A Vos Plumes! for Teachers
What are we trying to do when we teach writing?
How do we create good assignments?
How can we respond effectively to student writing?
How can we make class time lively and worthwhile?
Resources (at left): the long view of teaching. Articles, handouts, take-home student materials.
Classroom Activities (below): the short view, for today's class, any method. In-class writing activities, oral activities to practice grammar.
Videos (at left): for "flipping" your French writing class. Place the videos on your site so students can use them for review and practice with the grammar exercises outside of class. Frees up time in class to work on writing and editing.
Grammar practice exercises: the homework section. Replaces a grammar workbook. Interactive written homework exercises for your students. Answers, feedback.
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Classroom Activities
Miscellaneous communicative
- Exclamations
- Imperatives (class drill)
- Describing people (pairs)
- Future (pairs)
- Interviews (pairs)
- Vous/ tu (pairs)
- Approaching someone (pairs)
- Rehab (class warm-up)
- Scavenger hunt (class warm-up)
- Quantities (class warm-up)
- Celebrities (class game)
- Depuis (pairs)
- Articles (pairs)
- Prisoners (class warm-up)
Verbs--past (passé composé, imparfait)
- Passé composé (detective activity)
- Passé composé vs. imparfait 1 (pairs worksheet)
- Passé composé vs. imparfait (group game)
- Passé composé vs. imparfait 2 (pairs worksheet)
- Passé composé (pairs worksheet)
- Passé composé 1 (pairs)
- Passé composé 2 (pairs)
- Passé composé 3 (pairs)
- Passé composé 4 (pairs)
- Passé composé 5 (pairs)
- Passé composé 1 (class drill)
- Passé composé 2 (class drill)
- Imparfait (class drill)
- Imparfait 1 (pairs)
- Imparfait 2 (pairs)
- Imperfect/ conditional (class drill)
- Rehab (class warm-up)
- Prisoners (class warm-up)
Miscellaneous communicative
- Exclamations
- Imperatives (class drill)
- Describing people (pairs)
- Future (pairs)
- Interviews (pairs)
- Vous/ tu (pairs)
- Approaching someone (pairs)
- Rehab (class warm-up)
- Scavenger hunt (class warm-up)
- Quantities (class warm-up)
- Celebrities (class game)
- Depuis (pairs)
- Articles (pairs)
- Prisoners (class warm-up)
Verbs--past (passé composé, imparfait)
- Passé composé (detective activity)
- Passé composé vs. imparfait 1 (pairs worksheet)
- Passé composé vs. imparfait 2 (pairs worksheet)
- Passé composé (pairs worksheet)
- Passé composé 1 (pairs)
- Passé composé 2 (pairs)
- Passé composé 3 (pairs)
- Passé composé 4 (pairs)
- Passé composé 5 (pairs)
- Passé composé 1 (class drill)
- Passé composé 2 (class drill)
- Imparfait (class drill)
- Imparfait 1 (pairs)
- Imparfait 2 (pairs)
- Rehab (class warm-up)
- Prisoners (class warm-up)