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Charles Baudelaire: Poète Maudit (The Cursed Poet)
After learning the main ideas of the Decadent movement, learners work in small groups to read and translate poems by the French poet Charles Baudelaire using basic etymology skills. They then read the accurate English translations to see...
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Francophone Airline Information:Le Tour du Monde
Students create a travel itinerary to Francophone countries by researching the web then present to the class.
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Les membres de ma famille
Pictures are missing from this vocabulary-based PowerPoint! Add some pictures of different family members to help your beginning French language learners remember the new vocabulary. As of right now, this presentation just lists the...
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Presentation of Our Family
Although there is no real lesson plan included here, you could easily recycle the idea! Get kids using vocabulary related to family, age, feelings, and nationality. Start by teaching basic vocabulary words and phrases (you'll need to...
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Types of Literature
Explore a short piece of French literature with intermediate French scholars. Either assign readers to each character, or divide the class into groups to give the story some life. There's a student task sheet included as well, although...
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Our Family and Age
Start by playing a song about numbers. "Sing, Dance, Laugh, and Eat Quiche" is suggested. Then, start counting things around the room. Introduce yourself, and have kids start to introduce themselves when they catch on to the vocabulary....
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Chapter One Review
Designed to review chapter one of Allez, viens!, the French textbook, this resource simply presents a list of questions the teacher will ask the class to review vocabulary. If you do not have access to this textbook, this resource will...
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French _er Verbs
This word search includes 12 French -er verbs to locate in the puzzle. There is little research to support the use of word searches in the classroom; however, this could be a sponge or anticipatory activity.
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Incorporating Cameroonian Cultures into French Classes
Students explore Cameroonian culture. In this French instructional activity, students participate in activities that require them to discover the ties between Cameroonian culture and French culture.
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Food Preferences and Healthful Eating
Learners discuss healthy eating habits. In this food preferences lesson, students read a scenario about teenagers visiting a restaurant. Learners role play the story and complete a graphic organizer.
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Group Rehearsal
Students study their national and family heritage while working in groups. In this personal history project, students examine the family shield or crest of the teacher while preparing to create and share their own with the class....
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Months of the Year in French
In this months of the year in French learning exercise, students answer 12 multiple choice questions about French vocabulary for the months of the year.
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Le Petit Prince - VII: French Vocabulary matching
This worksheet consists of numerous French terms. Students match an English word to its French equivalent. Students check themselves using the solution option at the bottom of the worksheet.
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Un Petit Cochon
In this translating activity, students translate a French nursery rhyme to English. Students have 7 lines to translate in this nursery rhyme.
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Hygiene
For this French worksheet, 6th graders solve a word puzzle in French about hygiene. For example, "Le microbe que cause Shigellosis est une..."
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Weather Phrases Matching- English to French
In this weather words matching activity, students match 10 English phrases that describe weather to their French counterparts.
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Parlez vous francais?
In this foreign language activity, students find the words that are related to learning the language of French. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Jours, Mois et Saisons
In this French learning exercise, students identify and locate French vocabulary terms related to the months, days, and seasons of the year. There are 32 words located in the word search.
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French Phrases Matching Worksheet
For this French worksheet, students match the phrase with its translation in the other column for 15 questions. The answers are obtained by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Matching Clothes Worksheet
In this French Language learning exercise, learners have to match the word with the English meaning related to items of clothing. The answers are found by opening the button at the bottom of the page.
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Matching Worksheet
In this French vocabulary worksheet, 7th graders match 15 French vocabulary terms and phrases with the correct English translation.
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An Exploratory Approach to the Teaching of French in the Middle School
Students review the most recent vocabulary list of French words. Using literature by Victor Hugo and Guy de Maupassant, they discover the history and culture of France. Using a map and the text, they locate the cities and regions of...
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Cajun Music: the Voice of the Cajun Family
Students use the Cajuns and their music to engage an interest in and study French. They examine the Cajuns, their customs, work, leisure time, food, and how their music unites them as an ethnic group, with emphasis on the family.
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The Preservation of a Heritage: Study of the Acadians
Students in a French class examine the life of the Acadians. In groups, they research the experiences of the Acadians coming to Louisiana and identifying the characteristics of the Cajuns. They compare and contrast the Acadians culture...