This cultural activity unit is a great addition to whatever your current curriculum has for housing in France. This bundle includes both a printable pdf version and a Google drive version of the activities and readings. Learn about the different types of housing available in France and do real-world activities such as finding a house or an apartment, shopping for furniture, and reading a real estate listing.

The print item includes:

• 3 reading articles, 1 page each, in both French AND English:
• one article on renting an apartment in Paris
• one article on buying "en viager"
• one article on the differences between French and American houses

Activities:

• 1 internet activity with links for students to find a Paris apartment
• 1 internet activity with links for students to find a house
• a reading activity on how to read real estate ads
• an activity with rubric for students to make their own ad

Posters:

• a complete set of printable 8X10 posters that you could print on a printer or have printed on nice photographic paper - 14 different posters featuring the rooms of the house as well as things like elevator and digicode.

Resources:

• A page with clickable links to some useful resources when learning about French real estate.
• A page of links to use with the internet activities.

The Google drive version includes:

• 3 reading articles, 1 page each, in both French AND English:
• one article on renting an apartment in Paris
• one article on buying "en viager"
• one article on the differences between French and American houses
• comprehension questions for each article (in English)

Activities:

• 1 internet activity with links for students to find a Paris apartment
• 1 internet activity with links for students to find a house
• a reading activity on how to read real estate ads
• an activity with rubric for students to make their own ad
• 1 internet activity for furnishing an apartment

Vocabulary: a 14 slide notebook with some of the most important vocabulary for talking about houses/apartments in French.

Resources:

• A page with clickable links to some useful resources when learning about French real estate.
• A page of links to use with the internet activities.