This AUDIO file is meant to be used with Early Intermediate French Mini-lesson: The Head. The file contains the reading and dictation for this mini-lesson. The Dictée is found after the reading, roughly at the 1 minute mark. This AUDIO features the voice of Pierre Pagé. The AUDIO and mini-lesson can be purchased in a bundle.

This short mini-lesson is suitable for students who are taking first steps into intermediate French. It can be used over one to three days to review or introduce vocabulary, practise combining reading, listening and writing, and conjugate a verb in three tenses. The mini-lesson contains: · one short text in French · a translation of the text in English · a list of vocabulary (words and phrases) from the text to be translated either from English to French or from French to English, and memorized · assignments (writing in French using your new vocabulary, other short grammar review exercises, etc.) · a verb to be reviewed (‘faire’) with a verb conjugation page to complete in the présent, passé composé and future simple. Note: an AUDIO file is available (see bundle) to help complete Dictée and Reading assignments, or the teacher may read the texts themselves.

This AUDIO file is meant to be used with Early Intermediate French Mini-lesson: Apples. The file contains the reading and dictation for this mini-lesson. The Dictée is found after the reading, roughly at the 50 second mark. This AUDIO features the voice of Pierre Pagé. The AUDIO and mini-lesson can be purchased in a bundle.

This short mini-lesson is suitable for students who are taking first steps into intermediate French. It can be used over one to three days to review or introduce vocabulary, practise combining reading, listening and writing, and conjugate a verb in three tenses. The mini-lesson contains: · one short text in French · a translation of the text in English · a list of vocabulary (words and phrases) from the text to be translated either from English to French or from French to English, and memorized · assignments (writing in French using your new vocabulary, other short grammar review exercises, etc.) · a verb to be reviewed (‘être’) with a verb conjugation page to complete in the présent, passé composé and future simple. Note: an AUDIO file is available (see bundle) to help complete Dictée and Reading assignments, or the teacher may read the texts themselves.

This short mini-lesson is suitable for students who are taking first steps into intermediate French. It can be used over one to three days to review or introduce vocabulary, practise combining reading, listening and writing, and conjugate a verb in three tenses. The mini-lesson contains: · one short text in French · a translation of the text in English · a list of vocabulary (words and phrases) from the text to be translated either from English to French or from French to English, and memorized · assignments (writing in French using your new vocabulary, other short grammar review exercises, etc.) · a verb to be reviewed (‘chasser’) with a verb conjugation page to complete in the présent, passé composé and future simple. Note: an AUDIO file is available (see bundle) to help complete Dictée and Reading assignments, or the teacher may read the texts themselves.

This AUDIO file is meant to be used with Early Intermediate French Mini-lesson: Autumn. The file contains the reading and dictation for this mini-lesson. The Dictée is found after the reading, roughly at the 45 second mark. This AUDIO features the voice of Élise Kennedy. The AUDIO and mini-lesson can be purchased in a bundle.

This AUDIO file is meant to be used with Early Intermediate French Mini-lesson: First Nations. The file contains the reading and dictation for this mini-lesson. The Dictée is found after the reading, roughly at the 50 second mark. This AUDIO features the voice of Pierre Pagé. The AUDIO and mini-lesson can be purchased in a bundle.

For early level French students, here is a solid introduction to thirteen much-used French verbs. Part One teaches the student to use Aller, Lire, Dire, Faire, Suivre and Écrire. Part Two teaches Savoir, Connaître, Voir, Finir, Terminer, Courir and Dormir. Noisette the cat narrates a simple text and workbook which is divided into short sections. Each section has a corresponding ‘Practise Sheet’ to reinforce and review the material (23 in total). Upon completion of this book, the student will have a thorough knowledge of the verbs mentioned above (in the present tense), as well as other general information about French verbs. A full answer key and vocabulary list are also included. General topics include: Brief review of the material in ‘Introduction to French Verbs’ (use of common technical terms such as first person plural, infinitive, root etc.) How to identify, conjugate and use verbs that belong to the second and third groups Regular and irregular verbs, and their endings French verbs that have similar meanings (Finir/Terminer and Savoir/Connaître) Simple sentences Brief introduction to present participles This book is the logical next step after completing ‘Introduction to French Verbs with Noisette the Cat’. Bonus! Now included are notebooking pages featuring cat silhouettes - useful for vocabulary lists, written assignments, etc.

