Le petit paon

d’après un conte populaire de France

Il était une fois un vieil homme et une vieille femme. Ils vivaient loin du village, dans une ferme isolée.

Ils n’avaient pas d’enfant, et cela les attristait beaucoup. Alors ils ont décidé d’adopter un petit paon. Pendant l’hiver,

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French story and poem: un amour qui finit mal !

My French students are now learning the passé composé in class and I am looking for ways to help them acquire this new tense without doing the traditional grammar approach.

The first text which came to my mind was Le déjeuner du matin which is actually a poem widely taught in French classes because the language is quite simple and repetitive.

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French culture: celebrating la Chandeleur !

Candlemas is around the corner and I have prepared some fun activities to do in the French class to celebrate this special event. In fact as the activities are mainly centered around crepes and how to make them, you could also use them to celebrate Mardi Gras (which is on the 9th of February this year) or if you are teaching a topic on food.

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