6 Ways to Increase Use of the Target Language
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7M ago
Want to get your French immersion students using French (or another target language) amongst themselves and in class more? This is a big challenge for so many immersion teachers I've met and had the pleasure of working with over the years. Here are 6 ways to increase the amount of the target language being used in your classroom. 1. Model by only using French Make sure you're not exacerbating the issue by accidentally modeling that it's ok to speak English whenever you are stuck for a word, or a bit tired, or whatever. Students are often tired too. We have to model that it's worth investing ..read more
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Make an Educator Contact Card
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1y ago
Considering how many PD sessions for French teachers at my school board seem to have "networking" as a stated goal, you'd think Teacher business cards would have made their way into teachers' tote bags by now.  How many times have you had a nice conversation - or even some productive discourse with another teacher who works for the same school district as you, but then you feel like you may never run into that teacher again? No one wants to be the weirdo surreptitiously copying down someone's name off of their "Hi, I'm" sticker - or from the attendance sheet! (I may or may not hav ..read more
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The Ultimate French Back to School Book List
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1y ago
Are you looking for the perfect French back-to-school read-aloud? Whether you teach Core French or French Immersion, keep reading! In this blog post, I've gathered a whole bunch of suggestions for you! There's definitely something new to you, if you're looking for a fresh idea.  Some of the following books seem to be out of stock in the places I've looked online, but I'm including them in case they're in your collection already and you might have just forgotten about them. If I found them available, I linked their titles to where you can buy a copy. (I am an affiliate with Les Libraires ..read more
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Great FI Intermediate Novel by a BIPOC Author
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1y ago
Are you trying to diversify your French bookshelf? If you teach grade 7 and/or grade 8 immersion in Ontario and you haven't heard of Case mensonge yet, this post is for you! Extended French teachers, this can also work for your students, with more guided work done together. Gisèle Pineau is a Black francophone female author. She is French, as in lived a lot of her life in France, but her roots are in Guadeloupe. She has spent a considerable amount of time living in both places. Ms Pineau turned to writing as a way to bridge her two cultures.  The novel is under 100 pages long and takes pl ..read more
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10+ Places to Get French Directed Drawings
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1y ago
I often hear French Teachers complain that there's so much fun stuff available in English. Why can't there be fun stuff in French too? Well, there is. You just need to know how to locate it! So go ahead and save this blog post right now wherever you keep track of your best teaching ideas, then finish reading what I have to say below. I want to share about a dozen or more sources of French Directed Drawing activities with you! What’s a directed drawing? If you haven't heard of a Directed Drawing before, let me explain. It's basically a Drawing Tutorial, typically a video, but it can be writte ..read more
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Making Game Pieces for Classroom Activities
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1y ago
A decade ago, there was a lot more collaboration in the blogging world. Or maybe there still is, but I'm just missing out somehow - I definitely blog alone these days. I miss those days, as what I wanted to share out with the teaching world today would have fit right in with the "Bright Ideas" blog posts we used to do. But life moves on!  This past fall, I developed a resource for my junior grade classroom, as a culminating task to wrap up a unit. Not super original - bet many of you have done the same thing at some point as well. I know I've certainly done this before too. I wanted my f ..read more
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7 General Listening Centre Ideas for Core French
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2y ago
Have you been wanting to try Centres in your French class, but stuck on what you could do to include the Listening strand within your routines? Let me share with you a number of activities that I've thought of or encountered over the years! Here are seven ideas for a Core French listening centre. 1. Dictée as an audio file Record a short Dictée text and allow students to listen to (ideally individually) to write down what they hear. This can work with any topic under study. I've recorded a three-sentence example for you that could work when enjoying any of the Super Hakim chapter books in ..read more
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Free Guide to French Community Circles
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2y ago
Are you looking to refine your Community Circle routine in a grade 5 through grade 10 class? Wanting to implement a new structure that will work for your Junior-Intermediate French Immersion students, to allow them to solve problems, show leadership, and build Social-Emotional Learning skills?  Then you'll be interested in my free downloadable guide for French Community Circles.  Tried and tested, this e-Guide comes with 3 pages of instructions and tips, an additional resources list, printable Suggestion (or "Problem/Suggestion") slips, and supports for students expressing themselve ..read more
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Six livres au sujet des Îles-de-la-Madeleine
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2y ago
Here's a little personal tidbit for you: I spent three months (not warm ones, might I add!) in the Magdalen Islands just north of P.E.I. for a cultural-linguistic student exchange when I was in high school. I haven't made it back as an adult, but perhaps one day! To explore this unique and beautiful region of Quebec in the classroom, also known as les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, here is a round-up of several books that an Extended French or French Immersion teacher might wish to borrow or buy for use with their students: (the links to Les Libraires are affiliate links) Tatiana au pays ..read more
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Check your Font for ALL French Accents and Symbols
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2y ago
Do you make French resources for your own students? Or for selling on sites like TpT, or even sharing items for free on your teaching blog, or just passing along to your close knit teaching team? Here's a  pro French teacher tip for you. Make sure you only use fonts that have the entire set of necessary diacritics for the French language. You do want to check this early in your design process. It's frustrating and time consuming to design a beautiful resource, and then to have to adjust every single text box because you forgot to pay attention to this little detail in advance.  Why d ..read more
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