This story and workbook will introduce you to 160 French words and phrases, and to ten basic concepts of French grammar and language. Read about Noisette, a little cat who lives in Paris with the ‘grand-mère’, an elderly woman who loves to paint. Every lesson contains a short story, with French words embedded and translated in the text. After the reading, memorize the new words, learn a bit of grammar and do a short grammar exercise. Also included are ‘fill in the blanks’ pages for practise or testing, a complete list of vocabulary, and extra review ideas. Note: as this is not an audio product, the teacher/parent must have a prior basic knowledge of how to pronounce French words. Bonus! Now included are notebooking pages featuring cat silhouettes - useful for vocabulary lists, written assignments, etc.

For beginner or early level French students, here is a solid introduction to the two most-used French verbs (‘to be’ and ‘to have’) as well as to the ‘first group’ of French verbs. Noisette the cat narrates a simple text and workbook in which the student learns about French verbs in short sections. Each section has a corresponding ‘Practise Sheet’ to reinforce and review the material (23 in total). Upon completion of this book, the student will have a thorough knowledge of ‘être’ ‘avoir’ and the er-verbs in the present tense. General topics include: How to conjugate a verb Matching verbs and subjects Using masculine and feminine pronouns and nouns and matching them to the verb Using the correct form of ‘you’ Simple sentences Why er-verbs belong to the ‘first group’ Common technical terms such as first person plural, infinitive, root etc. How to conjugate any verb from the first group This book is the logical next step after completing ‘Beginner’s French with Noisette the Cat’. Bonus! Now included are notebooking pages featuring cat silhouettes - useful for vocabulary lists, written assignments, etc.

This book contains the complete story ‘Les Gouttes Qui Tombent’ by Maurice Leblanc. The text is divided into 14 small sections, each followed by five reading comprehension questions and a blank list for vocabulary, to be filled in by the student (instructions included). The lists are multicoloured for variety. This is one of many tales by Leblanc featuring the same protagonist, a gentleman-thief by the name of Arsène Lupin, here disguised as ‘Jim Barnett’. He is remarkable for his ability to glean a fortune from wealthy (and usually greedy and unpleasant) people through the clever manipulation of events which are already in motion when he arrives on the scene. His success depends on his intelligence and his prowess as a thief and master of disguise, which allow him to avoid violence or guilt of crime in his adventures. Adding to the fun, he consistently outwits whatever official inspector (here, inspector ‘Béchoux’) he is supposedly helping. The story is narrated in the passé simple, making it an excellent tool for practising this French verb tense. All advanced French students will benefit from reading Leblanc’s well-written prose!

This book contains the complete story ‘Le Hasard Fait des Miracles’ by Maurice Leblanc. The text is divided into 16 small sections, each followed by five reading comprehension questions and a blank list for vocabulary, to be filled in by the student (instructions included). The lists are multicoloured for variety. This is one of many tales by Leblanc featuring the same protagonist, a gentleman-thief by the name of Arsène Lupin, here disguised as ‘Jim Barnett’. He is remarkable for his ability to glean a fortune from wealthy (and usually greedy and unpleasant) people through the clever manipulation of events which are already in motion when he arrives on the scene. His success depends on his intelligence and his prowess as a thief and master of disguise, which allow him to avoid violence or guilt of crime in his adventures. Adding to the fun, he consistently outwits whatever official inspector (here, inspector ‘Béchoux’) he is supposedly helping. The story is narrated in the passé simple, making it an excellent tool for practising this French verb tense. All advanced French students will benefit from reading Leblanc’s well-written prose!

This book contains the complete story ‘Gants Blancs . . . Guêtres Blanches . . .’ by Maurice Leblanc. The story is divided into 15 small sections, each of which is followed by five reading comprehension questions and a blank list for vocabulary (instructions included). The lists are multicoloured for variety. It is one of many featuring the same protagonist, a gentleman-thief by the name of Arsène Lupin, here disguised as ‘Jim Barnett’. He is remarkable for his ability to glean a fortune from wealthy (and usually greedy and unpleasant) people through the clever manipulation of events which are already in motion when he arrives on the scene. His success depends on his intelligence and his prowess as a thief and master of disguise, which allow him to avoid violence or guilt of crime in his adventures. Adding to the fun, he consistently outwits whatever official inspector (here, inspector ‘Béchoux’) he is supposedly helping. The story is narrated in the passé simple, making it an excellent tool for practising this French verb tense. All advanced French students will benefit from reading Leblanc’s well-written prose!

