I use this story (see page 1 only) in French 3 to review/practice narrating and describing with passé composé and imparfait. How the lesson goes: The students identify all the parts of a tortoise. (Last year they got strangely excited about this!) (This slideshow.) I point out how the tortoise’s shell is “en morceaux.” I introduce the characters in the story and some new vocabulary. I use … Continue reading Pourquoi la tortue a une carapace en morceaux ?