French · Grades 9 to 12

French 3 SEL activities

36 ready to use activities that teach French 3 content and build one Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skill, about 20 minutes each.

Matched to textbook chapters: Chemins 3.

Raconter sa vie

• Qui je suis devenu Self-awareness · Week 1Students tell how they changed over the summer, contrasting background in the "imparfait" with turning points in the "passé composé".
• Il était une fois Social awareness · Week 2Students retell a Leuk le lièvre tale from Sénégal with the right past tenses and discuss how the clever hare's choices affect others.
• Un moment difficile Self-management · Week 3Students describe a time they felt afraid in the "imparfait" and what they did about it in the "passé composé", noticing the action they took.
• Pendant que tu parlais Relationship skills · Week 4Students retell a misunderstanding in which one person was talking while the other was not listening and rewrite it with attentive listening.
• L'odeur du café Social awareness · Week 5Students read a childhood memory inspired by "Dany Laferrière's L'odeur du café", set with his grandmother in Haïti, and write a sensory memory of their own.
• Le jour où j'ai choisi Responsible decision-making · Week 6Students narrate a day when they made an important choice and evaluate what guided that decision.
• Les témoins Responsible decision-making · Week 7Students compare two witness accounts of the same school incident and decide which details are facts and which are assumptions.
• Une amitié qui dure Relationship skills · Week 8Students say how long they have known a friend with "depuis" and "il y a" and name the actions that kept the friendship strong.
• Raconter sans juger Self-management · Week 9Students retell a frustrating event step by step with connectors, separating what happened from how they felt, to calm the story down.

Imaginer l'avenir

• Dans dix ans Self-management · Week 10Students imagine their lives in 10 years with the "futur" simple and connect one dream to a step they can take this year.
• Je serai, j'aurai, je ferai Responsible decision-making · Week 11Students write "quand" clauses in the future, "quand j'aurai mon diplôme, je ferai", and plan realistic steps toward a goal.
• Les métiers de demain Self-awareness · Week 12Students read about careers in Québec's green energy and video game sectors and identify which match their own strengths and interests.
• J'aimerais me reposer Self-management · Week 13Students use "j'aimerais" and "je pourrais" to imagine healthy ways to rest and pick one they could actually do this week.
• Tu pourrais m'aider ? Relationship skills · Week 14Students practice asking for help politely with the "conditionnel" and adjust their register for a teacher, a coach, and a friend.
• À ta place Social awareness · Week 15Students read advice column letters from Francophone teens and respond with "à ta" place, imagining the writer's feelings first.
• Si j'étais maire Responsible decision-making · Week 16Students write "si j'étais maire" sentences and propose realistic changes that would make their community kinder.
• Prédictions et inquiétudes Self-management · Week 17Students separate worries about the future from likely outcomes, writing what will probably happen and what they can control.
• Bilan du semestre Self-awareness · Week 18Students look back on the semester in the past tenses and use the "futur" simple to set a goal for the spring.

Les liens et les lieux

• J'y pense souvent Self-management · Week 19Students name places where they feel calm and thoughts they keep returning to, "j'y pense souvent", and decide which thoughts deserve their energy.
• J'en ai besoin Responsible decision-making · Week 20Students distinguish needs and wants with "en" ("j'en ai besoin" or "je n'en ai pas besoin"), and evaluate a recent purchase.
• Les gens qui comptent Relationship skills · Week 21Students describe people who support them with "qui" and "que, la personne qui m'écoute", and plan a way to thank one of them.
• L'endroit où je respire Self-awareness · Week 22Students describe a place "où" they feel at peace and name the details dont they need to feel calm and safe.
• Les mots qui blessent Social awareness · Week 23Students analyze online comments with "ce qui" and "ce que", "ce qui me blesse", "ce que je voudrais entendre", and rewrite them with respect.
• Le slam Self-awareness · Week 24Students study how a slam poet turns hardship into art and write a short slam with "qui", "que", and "où" about something that shaped them.
• Le bénévolat Responsible decision-making · Week 25Students read about youth volunteers in Abidjan, "Côte d'Ivoire", and in Montréal and plan a small project, using y and en to describe their involvement.
• À qui tu parles ? Relationship skills · Week 26Students practice active listening by asking a partner who they turn to when things are hard and reflecting back what they heard.
• Réparer une promesse Relationship skills · Week 27Students script how to repair a broken promise to a friend, using pronouns to talk about what happened without blaming.

Souhaits, doutes et engagement

• Il faut que je Self-management · Week 28Students list "il faut que je" priorities for the week and rank them to plan their time realistically.
• Je veux que tu saches Relationship skills · Week 29Students write a message that begins "je veux que tu saches" to tell someone something important with clarity and care.
• Je suis content que tu sois là Self-awareness · Week 30Students express feelings about others' actions with the subjunctive and notice how naming feelings strengthens relationships.
• Protéger la planète Responsible decision-making · Week 31Students read about rising seas in French Polynesia and youth recycling projects in Tunisia and propose actions with "il est important que".
• Je doute que ce soit vrai Responsible decision-making · Week 32Students evaluate viral claims online and express certainty or doubt with the right mood, practicing healthy skepticism.
• Les droits des jeunes Social awareness · Week 33Students read articles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and discuss what young people everywhere need "pour que" they can thrive.
• Vivre ensemble Social awareness · Week 34Students compare how neighbors in Bruxelles, Genève, and Marseille build community and write "je souhaite que" wishes for their own school.
• Lettre à mon futur moi Self-management · Week 35Students write a letter to their future self combining the "futur" simple with "je souhaite que", naming the values they want to keep.
• Au revoir, à bientôt Self-awareness · Week 36Students present a two minute farewell that tells their year in the past, names a feeling with the subjunctive, and shares a hope in the future.

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.