13 OCTOBER NEWSLETTER: VACCIN POUR LES JEUNES 5 À 11 ANS/C’EST L’AUTOMNE!/Le magasin d’Halloween/Le vaudou

In the first part of this short video in easy French, we kick off in front of Pfizer’s headquarters. The pharma is in talks with Health Canada to get its vaccine approved for 5 to 11-year-olds. We discussed the pros and cons and invite the students to participate, in French.

In the second part of the video, we show that Summer has now changed into Fall. We discuss and SHOW the signs of Fall. After some modelling, we ask students to draft a short list of the seasons and of visible signs that help differentiate between the seasons. There’s a handy starter chart at the end of the video. You can click the image next to this paragraph to enlarge it.

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This episode starts off with the Covid situation in Alberta. It compares active cases between the provinces based on a Statistics Canada map, but there is hope:

New treatments are being developed. Scientists are using antibodies taken from lamas (yes, the animal), and making nanoparticles they use to fight the virus with.

Planet French actually goes on site to meet lamas and show our gratitude. Chalk one more point for biodiversity!

The episode concludes with students marching for the climate in Ontario and in other provinces during “Fridays for the future” marches.

In this episode we take your students inside a Halloween store. They learn all the relevant vocabulary, in easy French. All the costumes, the props, the bags, makeup and all the other fun stuff.

This is a very popular video. Your students will love it.

Voodoo is represented in movies and in pop culture as evil witchcraft, but is this Haitian  cultural practice as represented?

This fun episode in easy French takes your students behind the scenes. We meet Haitian experts who explain what Voodoo really is.

Then we have a fun little movie with it. Your students learn about French culture from around the world, in easy French.

More relevant episodes on the home page include: Thanksgiving, a visit to Steven King’s house and to a haunted house (in levelled French), a march with 10,000 French zombies, a book and videos about Montreal in levelled French, and more!