Celebrate Mardi Gras in French class! Beginners of all ages will learn about a traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras through an original story called "Le Mardi Gras de Beauregard." Beauregard is a Cajun alligator from the Louisiana bayou. He travels to the big city with his friends: a crawfish, a frog, and a snake. The text is written in sheltered language for beginnings, using only the present tense. Here's what you'll get in this 28-page download:
1. Storytelling Tips/TPR suggestions
2. Character visuals
3. Complete text of story
4. Vocabulary matching handout with answer key
5. Comprehension question handout with answer key
6. CLOZE version of the story
7. Readers' Theater version of the story
8. Inviting: oral activity/handout
9. Mardi Gras gouin series with sequencing, cloze, and creative writing extensions
10. Animals of the Bayou: bilingual vocabulary list and activity suggestions
11. Let's Make Gumbo: conversational activity/handout
12. Mardi Gras Teacher Resources (web sites, music, books, etc.)