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Bonjour !
Bonjour !
On this page, you can find everything we do, all year.
Email : luttjake@shenschools.org
Gowana Classroom : 945
Extra Help and Makeups: C days block 3, or After School
CLASSROOM POLICIES
CLASSROOM POLICIES
Click the link below to read the classroom policies, rules and basics document for French 7.
Download Classroom Policies Packet HERE
How do I teach?
How do I teach?
Students, parents, and teachers in other districts are welcome to read this short explanatory document about how I teach French. It will help you understand the materials I post below, so give it a read!
Wordreference.com
Wordreference.com
Google Translate is NOT allowed in my class - when someone or something else does your work for you, that is plagiarism and cheating.
Instead, please visit and bookmark WordReference. This is the ONLY approved dictionary for my class!
French music Playlist
French music Playlist
Listening to music is a great way to learn new words, practice pronunciation, and impress people when you tell them you can sing in French!
Since YouTube is blocked at Shen, watch using my embedded playlist below!
Classroom Decor
Classroom Decor
EZ Verb Signs
Intensifier Signs - Trop, très, un peu...
Puis-je aller aux toilettes signs
All Core Word Vocab Signs for French 7
Word Wall (Miscellaneous Writing Vocab) Signs
Word Wall Mini Version
Hall Passes in French
Signout Sheet in French
Tout le monde est le bienvenu ici poster
Duolingo Leaderboard Graphics
Alphabet Wall
ABCs, Accents, and pronunciation
ABCs, Accents, and pronunciation
Video: Alphabet Song
Gimkit: Alphabet
Gimkit: Accent Marks and Pronunciation
Practice Packet: 4 Pronunciation Rules, 5 Accent Marks
Kahoot: Accent Marks
Alphabet and Accents Peardeck
Study Guide: Alphabet and Accents
Téléfrançais Episode all about spelling and the alphabet!
Optional activity: Hangman in French
unit 0: essential phrases
unit 0: essential phrases
The very first thing we do is "French Boot Camp." This unit will teach you the essentials of how to have class in French, with words like "draw, read, write" as well as common greetings and yes/no.
Unit 0 Peardeck Intro to EZ words
Unit 0 EZ Commands Warmup Worksheet
Unit 0 Essential Phrases Flippity - Unscrambler + Word Search + Crossword
Unit 0 Blooket: Essential Phrases (all together)
Unit 0 Essential Phrases Gimkit (no EZ)
Unit 0 Peardeck: Essential Phrases (no EZ)
Unit 0 Skit: Essential Phrases
Unit 0 Flippity Study Hub - Direct link for Students
Unit 0 Bonjour, Au revoir Lyrics
Unit 0 Bonjour Au revoir lyricstraining
Unit 0 Bingo for Essential Phrases - ALL vocab
Unit 0 Crossword Puzzle: Essential Phrases - ALL Vocab
Unit 1: Les présentations
Unit 1: Les présentations
Unit 1 is our first story unit. This first story is about a boy and a girl who meet and exchange names only to discover a shocking coincidence.
New words: dit, c’est, une personne, un garçon, une fille, s’appelle
Culture: La bise, greetings
Language skill: Word-final silent letters, Ç, LL pronunciation
Unit 1 Flashcards and Study Guide
Story: Unit 1 - Isabelle et Robert
Unit 1 Audiobook (redo)
Unit 1 Blooket: Robert et Isabelle (goes with story)
Unit 1 Story Event Manipulatives - Direct
Unit 1 Writing Assignment (Usable for any unit)
Unit 1 Franken-Writing (Usable for Any Unit)
Unit 1 Story Voice Recording Formative
Unit 1 Randomizer Worksheet (Usable for any unit) *
More Presentations Vocabulary:
Unit 1 Hellos and Goodbyes Xword + Wordsearch + Unscrambler
Unit 1 Presentations (Back of Vocab Sheet) Gimkit
Unit 1 Les Ados Video Exercises (see video link at bottom)
Video- French middle schoolers introduce themselves
A traditional French conversation meme
What is "la bise?" Video on the French greeting
Mots-croisés- Les présentations II
Saying ça va Manu to the president
Music: Demain demain
Unit 1.5 : Numbers
Unit 1.5 : Numbers
Vocabulary Sheet
Unit 1.5 Gimkit: Numbers 0-16
Unit 1.5 Peardeck: Numbers 0-16
Unit 1.5 Crossword and math practice: 0-20
Unit 1.5 Peardeck: Numbers 17-31 - New Version
Unit 1.5 0-31 Crossword - Direct Link
Other:
Video: Numbers 0-21 song
The 10-0 NASA Countdown, in French
Actually good music: Case départ par Missy D
LyricsTraining: Missy D
Quel âge Interviews
Video: Numbers 1-100 song
Numbers 0-31 (old)
Unit 1.5 Dice Games
If you listen to this song, you'll never forget numbers 0-20!
