If you've ever taught passé composé to a mixed-level secondary class, you know the problem already. Half the room still says j'ai allé. A third have never made a participle agree with anything. Your strongest two finished the textbook drill three pages ago and are now drawing on each other's hands.
This is the pack I built so I'd stop hand-cutting three versions of the same worksheet on a Sunday night.
It's an 18-page, print-and-go set that walks Grades 9–12 through the formation, agreement, and use of the passé composé — auxiliary choice, the Dr & Mrs Vandertramp être verbs, agreement with the subject, and the COD-before-the-verb rule for the B1 students who are ready for it. Every consigne is bilingual (FR + EN), so it slots into core French, extended French, or immersion without you re-typing a thing.
What's actually in it:
One-page grammar reference students can keep open the whole unit (or you can project it)
Eight scaffolded drills — auxiliary choice, conjugation, agreement with être, EN → FR translation
Mon weekend à Paris — a 270-word reading passage in passé composé, with an "underline every verb" task, 10 comprehension questions, and 8 vrai/faux statements with corrections
Differentiated writing at three real CEFR levels: A1 sentence starters, A2 paragraph scaffold with connector + verb word banks, B1 récit personnel (150–200 words)
A 7-point bilingual self-check rubric students tick before they hand anything in
Full answer key, plus the editable Word version if you want to tweak the prompt to fit your unit
How I actually use it:
As a 60-minute review the day after I teach the auxiliary for the first time. As a 3-day mini-unit when we're going deeper. As a 5-day deep dive before the term test. As a sub plan when I've lost my voice on a Wednesday — the bilingual instructions and answer key mean a relief teacher can run it cold.
Standards: ACTFL (Communication, Comparisons), CEFR A1 / A2 / B1, Ontario FSL Grades 9–12, AP French Language & Culture La vie contemporaine.
Format: PDF (18 pages) + editable DOCX.
If you've ever taught passé composé to a mixed-level secondary class, you know the problem already. Half the room still says j'ai allé. A third have never made a participle agree with anything. Your strongest two finished the textbook drill three pages ago and are now drawing on each other's hands.
This is the pack I built so I'd stop hand-cutting three versions of the same worksheet on a Sunday night.
It's an 18-page, print-and-go set that walks Grades 9–12 through the formation, agreement, and use of the passé composé — auxiliary choice, the Dr & Mrs Vandertramp être verbs, agreement with the subject, and the COD-before-the-verb rule for the B1 students who are ready for it. Every consigne is bilingual (FR + EN), so it slots into core French, extended French, or immersion without you re-typing a thing.
What's actually in it:
One-page grammar reference students can keep open the whole unit (or you can project it)
Eight scaffolded drills — auxiliary choice, conjugation, agreement with être, EN → FR translation
Mon weekend à Paris — a 270-word reading passage in passé composé, with an "underline every verb" task, 10 comprehension questions, and 8 vrai/faux statements with corrections
Differentiated writing at three real CEFR levels: A1 sentence starters, A2 paragraph scaffold with connector + verb word banks, B1 récit personnel (150–200 words)
A 7-point bilingual self-check rubric students tick before they hand anything in
Full answer key, plus the editable Word version if you want to tweak the prompt to fit your unit
How I actually use it:
As a 60-minute review the day after I teach the auxiliary for the first time. As a 3-day mini-unit when we're going deeper. As a 5-day deep dive before the term test. As a sub plan when I've lost my voice on a Wednesday — the bilingual instructions and answer key mean a relief teacher can run it cold.
Standards: ACTFL (Communication, Comparisons), CEFR A1 / A2 / B1, Ontario FSL Grades 9–12, AP French Language & Culture La vie contemporaine.
Format: PDF (18 pages) + editable DOCX.
