-read.

For this activity, simply project and GO. I let my students know that they will have to choose their response and move to the corner of the room that suits their answer. You can either click through the slides, have a student touch your SmartBoard to move them along, or you can use a remote clicker or mouse (I do while I'm playing!) to keep the slides rolling.

This Google Slide Deck features :

• 29 pre-created, non-modifiable question slides with 4 options to choose from.
• A template for you to use if you'd like to add in your own questions at the end of the presentation.

Other ways to play:

• I've also allowed students independently to each create a slide and add it into the mix on day 2! Should you choose this option, simply copy the last slide into a Google Slide (11" x 8.5") and share a copy to each student in Google Classroom. Let the magic begin!
• You can choose to extend this activity by having your students huddled in their corners chat about their preferences, or share with the whole group. You can also (I do!!) play WITH them and get to know your students based on these small conversations in the "corners" of your classroom.

I hope you have a G R E A T back-to-school, and hope your kids love you! I sure appreciate all of you!

Don't forget to have fun and be real!

Kaitlyn.

McDonald's is a familiar place for many travelers visiting France. But it's not identical to the American version. Read about the differences between them and what allowed McDonald's to succeed in the land of gourmet food and 5-course meals - while Burger King failed.

A short article for use within Google Drive is included, along with a set of questions in both French and English. Students can type/answer the questions within their drive accounts, OR you can use the forms and Flubaroo to grade it automatically!

This is the Google Drive version of this product - it includes instructions on how to access and use the files, as well as how to use google Forms/Flubaroo to grade the questions.

This French reading comprehension activity will teach your students about the GIGN. The GIGN is France's answer to SWAT/special forces. They've played a role in hostage rescue, hijacking resolutions, and most recently in the Charlie Hebdo/Jewish supermarket crisis. Your students will want to learn about these amazing soldiers!  Intermediate low learners will be able to understand the reading with scaffolding and teacher support while Intermediate mid and higher will be able to read independently.

The print version includes:

• 2-page article in French about the GIGN
• 11 comprehension questions in English
• 11 comprehension questions in French
• Answer key
• Resources page with links to videos and website

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This item is available in the following formats:

• Le GIGN

• Le GIGN Google™ drive version

• Le GIGN print & Google™ drive bundle

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• Les tirailleurs sénégalais

• The French Foreign Legion

• The Knights Templar

Are you looking for a French imparfait and passé composé activity that your students will enjoy?  This Sidney Crosby French reading comprehension activity focuses on the imparfait and passé composé in a biography of hockey player Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins.  The reading includes a pre-reading vocabulary activity for hockey terms used in the reading.

Sidney Crosby is one of the greatest hockey players with a career that has led to multiple medals and Stanley Cup victories.  But it hasn't been smooth sailing - he's dealt with quite a few injuries that have kept him off the ice for extended periods of time.  Learn about his career in this French reading and activity lesson.

Included in this activity:

• 2-page reading in French imparfait and passé composé
• vocabulary definition activity
• comprehension questions in French
• imparfait and passé composé explanation
• imparfait or passé composé activity with events from the reading
• answer key

Your students will enjoy practicing the use of the French past tenses while learning about this hockey superstar!

This internet activity unit has everything you need for your students to plan a virtual trip to Paris! Air travel, hotels, shopping, meals, transportation, museums, spectacles, and budge worksheets - you can use them on a stand-alone basis to address different themes, or together as one big unit. Includes a list of websites that will be useful to complete the project. Planning travel is a useful skill for all students but it's also a fun activity to do.

As your students work their way through the activities, they will be learning about different aspects of planning a trip. They will also learn about the city of Paris and its history and monuments. Each activity addresses a different aspect of trip-planning. Once they've done all of the activities, you can have students turn in the completed activities or put them together in a presentation about their trip. A fun way to learn a useful skill!

While the printable worksheets in this unit are in English, you can use it for more advanced French learners by requiring them to use the French language version of the websites they visit.

Activities in this unit include:

• Flights to and from Paris
• Transportation while in Paris
• Choosing a place to stay - hotel, hostel, AirBNB?
• Things to do
• Shopping
• Museums
• Shows and Events
• Dining and food budget
• Overall budget

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L'école en France.