Unit 1.5 Cont. : la date
Unit 1.5 Cont. : la date
Vocabulary Sheet - La date complète
Unit 1.5 Days and Calendar Flyswatter
Unit 1.5 Days + numbers Kahoot
Unit 1.5 Days + Numbers virtual Bingo
Unit 1.5 Days and Months CI Peardeck
Unit 1.5 Picture Dictionary for Months
Unit 1.5 Days, Months, Date Gimkit
Unit 1.5 Days, Months, Date Blooket
Unit 1.5 Full Date Graded Formative
Unit 1.5 The unfair game - la date complète
Unit 1.5 Jeopardy- la date [teacher access only]
Unit 1.5 La date Test - On formative, teacher access only
Other:
Days + Numbers + simple dates Conjuguemos
Days of the Week Interviews
Days of the Week Song
Unit 1.5 Days of the week Gimkit (made by another teacher)
Unit 1.5 Simple Days and Months Gimkit (made by another teacher)
Great music to practice:
Lundi méchant (Nasty Monday) - Worksheet
LyricsTraining: Lundi méchant
Paris au mois de septembre (Paris in the month of September)
Terrible music to practice:
Months of the year song (cursed)
Culture:
Videos about 'le quatorze juillet' - France's national holiday
If you were absent, this video I made explains how to tell the date in French. Watch it and do the activities in the video!
Unit 2 : Emma le zombie
Unit 2 : Emma le zombie
Unit 2 is a basic intro to verbs of motion. This story is about a zombie girl who wants to go to eat.
New words: court, marche vers, voit
Culture: La course des cafés (See Croissant)
Language skill: OI = WA, Il/Elle pronouns
Unit 2 Storybook Print Copy - Emma le Zombie
Unit 2 Story Listening Notesheet (for any unit)
Unit 2 Ne...pas warmup (3 activities)
Universal Rubric for Storytelling Assessment
Quarter 1 Conjuguemos - Contains all material from all units up to this point
Unit 3 : Le weekend de lucas
Unit 3 : Le weekend de lucas
This story centers on weekend plans and how weather can change them.
