Submitted by Pam Wesely
Objectives:
Content:
Students will:
- learn to how to read a map of the Parisian métro and navigate a path from one métro station to another using Internet sites
- identify and become familiar with interactive maps on the Internet in looking at websites of the Champs-Elysées
- identify important details about monuments in Paris using online diagrams of those monuments
- use online videos to look around the Louvre
Cultural:
Students will:
- acquire knowledge about the statistics and history of the Parisian métro through reading a French website and reporting the information on a worksheet
- develop an understanding of the importance of the métro in Parisian life
- learn about the statistics, history, and cultural significance of several Parisian monuments, including the Musée Picasso, Centre Pompidou, Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Elysées, Sorbonne, Panthéon, Jardin du Luxembourg, Musée d'Orsay, Hôtel des Invalides, Tour Eiffel, Montmartre, Sacré-Coeur, and Notre-Dame de Paris
- notify and examine the gargoyles of the Notre-Dame cathedral
Language: Content Obligatory
Students will:
- learn and use vocabulary terms related to riding on the Parisian métro: le billet, la ligne, la station, la direction.
- become familiar with the names of some common Parisian métro stations
- learn vocabulary terms related to the government of Paris and the Hôtel de Ville: L'Hôtel de Ville, la mairie, le maire, le gouvernement municipal, les chevaux de bois.
- learn vocabulary terms related to sightseeing in museums and monuments: un étage, la salle, le tarif, la station du métro, fermé, ouvert, l'adresse, le numéro de téléphone, l'année, l'art, les oeuvres d'art, nommer, le quartier and more
- learn vocabulary terms related to the Eiffel Tower: la tour, les visiteurs, les marches, les chiffres, le centenaire, le poids, le hauteur
Language: Content Compatible
Students will:
- review common colors through identifying rail lines on the Parisian métro
- develop their ability to write situational dialogues in French
- review the present tense of common verbs
- recognize and understand the use of the passive voice
- review common question words
- review common prepositions like sur, sous, devant, derrière etc.
Learning Strategies / Social and Skills Development:
Students will:
- develop their reading and writing ability through answering questions in French about websites in French
- use images and context to decipher the meaning of unfamiliar French words
- persevere in difficult and unfamiliar web-based tasks
Time Frame:
Ten 40 minute classes, dependent on student Internet familiarity, Internet connection speed, and age and computer proficiency of the students.
Materials Needed:
- Gargie website Lesson 3 http://www.angelfire.com/trek/gargie/paris.html
- Feuilles 3-A, 3-B, 3-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: Le Métro, Partie B: Les Monuments, Partie C: Notre-Dame de Paris. In order to complete all three parts, students have to navigate through websites linked from http://www.angelfire.com/trek/gargie/paris.html in French to find information that they will then fill in on Feuilles 3-A, 3-B, and 3-C. This lesson is by far the longest and most difficult lesson, in that Partie B: Paris has six smaller subdivisions that constitute a trip around Paris and visits to 20 different sites in Paris.
Partie A: Le Métro is an introduction to the Parisian métro and the skills needed to navigate around the city using the métro. Using online maps and navigation sites, students will be introduced to concepts like "directions" and "colors" of métro lines. They will then trace out their own path, given the beginning and end stations, using these resources.
Partie B: Les Monuments is an extensive series of tasks centered around 20 different places in Paris. This is the chance for students to really explore and get to know the different monuments. The list of monuments is as follows:
Jour 1: Musée Picasso, Centre Pompidou, Hôtel de Ville
Jour 2: Arc de Triomphe, Champs-Elysées
Jour 3: Sorbonne, Panthéon, Jardin du Luxembourg
Jour 4: Tuileries, Louvre, Musée d'Orsay, Seine
Jour 5: Invalides, Tour Eiffel
Jour 6: Montmartre, Sacré-Coeur
Most of the tasks are simple websleuthing, wherein the students are given a link to a monument's website, and they are asked specific questions about the monument given the written information on that site. There are a few exceptions to this typical task. First, students must find English definitions for French words in captions of pictures of the Hôtel de Ville, Hôtel des Invalides, and Tour Eiffel. They need to identify and record specific things from maps or labeled images on the sites of the Champs-Elysées, Panthéon, Louvre, and Hôtel des Invalides. They must write a dialogue based on Gargie and his old friend from the airplane meeting up in the Tuileries. Finally, students must do one web-based task involving Gargie, the Seine, and prepositions.Partie C: Notre-Dame de Paris is the final required task for students, and thus it is more rewarding and review-based than any other part of this unit. The website around which this part is centered features some beautiful pictures of the Notre-Dame cathedral. The students merely have to fill in the blank on some sentences taken from the website, then they are instructed to sketch their favorite gargoyle pictured on the site. Since Gargie's final destination and new home is the Notre-Dame cathedral, the final task is a review word-scramble featuring words from the whole unit. Students must record those words on their worksheets.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed using the rubric "Gargie Lesson 3 Evaluation" which can be found with 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 3 for the links used in this lesson: http://www.angelfire.com/trek/gargie/paris.html
"Makers" website at Swarthmore for interactive activity makers: http://lang.swarthmore.edu/makers/index.htm
"Worddragon" website which was used to make the final review word-scramble: http://www.worddragon.org
Attachments:
NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)Worksheets for Lesson 3:
Feuilles 3-A ("Partie A: Le Métro")
Feuilles 3-B ("Partie B: Les Monuments")
Feuilles 3-C ("Partie C: Notre-Dame de Paris")
Gargie Lesson 3 Evaluation - a rubric for the worksheet evaluation