This activity reviews French subject pronouns and how to replace nouns with subject pronouns. The students will cut out of the subjects from page 2. They will glue them onto page 1 under the correct subject pronouns that would replace the noun. 

This is an activity to help students find the imperfect stem for irregular verbs in French.

Black M, a French hip-hop artist, was told he should not perform at a concert based on his race. He responded on Twitter with a comprehensive song "clapping back" at the politician and others who think being black makes him any less French. This lesson focuses on identity and uses first-year French constructions to allow students to talk about themselves while learning about French identities. The video for the song includes references to many aspects of French and francophone culture, which are explored briefly in the lesson with room to explore independently.
Lest we think this is an issue unique to France, decades ago, Marian Anderson was also told she could not perform based on her being black. She defied the odds and sang on the steps of the Lincoln memorial, inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr, among others. We look at this performance and a portrait of Anderson from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and students have a chance to discuss how they have overcome odds.

In this listening comprehension exercise, students will complete a questionnaire based on a podcast on the topic of dyslexia. Students will listen to the podcast at the French website Neopodia and answer comprehension questions in complete sentences in French.

In this jigsaw activity, students of intermediate-level French will divide into five groups to become experts on each of the five biodiversity questions featured on the Curiosphere website. They will proceed to explain their assigned aspect of the issue to a small group of students.

Les Conversations Mises à Jour is a collection of authentic conversations in French that targets mostly intermediate and advanced learners of French. Each conversation highlights the shared experience of two native or near-native French speakers and provides both an oral history of that experience and a trove of cultural references.

Students will practice basic clothing vocabulary along with colors and prices. Students will also work on the dialogue "Dans un magasin de vêtements."

The students will discover the vocabulary by clicking on images. Each word has associated sound to facilitate the pronunciation of learners in French.

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Liberté, by Gretchen Angelo, is a first-year college French textbook with a true communicative approach.Each chapter is built around communicative strategies. Clearly dened objectives in communication, culture, and grammar are given at the start of each chapter, and summary exercises at the end allow students to measure their mastery of these objectives. It has been adopted by instructors at over twenty-five colleges and high schools. Gretchen Angelo teaches French language and literature at California State University, Los Angeles.

In this cooperative learning activity, intermediate-level students of French will work in small groups on a language project concerning Alzheimer's Disease and the effect that it has on caregivers. The project begins mainly as a listening activity but ultimately includes all receptive and productive skills.

Students will listen to the teacher describe people's phyisical appearance and the student will draw/ color the people.

The video "Femmes francophones, Pouvoir et developpement" provides insight on the evolving role of women in business and positions of power throughout the Francophone world. The activity accompanying the video allows students to shape their perceptions of the issues and achievements of Francophone women.

In this Interactive Lecture Demonstration, students will attempt to predict the content of articles on the Health Science pages of French newspapers by reading headlines. They then read the actual articles and reflect on the actual content of the news articles.

Students work with a partner to go on a pretend online shopping spree. They use clothing and accessory words, colors, descriptive adjectives, and BAGS adjectives to talk through outfits they’d consider buying.

This project focuses on the passé composé with être ( the DR MRS VANDERTRAMPP verbs) Students will choose a project option and use the rubrics as guidelines for their project.

Students review a few main rules for when and how to use the subjunctive, review a handful of common expressions that trigger subjunctive usage, and then work in partner groups to translate and diagram 12 sentences.  

Notes and practice translations with key. French Direct Object Pronouns. Present, passe compose, futur proche, negation. 

Notes and practice translations with key. French Indirect Object Pronouns. Present, passe compose, futur proche, negation.