I don’t know about you, but creating French sub plans used to stress me out so much. And it was very challenging to get a competent sub who would use them…
French Lesson Plans
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5 Best French Videos for Class
June 28, 2022Want to know one of the best ways to get your students to pay attention in French class? Show them French cultural videos! Students are so used to their American lifestyles…
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French First Week Activities
June 9, 2022French First Week Activities: In my previous 4 posts, I’ve talked about why it’s so important to create an immersion atmosphere, how to set the tone for the year, and how…
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Francophone Countries, Capitals
February 28, 2022Ever wonder which countries use French as their official language? Did you know there are over 25 Francophone countries? North America – 1, The Caribbean – 1, Europe – 5, and…
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Online French Activities for Students at Home
March 18, 2020So the coronavirus has hit your town, your school closed, but you are still expected to teach your students who can’t come to school. These online French activities will provide engaging…
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9 Ways to Improve Your Students’ French Writing Skills
January 22, 2019Let’s be honest – for many of our students, writing in French is such a struggle. As teachers, grading 60-125 essays that are poorly written can be torture. Imagine if you…
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25 French Writing Activities, French Writing Projects
January 2, 2019In this series on teaching French writing activities, we’ve already discussed using templates to model good writing, as well as the importance of French transition words to decrease choppiness. This post…
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How to Use French Writing Templates
January 2, 2019If your French students are writing short, choppy first-grade level sentences, try using French writing templates to dramatically improve and formalize their writing. If this is happening in your class, you’re…
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How to Set the Tone during the First Week of French Class It’s always a challenge to figure out what to do for the first week of French class. You never…
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Adding Francophone Culture to French Class
January 11, 2018We all know that Francophone culture is an important part of learning French, but we often don’t spend as much time as we should teaching our students about the cultures of…
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How to Teach Spanish Numbers, French Numbers 1-20, 1-100, 1-1000 Teaching numbers in another language is easy, right? Yes, but are you really teaching your students to master the French or…