Submitted by Pam Wesely
Objectives:
Content:
Students will:
- familiarize themselves with the route used by the Eurostar train through identifying towns and geographical details on a map
Cultural:
Students will:
- acquire a familiarity with the statistics and history of the Eurostar train through reading a website and reporting the information on a worksheet
- learn about a traditional French hotel through reading its website
Language: Content Obligatory
Students will:
- learn and use vocabulary terms related to riding on an airplane: le billet d'avion, la compagnie aérienne, la porte d'embarquement, la salle d'attente, le vol
- learn and use vocabulary terms related to train travel: la vitesse, circuler, passagers, la gare
- learn and use vocabulary terms related to hotels: une réservation, une douche, un lit double, un ascensceur, un étage, un balcon, rester, des valises, une clef, une chambre, des nuits, une télé
Language: Content Compatible
Students will:
- practice the future tense structure aller plus infinitive
- use question words and answer those questions appropriately in writing an original dialogue between a concierge and a guest at a hotel
Learning Strategies / Social and Skills Development:
Students will:
- develop their reading and writing ability through answering questions in French about websites in French
- develop their ability to write situational dialogues in French
- persevere in difficult and unfamiliar web-based tasks
Time Frame:
Three 40 minute classes, dependent on student Internet familiarity, Internet connection speed, and the computer proficiency of the students.
Materials Needed:
- Gargie website Lesson 2 http://www.angelfire.com/trek/gargie/voyage.html
- Feuilles 2-A, 2-B, 2-C (see Attachments)
- computers with Internet access sufficient for all students to use
- pencils
Description of Assessment (Performance Project):
This lesson is also a series of three parts: Partie A: L'Avion, Partie B: Le Train, Partie C: L'H?. In order to complete all three parts, students have to navigate through websites linked from http://www.angelfire.com/trek/gargie/voyage.html in French to find information that they will then fill in on Feuilles 2-A, 2-B, and 2-C.
Partie A: L'Avion gives students the chance to do a little more creative work. The first question is straightforward vocabulary work based on a reading. After that, students will write a short dialogue using the future tense. Gargie has a new friend whom he met on the plane, and the students are instructed to look at a picture and write their discussion of what they will do in France.
Partie B: Le Train exploits the great resources on the Internet which describe and trace the path of the Eurostar train through geography and history. Students will do some websleuthing to find out various details about the Eurostar train through the French Eurostar website. They will also examine a map to figure out exactly where Gargie is traveling in the Eurostar.
Partie C: L'Hôtel allows students to imagine the conversation that Gargie might have with a concierge upon his arrival at the hotel. Their task will be to write a short dialogue, using several words of vocabulary listed on Feuille 2-C.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed using the rubric "Gargie Lesson 2 Evaluation" which can be found in the "Attachments" for this unit. This rubric is based on the efficient and accurate completion of the worksheets for all three parts of the lesson.
References and Resources:
Please click through the Gargie website, Lesson 2 for the links used in this lesson: http://www.angelfire.com/trek/gargie/voyage.html
Attachments:
NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)Worksheets for Lesson 2:
Feuilles 2-A ("Partie A: L'Avion")
Feuilles 2-B ("Partie B: Le Train")
Feuilles 2-C ("Partie C: L'Hôtel")
Gargie Lesson 2 Evaluation - a rubric for the worksheet evaluation