New words: ne peut pas, il y a, va à
Culture: French weather forecasts, celsius, major cities in France
Language skill: Weather expressions (il fait, il y a, il)
Unit 3 MadLib Translation (for any unit)
Unit 3 Flippity Printable Wordsearch
Unit 3 Flippity Printable Crossword
Unit 3 Flippity Printable Word Scramble
Unit 3 Flippity Hangman (Snowman)
Unit 3 Paper Story - Le weekend de Lucas
Unit 3 Read and Draw (on paper, for absent)
Unit 3 Vive le vent lyrics warmup
Unit 3 Story Translation Chunks
Unit 3 Sentence Translation Worksheet
Unit 3 Kahoot or Unit 3 Story Blooket
Unit 3 Important Story Vocab Gimkit (for extra help or absence)
UNIT 3 WEATHER
Unit 3 Weather - Picture Dictionary
Unit 3 Weather - Intro CI Peardeck for all expressions
Unit 3 Weather - La pluie Song
Unit 3 Weather - La vie par Ichon
Unit 3 Weather Video Playlist: normal people try to be meteorologists on French TV
Goes with activity above: Vidéos de France 3: Activité (Teacher only)
Unit 3 Weather - Reading: la météo à Clifton Park
Unit 3 Weather - Activity: chercher la météo internationale
Unit 3 Weather - Flippity Wordsearch + Word Scramble + Mots-croisés
Unit 3 Weather - Flippity Matching for Weather (Online only)
Unit 3 Weather - Flippity NYT Connections for weather and review (Online only)
Unit 3 Weather - Reading: La météo
VIDEOS
TikTok Star from France does California Weather Forecast
Weather videos: Footage of locations in the Francophone world
OTHER GAMES
Flippity Matching for Weather (Online only)
Flippity NYT Connections for weather and review (Online only)
La météo Flippity Weather Game (teacher only)
Flyswatter - all weather and seasons
Running Dictation for weather (teacher only)
Playpost for la météo (teacher link only)
PROJECT
Final Project: La météo
Unit 4: david va au parc
Unit 4: david va au parc
This unit focuses on a story about a person who needs a door opened. Also, time telling.
New words: ne…jamais, ferme, ouvre, la porte, il est six heures
Culture: French time-telling (24:00 time) and business hours/schedules/timetables
Language skill: ne...jamais negation, counting, time-telling
Unit 4 Music - je ne reviendrai jamais
Unit 4 Rip Bingo - RIP Bingo Audio
Unit 4 Story Paper Copy - David va au parc
Unit 4 Video David va au parc (teacher access only)
Unit 4 True False Story Blooket
Unit 4 Prenez le crayon Vrai/Faux
Unit 4 Translation (Common Writing Mistakes)
Unit 4 Writing Mistakes Gimkit
Unit 4 Regular Bingo - Teacher
Unit 4 Regular Bingo - Boards for kids
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Blooket: Numbers 0-59
Exercices: Numbers 0-59 with time (3 pages)
Blooket: Time Part 1, Numbers only (no time expressions)
Gimkit: Time Part 1, Numbers only (no time expressions)
Quiz-Quiz-Trade Cards for 0-59
French people from age 0-100: vidéo
Song: French numbers 1-100 (highly cursed)
EasyFrench Video: Numbers from 0-100 with lots of example sentences!
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Unit 4 Flippity: Unscrambler + Crossword + Word Search
Video (made by me!): How to make time sentences
Video (made by a guy with a southern accent): How to make time sentences
Video: The basics of telling time in French
Video: Time telling song
Flyswatter Warmup: Basic Times
Blooket: Time Part 2, includes time expressions
Gimkit: Time Part 2, includes time expressions
Gimkit: More time practice
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Skits for Time
Paper Watch Crafts (les montres en papier)
Study Guide: Numbers 0-59 and Age Sentences
Crossword: Numbers and Age
Blooket: Numbers 60-100
Website for a middle school in Quebec
Unit 5: Les voyages de max / l'école
Unit 5: Les voyages de max / l'école
This unit focuses on school subjects, and features a story about a boy who can't decide what he wants to study. (teacher note - add décide que as a core word)
New words: étudie, parle, veut, être
teacher note: add décide que
Culture: Overview of the French secondary school experience
Language skill: Introduction to Le/La/Les, discussing favorites + likes and dislikes
Unit 5 Day 1 Culture Video(s) Questions + Video Playlist
Unit 5 Day 2 French Students in the US Warmup
Unit 5 Flippity Study Hub for Vocab
Unit 5 Flippity Word Games - Crossword, Unscrambler, Wordsearch
Unit 5 Randomizer - direct link
Unit 5 Picture Manipulatives - direct link use europe 3
Unit 5 Paper Story - Les voyages de Max
Unit 5 Story Chunk Memory Game
Unit 5 Story Word Draw That Gimkit
Unit 5 Typing Test - Direct Link
Unit 5 Big Cards Review Game - Luttinger Version
Unit 5 Speaking/Recording Practice Formative (Teacher Link)
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Unit 5 Extension - Intro Blooket for School Subject Vocab
Unit 5 Extension - Picture Dictionary - les matières
Unit 5 Extension - CI Intro to school subject words
Unit 5 Extension - Randomizer
Unit 5 Extension - Wordsearch , Crossword , Unscrambler
Unit 5 Extension - Graded Gimkit of Les matières
Unit 5 Extension - Mon emploi du temps (Page 2: Tierlist)
Unit 5 Extension - Authentic School Schedule + Questions
Unit 5 Extension - Matière préférée interviews
Unit 5 Extension - Draw That Gimkit of Matières
Unit 5 Extension - Writing Practice for Les matières
Extras for absent student makeup:
Intro to School Subject videos by me!
