11th Grade French Video Files

Are you looking to improve student comprehension and proficiency in French?  This French comprehensible input short story is a fun sample of what can be done with French CI instruction.  It is a sampler from the series of French CI units, available for level 1 and level 2 French.

This short story is for French learners who are just starting their studies. Very simple language with lots of repetition - but the story itself is interesting enough to hold their attention. It is the unit story that finishes unit 1 of the CI unit series - each unit uses comprehensible input to give your students a base of frequently used vocabulary words with some basic structures.  At the end of the unit, students should be able to easily read and understand the story - and with practice, they can retell the story as well.  

These units are especially helpful if you want to use CI but:

• You are required to use a district textbook
• You need a little bit of structure as you get your feet wet with comprehensible input
• You are required to give a district final, but want to use CI to teach your classes

The units are complete units with vocabulary and grammar in context - they cover the same material as the standard textbook programs, only with a more comprehensible input focus.

This free story can be used as a standalone activity as early as the first semester of French.  

Includes:

• short story in French
• comprehension questions
• story retell activity
• mp4 animated video of the story

This story is part of the Bonjour! Comprehensible input unit 1 for beginning French. This will give you an idea of what the units are like - each unit builds up to a unit story based on the vocabulary and grammar of the unit.

Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Joe is a potato, and he's lonely. He's got a plan to find a girlfriend - but will it backfire? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• seul

• il s'est habillé

• pensait

• était

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Marc is a boy who is always late to math class. His math teacher is losing patience with his tardiness and wants to know why he's always late. Marc has a good excuse - or does he? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• toujours en retard - always late

• fâché.e - angry

• il crie - he yells

• être collé.e - to have detention

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just short of 3 minutes long, with French audio and subtitles. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the video version of the story

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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There is a monster under the bed! That is scary for any kid, but how does the monster feel about having a little girl on top of the bed? Find out in this Comprehensible Input video lesson for French learners.

This item includes a story with targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The structures are:

• sous le lit - under the bed

• j’ai peur - I’m scared

• il y a - there is/there are

• sur le lit - on the bed

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells.

To accompany the video and printed story, there are several activity pages - a comprehension worksheets, a "who said it?" worksheet, and a story retell page. Answer key included.

To sum it up, the item includes:
✓ one mp4 file of the story with text
✓ one mp4 file of the story without text
✓ link to videos online so your students can rewatch on their own
✓ printable pdf story
✓ comprehension question worksheet
✓ "who said it?" worksheet
✓ story retell worksheet
✓ answer key

With many people doing distance learning these days, you might wonder if it is possible to use this story in this way. The answer is YES! Here are some suggestions on how you can make this work:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Use Zoom meeting (or whatever software of your choice) to tell the story with the video. Share your screen with the mp4 file. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says "there is a monster under the bed" - ask questions such as "is there a monster or a dog? Is the monster under or on the bed? What kind of a monster is it - big or little? Scary or nice? What is his name? Is there a monster under your bed? What kind of a monster is under YOUR bed?"

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the mp4 stories, so the students can watch the video on their own - with or without the text - and practice retelling.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. This can be done through Zoom, or you could have them use Flipgrid to record.

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Le Mauvais Chef is bad - really bad. He puts too much salt on EVERYTHING. He's sad and customers are angry. But is there a simple solution? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• trop de sel

• vous êtes

• un mauvais chef

• il met

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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This French comprehensible input story is so easy, it can be done in the first or second week of French level 1! It has a lot of repetition, but also teaches about a very important cultural touchpoint - the need to say "bonjour" when you interact with other people.

This item includes a story with 4 targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The structures are:

je dis - I say

je suis - I am

une personne polie/impolie - a polite/impolite person

quand je vais - when I go

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just under 4 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text.

To accompany the video and printed story, there are several activity pages - a comprehension worksheet, an activity to practice au and aux (no explanation - just using what students heard in the story), and a story retell page. Answer key included.

To sum it up, the item includes:
✓ a video mp4 file of the story with text
✓ link to videos online so your students can rewatch on their own
✓ printable pdf story
✓ comprehension question worksheet
✓ au/aux worksheet
✓ story retell worksheet
✓ answer key

If you aren't familiar with the process of storyasking and circling, here are some tips for using this lesson plan:

- Use the pdf of the story as reading practice. You might have students read it before or after you use the video.

