À la une : Le Nouvel An Amazigh | CI Lesson Plan 12 janvier 2026

Bring real-world French and intercultural learning into your classroom with this À la une lesson centered on Yennayer, the Amazigh New Year—a celebration of culture, community, and ancestral traditions across North Africa.
 
Designed for Novice through Intermediate learners, this CI-friendly resource highlights joy, cultural continuity, and excellence within Amazigh communities, centering voices and traditions that are often underrepresented in world language curricula.
 
Through a scaffolded progression of interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational tasks, students engage with an authentic French news article while building comprehension, expressing opinions, and making personal and intercultural connections.
 
What’s Included
Novice-level scripted reading (8–10 sentences)
Novice comprehension questions with complete-sentence answer key
Intermediate 10-question true/false comprehension quiz with complete-sentence answer key
Interpersonal 4 Corners / On a Line opinion activity
Presentational task with options to write, record audio, or record video
Running Dictation aligned to À la une article formats
Single-point, holistic rubrics for interpersonal and presentational communication
Teacher notes and answer keys
 
Perfect For
Comprehensible Input (CI) classrooms
Proficiency-based instruction
AP French theme alignment (Identities, Culture, Contemporary Life)
Intercultural learning and culturally sustaining pedagogy
Highlighting stories of joy and excellence among historically marginalized peoples
 
This lesson is classroom-ready, flexible, and designed to help students see language learning as a way to connect with the real world—and with cultures that deserve visibility and celebration.