This Google drive activity includes a set of vocabulary pages and a set of activities for your students to do on their Google drive or OneNote accounts - no copying, no papers!

The vocabulary set includes 23 slides of different foods. Some of them are French specialties such as ratatouille, mousse, crêpes and more. There is also a slide of fruits, a slide of vegetables, and a slide with table settings vocabulary. Students can go back and refer to the vocabulary in this set as they do activities, or you can use it as a launching point for a presentation about French cuisines.

The activity set includes 20 slides of readings and activities. These include:

• an article about fast food and everyday food (in English and French versions)

• an article about haute cuisine (in English and French versions)

• a single page article about how to read a French menu (in English)

• an activity on fast food in France

• an activity on finding a restaurant in France

• an activity on making a menu in French with rubric

• an activity on reading a recipe in French

• a vocabulary matching activity

• an activity on grocery shopping in France

• an activity on reading a French menu

• a matching activity on buying food in specialty shops

• an activity on reading online restaurant reviews

• a page of related links/activities

This French reading comprehension and activity unit is a great addition to whatever your current curriculum has for food in France. It doesn't focus on the usual things that kids already know about (sandwiches, hamburgers, pizza & fries) but instead has some good additional material.

It includes:

• 2 reading articles, 1 page each, in both French AND English:
• one article on fast food in France (fast food, street food, take-out)
• one article on haute cuisine
• 1 infographic about dining in France - the order of courses and some rules about manners while eating.

Activities:

• 1 internet activity with links for students to research French fast food
• 1 internet activity with links for students to research fancier food
• a reading activity on how to read French menus
• an activity with rubric for students to make their own menus

Posters:

a complete set of printable 8X10 posters that you could print on a printer or have printed on nice photographic paper - 14 different posters featuring French items such as ratatouille, mousse au chocolat, croissants - but also some newcomers that you will find EVERYWHERE in France - kebab and couscous.

Resources:

A page with clickable links to some useful resources when learning about French cuisine.

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