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Le Passé Composé
When do you use le passé composé? This short presentation is easy to read and details when one uses either avoir or etre. Several examples are given, along with a list of time expressions (avant, hier, etc.), but a practice opportunity...
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The Weekend
What are you doing this weekend? Help your beginning French speakers discuss their weekend plans, whether it's for this weekend or a weekend in the future. An activity at the end requires class members to pair-up and get talking!
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Au camping!
Aimes-tu le camping? Review 12 camping-related vocabulary words with your beginning French speakers. Example vocabulary words include une tente, une bouteille d'eau, and un tire-bouchon. The final slide shows all of the images; prompt...
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Une journée typique
How do you spend your morning? This 34-slide presentation offers an opportunity to review day-to-day vocabulary. The terms are all presented in French and are accompanied by a picture. On the final three slides, you'll find a practice...
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Les repas
Qu'est-ce que tu manges ce matin? Forty-two slides develop the food-related vocabulary of your beginning French speakers. Slides present meal options for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The last three present a practice opportunity for...
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Les transports
How do you get to school? What about if you're traveling hundreds of miles? Review transportation-related vocabulary with your beginning French speakers. First, a bunch of terms are introduced. Then, in the second part of the...
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Qu'est-ce que tu vas acheter?
What do you buy when you go to the grocery store? This 23-slide presentation provides some food-related vocabulary to ease your French language learners' next shopping trip. The final three slides provide a short practice opportunity to...
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Il est comment? Elle est comment?
Est-ce qu'elle petite ou grande? Review basic French descriptors with your beginning language learners. Nineteen slides review common phrases to describe one's physical shape and size, along with one's hair and eye color. The six final...
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Les pays et les nationalités
I live in the United States, and I am American. Where do you live? Teach your beginning French speakers how to politely inquire where another is from. Twenty-five countries are introduced (like the United States, France, Italy, Spain,...
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Acheter un cadeau
What can you buy at a department store? Review some basic vocabulary terms with your beginning speakers. The first 23 slides present new vocabulary terms, and the final slide allows your class to speak the new words aloud. How many can...
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Comparez les animaux
Beginning and intermediate French language learners use the phrases plus que, moins que, and aussi que to compare animals with a one-page worksheet. After comparing a list of animals provided, writers are encouraged to craft their own...
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Adjective Agreement Crossword
Adjectives must agree with the nouns they precede. Give your intermediate French language learners an opportunity to review common adjectives with a crossword puzzle. Learners rewrite 30 given sentences using the correct form of the...
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Not sure how to translate a word, phrase, or paragraph? No worries. Simply paste in, type, or dictate your text, select the initial and desired language, and up pops your translation. Better yet, the app will read the text to you in most...
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Les Métiers (Jobs and Professions)
Work a few of these activities into your unit on jobs and professions for beginning French speakers. This teacher's guide focuses on feminine and masculine word endings, and introduces the teacher to different opportunities for oral...
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The Family (La Famille)
Here's the teacher guide to a unit on family and family vocabulary. Sift through the ideas (a pre-test, lesson activity, and closing activity are all included), and include them in your own unit. Since visual connections are a great way...
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Pet Guess Who
Est-ce que ton animal grand ou petit? Pair up your beginning French speakers for a game of Pet Guess Who! Using pet advertisements from newspapers or the Internet, pairs try to guess what kind of animal their partner has. Also, use the...
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French Phrases: Ways to Ask
If you're teaching interrogatives in French, this 10-question worksheet may be useful. It asks class members to translate the French phrases into English. An example phrase is, je voudrais.
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"Clothing" French Intelligence Preference Lesson
Middle and high school pupils write about three scenarios using the proper French vocabulary. They develop a fashion show, a clothing store, and a crime scene using only French vocabulary. They draw and label five outfits and present a...
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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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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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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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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...