- Tell the story with the video. There is no sound for the video, this is done purposely so that you can use the story for storyasking. Tell the story a little at a time, pausing the video frequently to ask questions. This will help you to circle the vocabulary and structures. Add details! If the sentence says " Quand je vais au zoo,je dis bonjour" - ask questions such as "Do you go to the zoo? What is the name of the zoo? Is there a lion at the zoo? Is there an elephant at the zoo? Is the lion dangerous? Is the elephant dangerous? Do you prefer an elephant or a lion? What is the lion's name? Is the lion big or small?" Add as much detail as you like so that students can hear the vocabulary and structures as many times as possible.

- Once you have done the storyasking part of the task, now it is time for the students to do the comprehension and retell. These are pdf files that you can send to the students. You can also share the link to the page with the video of the story, so the students can watch the video on their own and practice retelling at their own speed.

- Finally, you can have students do the retell. They can do the written retell, the spoken retell, or both.

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Dad is watching the kids while mom's at work, but they keep ending up getting hurt. Will they make it through the day, or will disaster strike? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• J'ai mal

• Je me suis cassé...

• Tu devrais

• Tu faisais

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

The American President may be powerful, but he isn't happy. He'd much rather be singing. He wants to be better than the best - and he flies around the world to prove it. But can he succeed at achieving his dream job? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• rend visite

• mieux que

• veut changer

• la Maison-Blanche

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Marc loves his red pants, but all of the other kids laugh at him when he wears them. So he tries other pants - but they still laugh. Could the problem be something other than his questionable fashion choices? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• il s'habille

• moche

• ne comprend pas

• en solde

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Bob is a horrible driver - he's always distracted and he drives on the sidewalks frequently. Will anyone be able to change his irresponsible ways? Find out in this CI story for French learners.

There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• conduit mal - he/she drives badly
• sur le trottoir - on the sidewalk
• a écrasé - ran over
• je ne l’ai pas vu - I didn’t see him/it

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Jerome is in love with Sophie. But there's a problem - he's very, very small. So small that Sophie can't see him and doesn't know he exists. Can he find a way to get Sophie to notice him and go out with him on a date? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

amoureux/amoureuse de - in love with
ne le voit pas - doesn’t see him
il achète - he buys
plus petit que - smaller than

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Juliette has a dog, a really big dog. Her dog is causing trouble at school, because he keeps eating her homework. Will she be able to convince her teacher that the dog really is hungry enough to eat her homework? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• a mangé

• demande

• ne la croit pas

• avait faim

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Marcie loves cheese. She REALLY loves cheese - so much that she smells like cheese. Her boyfriend Peter doesn't like cheese at all. How can Marcie reconcile her love for cheese with her love for Peter? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• sent mauvais

• Je ne t'aime plus

• Beaucoup de fromage

• il/elle met

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Amadou wants to find the perfect gift for his mother's birthday. But somehow, his gifts don't work out. Can he find the right gift to show his love for her, or will she be disappointed? There are three targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• le cadeau parfait

• il veut lui donner

• dans sa poche

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and an animated mp4 version. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just over 5 minutes long, with pause time for students to read the text. There is a second version of the video with only the illustrations - no text - so you can watch it and do story retells. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Links to the videos both with and without the text

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• "Who said it?" worksheet

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Make learning French and practicing the verb être fun with this simple, comprehensible input French lesson plan and story. This lesson plan includes a story with targeted structures that can be repeated to give your students lots of repetitions. Comprehension activities to use after the story will allow you to engage your students and makes sure that your French lesson is truly comprehensible input.

Sophie is a carrot. She's lonely and is looking for the perfect boyfriend. Online dating is the answer, but she's got very particular requirements. Will she be able to find the perfect boyfriend? There are four targeted vocabulary structures that are used multiple times throughout the story. The targeted structures are:

• je suis - I am

• tu es - you are

• il est - he is

• un copain - a boyfriend

This very simple story is told in two different ways. There is a printable text version, and a PowerPoint/YouTube video version with audio. Tell the story as you watch it (pause if you want to stop and discuss or storyask!), or just watch it for comprehension. The video is just short of 11 minutes long, with French audio and text. With novice low and novice mid learners, you can tell the story as is. For novice high learners, you can add more details or write a parallel story. You could even use this story at higher levels by having students retell the story in the past.

