22 Feb Newsletter
Here’s what’s new today and what’s coming next:
This week on Planet French:
ALL TRACKS:
It’s Pink Shirt Day this week. Planet French features the intermediate French video La Journée du chandail rose, the easy French video L’intimidation-solutions, and the complete course “L’intimidation” at different levels of French.
BEGINNER TRACK:
This month we learn about our home, and everyone knows the heart of the home is the kitchen. In this brand new beginner video students learn the vocab of kitchen objects and appliances and structures like Voici, qu’est-ce que c’est, c’est…
ALL TRACKS:
To wrap up the unit on LE CARNAVAL DE QUÉBEC, we recommend having your students do activities 6 and 7 from the Teacher’s guide (click here for a quick link to the guide).
Cours: LE CARNAVAL DE QUÉBEC
This is probably the most complete French course on Le Carnaval anywhere. We interview Bonhomme, visit all the attractions and even revisit Carnaval through history. The course has content at 3 levels of French (colour coded) and contains texts for reading, listening and fun videos.
To get a quick preview, click the video next to this or click here: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/199164845 To get to the actual course, click here: https://planetfrench.com/courses/bienvenue-au-carnaval/
INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED TRACKS:
It’s Black History Month and there are three episodes in our unit on racism. Each episode focuses on different aspects and together form a comprehensive look at racism.
The script is under the video as well as a quizz. The course “BIENVENUE EN HAITI” gives us a completely different take with Haitians living both in Canada and in Haiti (see below).
Cours: Bienvenue en Haiti
It’s Black history month so there’s no better time to introduce the amazing course “Bienvenue en Haiti”. The course has content at 3 levels of French (colour coded) and contains texts for reading, listening and fun videos where we meet Haitians who tell all about living in Haiti, the culture, the festivals, the way of life, what it’s like going to school here compared to going to school in Canada.
Your students will be surprised at what they learn in this fascinating course about fascinating people.
To get a quick preview, click the video next to this or click here: https://vimeo.com/213827785 To get to the actual course, click here: https://planetfrench.com/courses/bienvenue-en-haiti-2/
You can do this course over the next several weeks, depending on your student’s levels.
Cours: La maison
Many teachers are covering the theme of “La maison” in February since it’s cold outside and many Canadians spend their time indoors. This unit is designed for the young learners, K-3 but can be used with older students as they’ll appreciate the comedic tone.
Here is the link to this course: https://planetfrench.com/courses/la-maison/ We are continuously adding more content to this course, and welcome your suggestions.
You can do this course over the next several weeks, depending on your student’s levels.
COMMING UP NEXT MONTH: L’ÉRABLIÈRE (sugar shack), les animaux de la ferme, …and more!
Next month we visit 2 radically different sugar shacks. One does things the old way while the other is a huge facility. Which is better? They both share one thing: Deep French culture! Come and meet the people for a real sweet taste of French culture.
Ma santé: Facile!
We’re starting a new course for the K-3 called “MA SANTÉ”. Here are the first 2 videos.-Qu’est-Ce Que C’est? C’est Une Pomme-C’est Une Banane, And LES POMMES ET LES FRUITS, which focus on basic structures
LES SPORTS D’HIVER! 
This 4-week planner works for in-person as well as for remote learning. All your French students have access to Planet French with their own accounts. More on that later.
You can see the 4 week planner by clicking here if you’re already logged in to your Planet French account.
To login, visit www.planetfrench.com or click here and enter your username and your password. If you are a Planet French member, you should see your username and password Guy emailed you this week. Please check your spam folder. If you don’t see that email, please contact guy@planetfrench.com for all the relevant links.
The activities, videos and eBooks provided herein are designed to maximize oral communication opportunities around topics relevant to them. They expose students to authentic French speakers and engage students in meaningful tasks.
YOUR STUDENT LOGINS AND REMOTE LEARNING
We’ve made student access to Planet French easier still.
Your students get access with their own accounts. If you haven’t already registered your French students, it’s easy. Just give them the link and password Guy emailed you in January. Please check your spam folder. If you don’t see that email, please contact guy@planetfrench.com for all the relevant links.
You can assign Planet French content to all registered students. They can access and open it REMOTELY. All you do is share the target page’s URL with your students.
TUTORIAL VIDEO FOR TEACHERS
See how other teachers use Planet French, check out this tutorial for teachers, specifically at 9:09 and at 9:58 to see how to share assignments and how to register your students, or better still, watch the whole video and you’ll fly with Planet French. It only takes 10 minutes!
