Song: En Classe Je Parle Français- All about that Bass Parody

I have decided, that this year, I want to be the "Weird Al" of French Teachers.

So to kick that off, I wrote some lyrics to go with the song "All About that Bass" that enforce speaking French in class.  Would you like to hear it?


Fun, huh?  I'm teaching in to my classes now, and hopefully they will create a music video in the future for it.  If you want to use it with your classes, feel free!  Here are the lyrics:

If you wanted to sing along to it, you could find a karaoke track on YouTube like this one, but minimize the screen or don't show it, so the students have to use the French lyrics!

If you do use it, and make a totally cool music video, please share it!  I would love to see it!

La rentrée: Sur mon iPhone

I was thinking of different activities I could use to get to know my students at my new school.  Instead of having them write a paragraph about them, I wanted something they could do a little more independently, and something that was creative.  After seeing a technology-themed bulletin board idea, I thought of this activity:

Students get a blank iPhone template, and they have to create icons of things that they like.  For my example, I drew a "creeper" from Minecraft and labelled it "les jeux vidéo." The students had to draw 12 icons, and I hope to use the iPhones in a display outside the French office.

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If you are interested in doing this activity yourself, here's the handout (link) I made.  There are 2 phones per page, trying to save some trees.