Here’s what you’ll get in this Copain Parfait French Comprehensible Input Lesson:

• Link to the video version of the story with audio

• A PowerPoint version of the story with audio

• A printable pdf version of the story

• Comprehension question worksheet

• A worksheet to practice changing from je/tu/il/elle forms of être and adjectives

• Story retell worksheet

• Answer key

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Are you wanting to use French comprehensible input in your classes, but:

• You are required to use a district textbook?
• You need a little bit of structure as you get your feet wet with comprehensible input?
• You are required to give a district final, but want to use CI to teach your classes?

If so, this comprehensible input unit for French is for you!

This unit is the perfect complement to a district curriculum or textbook - it covers some of the typical vocabulary and grammar taught in the first semester of French 2, but with a more communicative approach.  Work through the unit with circling and repetition and at the end of each unit, your students will be amazed at how much they can do with the language!

A complete unit that can be used to begin the second year of French. It builds on the vocabulary from the first year units 1-8 and second year unit 1. Includes lesson plans for 12 days, talking about air travel,  souvenirs, hotels and tourism.

This unit includes the following materials:

• Lesson plan guide for each day
• PowerPoint with lesson for each day
• Student dictionary handout page

Word wall posters for vocabulary

Links to vocabulary set on Gimkit, Quizlet and Blooket
• Handouts to practice writing and reading about their daily routine

• Grab it! game for hotel and travel vocabulary
• Handout for students to read reviews of toiletry products
• Handout for students to write about vacations and hotels
• Activities to practice using direct and indirect object pronouns
• Unit story using vocabulary from this unit
• Cloze activities to accompany story - one with and one without word bank
• Running dictation game to accompany unit story
• Handout for unit story retell/rewrite
• Animated video of unit story

• It's not fair game in English for the unit story

It's not fair game in French for the unit story
• Short assessments for unit: reading, listening, presentational speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing

• NEW! now includes digital/distance version of student activities

Use the unit on its own or as a follow-up to the level 1 units 1-8 and level 2 units 1-5.

Units 1-8 are available for level 1 and units 1-7 for level 2.  Each unit builds on the previous units' vocabulary. A list of the vocabulary for each unit is available here: http://bit.ly/2Sg3tLK

Get a full year's worth lessons and activities for second year French. These ready-to-use French unit resources and readings include everything you need to teach and practice the typical things taught in a level two French course.

Teaching from a textbook can get boring, and sometimes textbooks simply don't give enough practice to learn vocabulary and grammar. Maybe you would rather focus on communication, and you plan to use a comprehensible input approach, but your textbook doesn't really work for that. This French curriculum bundle will give you everything you need to have structure, variety, and practice in your level two French classes.

This French curriculum Bundle Includes:

• 8 full units using comprehensible input - cover the same material as most second year French textbooks but using the language with repetition and context.
• 9 Digital games to practice vocabulary and grammar
• 4 Digital escape games to practice the imparfait and passé composé as well as cultural topics.
• 2 sets of Interactive notebook pages for some of the biggest grammar points in second year.
• 2 Hidden images games to practice verb conjugations
• 104 different reading activities - use for free voluntary reading or read as a class! A variety of topics so there is something for every interest.
• Activities to accompany all 13 episodes of the French educational video series Extr@! - comprehension activity printables and "the Unfair Game" for each episode.
• 3 Class games to play to practice direct and indirect object pronouns
• 13 movie talk activities to practice listening and retelling using narratives.
• 5 targeted grammar lessons to learn the passé composé, imparfait and more!

Use the full units as the backbone of your instruction, and the digital games will give students extra practice with the vocabulary and grammar points. For fun, you can spice it up a bit with an escape game or a reading activity.

The French bundle includes these items:

Comprehensible Input Curriculum Units

Each unit includes a PowerPoint, printable activities, teacher planning guide, assessments, and a video version of the unit story.

1 – La rentrée

2 - Je me prépare

3 – Le weekend passé

4 – Quand j’était petit

5 – Le Meilleur

6 – Le voyage

7 – Le futur

8 - Les problèmes mondiaux

Targeted grammar lessons

Each targeted grammar lesson includes a PowerPoint, printable activities, reading based on the grammar lesson and answer key.

