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Describe and Compare: Teacher Edition
Note: This is the teacher's guide to Pimsleur's French lesson called "Describe & Compare." The guide discusses the lesson's purpose, objectives, and designed learning outcomes. It presents information on each of the activities the...
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Freddie la grenouille
Qui est Freddie? Beginning French readers learn about Freddie, a frog who likes to jump, eat, and play with his friends. They read a short reading passage with small picture representations that replace the target vocabulary. Fifth and...
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Chassé Par Une Vache
Is there any animal you're afraid of? Intermediate French readers learn about a boy, Mike, who is afraid of cows. They read a short reading passage and answer the comprehension questions that follow. Three of the four questions are...
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Description Quiz
Several things are missing in each picture, can you identify the missing objects? There are two descriptions here: one for a landscape, and the other shows a classroom setting. After reading the descriptions of each (in French), your...
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Les Formes
What shape is a can of soda? What about a book? Develop basic shape vocabulary with your beginning French speakers. They learn nine shapes, adjectives that correlate to shapes (like if something is cylindrical, it's cylindrique), and...
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French Idioms With "If"
Your intermediate French speakers study a series of five French proverbs (all using si + le conditionnel). Can they explain what each proverb or idiom means? Answers are not included here, but it might be interesting to break learners...
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J'aime l'école!
Bienvenue à l'école! Read the short story, learn the eight vocabulary words presented here, and complete the two-part exercise. Beginning Francophones will learn the words: histoires, l'école, crayons de couleur, le bureau, écrire, la...
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What are they doing?
Teach beginning French speakers 10 common verbs. They use the pictures included to identify the correct French verb. The verbs listed are s'asseoir, s'accroupir, s'agenouiller, s'allonger, s'étirer, se pencher, se rencontrer, se...
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Jobs and Professions Grammar Worksheet
Some words need to change in order to be used in their feminine forms. While focusing on jobs and professions, review the words that need that extra e in their feminine form. Also, distinguish between the words that get the ending -teuse...
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Oral Activity: Camping
Review camping vocabulary terms with your French language learners. Pair your learners up to practice the brief dialogues provided here. Each member in the pair gets a different sheet, and learners practice asking and answering questions.
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Crossword: Les fruits et les légumes
Start by cutting out the mini-flashcards on the last two pages. Almost 40 different fruits and vegetables are shown with their French translation. After using these cards to build vocabulary, learners complete the crossword puzzle on the...
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Phrases illustrées 1: La famille
Now that your beginning French speakers have some basic vocabulary, give them this worksheet to assess their visual and reading comprehension. Can they tell what is going on in the pictures? Can they find the sentence that correctly...
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Prendre l'Avion
Do you want to travel to a French-speaking country? Then you need to know these vocabulary terms! The first page is the reference page, and it contains about 30 vocabulary terms and their definitions. After reviewing the terms, give each...
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Hobbies Quiz
Before giving your kids this test on hobbies and leisure activities in the French language, provide them with the activity cards (included). They can familiarize themselves with the cards and the activities represented on each card....
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Jobs and Professions: Grammar
While talking about jobs and professions, discuss masculine and feminine nouns. When given a list of masculine nouns, learners have to decide how to make that noun feminine. In addition, they will edit a short paragraph that currently...
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Louis Braille
Who was Louis Braille, and what was his famous invention? Read this passage with your French classes to explore an early French inventor. After completing the two-page reading, learners answer multiple-choice questions and a series of...
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Oral Practice
Beginning French speakers need oral practice! Create partner pairs and distribute a copy of this packet to each group. As partner A reads a question, partner B uses the picture clues to craft an answer. Then, partner B reads a question,...
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French 101: A Musical Introduction
Bonjour! Comment ça-va? Introduce your language learners to French by playing the song "Parce Qu'on Vient de Loin." They attempt to describe what the song says and learn some basic French greetings like bonjour, au revoir, je m'appelle,...
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Weather and Seasons
Use pictures and manipulatives to develop vocabulary with your beginning language learners. This plan can be used with foreign language learners (although you'll have to provide the vocabulary), English language learners, or a young...
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What I need for School
You can use this instructional activity with English language learners, a young language arts class, or speakers of a foreign language. The phrases learned are I need and I don't need. The teacher collects several items around the room,...
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The Family Lesson Plan: French Quiz #1
Qui est la tante de Rémi? Using the family tree provided, have your pupils complete the exercises to practice family-related vocabulary. While the resource is designed as a quiz, you could always distribute it simply for practice.
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Le Temps Crossword Puzzle
Review weather vocabulary terms with your beginning French language learners. There are 19 terms listed at the top of the page, and your learner must use the English translation to find the correct French word for each space in the...
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La petite araignée
Read a short passage about a spider, and complete the multiple-choice questions that follow. The questions provided are simple, but the last question does require learners to do some writing. A quick reading activity for your class!
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Dialogue: On Vacation
Get into partner pairs to practice the two dialogues included here. Partner A asks a question, and the other partner responds using the pictures and vocabulary provided. Each partner gets to have a chance to ask the questions because two...