Monday, September 11, 2023

How to introduce your French speaking country unit

Are you starting a unit about a French speaking country ? There are so many to choose from but what I think you’ll like to get your unit studies going is a "springboard activity". Why not have your students do a webquest about that country? Here are some things to think about to help organize this!

If you have a lower level class you can use an  English version of a country webquest and if your students are able to do some French research a French webquest is ideal!

Do you have ESL students in your class or students who don’t have a strong background in their French studies who have joined your class? Use a differentiated learning option for them.  Try a webquest with fewer questions for them to do or have your students work in pairs.

If you would like to have your students study more than one country at the same time, divide the class into smaller groups and assign a different country to each group. Within each of those groups you can choose a “French version”, an “English version”, a differentiated learning version. Choose whichever best suits the students so that everyone is successful.


I've noticed that the most popular right now for the French country studies for this time of year are: Senegal, Haiti, Morocco, Switzerland and Belgium.

I'd like to help you out with these springboard activities.

-Try one or all of the above country’s webquests:

  

Haiti

  

Morocco

  

Belgium

-If you’d like them all together, here’s la Francophonie webquest BUNDLE at my store
 

-La Francophonie --- This bundle includes the above countries and also Madagascar and France!
 
AND here's a FREEBIE for you which would be great as a finishing activity for your unit!
 

À la prochaine

Lorraine

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