This reconstruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral French reading is a simplified version of the events – perfect for novice learners!

Comprehensible input is important in a world languages class – but you can’t always do stories. This is a French comprehensible input lesson that uses target structures and simplified language to teach about a non-fiction topic – the fire and reconstruction of the Notre Dame cathedral. It is in the present tense using limited vocabulary and many cognates, so even first year French can understand it.

The target structures are:

• la flèche
• détruit
• protéger
• le plomb

This reconstruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral French reading item includes:

• a 16-slide PowerPoint of the reading
• a printable text version of the reading
• comprehension questions
• a story retell sheet with photos – one for writing, one for oral retell
• a list of related resources
• a complete answer key