The French Corner

10/14/2026

I'll be presenting a three-hour pre-conference workshop at this year's NYSAFLT Annual Conference in Albany! The topic is Finding and Using Authentic Resources at the Novice Level. Registration is still open!

NYSAFLT Annual Conference

09/03/2026

New post on the blog!

While most of you are no doubt back at school, where I teach, we don’t start until after Labor Day, so I am just now […] Read More

06/28/2026

School is out for summer, but have a look at my most recent post and possibly save up some ideas for fall!

If you’ve been teaching for more than a few years, you know there are some activities that are tried and true, that you go back […] Read More

02/07/2026

New post on the blog!

Over the past couple of years, I have become a big fan of matching activities for reading. In my last post, I cited balancing high […] Read More

02/02/2026

01/31/2026

New post on the blog!

Looking for resources for Black History Month (February) for your French classroom? In this post I will highlight some of my favorite lessons and share […] Read More

01/30/2026

Sharing this as Chandeleur is right around the corner!

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

01/09/2026

New post on the blog!

When the calendar year comes to a close, I often do a retrospective post looking back at new activities or tools I used during the […] Read More

11/20/2025

This is an activity I've done with both elementary and middle school students. It's essentially a color by number, but once the students are done coloring, they have to try to figure out what country/territory the flag belongs to.

11/19/2025

Here's a guessing game I made to get students talking about family members (without having to talk about their own family). There are four similar families, and through asking and answering questions, students figure out which family their classmate belongs to. I used a variety of family make ups and genders.