This French reading comprehension activity unit will teach your students about the role of pet in France with a focus on dogs.  Students will learn about the relationship French people have with their pets as well as some challenges associated with owning a pet.

This printable unit includes:

• Article about dogs in France (in French & English)
• Article about the problem of dog poop (French and English)
• comprehension questions in English about articles
• infographic in French about pets in France w/comprehension questions
• Online activity for choosing a pet
• My perfect pet writing activity
• Resources page with links to videos and websites
• Set of 14 printable 8X10 vocabulary posters w/pictures of animals

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French Cuisine Cultural Unit

French houses/apartments cultural unit

This French cultural activity packet will help your students to understand the structure and practical life in the French school system. Different activities will let your students explore the life of a French high school student and compare it to their own experience.

Each activity has links they can use to find the information they need to complete the activity. The links are kept in a Google document that you can share with your students, but each page also has clickable links as well. You can share my links, or if you find particular links you would like them to use, you can give them those instead.

Activities in this unit include:

• Types of schools and grade levels in France
• Le Bac (the new reformed one)
• Le Bac Pro
• Recent Reforms to the school day
• Eating lunch in la cantine
• Daily schedules
• Report cards
• the role of the MJC
• Visit a French high school online
• Bullying in school
• A list of school supplies

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Un Voyage à Paris

This French reading comprehension unit will give your students the chance to learn about the sport of basketball, entirely in French!

It is 51 pages and has the following sections:

• 14 pages of intermediate-level reading about the topics of
• the sport, including:
• The invention of the sport (basic info)
• Wheelchair basketball
• Equipment
• Referees
• An international sport
• The championship
• the best players of yesterday and today
• Francophone players
• The WNBA and its players
• Positions

16 pages of full-color 8.5x11 printable vocabulary posters with photos. All of the words your students would need to know to talk about the sport!

10 pages of printable writing and comprehension activities. Writing activities include prompts for several levels (present tense, past tense, conditional tense). True and false activity, design and describe a jersey activity, and even some numbers and math practice activities - one with smaller numbers and one with much larger numbers so you can use it for different levels.

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Gauthier Grumier

Sidney Crosby

Zinedine Zidane

Le Hockey

The film La Famille Bélier was a success in French box offices - and will appeal to teens and young adults. This activity packet includes some supplemental activities to help gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of the film. It includes:

Song activities for two songs - each song has two versions of a Cloze activity (one with and one without a list of the missing vocabulary words) as well as a translation and comprehension activity. The two songs are "Je Vole" and "En Chantant".

A reading activity with comprehension questions in English and French about Louane, the main actress of the movie.

A reading activity with comprehension questions in English and French about French Sign Language.

An online activity with questions about the film, Michel Sardou, and his reaction to the use of his music in the film.

A list of related resources with QR and clickable links.

An answer key.

While the film is appropriate for teens, there are a couple of scenes that you should definitely preview. If you feel that they are not appropriate for your students, those scenes can easily be skipped without affecting the understanding of the plot.

Get a full year's worth lessons and activities for second year French. These ready-to-use French unit resources and readings include everything you need to teach and practice the typical things taught in a level two French course.

Teaching from a textbook can get boring, and sometimes textbooks simply don't give enough practice to learn vocabulary and grammar. Maybe you would rather focus on communication, and you plan to use a comprehensible input approach, but your textbook doesn't really work for that. This French curriculum bundle will give you everything you need to have structure, variety, and practice in your level two French classes.

This French curriculum Bundle Includes:

• 8 full units using comprehensible input - cover the same material as most second year French textbooks but using the language with repetition and context.
• 9 Digital games to practice vocabulary and grammar
• 4 Digital escape games to practice the imparfait and passé composé as well as cultural topics.
• 2 sets of Interactive notebook pages for some of the biggest grammar points in second year.
• 2 Hidden images games to practice verb conjugations
• 104 different reading activities - use for free voluntary reading or read as a class! A variety of topics so there is something for every interest.
• Activities to accompany all 13 episodes of the French educational video series Extr@! - comprehension activity printables and "the Unfair Game" for each episode.
• 3 Class games to play to practice direct and indirect object pronouns
• 13 movie talk activities to practice listening and retelling using narratives.
• 5 targeted grammar lessons to learn the passé composé, imparfait and more!

