THE WORLD'S WACKIEST FRENCH JOKE BOOK
500 Puns to Give You Deja-Eww!
Sue Fenton, M Ed
Published by: McGraw-Hill
A book of 500 wacky and wacky jokes to make learning French vocabulary a whole
lot more interesting, creative, and fun. Put away the boring lists, crack open this book, put on a smile, and chuckle! Let humor and creative word plays help you learn French vocabulary like never before!
This book is sure to take you on a "groan voyage" and expose you to lots of cool French vocabulary.
FREEBIE FLASH! A complimentary list of ways to use puns in the classroom will be sent wtih each copy of this book!
THE BOOK CONTAINS:
- 500 silly jokes / puns on 14 themes
- answers with NOTES in case you get stumped.
- French words in boldface type to help you focus on them.
- "Fun Facts" - interesting tidbits about French culture related to many of the words
AUDIENCE: The jokes & puns are intended for:
- French students (beginners or intermediate students who want to review)
- French teachers (to spice up their lessons and challenge students)
- young-at-heart adults who want to immerse themselves in French culture and vocabulary
- former students who want a relaxing entertaining way to refresh some of their rusty French
ATTENTION, TEACHERS!
This book…
- gives you a challenge for every day of the school year…and more!
- gives you cool "stand-up" comedian material!
- gives you jokes & puns that will spice up your vocabulary presentations and keep the students' attention!
- will help students make visual, cognitive and affective associations and remember vocabulary more easily!
- makes humorous and creative connections which enhance learning!
- will get your students "groaning" so much that they'll claim they can write better jokes. Just what you wanted! Then you challenge them to write 3 to 5 original puns for the current chapter vocabulary! Touché !
- is a perfect gift for that special prize or student award.
- "trains" students to make word associations and create mnemomic devices as they study French vocabulary (a valuable skill they can use in biology, chemistry, history, math or any other subject to remember information
- gives students a taste of the style of clever French spirit of "punning" pervasive in ads, slogans, titles, etc. The French love to play with words.
THIS ZANY BOOK HAS 14 CHAPTERS:
SAMPLE "FUN FACTS":
FUN FACT: Frederic Chopin (of French and Polish descent) shaved one side of his face but had a beard on the other side. He thought it was practical because audiences only saw one side of his face when he played concerts.
FUN FACT: The French king, Charles VIII started a fashion trend. Because he had six toes on one foot, he had to wear wide squared-off shoes. Soon everyone across Europe had to have a pair.
FUN FACT: A French proverb says "il faut penser sept fois avant de se mettre en colere." (You should think seven times before getting mad.)
A GREAT GIFT!
What a perfect gift for:
- parents to give their middle school sons or daughters or relatives who are taking French.
- high school French students.
- people who love the French language.
- a friend who is about to travel to France and wants to immerse himself or herself in French and French culture.
SAMPLE JOKES:
What French bubble gum makes people want to kiss?
Bisou-ka (Bazook; un bisou = kiss)
Why did the French woman party for twenty-four hours on November 1?
She wanted to get her Toussaint's worth (two cents)
What do French people purchase in case they are hit with a cabbage?
in-chou-rance (insurance; un chou = cabbage)
What do you call a French woman who is obsessed with buying hats?
a chapeau-holic (un chapeau = hat)
What article of clothing distributes the weight of a French person?
The belt because it's the ceinture of gravity. (une ceinture = belt)
What does a French newspaper call it when a person turns forty?
a quarante event (current event)
GROAN APPÉTIT!
© 2007 Susan M. Fenton All rights reserved.
