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Time Expressions Crossword
Do your incoming classes remember French time expressions? Assess their memory with this crossword puzzle. Fifty-two time-related vocabulary words are given in English, and your Francophones must translate them into French. Example words...
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In the Pumpkin (Dans la Citrouille)
Students discover French language vocabulary. In this French language lesson, students create a harvest soup and sing a French song.
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Museums, Museums, Museums!
Students explore the websites for museums in either Paris or Madrid. They complete a website worksheet, answer questions about each museum, and create an ad for one of the museums.
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Hobbies
How many different hobbies can you name in French? Using this question, French classes are asked to list as many hobbies as they can. Although the activities themselves are not included in this teacher guide, you could create them...
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Quel temps fait-il?
Hit all the basics with this lesson plan, focusing on weather, greetings, and dates! Start by singing a weather related song ("Quel temps fait-il by Barbara MacArthur is suggested), and then read a story about getting ready for school....
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Beach Time! Color Adjective Exercise (French)
What are the rules for adding adjectives to a sentence? Where should you place the adjective? This activity introduces the rules for feminine, masculine, and color adjectives in French. It includes phrases to translate from English to...
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Avoir, Être, et Le Passé Composé
The lesson begins with direct instruction: how and when do we use avoir and être to form the past tense? After identifying the verbs that use either avoir or être, French learners write about five things they did the week prior. Then, in...
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Phrases Illustrées 1
This resource can be used with native or non-native French language learners. If using it with young native speakers, you'll test their visual comprehension. If you choose to use it with beginning language learners, you'll be able to...
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Phrases Illustrées 2
Use this exercise in two ways: either test your young native French speakers on their visual comprehension, or test your beginning French speakers on their language comprehension. There are five multiple-choice questions included here.
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My Family and Our Nationality
After completing the activities included here, your beginning foreign language speakers will be able to name family members, identify a family's place of origin, and write short sentences about family members. They start by listening to...
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Food Words: Scramble
There are so many key vocabulary terms to know for French food! Use this list as a basis, and pair it with some fun activities to get your class moving. You could print off pictures to correspond with each vocabulary word and have...
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Vocabulaire: Matching
Introduce this list of fairy tale vocabulary to your class and then have a read aloud. As an extension activity, you could break your class into small groups and have each group write their own fairy tale, highlighting the new...
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Home Spelling Practice: Words From French
This instructional activity asks middle schoolers to copy words derived from French. While rigor is absent from this assignment, it could be altered slightly to require more thought. Instead, ask that class members look up each English...
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Canada: Our Neighbor and Friend
Learners investigate the geography and culture of Canada by practicing the French language. For this world geography lesson, students create a continent map of North America while analyzing the unique geography of Canada. Learners...
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French Days of the Week Quiz
In this recognizing the French words for the days of the week quiz, learners choose multiple choice answers. Students answer seven questions.
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French Color Words
In this reading French activity, students look at a picture of a house and follow the French directions to color different parts of the house using five color words. Students color 5 items.
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French: Reading Comprehension
In this comprehending a paragraph in French worksheet, students read the paragraph and state whether the statements about the paragraph are true or false. Students write 3 answers.
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Hygiene
In this hygiene worksheet, students read 10 clues in French. Students unscramble the answers and write them next to the sentences. Students also read tips about good hygiene.
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Visitons Le Café! (Let's Visit the Café!)
Young scholars become familiar with basic French cafémenu items by viewing pictures of various foods and drinks and identifying them in French, and practice proper pronunciation by ordering foods in French, while taking turns role...
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Interview Exclusive! Paris-Match interroge Audrey Tatou, vedette du film, Le fableux destin d'Am¿¿lie Poulain
Students role play an interview. After researching Audrey Tautou and the movie Amelie, pairs of students take turns interviewing each other. One plays the role of a journalist and the other plays the role of an actress. During the...
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Passe Compose
Middle schoolers discuss past weekend activities. They become familiar with the Passe Compose. New vocabulary is intertwined into this lesson. Students apply new knowledge to a relevant, but different situation.
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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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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....