Use the full units as the backbone of your instruction, and the digital games will give students extra practice with the vocabulary and grammar points. For fun, you can spice it up a bit with an escape game or a reading activity.

The French bundle includes these items:

Comprehensible Input Curriculum Units

Each unit includes a PowerPoint, printable activities, teacher planning guide, assessments, and a video version of the unit story.

1 – La rentrée

2 - Je me prépare

3 – Le weekend passé

4 – Quand j’était petit

5 – Le Meilleur

6 – Le voyage

7 – Le futur

8 - Les problèmes mondiaux

Targeted grammar lessons

Each targeted grammar lesson includes a PowerPoint, printable activities, reading based on the grammar lesson and answer key.

Imparfait

Passé composé with avoir

Passé composé with être

Reflexive verbs

Negatives

Digital escape games

Perdu au Louvre

Prisoner in the Bastille

Les Bijoux de Versailles

Le Trésor de Chambord

Extra activities

Each activity packet includes vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, fill in the blank activities and more!

Episodes 1-13 (printable)

Unfair game 1-13 (PowerPoint)

Interactive notebooks:

Past and compound tense verbs

Irregular verbs

Digital games

Imparfait verbs Hidden pictures

Passe compose hidden pictures

Vandertramp verbs

lire/dire/ecrire

direct object pronouns

direct and indirect object pronouns

Connaitre/savoir

Reflexive verbs

Vouloir/pouvoir/devoir

Y and en

Passé composé or imparfait ?

Passé composé - avoir or être ?

Movie talk

Movie talks include story script, pre and post-viewing activities and answer key.

Sock world

Decaf

Laundry Quandary

Wishgranter

Shoot

Print your guy

Mezcaliente

Beyond the Lines

Egyptian Pyramids

Spellbound

Fauche

Heavenly Appeals

In a heartbeat

Reading activities - each reading activity includes reading with glossary, comprehension questions and links to websites and videos for extension activities.

2017 Presidential election

2022 presidential election

2023 protests

Alain Robert

Amaury Guichon

Andree peel

Animals in Space

Antoine Griezmann

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Ants

Arc de Triomphe

Arsène Lupin

Artificial intelligence

Bazar de la Charite

Beavers

Black swallow of death

CRISPR

Cathares

Chambon sur lignon

Chameleon

Chartres Cathedral

Chunnel

Cinema

Claude Monet

Coco Chanel

Coeur de Pirate

Concorde

Coronavirus

Dangerous Animals

Data Forensics

Ebola

Edith Piaf

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Elephants in Danger

Euro song contest

Foie gras

French Foreign Legion

French government

GIGN

Gevaudan

Grippe de 1918

Grumier

Guerre du PSL

Guerre du chocolat

Guillotine

Haiti

Hockey

Hotel de glace

Jeanne de Clisson

Joan of Arc

Joseph Bologne

Josephine Baker

Knights templar

LHC

La femme sauvage

Leonardo da Vinci

Loire valley chateaux

MOF

Macron

Man in the Iron Mask

Man who sold Eiffel Tower

Manger les insectes

Maple Syrup heist

Marie Antoinette

Marie Curie

Mbappe

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Metier Explosif

Millau Viaduct

Mont Saint-Michel

Nancy Wake

Natural Disasters

Nina Simone

Notre Dame

Oradour sur glane

Pandas

Parkour

Pasteur

Pere Fouettard

Peste Noire

Piton de la Fournaise

Prehistoric cave art

Princess Grace

Père Lachaise

Queen Brunehaut

Roller coasters

Saint-Malo

Sapeurs

Sharks

Sidney Crosby

Sloths

Social media

Sous Paris

Spiders

Stromae

Summer Sports

TGV

Tacos

Tardigrades

Timothée Chalamet

Tirailleurs Senegalais

Tour de France

Truffles

Un diner spécial

Urban experiment

Versailles

Vie troglo

Webb telescope

World cup

Zidane

Zombies attaquent

Do your AP French students need practice reading non-fiction in order to prepare for the test? Are you looking for interesting reading activities that can be done as class readings, independent reading, or free voluntary reading? Are you doing plenty of fun stories in your CI-driven French class, but you'd like to expose students to some less-common vocabulary or non-fiction readings? These readings are perfect for your intermediate and advanced French classes, levels 2 (with scaffolding) and up (more independently).

