Submitted by Carrie Grabowski
Time Frame:
4-8 50 minute periods depending on the project chosen
Materials Needed:
- access to computers with a program to do a slide show (Powerpoint or Appleworks) or a video camera and movie program (such as iMovie) to edit the TV travel show.
- possibly, materials to make posters for the visuals required in the movie.
Description of Task:
NOTE: It is suggested for classroom management purposes that all students in the class do either a video or a slide show project. I have two sections of language arts, so one section did a slide show while the other section made a video. It is advised that teachers practice the slide show or movie programs before asking students to use them. Many students who made the video were interested in using my overhead projector to show maps, but it does not work well. Have students make large posters on white paper, or ask them to scan maps and drop the JPEG into the video as a still shot. The students may record the commentary over the still shot.
Students will create either a slide show presentation or a video to communicate what they have learned about rivers in Francophone countries. Projects should
1) be well-organized and presented in a logical order;
2) include the following content: the rivers studied, a map with the rivers situated on it, tribuataries, where it begins and where it ends, imported images, and a bibliography;
3) be well-written or spoken without notes;
4) include animation and sound effects.A complete description of the requirements is available in the following worksheets: rubric diapos and rubric tv. The links to these worksheets are below.
Pre-task
1) Read the appropriate grading rubric with the students.
2) Review with students good strategies to work well with a partner. Generated ideas could be written on butcher paper and posted in the classroom.
3) Students plan their project.
- For the slide show presentation students use their notes written on the worksheet from the previous lesson and the worksheet for this lesson (diapos requises) to organize their ideas.
- If the students are doing a video project, they should make an outline of the main themes they will discuss, show it to the teacher, and then write the dialogue. After, they should memorize it, make the necessary visuals (map, for example), bring in any necessary props, and film it.
During-task
Slide Show group makes a presentation which effectively informs others of their topic. The slide show should include text and original drawings and imported images with web addresses.
The video group writes and edits their tv travel show to communicate effectively what they have learned about the rivers in Francophone countries.
Post-task
Students use the note-taking sheet provided to take notes during either the slide show presentation or the TV travel show to learn about rivers in other Francophone countries. Teachers could also give students a written test over the notes taken.
References and Resources:
Listed below are the websites used for the research. Please note that spaces in the web addresses are actually an underscore (_). It is advised that teachers visit them before asking students to do so as addresses change from time to time:
- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/philippe.arnoux/eveil/fleuves_france.htm
- http://fr.encyclopedia.yahoo.com/articles/s/s0002548_p0.html
- http://www.ac-grenoble.fr/aix/albanais/eau/fleuves_fr_eau.htm
- http://www.cnrs.fr/cw/dossiers/doseau/decouv/rubrique.html
- http://www.ec.gc.ca/water.f_main.html
- http://www.geocities.com/bonjour08816/fleuves
- http://www.formatage.org/branches/decouvertes/fleuves0.html
Attachments:
NOTE: some attachments are in PDF form (get Acrobat Reader)To help students plan and organize the slide show, use this worksheet: (diapos requises.doc)
To help students plan and organize the video, use this worksheet: (video requises.doc)
For evaluating the slide show, use the following rubric: (rubrique diapos.doc)
For evaluating the TV show, use the following rubric: (rubriques tv.doc)
Use this worksheet when students watch classmates presentations and take notes: (notetaking.doc)