French food bundle La Cuisine – Print and digital bundle

This French food bundle cultural unit is a great addition to whatever your current curriculum has for food in France. It doesn’t focus on the usual things that kids already know about (sandwiches, hamburgers, pizza & fries) but instead has some good additional material. This bundle includes both printable and digital versions of the resources

The print version includes:

• 2 reading articles, 1 page each, in both French AND English:
• one article on fast food in France (fast food, street food, take-out)
• one article on haute cuisine
• 1 infographic about dining in France – the order of courses and some rules about manners while eating.

Print Activities:

• 1 internet activity with links for students to research French fast food
• 1 internet activity with links for students to research fancier food
• a reading activity on how to read French menus
• an activity with rubric for students to make their own menus

Posters:

• a complete set of printable 8X10 posters that you could print on a printer or have printed on nice photographic paper – 14 different posters featuring French items such as ratatouille, mousse au chocolat, croissants – but also some newcomers that you will find EVERYWHERE in France – kebab and couscous.

Resources:

• A page with clickable links to some useful resources when learning about French cuisine.

The digital version includes:

• an article about fast food and everyday food (in English and French versions)
• an article about haute cuisine (in English and French versions)
• a single page article about how to read a French menu (in English)
• an activity on fast food in France
• an activity on finding a restaurant in France
• an activity on making a menu in French with rubric
• an activity on reading a recipe in French
• a vocabulary matching activity
• an activity on grocery shopping in France
• an activity on reading a French menu
• a matching activity on buying food in specialty shops
• an activity on reading online restaurant reviews
• a page of related links/activities