Ta légende à toi! (FC)

To begin our study of the francophone region of North Africa, we looked at its tradition of story-telling through fairytales and fables. As a class we looked at the vocabulary typical of these types of stories, and introduced two new tenses to our growing arsenal, the passé simple and plus-que-parfait. This allowed students to read the folk tale “L’Origine de l’Inimitié entre les Hommes et les Animaux”, which tells the cautionary tale of human’s impact on the animal kingdom.

After reading this typical tale, students took on the challenge of writing their own origin-story, in the form of a children’s book! They made use of their newly-learned vocabulary and tenses, as well as applied previous concepts and ideas. Students then illustrated their stories and even got to read them out to the French A class during out end-of-year French Picnic!

Check out the stories below!

Kory

Eli