Imparfait

Passé composé with avoir

Passé composé with être

Reflexive verbs

Negatives

Digital escape games

Perdu au Louvre

Prisoner in the Bastille

Les Bijoux de Versailles

Le Trésor de Chambord

Extra activities

Each activity packet includes vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, fill in the blank activities and more!

Episodes 1-13 (printable)

Unfair game 1-13 (PowerPoint)

Interactive notebooks:

Past and compound tense verbs

Irregular verbs

Digital games

Imparfait verbs Hidden pictures

Passe compose hidden pictures

Vandertramp verbs

lire/dire/ecrire

direct object pronouns

direct and indirect object pronouns

Connaitre/savoir

Reflexive verbs

Vouloir/pouvoir/devoir

Y and en

Passé composé or imparfait ?

Passé composé - avoir or être ?

Movie talk

Movie talks include story script, pre and post-viewing activities and answer key.

Sock world

Decaf

Laundry Quandary

Wishgranter

Shoot

Print your guy

Mezcaliente

Beyond the Lines

Egyptian Pyramids

Spellbound

Fauche

Heavenly Appeals

In a heartbeat

Reading activities - each reading activity includes reading with glossary, comprehension questions and links to websites and videos for extension activities.

2017 Presidential election

2022 presidential election

2023 protests

Alain Robert

Amaury Guichon

Andree peel

Animals in Space

Antoine Griezmann

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Ants

Arc de Triomphe

Arsène Lupin

Artificial intelligence

Bazar de la Charite

Beavers

Black swallow of death

CRISPR

Cathares

Chambon sur lignon

Chameleon

Chartres Cathedral

Chunnel

Cinema

Claude Monet

Coco Chanel

Coeur de Pirate

Concorde

Coronavirus

Dangerous Animals

Data Forensics

Ebola

Edith Piaf

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Elephants in Danger

Euro song contest

Foie gras

French Foreign Legion

French government

GIGN

Gevaudan

Grippe de 1918

Grumier

Guerre du PSL

Guerre du chocolat

Guillotine

Haiti

Hockey

Hotel de glace

Jeanne de Clisson

Joan of Arc

Joseph Bologne

Josephine Baker

Knights templar

LHC

La femme sauvage

Leonardo da Vinci

Loire valley chateaux

MOF

Macron

Man in the Iron Mask

Man who sold Eiffel Tower

Manger les insectes

Maple Syrup heist

Marie Antoinette

Marie Curie

Mbappe

Medecins Sans Frontieres

Metier Explosif

Millau Viaduct

Mont Saint-Michel

Nancy Wake

Natural Disasters

Nina Simone

Notre Dame

Oradour sur glane

Pandas

Parkour

Pasteur

Pere Fouettard

Peste Noire

Piton de la Fournaise

Prehistoric cave art

Princess Grace

Père Lachaise

Queen Brunehaut

Roller coasters

Saint-Malo

Sapeurs

Sharks

Sidney Crosby

Sloths

Social media

Sous Paris

Spiders

Stromae

Summer Sports

TGV

Tacos

Tardigrades

Timothée Chalamet

Tirailleurs Senegalais

Tour de France

Truffles

Un diner spécial

Urban experiment

Versailles

Vie troglo

Webb telescope

World cup

Zidane

Zombies attaquent

Get a full year's worth lessons and activities for first year French. These French units and resources include everything you need to teach and practice the typical things taught in a level one French course.

Teaching from a textbook can get boring, and sometimes textbooks simply don't give enough practice to learn vocabulary and grammar. Maybe you would rather focus on communication, and you plan to use a comprehensible input approach, but your textbook doesn't really work for that. This French curriculum bundle will give you everything you need to have structure, variety, and practice in your level one French classes.

