Independent Exploration

Students have been completing Independent Exploration assignments, where they complete an activity from a library of resources (such as watching a movie or music video in French, cooking a dish from a French-speaking country, or playing a game to review vocabulary) and then share with me what they learned.  Here's a peek into what they've been doing and learning!


A student prepares crêpes with Nutella.
A student's beignets
A student shares their progress on Duolingo, an app to learn languages.


A student shares items found on an Amazon.fr search.
A student shares their progress on Duolingo Stories
A student shows what they found by exploring Paris via Google Maps.

Here are some observations and reflections from students:

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