This fun intermediate/advanced French Mardi Gras reading is a short story about mardi gras and the king cake tradition. It is written in the past tense, with lots of imparfait and passé composé as well as the conditional tense – a perfect way to review these verb tenses!

The French Mardi Gras short story is about a man who finds the baby in his king cake on the day before Mardi Gras. He discovers that it gives him special powers – but how long will they last? And where did they come from?

This French reading is the perfect fun mardi gras activity for your intermediate and advanced French classes. It includes cultural information about how Mardi Gras is celebrated as well as working on reading comprehension.

What’s included:

• 3-page short story in French with glossary of new words
• PowerPoint version of the short story with AI-generated illustrations
• Reading about the holiday of Mardi Gras
• Reading about the King cake
• Recipe for King Cake
• 10 comprehension questions in French
• 10 comprehension questions in English
• Link to resources – videos and websites
• Answer Key