This level 1 French curriculum Bundle Includes:

• 8 full units using comprehensible input - cover the same material as most first year French textbooks but using the language with repetition and context.
• 36 Digital games to practice vocabulary and grammar
• 19 Digital escape games to learn about the culture of the Francophone world
• 12 Non-fiction CI lessons - learn about interesting topics using sheltered language and grammar, with lots of repetition and a focus on comprehensibility
• 12 CI short story lessons - cute stories with very limited vocabulary - each story includes story retell and comprehension activities.
• 3 Interactive notebook pages for some of the biggest grammar points in first year.
• 5 grammar lessons with PowerPoints to teach some of the most basic French grammar - subject pronouns, adjectives, ER, IR and RE verbs

Use the full units as the backbone of your instruction, and the digital games will give students extra practice with the vocabulary and grammar points. For fun, you can spice it up a bit with an escape game, short story, or non-fiction lesson every so often.

The French bundle includes the following items:

Digital escape games:

L’Armistice/Le jour du Souvenir

Cathedrals of France

France

French Holidays

Mardi Gras

Paris

Joyeux Noel

La Recette perdue

La Toussaint

Le cinq mai

Loire valley châteaux

Mbappé is Missing!

Mont Saint Michel

Save Notre-Dame

The French-speaking world

Trouvez l’espion

Belgium

Quebec Province

Valentine’s Day

Non-Fiction CI lessons - each lesson includes a PowerPoint, story script, and comprehension activities to do after you've gone over the content.

La ville de Paris

Lafayette

Thomas Pesquet

French Food

Le lycée

Le TGV

La Martinique

Francophone Africa

D-Day

The Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame

Joan of Arc

CI Short stories - each story has specific targeted structures/vocabulary that is used over and over again to build acquisition. Includes post-reading activities and links to video version of the story.

J’ai mal!

Le Grand Chien

Le pantalon moche

Tu sens mauvais!

L’homme invisible

Le mauvais chef

Marc a faim

Le Cadeau parfait

La pomme de terre seule

Le Président Américain

Le Monstre sous le lit

Tu conduis mal!

Foldable interactive notebook pages

Big 4 irregular verbs

Foldable regular verbs

Foldable vocabulary pages

Digital games

Digital games can be played in PowerPoint or Google slides. Play together as a class using projection on a smartboard, or individually! Games are self-correcting.

Present tense irregular verbs

Present tense regular verbs

Adjective agreements

Ce and quel

ER verb conjugation

Être

IR verbs

Irregular verbs

Possessive adjectives

RE verbs

Vouloir, pouvoir, devoir

Numbers

Irregular adjectives

Clothing

Food

Adjectives

School supplies

House and furniture vocabulary

Question words

Body parts

Fruits

Vegetables

Professions and jobs

Ce, cet, cette, ces

Quel, quelle, quels, quelles

Connaitre and savoir

Un une des de d’

Telling time

Avoir conjugations and expressions

Halloween vocabulary

Thanksgiving vocabulary

Christmas vocabulary

Fruits and vegetables

Clothing

Mardi Gras

Valentine’s Day

Comprehensive CI units

Each unit includes a PowerPoint, printable activities, teacher planning guide, assessments, and a video version of the unit story.

Unit 1 : Bonjour !

Unit 2 : J’aime

Unit 3 : Le lycée

Unit 4 : On va sortir

Unit 5 : Ma famille et mes amis

Unit 6 : Les achats

Unit 7 : Bon appétit !

Unit 8 : J’habite ici…

Grammar lessons

Each targeted grammar lesson includes a PowerPoint, printable activities, reading based on the grammar lesson and answer key.

subject pronouns

regular adjectives

ER verbs

IR verbs

RE verbs

Are you wanting to use French comprehensible input in your classes, but:

• You are required to use a district textbook?
• You need a little bit of structure as you get your feet wet with comprehensible input?
• You are required to give a district final, but want to use CI to teach your classes?

If so, this bundle of comprehensible input units for French is for you!

These units are the perfect complement to a district curriculum or textbook - they cover the typical vocabulary and grammar taught in the second semester of French 2, but with a more communicative approach.  Work through the unit with circling and repetition and at the end of each unit, your students will be amazed at how much they can do with the language!

Here's what you'll get in each unit:

• Daily PowerPoint lesson for you to present the material
• A student dictionary handout page
• Daily bell work activities
• Practice handouts to give your students practice in using the language
• A unit story based on the vocabulary of the previous lessons
• Cloze activities to accompany the unit story
• Running dictation game to accompany the unit story
• Animated video of the story
• Short assessments for the unit: reading, listening, presentational speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing
• Access to digital/distance version of student activities

Your students will pick up the language as they work through the unit.  With a combination of the daily PowerPoint to allow for circling and repetition and the activities to give students using the language in a real-life way, you will be amazed at how much they can do by the end of the unit!  Each unit has a full set of lesson plans that will take you through everything students need to know in order to read the unit story at the end.  

