Francophone Culture Reading Comprehension Passages

by French with the Hobbs

Price: 1440 points or $14.4 USD

Subjects: holiday,firstDayOfWinter,aprilFoolsDay,instructionalFrench,nativeFrench,litReadingComprehension

Grades: 10,11,12,15

Description: These 5 unique reading resources increase French students' cultural awareness in the francophone world by learning about le Carnaval de Nice, Poisson d'avril, Mardi gras, la galette des rois, and le Carnaval de Québec all in French. Each resource includes multiple reading passages, comprehension questions, comprehensible input, and cognates. 1. le Carnaval de Nice -5 sections of correspondence & 13 questions -present tense / intermediate level -Many cognates (des musiciens, des costumes) and words students would most likely be familiar with (les fleurs, février). 2. Poisson d'avril -4 sections of correspondence & 16 questions -Mix of present and past tenses as well as more varied vocabulary, so intermediate level students would be best. -Potential new words that will be seen in the text include: une farce, une blague, accrocher, rigoler, l'époque, le nouvel an, le roi 3. Mardi gras -5 conversations & 22 questions / intermediate-advanced -Students will see mostly the present tense -Vocab: les défilés, les chars, attraper, les colliers, les krewes, le pouvoir, jeter, chaque, la Carême chrétien, le Moyen-Âge, 4. Le Carnaval de Québec -7 conversations & 23 questions /intermediate-advanced -Students will see mostly the present tense, but also some future, conditional, and a few object pronouns 5. la galette des rois -5 conversations & 23 questions -Present & past tense, some future and object pronouns