The last time I posted on this blog was in February, before the novel coronavirus became a global pandemic, shutting down schools, businesses, and other […] Read More
Holidays are a great opportunity to infuse culture into the classroom, and there are a number of holidays worth exploring in French class. In this […] Read More
Well, 2019 is coming to a close, and at the end of the year I usually reflect on what new things I tried and what […] Read More
Full disclosure: Socrative did not pay me anything to write this article, in fact they did not even ask me to write this article! I […] Read More
Over the summer, a few of my colleagues got me in on a practice that has been going on for some time now, but which […] Read More
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
Last fall I started following Annabelle Allen aka La Maestra Loca (read her blog here) after seeing her present at ACTFL in New Orleans. Recently […] Read More
I guess I’ve never done a post that outlines what I do on the first day of school, so here it is. I’ve gotten my […] Read More
As I enter my tenth year teaching middle school French, I realize there’s a lot to love about the middle level. Sure, middle school, like […] Read More
This is just a quick post to share a new tool I recently used to give students speaking assessments. It’s called Superhero Comic Book Maker […] Read More
