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Posted onFebruary 27, 2025February 28, 2025 activities, authentic resources, authres, Black History, Canva, carnaval, cuisine, culture, featured, fleur de lys, food, france, francophonie, french culture, history, holidays, mardi gras, Nearpod

Mardi Gras and Carnaval in French Class

This isn’t the first time I’ve blogged about Mardi Gras. Back in 2015, I shared My Favorite #Authres (and More!) for Mardi Gras & Carnaval. […] Read More

Posted onJanuary 16, 2025January 16, 2025 authentic resources, authres, Canva, Chandeleur, community building, crepes, cuisine, culture, dining, featured, food, france, francophonie, french culture, Nearpod, Time to Climb

How We Celebrate Chandeleur with Crêpes

Note: If you are an email subscriber, I recommend viewing this post in your browser, as there are videos and other content which will not […] Read More

Posted onOctober 6, 2024October 31, 2024 activities, authentic resources, authres, Canva, culture, featured, francophonie, geography, independent exploration

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Note: Older posts linked in this post may contain out of date information or links.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

Posted onMay 3, 2024May 10, 2024 activities, Canva, culture, featured, france, francophonie, french culture, writing

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

Posted onApril 12, 2024April 12, 2024 activities, Canva, featured, fles, francophonie, games

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

Posted onMarch 10, 2024March 10, 2024 Canva, culture, featured, food, francophonie, geography, Time to Climb

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

Posted onNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022 activities, Canva, culture, featured, francophonie, geography, lo-tech

Reinforcing Geography with Pumpkins!

Before I explain this activity, let me give credit to the person who inspired it. French teacher Tracey Ford, who happens to teach at the […] Read More

Posted onNovember 26, 2021November 29, 2021 activities, art, authentic resources, authres, Canva, culture, featured, france, francophonie, french culture, kahoot

More Resources for Introducing Students to Impressionism

Back in 2015, I wrote a post about Introducing French Students to Impressionism. I recommend reading that post before reading this one, because this post […] Read More

Posted onSeptember 26, 2019 francophonie, geography

Ways to Reinforce Geography in French Class

Perhaps a better title for this post would be, “Ways to Reinforce Where French is Spoken,” since a major part of geography for me is […] Read More

Posted onSeptember 24, 2008 francophonie, News

Guest Post: Happy Birthday Québec!

Bon anniversaire! Québec City is celebrating its 400th anniversary in high style this year – with all of 2008 dedicated to festivities. And as one […] 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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