This bundle includes ALL of the intermediate and advanced French readings from the store. The price will go up as new items are added, but once you purchase you'll receive all of the new readings for free!

Most are non-fiction, but there are a few fiction stories mixed in. Science, culture, biographies, current events, cultural readings - a little bit of everything in one place! There are currently 118 different readings - enough to keep your students busy for the entire year. As new readings are added to the store, they will be added to this bundle as well.

Each reading includes:

• a printable article
• comprehension questions
• answer key
• additional resources

ACTFL performance descriptors:

• Comprehends simple stories, routine correspondence, short descriptive texts or other selections within familiar contexts. (int)
• Generally comprehends connected sentences and much paragraph-like discourse. (int)
• Comprehends information-rich texts with highly predictable order.(int)
• Comprehends paragraph discourse such as those found in stories, straightforward literary works, personal and work-related correspondence, written reports or instructions, oral presentations (news), anecdotes, descriptive texts, and other texts dealing with topics of a concrete nature. (adv)

A set of French reading comprehension units with readings and activities about French cultural topics.

Each unit deals with a different aspect of French culture. Students will learn about the French school system, how the Métro works, the role of sports in France, French cuisine, how French housing looks and how people find a place to live and more!

The units include readings (some in both French and English, see the product description for each one) and activities that have students doing real-world tasks. Some of the units have colorful vocabulary posters that you can project digitally or print out for decorations.

A bundle with three sports units for French learners.

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It can be difficult for students to get the hang of using the imparfait and many will need a variety of activities and lots of practice to get it. This activity bundle will allow you to get a good foundation in forming the imparfait and includes a variety of activities for students to practice choosing between the imparfait and the passé composé.

included in the bundle:

Focused grammar unit - a great introduction to the imparfait. Includes a PowerPoint to teach the basics, a printable version of the notes, and activities to practice using the imparfait. Also includes a reading about life at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV so students can see the imparfait in action.

Hidden images verb practice - A Google slides activity, students fill in the boxes with the correct imparfait form of the verb. If they get it right, a section of the image will appear.

Digital practice games - imparfait, passé composé or imparfait. Self-grading digital games that give students more practice choosing the correct form of the imparfait as well as when to use it. Games can be played in either Google slides or PowerPoint.

Reading activity - Les zombies attaquent - a short story about a zombie attack at the local high school. Students will enjoy the fun story and see the interplay of the imparfait and the passé composé.

Reading activity - Sidney Crosby - a short biography of the star hockey player. Read the article, answer the questions and determine the reason for the choice between the imparfait and the passé composé.

Digital escape game - Perdu au Louvre. Students will use their skill in choosing the correct verb tense - passé composé or imparfait in order to help a friend who is lost in the Louvre museum. Lots of fun and a great challenge at the end of a unit on the past tense!

This French reading comprehension bundle includes a variety of short readings in French about sports and sporting events. Learn about French sports as well as athletes and sporting events held around the world. Each reading includes a glossary of less common words as well as comprehension questions, answer key and links to additional resources.  They are suitable for intermediate-low and higher French students.

The readings in this bundle include:

• Sidney Crosby
• Kylian Mbappé
• Gauthier Grumier
• la Pétanque
• le Parkour
• le Tour de France
• Zinedine Zidane
• the 2022 World Cup
• Victor Wembanyama

Do your AP French students need practice reading non-fiction in order to prepare for the test? Are you looking for interesting reading activities that can be done as class readings, independent reading, or free voluntary reading? Are you doing plenty of fun stories in your CI-driven French class, but you'd like to expose students to some less-common vocabulary or nonfiction readings? These readings are perfect for your intermediate and advanced French classes, levels 2 (with scaffolding) and up (more independently).

