À la une : Disparition de Claudette Colvin | CI Lesson Plan 19 janvier 2026

Bring real-world French and intercultural learning into your classroom with this À la une lesson on Claudette Colvin, a pioneering civil rights activist whose courage helped challenge segregation in the United States.
 
Designed for Novice through Intermediate French learners, this Comprehensible Input (CI)–friendly lesson highlights courage, justice, and excellence within historically marginalized communities, centering a powerful Black history story that is often underrepresented in world language curricula.
 
Students engage with an authentic French news article through a scaffolded sequence of interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational tasks, building reading comprehension, expressing opinions, and making personal and intercultural connections—all while staying aligned to ACTFL proficiency targets and AP French themes.
 
What’s Included
Novice-level scripted reading (8–10 sentences, past tense)
Novice comprehension questions with complete-sentence answer key
Intermediate true/false comprehension quiz (10 questions + answer key)
Interpersonal 4 Corners / On a Line opinion activity
Presentational writing or speaking task (audio or video options)
Running Dictation aligned to À la une article formats
Single-point, holistic rubrics for interpersonal and presentational communication
Teacher notes and full answer keys
 
Perfect For
CI-based French classrooms (TPRS, Acquisition-Driven Instruction)
Proficiency-based and standards-aligned instruction
AP French theme alignment (Identities, Contemporary Life, History & Memory, Social Justice)
Intercultural learning and culturally sustaining pedagogy
Highlighting stories of joy, courage, and excellence among historically marginalized peoples
Middle school and high school French (French 1–3)
 
This ready-to-use French lesson is flexible, inclusive, and designed to help students connect language learning to the real world—while amplifying voices and histories that deserve visibility and respect.