Sample of an actual French student's schedule + More Schedules
How to say which classes you like and dislike (also by me)
Les choses étranges - story and skit based on Stranger Things
Video of French students getting their GPA's by text
Unit 5.5: Emmanuel et brigitte / LES FOurnitures scolaires
Unit 5.5: Emmanuel et brigitte / LES FOurnitures scolaires
This unit is about a girl who keeps forgetting her school supplies.
New words: Il me faut, (elle) a, Un crayon, Un stylo, Une gomme, Un chargeur, Une feuille de papier
Culture: Continuation of unit 5, French secondary school experience
Language skill: Masculine vs feminine agreement (un/une, le/la, color adjectives in the singular)
Unit 5.5 Flippity: Wordsearch + Unscrambler + Crossword
Unit 5.5 Randomizer - Direct link
Unit 5.5 Paper Story - Emmanuel et Brigitte
Unit 5.5 Kahoot - Story Blooket instead
Unit 5.5 Dice Retell Class Game
Unit 5.5 Flippity Memory Sentences
Unit 5.5 Assessment Randomizer - for writing and speaking
Unit 5.5 Writing Assessment (for any unit)
Unit 5.5 Randomizer Speaking Rubric (for any unit)
Unit 5.5 Matching Game with Story Sentences
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🐟Poisson d'avril color by number + Video🐟 + le plus gros poisson d'avril🐟
Unit 5.5 Les couleurs
Unit 5.5 Les couleurs
Picture Dictionary - les couleurs
Simple song for common colors + Cursed song about wooden man with weird eyes
Color Spinner Wheel for Warmups/Translation
Gimkit: les couleurs
Color Agreement Manipulatives + Direct
Flippity: Wordsearch + Word Scramble + Crossword
Grammar Formative for Colors*
Formative Quiz for Colors*
Website with audio, flashcards, and a practice quiz for colors
Il me faut randomizer*
Blooket: les couleurs
Unit 6: francky le méchant
Unit 6: francky le méchant
This unit is about a weird dude who just can't find a girlfriend.
New words: Il a, frère/soeur, copain/copine, tu es
Culture: Formality (Tu/Vous) - See Unit 6 Croissant
Language skill: Être and Avoir 3rd person singulars for description
Teacher note: remove fâché and replace with tu es
Unit 6 Flippity: Wordsearch + Unscrambler + Crossword (direct)
Unit 6: Brother Sister Interviews + Coffee Break French Video
Unit 6 Translation Warmup - Core Vocab
Unit 6 Pickup Lines en français
Unit 6 Audiobook
Unit 6 Paper Story - Francky le méchant
Unit 6 Text Manipulatives - Direct
Unit 6 True/False Manipulatives - Direct
Unit 6 Flippity Memory Sentences - Direct (Synonyms with audio)
Unit 6 Translation Warmup - Story excerpts
Unit 6.5: francky et la famille
Unit 6.5: francky et la famille
Our final unit begins with numbers 60-79 + learning to give age. Then we continue of the story from unit 6, as we learn more about Francky. Finally, we learn extra words for family and personal description.
