I have been working hard to create this blog for my middle school French students at Carolina Day School in Asheville, NC for the past month or so. I have tried to give my students all the information they need to learn the French language and culture, and to succeed in my class.
I decided to write up a brief explanation of how my blog is organized for my students and their parents. After doing so, I realized I should share it with the entire French learning and teaching community, so that any French Student or Teacher can take advantage of the resources available.
Here is a summary of how the blog is currently organized, highlighting the best links of each section:
- UPPER TABS
- Les Vidéos
- "Avez-vous déjà vu..." series are what I start my Monday mornings with. Watch these zany animated shorts that propose different life scenarios that no one has ever experienced. For example, watch the video I showed my students this Monday: Avez-vous déjà vu un film d'horreur de bonbons?
- Why Learn French videos, the most convincing being this one
- "Panique au Village" is series of quirky Belgian animated shorts about a the plastic figurine characters of Cowboy, Indien, cheval. Watch Cob'Hulk, a big favorite
- "Têtes à Claques" is a Canadian series about bizarre characters such as Gabriel and Samuel, these incredibly annoying brothers who contest any any adult ever says or does in their life. À l'école is one of the first videos I showed students last year that first got them hooked.
- Les Animaux Rigolos, narrated funny animal videos, such as this one, Les Chats Ninjas
- Les Pubs, including commercials of all sorts, including this amusing Gadoua commercial.
- Les Histoires Pour Enfants, to which I hope to add more narrated children's stories soon, but Pierre Lapin (Peter Rabbit) is fantastic!
- La Culture, highlighting some cultural particularities of French and Francophones, such as this explanation of "faire la bise". More to come soon.
- Random, including the breathtaking The Human Spider
- L'Histoire, with a couple of music videos that teach about French history, such as The French Revolutlon
- Extra! video series, the "Friends"-like TV episodes made by the BBC that are about this rich American guy who moved into apartment of his French pen pal and her roommate. These are perfect for your French 1 students. If you don't have time to show the videos in class your kids can just go to the links and watch it for homework. Watch the first episode here.
- La Musique
- Les Chansons Populaires, with the best music videos suitable to adolescent French beginners, such as the hit French Cancan by Inna Modja. I will definitely be adding a lot to this section.
- Les Chansons de Vocabulaire, with tons of catchy vocabulary songs that helps students memorize vocabulary with great accents, and I will be adding more as the year progresses. One of my favorites is the numbers 1-20 song at the beach by Alain le Lait.
- Les Chansons de Grammaire, grammar songs to teach verb conjugations, my 8th graders' favorite being "le verbe aller"
- Les Comptines, with most nursery rhymes subtitled with fabulous illustrations that help tell the story, including the 5th graders' favorite, "Frère Jacques", of course
- Les Chants de Noël, as we fast approach December, including favorite Christmas carols like Vive le Vent that the 7th graders used to serenade students in other classes
- 6eme, 7eme, and 8eme calendriers
- Here you can view daily homework assignments for each grade as well as notices also of upcoming quizzes, tests and project deadlines
- 6eme liens, links for my 6th graders categorized by:
- General French Learning Links, including WordReference language dictionary. My 7th and 8th graders put this site to good use when drafting their emails to their pen pals last year.
- Handouts, including any colored paper that I hand out in class that presents vocabulary or introduces grammar concepts, such as Les Expressions d'Élève - I will continue to add the links as I distribute the handouts in class (Note that you must be my student to have access to handouts)
- Révision de Vocabulaire, where students can practice vocabulary with games and flashcards like this Quizlet of Les Salutations et Les Courtoisies. Make sure to turn the sound on when going through the flashcards so you can practice listening and pronunciation. Don't miss out on fun Quizlet games like Space Race.
- 7eme liens, links for my 7th graders, categorized by:
- General French Learning Links, including WordReference language dictionary. My 7th and 8th graders put this site to good use when drafting their emails to their pen pals last year.
- Handouts, including any colored paper that I hand out in class that presents vocabulary or introduces grammar concepts, such as the Bon Voyage Chapitre 1 Mots 1 handout with photos to illustrate each new vocabulary word - I will continue to add the links as I distribute the handouts in class (Note that you must be my student to have access to handouts)
- Révision de Vocabulaire, where students can practice vocabulary with games and flashcards this quia game of Who Wants to be Millionaire to learn Numbers 1-31. Other revision activities include Battleship, Jeopardy, Space Race, and quizzes
- Révision de Grammaire, soon to be added for games and activities to review grammar concepts
- 8eme liens, links for my 8th graders, categorized by:
- General French Learning Links, including WordReference language dictionary. My 7th and 8th graders put this site to good use when drafting their emails to their pen pals last year.
- Handouts, including any colored paper that I hand out in class that presents vocabulary or introduces grammar concepts, including illustrated vocabulary handouts for key vocabulary from Extra! TV Episodes, like Episode 4. I will continue to add the links as I distribute the handouts in class (Note that you must be my student to have access to handouts)
- Révision de Vocabulaire, where students can practice vocabulary with games and flashcards this quia game of Who Wants to be Millionaire to learn Numbers 1-31. Other revision activities include Battleship, Jeopardy, Space Race, and quizzes
- Révision de Vocabulaire et de Grammaire, where students can practice both vocabulary and grammar by unit, such as the chapitre 2 vocab and grammaire jeopardy
- Révision de Grammaire, where students engage in games and activities to review grammar concepts, such as verbes en -er, aller, être et avoir jeopardy
- SIDEBARS for quick reference for all
- Qui êtes vous?
- Archives de Blog
- French Learning Links
- Grammar Explanations
- Vidéos
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