Level 1 currently has units 1-8 available.  No matter what textbook or curriculum you use, these units cover the basics that are generally taught in level 1 French.  Level 2 has units 1-8.  If you would like to see what vocabulary is included in each unit, please visit http://bit.ly/2Sg3tLK.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Caitlin B. says "This resource is FULL of activities that you can use in sequence or pull separately. I have been slowly moving my classroom over to CI methods and these topics are similar to what I am teaching so they are easy to use and help me get used to CI at my own pace."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Comprehensible Textbook says "This was my first unit purchase from the Frenchified store and I am in love with it!! This gave me all the tools I needed to teach the imparfait in a way that focused much more on CI (speaking, listening, writing and reading the language) instead of just grammar drills and worksheets. I will say that it took a little bit to make the resources my own to fit my classroom, but that is probably a best practice for any resource you get from TeachShare. I look forward to using your units from now on!!!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rebeccah S. says "These CI Units are truly a lifesaver (especially when I am trying to plan for in person and online learning at the same time)! Excellent price for the material that you receive. Can't wait for more French II Units to be published! Merci beaucoup!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Mlle D says "Once again, another fantastic resource. As a teacher just beginning my CI journey, these unit were really helpful to get me started. There is a variety of activities, and the stories are well structured to help facilitate student comprehension."

Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!!

Are you wanting to use French comprehensible input in your classes, but:

• You are required to use a district textbook?
• You need a little bit of structure as you get your feet wet with comprehensible input?
• You are required to give a district final, but want to use CI to teach your classes?

If so, this bundle of comprehensible input units for French is for you!

These units are the perfect complement to a district curriculum or textbook - they cover the typical vocabulary and grammar taught in the second semester of French 2, but with a more communicative approach.  Work through the unit with circling and repetition and at the end of each unit, your students will be amazed at how much they can do with the language!

Here's what you'll get in each unit:

• Daily PowerPoint lesson for you to present the material
• A student dictionary handout page
• Daily bell work activities
• Practice handouts to give your students practice in using the language
• A unit story based on the vocabulary of the previous lessons
• Cloze activities to accompany the unit story
• Running dictation game to accompany the unit story
• Animated video of the story
• Short assessments for the unit: reading, listening, presentational speaking, interpersonal communication and presentational writing
• Access to digital/distance version of student activities

Your students will pick up the language as they work through the unit.  With a combination of the daily PowerPoint to allow for circling and repetition and the activities to give students using the language in a real-life way, you will be amazed at how much they can do by the end of the unit!  Each unit has a full set of lesson plans that will take you through everything students need to know in order to read the unit story at the end.  

Level 1 currently has units 1-8 available.  No matter what textbook or curriculum you use, these units cover the basics that are generally taught in level 1 French.  Level 2 has units 1-8.  If you would like to see what vocabulary is included in each unit, please visit http://bit.ly/2Sg3tLK.

TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Caitlin B. says "This resource is FULL of activities that you can use in sequence or pull separately. I have been slowly moving my classroom over to CI methods and these topics are similar to what I am teaching so they are easy to use and help me get used to CI at my own pace."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A Comprehensible Textbook says "This was my first unit purchase from the Frenchified store and I am in love with it!! This gave me all the tools I needed to teach the imparfait in a way that focused much more on CI (speaking, listening, writing and reading the language) instead of just grammar drills and worksheets. I will say that it took a little bit to make the resources my own to fit my classroom, but that is probably a best practice for any resource you get from TeachShare. I look forward to using your units from now on!!!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rebeccah S. says "These CI Units are truly a lifesaver (especially when I am trying to plan for in person and online learning at the same time)! Excellent price for the material that you receive. Can't wait for more French II Units to be published! Merci beaucoup!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Mlle D says "Once again, another fantastic resource. As a teacher just beginning my CI journey, these unit were really helpful to get me started. There is a variety of activities, and the stories are well structured to help facilitate student comprehension."

Click HERE to join my mailing list and get a free article about adapting a textbook to CI!!