Each reading includes:

• a printable article
• comprehension questions
• answer key
• additional resources

ACTFL performance descriptors:

• Comprehends simple stories, routine correspondence, short descriptive texts or other selections within familiar contexts. (int)
• Generally comprehends connected sentences and much paragraph-like discourse. (int)
• Comprehends information-rich texts with highly predictable order.(int)
• Comprehends paragraph discourse such as those found in stories, straightforward literary works, personal and work-related correspondence, written reports or instructions, oral presentations (news), anecdotes, descriptive texts, and other texts dealing with topics of a concrete nature. (adv)
  Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!

This intermediate French reading comprehension bundle includes a variety of non-fiction readings in French about a variety of interesting topics.  Learn about people and places of interest while practicing your French comprehension skills. Each reading includes a glossary of less common words as well as comprehension questions, answer key and links to additional resources.  They are suitable for intermediate-low and higher French students.

The intermediate French readings in this non-fiction bundle include:

• Stromae
• Alain Robert
• GIGN
• The Paris Underground
• Life in a cave house

Do your AP French students need practice reading non-fiction in order to prepare for the test? Are you looking for interesting reading activities that can be done as class readings, independent reading, or free voluntary reading? Are you doing plenty of fun stories in your CI-driven French class, but you'd like to expose students to some less-common vocabulary or nonfiction readings? These readings are perfect for your intermediate and advanced French classes, levels 2 (with scaffolding) and up (more independently).

Each reading includes:

• a printable article
• comprehension questions
• answer key
• additional resources

ACTFL performance descriptors:

• Comprehends simple stories, routine correspondence, short descriptive texts or other selections within familiar contexts. (int)
• Generally comprehends connected sentences and much paragraph-like discourse. (int)
• Comprehends information-rich texts with highly predictable order.(int)
• Comprehends paragraph discourse such as those found in stories, straightforward literary works, personal and work-related correspondence, written reports or instructions, oral presentations (news), anecdotes, descriptive texts, and other texts dealing with topics of a concrete nature. (adv)

Are you looking for a French imparfait and passé composé activity that your students will enjoy?  This reading comprehension activity focuses on the imparfait and passé composé in a biography of hockey player Sidney Crosby.  The reading includes a vocabulary activity for hockey terms used in the reading.

Sidney Crosby is one of the greatest hockey players with a career that has led to multiple medals and Stanley Cup victories.  But it hasn't been smooth sailing - he's dealt with quite a few injuries that have kept him off the ice for extended periods of time.  Learn about his career in this reading and activity lesson.

Included in this activity:

• 2-page reading in French imparfait and passé composé
• vocabulary definition activity
• comprehension questions in French
• imparfait and passé composé explanation
• imparfait or passé composé activity with events from the reading
• answer key

Your students will enjoy practicing the use of the French past tenses while learning about this hockey superstar!

This item is also available in these formats:

• Sidney Crosby - Boom Cards™ version - passé composé vs. imparfait

• Sidney Crosby - Google™ drive activity - passé composé vs. imparfait

This French reading comprehension activity will teach your students about the GIGN.The GIGN is France's answer to SWAT/special forces. They've played a role in hostage rescue, hijacking resolutions, and most recently in the Charlie Hebdo/Jewish supermarket crisis. Your students will want to learn about these amazing soldiers!  Intermediate low learners will be able to understand the reading with scaffolding and teacher support while Intermediate mid and higher will be able to read independently.

The print version includes:

• 2-page article in French about the GIGN
• 11 comprehension questions in English
• 11 comprehension questions in French
• Answer key
• Resources page with links to videos and website

The Google™ drive item includes:

• Google slides reading in French about the GIGN
• 11 comprehension questions in English
• 11 comprehension questions in French
• Answer key
• Resources pages with links to videos and website

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

This item is available in the following formats:

• Le GIGN

• Le GIGN Google™ drive version

• Le GIGN print & Google™ drive bundle

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• Les tirailleurs sénégalais

• The French Foreign Legion

• The Knights Templar