New vocab: Pense que, Chez, Habite à, Ressemble à, Il a soixante ans
Culture: Film Le Petit Nicolas
Language skill: Chez + person, longer sentences with pense que, avoir for age, numbers to 79
AGE + NUMBERS
Unit 6.5 Flippity for Age/Numbers: Unscrambler + Xword + Word Search
Unit 6.5 Quel âge Coffee Break Video
Unit 6.5 Age Interviews + Coffee Break Exercises
Unit 6.5 Family + Age MadLib + Drawing Comic Activity
Unit 6.5 Age + Name Review
Unit 6.5 Age and numbers 60-79 Formative
Unit 6.5 Age and 60-79 sentences Blooket
STORY
Unit 6.5 Flippity: Wordsearch + Unscrambler + Crossword
Unit 6.5 Paper Story - Francky et la famille
Unit 6.5 Text Manipulatives - Direct
Unit 6.5 Dice Retell Class Game
Unit 6.5 Francky Board Game (Direct)
Unit 6.5 True/False Flippity Manipulatives - Direct
Unit 6.5 Pop-Up
Unit 6.5 Prenez le crayon
FAMILY + DESCRIPTIONS
Teacher Only - Family Assessment Randomizer - Direct + Rubric
Le Dating Game
Unit 6.5 Gendered Vocab Chunks for Writing Practice - Direct
Unit 6.5 Gendered Writing Formative
Unit 6.5 Gendered Adjective List for GK Draw
Unit 6.5 Gendered Adjectives Blooket
Final Review and Project
Final Review and Project
Teacher Only: Final Project Instructions
Final Packet - All Core Words, Review and La présentation
Every 7th grade story, condensed to 4 pages
Flippity Wheel of ALL présentation questions
Final Gimkit with ALL Core Words
Final Conjuguemos Study Hub with ALL Core Words
Jeopardy with Question Words for All Stories - Direct
All Unit Review Board Game - Direct
Activity: Movie Talk + Google Slides with Videos
Activity: Movie Talk Part 2 + Google Slides with Videos
FINAL PROJECT SLIDES to project
If time: Anomia Card Game in French + List of Categories
other resources
other resources
Croissant
Croissant
A croissant is a delicious French crescent roll. What you may not know is that "croissant" also means "growing."
If you would like your French skills to keep growing, read the stories below. They are sorted by unit and provide extra practice!
Activity for all stories: Dessinez le croissant
Unit 1.5 : C'est qui Maxime ? + Music Video
Unit 1-2 Bridge: Augustin - TikTok Video
Unit 2 Bande Dessinée - Le monstre et le garçon
Unit 2: La carotte fâchée - TikTok Video
Unit 2-3 Bridge: La course des cafés - Video 1 - Commercial
Unit 3-4 Bridge: La voiture fantôme
Unit 5: Rex veut être athlète + Read and Draw
Unit 6: François le formel (tu/vous)
STORIES WRITTEN BY STUDENTS (With vocab from all units)
Serge adore le foot by Pranav G
Francky 1.5 par Connor M
Les voyages de Chunk par Gabrielle G
David et Manon par Julianna Q
Le marché - the french market
Le marché - the french market
French Culture Videos
French Culture Videos
American Celebrities speaking French
A tour of a French middle school near the border with Germany
Top 5 biggest differences between French and American school
A video on how grading works in France
Greeting French people with "La bise"
Top 10 French-speaking places to visit
French people talking about their families (in French)
Is Halloween a thing in France?
The French "Galette des Rois" - a special cake for a French holiday called "l'Épiphanie"
Holidays/Other
Holidays/Other
Christmas:
Musique de Noël
Vidéos de Noël
Quizlet de Noël
Blooket de Noël
New Year's:
Le nouvel an en France: Video
Making a new year's card
Chandeleur - Video
Mardi Gras:
History of Mardi Gras in New Orleans: Video
Musique:
Petit à Petit: Lyrics and Link
Geography:
Le Petit Nicolas
Descriptions Worksheet
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Top 15
Or maybe read this poem written by one of my students about why France is great: J'adore la France
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