French · Grades 9 to 12

French 2 SEL activities

36 ready to use activities that teach French 2 content and build one Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skill, about 20 minutes each.

Matched to textbook chapters: Chemins 2.

Souvenirs récents et routines

• Me revoilà ! Self-awareness · Week 1Students reintroduce themselves and use the "futur proche" to say what they are going to try this year.
• Mon été Self-awareness · Week 2Students narrate their summer in the "passé composé" and highlight one moment they are grateful for.
• Une erreur, et après ? Self-management · Week 3Students narrate a mistake they made in the "passé composé" and then write what they learned from it.
• Je suis sorti, je suis resté Responsible decision-making · Week 4Students recount where they went and where they stayed last weekend and notice how they chose between going out and resting.
• Arrivée à Montréal Social awareness · Week 5Students read the story of a teen who arrived in Montréal from Haïti and imagine what helped her feel at home.
• Je me réveille Self-management · Week 6Students describe their routine with reflexive verbs and add one habit, like "se coucher plus tôt", that helps them feel rested.
• Je me sens Self-awareness · Week 7Students learn "je me sens, je m'inquiète", and "je me calme" to name a feeling and the step that helps it pass.
• On s'entend bien Relationship skills · Week 8Students use reciprocal verbs to describe how friends get along, argue, and make up, and name one way to repair a friendship.
• Hier matin Responsible decision-making · Week 9Students narrate a rushed morning with reflexive verbs in the past and work out how to make tomorrow morning calmer.

Autrefois et les autres

• Quand j'étais petit Self-awareness · Week 10Students describe themselves as children in the "imparfait" and notice which strengths they have carried with them.
• Les histoires de nos aînés Social awareness · Week 11Students read a Cajun elder's memories of life in Louisiana and write "imparfait" questions to ask an older person they know or imagine.
• La ville d'autrefois Responsible decision-making · Week 12Students compare old and current photos of Québec City using "il y avait" and reflect on how communities change while keeping their heart.
• Plus patient qu'avant Self-management · Week 13Students compare themselves to their past selves instead of to others, as in "je suis plus patient qu'avant".
• Le meilleur, vraiment ? Responsible decision-making · Week 14Students analyze ads from France and Switzerland that claim to be "le meilleur" and decide which superlatives are facts and which are pressure.
• Je te parle, tu m'écoutes Relationship skills · Week 15Students use "lui" and "leur" with "parler", "téléphoner", and "répondre" to plan who they can talk to when they need help.
• Je la vois Social awareness · Week 16Students describe a new classmate with direct object pronouns, "je la vois seule, je" l'invite, and practice noticing who might feel left out.
• Tu m'as aidé Relationship skills · Week 17Students recount favors they gave and received with object pronouns and thank someone who helped them.
• Bilan du semestre Self-awareness · Week 18Students look back on the semester in the "passé composé" and "imparfait" and name how they have grown as learners and classmates.

Conseils, fêtes et choix

• Des vies qui inspirent Self-management · Week 19Students read short biographies of figures like "Aimé Césaire" and Simone Veil and name one quality they want to grow in themselves.
• Sois patient avec toi Self-management · Week 20Students write kind commands to themselves, "respire", "sois" patient, "aie confiance", and use them as a calming script.
• Conseils pour un ami Relationship skills · Week 21Students give a friend supportive advice with the imperative and practice offering help without telling them what to feel.
• Les fêtes d'ici et d'ailleurs Social awareness · Week 22Students read how teens in Sénégal celebrated Tabaski and in Belgique celebrated Saint-Nicolas and narrate a celebration of their own or an imagined one.
• Autant pour tous Responsible decision-making · Week 23Students compare how chores at home or resources at school are shared with plus de and "autant de" and propose a fairer split.
• En ligne Responsible decision-making · Week 24Students decide what to post and what to keep private using object pronouns, "je le partage" or "je ne le poste pas".
• Mon corps me parle Self-awareness · Week 25Students describe where they feel stress in the body with "avoir mal à" and connect physical signals to emotions.
• Une dispute Relationship skills · Week 26Students reconstruct a disagreement in the "passé composé" and write the apology that helped the friends "se réconcilier".
• Mieux qu'en septembre Self-management · Week 27Students distinguish "meilleur" and "mieux" while defining their own best, "je parle mieux qu'en septembre", rather than being the best.

Saveurs et horizons francophones

• Au restaurant Relationship skills · Week 28In a restaurant role play set in Montréal, students make polite requests and handle a mistaken order calmly.
• Recettes et histoires Social awareness · Week 29Students follow recipe steps for Haitian "soupe" joumou and Moroccan harira and learn the stories of freedom and family behind each dish.
• Avant et maintenant Self-awareness · Week 30Students write "avant" and "maintenant" sentences that show how a fear or habit has changed and celebrate that growth.
• Mon quartier change Responsible decision-making · Week 31Students compare their neighborhood before and now and propose one change that would help everyone.
• Ne t'inquiète pas Self-management · Week 32Before finals, students write "ne t'inquiète pas" messages for a friend and for themselves, each paired with one practical study step.
• Voyage à Tahiti Social awareness · Week 33Students read a Tahitian teen's account of protecting the lagoon and the Tahitian language and reflect on what it means to care for a homeland.
• Non, merci Responsible decision-making · Week 34Students practice refusing peer pressure with negative commands and pronouns and choose a respectful way to say non, "merci".
• Merci et bravo Relationship skills · Week 35Students write notes of appreciation in the "passé composé" naming exactly how a classmate helped them this year.
• À l'année prochaine Self-awareness · Week 36Students tell the story of their year in the past tenses and use the "futur proche" to name what they will carry into French 3.

RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.