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October 6, 2024

The Big Ideas of First Year French

June 28, 2024

2023-2024: The School Year in Photos

June 26, 2024

2023-2024: The School Year in Student Work

  • The Big Ideas of First Year French
    Note: Older posts linked in this post may contain out of date information or links. That’s not to say there’s not still useful some information […] Read More
  • 2023-2024: The School Year in Photos
    A few years ago I started these end of the year blog posts where I share photos from the school year. Being a photographer, I […] Read More
  • 2023-2024: The School Year in Student Work
    A few years ago I started these end of the year blog posts where I share student work from the year. It’s fun to look […] Read More
  • The Joys of Tarsia
    I first learned about the Tarsia puzzle making software from Clare Seccombe years ago on her Changing Phase blog, and I recently blogged about in my Old […] Read More
  • Musical Connections
    One of my goals as a language teacher is to get students interested in exploring resources outside of class. That’s why I designed Independent Exploration. […] Read More
  • Les phryges ! Getting Students Excited About the 2024 Paris Olympics
    I recently came upon a wonderful activity idea from French teacher Chelsea Peeters on the French Teachers in the US Facebook group, which I adapted […] Read More
  • The FLES Chronicles Part VII: Revisiting Colors
    This is my first FLES post in awhile. Since last year, I have been teaching elementary enrichment classes after school. Click here to read my […] Read More
  • Learning About Ramadan
    Last year, for the first time, I presented a mini-lesson to my students about Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. I searched YouTube for relevant videos to […] Read More

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My name's Samantha Decker and I'm a middle school French teacher from Saratoga Springs, NY. I started The French Corner in high school as a resource for French students, and have since expanded it into a blog for French teachers. Read more about the blog here.

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My students' mini biographies of celebrities or ch My students' mini biographies of celebrities or characters in French.
Some of my students created posters showcasing why Some of my students created posters showcasing why they are learning French for National French Week (just getting around to sharing them now).
For National French Week, my students prepared dis For National French Week, my students prepared dishes from all over the francophone world to sample in class.  Pictured are cherry clafoutis, couscous salad, date and walnut drops from Algeria, baguette and Nutella spread, sombi (coconut rice pudding from Senegal), macarons, pain au chocolat, palmiers, cream puffs, and tarte Tatin.
One of several National French Week activities: S One of several National French Week activities:  Students decorated keychains with flags of French-speaking locales, then showed their classmates and showed them where it is on a map.
This is a doodle I made a few years ago. I have a This is a doodle I made a few years ago.  I have a copy of it hanging in my classroom and I talk about it on the first day of school, after reading the French version of the book “Everyone is welcome here.” We discuss how they don’t have to like everyone but they do need to treat everyone with respect.
Quick partner speaking activity I made. The quest Quick partner speaking activity I made.  The questions students had to ask in French were what their nationality was, what city they were from, and how they were doing, then finally guess the person.  It's gender-neutral, so a student of any gender can select any person to be. (Loupian is where their pen pals live!)
My French Club students enjoyed drawing the flags My French Club students enjoyed drawing the flags of French-speaking countries outside the school with sidewalk chalk!
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Socrative was one of the first apps I started usin Socrative was one of the first apps I started using with students back in 2015 when our department first got iPads for students, and I still use it today.  I love the way you can see a real time visual chart of how students are doing with each question.  Read a post I wrote about Socrative:  https://thefrenchcorner.net/2019/12/5-uses-for-socrative.html
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