French: Christmas | Celebration Interactive Activity and worksheet

In this resource file, you will find: a link to an interactive reading activity about Christmas in France and a worksheet. This activity is aimed at grades 11-12.

Please note:

This activity will require students to have access to a computer/ tablet and Internet

Everything is written in French.

The content from the link cannot be edited

• The interactive reading activity: Students can click on différent regions of France to discover a short written passage, with images, giving a Christmas tradition from that region.

Regions:

• L'Alsace (Grand-Est)

• La Lorraine (Grand-Est)

• La Champagne-Ardennes (Grand-Est)

• La Normandie

• La Bretagne

• La Franche-comté (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)

• L'Auvergne (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)

• L'Aquitaine (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)

• La Provence (PACA)

• La Corse

• The worksheet contains three activities (with increasing level of difficulty)

• Activity 1: Match up the region to the tradition(s)

• Activity 2: True or False

• Activity 3: Answer the questions in French

• A version of the worksheet with answers is also included.

Excerpt:

• C'est en Alsace qu'a eu lieu la première vente de sapin de Noël en 1521. À l'époque, il n'était décoré qu'avec des pommes rouges. Plus tard, on y a ajouté des friandises, des gâteaux et des roses en papier. La boule de Noël est arrivée en 1858 et était en verre. 

A .zip folder with:

- 2 .pdfs

- 2 .docx (editable versions of the .pdf files)

At the top of the worksheet: a link to the interactive activity