French passé composé être Reading Passages & Comprehension Questions

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These no-prep printable passé composé avec être reading passages provide differentiation activities to help students of all levels as they conquer the past tense with the auxiliary verb être in French class! Choose between 3 reading passages, each including 4 implementation options: reading in French with comprehension questions in French or English, fill-in conjugations while reading with questions in French or English.

Complete with answer keys and digital option with Google Slides™, le passé composé just got easier for you and more engaging for your students!

Use as a whole class, with small groups, as assessment, or to prep individual writing time. Choose the text for today, choose the level of difficulty, and on y va! Youpi!

What can I expect?

• 3 different reading passages focusing on le passé composé avec être. Passage A & B are a paragraph. Passage C is a full page.

• 4 differentiation options for EACH passage

• ➯Passage in French, Comprehension questions in French

• ➯Passage in French, Comprehension questions in English

• ➯Fill-in conjugations while reading, Comprehension questions in French

• ➯Fill-in conjugations while reading, Comprehension questions in English

• *Comprehension questions include true/false and short answers

• Answer keys for each option

• Link to Google Slides™

What are the topics of the readings?

Text A: All the snow caused problems for Xavier to get to school on time

Text B: Carole met Lydiane’s new dog

Text C: Inès met Matthieu at the airport and he talked about his trip

Which verbs/vocab are included in the passages?

PC être verbs: descendre, entrer, monter, retourner, sortir, venir, aller, naître, devenir, entrer, tomber, rester, arriver, mourir, partir, passer

Passage A vocab: la neige, l’arrêt de bus, les transports en commun, amener, être en retard, mon carnet

Passage B vocab: chez, sauter, une promenade

Passage C vocab: se retrouver, la gare, une navette, une carte d’embarquement

*Passage C is a full page as opposed to a paragraph like passages A & B. The level of difficulty is a bit more advanced than A & B as well.

Who is this best for?

We use this with our Level 2 students and beyond. There are many cognates, high frequency vocabulary and comprehensible input to help students with understanding. Even the more difficult words can be deduced with context.

Thanks to the 4 differentiation options, you can reach all student levels even as the whole class reads the exact same text! Magnifique.

How can this be implemented?

1. Printable: PDF in download. This is not editable. However, you can email us at frenchwiththehobbs@gmail.com and we can help you out!

2. Google Slides™: Students will see the story and questions as images. They will type responses in text boxes. Remember, you and your students must have Google accounts to access this.

How could I use this in the classroom?

Because you have 3 different passages with 4 different options, you have so many choices on how to implement them!

1. Before instruction:

Ask students to find all the passé composé in the first reading. See what they can deduce by reading the passage.

2. After instruction:

After teaching le passé composé, give them a story to analyze and evaluate. Circle “être” conjugations and underline past participles.

3. Review:

Has it been awhile since you’ve talked about PC avec être? This could be a good review for students to pull their PC knowledge out from the depths of their brains!

4. Homework:

Take this home for extra practice

5. Small group work/ independent practice

Take some time in class for students to work with peers or individually and really dive into the PC via discussions and questions.

6. Assessment:

Since they are already familiar with the format of the passages, save one as a form of assessment.

7. Give students CHOICE!

Choice is power and by giving students a choice in how they decipher the text, they will feel empowered in their work.

8. Use this anytime

Since there are multiple reading passages, you have margin to use at different points in the unit (or apart from a specific unit) and in different ways. Plus, since there’s no prep required, keep them in your toolbox and pull out in a pinch!

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