Make beginning French reading memorable with one of your next French comprehensible input stories: Le Grand Chien. Novice learners receive a humorous short story, two video versions, reading comprehension activities, a story-retell worksheet, and an answer key.

In Le Grand Chien, Juliette has a dog—a really big dog—and he keeps causing trouble at school by eating her homework. Can Juliette convince her teacher that her enormous dog really was hungry enough to eat it?

This humorous beginning French short story repeatedly uses four targeted structures:

• a mangé

• demande

• ne la croit pas

• avait faim

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• Printable PDF version of the story

• Animated video with illustrations and French text

• Illustration-only video for narration and story retells

• Reading comprehension question worksheet

• “Who Said It?” worksheet

• Story-retell worksheet

• Complete answer key

WAYS TO USE THIS FRENCH LESSON

Use the text-supported video for scaffolded reading and comprehension. Pause the video to discuss the story, ask personalized questions, or storyask with your class.

Use the illustration-only version for listening practice, sequencing, teacher-led narration, or student retells.

Novice-low and novice-mid students can work with the story as written. Novice-high learners can add details, write a parallel story, or retell the events using past-tense narration.

If you are searching for French comprehensible input stories, this single-story lesson provides limited vocabulary, meaningful repetition, visual support, and ready-made activities in one low-prep resource. It is an engaging fit for beginning French and French 1 classes that need accessible reading practice without sacrificing an entertaining storyline.

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