Create a French Village - French Class Project

Whether you're a teacher or an independent-study student, projects are a great way to spice up your language classes. This fairly short-term project - one week to one month - will put vocabulary related to shopping to the test.


Project

Create a French village.


Instructions

1. Draw and/or cut out pictures to create a well-spaced village with at least 8 shops/businesses.
2. Label the shops in French.
3. Add drawings and/or cut-outs of at least 5 items which can be found in each shop. Label them.
4. Give the village a French name.
5. Vote on the best ones and display in the classroom or a French-themed bulletin board.

Customization

• Individual students or pairs
   
• Level: beginning to low-intermediate
    
• Size: eight to twelve shops with five to ten items each
   
• Effort: The instructions above are very basic. For more detail, consider some additional work:
  
  - Label the streets
  - Give the shops French names (e.g., chez Pierre, Boulangerie DeGueldre)
  - Rather than a list of items, draw sale posters (e.g., Pommes - 2 Euros le kilo) or menus
  

Vocabulary

• Shopping (stores and businesses)
• Clothing
• Food
• Furniture
• Office
• Quantities, Weights, and Measures

Notes

The basic premise of this project was shared on the Profs de français forum. Join your virtual colleagues for more great ideas.