Here are pages to help you study and test your knowledge of 38 French verbs. For each verb, there are six pages. The first page (for the présent and passé composé) is to be filled out with the help of a reference guide, such as ‘Bescherelle: La Conjugaison’ (Hatier). You will use this sheet to study the verb in those two tenses, so copy them out carefully! At the bottom of the page, you must write three simple sentences to show that you know what this verb means and how to use the two tenses. The second and third sheets are for testing purposes. Quiz 1 is identical to the very first page, only it is labelled as a quiz and requires that the student fill out the entire verb in order, from memory. The student must also indicate what the verb means in English, in the infinitive. Quiz 2 is more of a challenge. The verbs are in reverse order (the passé composé comes first) and the persons are in random order (instead of the predictable ‘je, tu, il/elle, etc’ it is written ‘vous, je, ils/elles, etc.’). Again the student must write three sentences to show that they can actually use the verb and have not simply memorised it without knowing what it’s for. The following three sheets follow the same pattern for the same verb, but review and test the imparfait and futur simple. The quizzes are labelled Quiz 3 and Quiz 4.

This book contains the complete story ‘La Lettre d’Amour du Roi George’ by Maurice Leblanc. The text is divided into 13 small sections, each followed by five reading comprehension questions and a blank list for vocabulary, to be filled in by the student (instructions included). The lists are multicoloured for variety. This is one of many tales by Leblanc featuring the same protagonist, a gentleman-thief by the name of Arsène Lupin, here disguised as ‘Jim Barnett’. He is remarkable for his ability to glean a fortune from wealthy (and usually greedy and unpleasant) people through the clever manipulation of events which are already in motion when he arrives on the scene. His success depends on his intelligence and his prowess as a thief and master of disguise, which allow him to avoid violence or guilt of crime in his adventures. Adding to the fun, he consistently outwits whatever official inspector (here, inspector ‘Béchoux’) he is supposedly helping. The story is narrated in the passé simple, making it an excellent tool for practising this French verb tense. All advanced French students will benefit from reading Leblanc’s well-written prose!

This collection of French texts contains fourteen selections on the subject of ‘cats’, taken from Champfleury’s ‘Les Chats – Histoires, Mœurs, Observations, Anecdotes’ published in 1869. (Please note that although it dates from a previous century, the language remains appropriate for French written style.) Each two-page piece of writing addresses a specific topic in a thoughtful manner. Following each selection are: four reading comprehension questions, a dictée, phrases to translate, room for a vocabulary list and a place to write a ‘résumé’ of the text. The selections may be completed in any order – each one is unique and an effort has been made to avoid any repetition of vocabulary in the lists of phrases, so that a student may use this entire collection and continue to learn with each new topic.

In this Canadian classic, you will read about an Ojibwa brother and sister, 11-year old Sajo and 14-year-old Shapian, and their adorable pet beavers, Chilawee and Chikanee. One spring day, Sajo’s father rescues two baby beavers from an otter attack and brings them home to their village. After one of the beavers must be traded for food, Sajo and Shapian set off to see if they can buy him back. Travelling by canoe and by train, they face various challenges on their trip to the City. They employ skills they have learned from their Ojibwa elders, and are also helped by a Missionary, American tourists, and an Irish policeman. Written in the style of old-fashioned classics like ‘Heidi’, this original tale by the renowned British-Canadian conservationist known as ‘Grey Owl’ is both informative and touching. Rich and reportedly accurate descriptions of the Eastern Canadian wilderness provide the backdrop to a story of caring people who triumph in their efforts to reunite two baby beavers with their family and finally return them to the wilderness. Illustrations by the author and a glossary of Ojibwa terms are of further interest. The book is divided into 23 chapters. Write your own definitions, answer reading comprehension questions, and research 22 topics (ranging from how otters and beavers hunt and eat, to how elevators and steamboats work). For each of these activities, you may go into great detail, or just scratch the surface – the material is adaptable to different students. Enjoy a trip into the past with a sincere story-teller and lovable characters! Research topics: Jacques Cartier, Ojibwa tea, beaver dams and lodges, how otters hunt, feeding human food to wildlife, Ojibwa/European trade, what beavers eat in the wild, what instinct is, the Hudson’s Bay Company, birch bark canoes, what ‘portage’ means, forest fires, steamboats, who are the Ojibwa, Native American spiritual beliefs, animals in zoos versus in the wild, travelling by train in Canada (in the past), how elevators work, the importance of saying thank you, what bannock is, autumn around the world, how dangerous wolves really are. Bonus! This title includes a set of Canadian Wilderness themed notebooking pages.