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Connections: Making Connections outside the French ClassroomYou will select 2 of the listed activities to complete during each month. You may not repeat activities in the same semester. If you repeat an activity in another semester, change the content. All students will complete a minimum of 20 this year. Record the number of the activity you chose, the date you turned them in each month and write your evidence. You can staple an additional page if necessary. Some activities may require you to email your evidence to Madame Carter.#ActivitéDirections:Evidence:1Social Network; Facebook, Instagram, etc.Log into your favorite social networking site and change the language to French. Explore your profile in French and write five terms you can recognize.Write 5 words/expressions you learned and what they mean in English.2TV 5 MondeGo to the French television webpage . Select a video from one of the shows under “?missions” Watch the entire video.Answer the following questions in English:What show did you watch? What was the date of its posting?What do you think was the show about? Topic?3PandoraCreate a Pandora Station in French. Listen to at least 5 songs on your station.Answer the following questions in English:What 5 songs did you hear in French? Who are the artists?Is the music like what you listen to in English? How is it same/different?Would you choose to listen to more? 4CookingPrepare a recipe from allrecipes.fr Or go to and search French Recipes.Prepare the dish.Answer the following questions in English:What is the name of the recipe?Is it like food your normally eat? Why or why not?Include the typed-up recipe and photos of the food you made. You may make arrangements to bring your food to class. 5Household productsRead product information in French on items around your house. Using the English version and context clues, figure out the meanings of five different words.Send a picture of the label to Madame Carter. Write 5 words/expressions you learned and what they mean in English.6A native speakerIf you are related to, or happen to meet a native speaker, speak only in French with them. Turn in a note, in French, from that person saying that you spoke only in French with them. Or include a recording of yourself speaking to that person.7BiographyUse the internet to find a biography (in French) of a famous French-speaker. Go to and create a WORDLE by copy and pasting the text of the biography. The words that are used more frequently are more prominent in the WORDLE.Answer the following question in English:Who did you research?What are the three most prominent words?Turn in the Wordle along with the description.8Un FilmChange the settings on a DVD movie to include French subtitles.Write 10 words/ expressions you learned and what they mean in English.9Un Film Fran?aisSimilar to above, but watch a French Film with English subtitles.Write 10 words/expressions you learned and what they mean in English.9Public EventAttend a public event that relates to France. Keep a brochure or program from that event. (Plays, Yorktown Day, Bastille Day, museum exhibits, etc.) Answer the following questions in English: What was the event? What was the date/time?What did you learn?Include an image of the program or brochure.10Story timeRecord a video of yourself reading a children’s book in French. (You may ask to borrow a book from Madame Carter)Submit the video of you reading the book.11Coloring BookFind a coloring book page and label twenty items on the page in French. It can be a copy from a book or a printable coloring page from online. an image of the page with the labels. 12Word SearchCreate a twenty-word vocabulary list relating to a specific category. Create a word search puzzle from the French terms. Have a friend complete the puzzle and sign it when they have finished. puzzle- Turn in the completed word search with the signature.13Cell Phone or MP3Change the language on your device for a day or more. What new words do you learn from the experience?Write the dates of the change.Write 5 words/expressions you learned and what they mean in English.14TweetSend out a tweet in French and English. Minimum 100 characters. Tag Friends from French class.Submit a screen shot of your posted tweet.15Book stores or LibraryExplore the French language section of a book store or Library. Do you recognize any titles that are familiar to you?Answer the following questions in English:What store did you go to?Write 2 titles you recognize.Write the titles of two more books you might find interesting.16HashtagHashtag a French word and read the last ten tweets with that tag. (Skip tweets that are not in French or are inappropriate.) Choose one word from each tweet that you do not know. Find out what that word means.Write the 10 words (one from each tweet) in French and English.17HeadlinesVisit one the newspaper sites listed below. Scan the headlines and select five that you can tell, more or less, what they are about.lemonde.fr the name of the newspaper, and the date you accessed it.Write the five titles of the articles and what you think they are about in English.18TeachTeach a parent a grammar lesson in French.Record the lesson or submit your lesson plan with a parent signature.19VOKICreate and avatar at using your own recorded voice. Your avatar should speak for one minute only in French.Write and submit your complete link to your VOKI.20MusicVisit and complete a song in French.Print your completed song.21DocumentaryWatch a documentary relating to French Culture or History.Write the title of the documentary and 10 observations or a 10 sentence summary in English about what you learned.22RestaurantEat at a French Restaurant (Pearl, Blue Talon, Le Yaca)Write 5 words/expressions you learned and what they mean in English.23Weather ReportGo to and choose a region or city in France.Write the date and the location you chose. Describe in English what the weather will be like for the next 3 days. Identify 5 weather related terms you learned in French and what they mean in English.24ChansonFind a song in French on the Internet. Find the audio of the song (YouTube)Send Madame Carter the link with the song, and submit a copy of the lyrics in French along with a list of 10 words you learned in French and English.25CollageChoose a vocabulary set to represent in a collage with images from magazines. Label 10 items in the collage.Turn in the collage.26Video/AudioVideo tape or audio record yourself speaking on a topic of your choice for 2 minutes.Submit the video/audio.27CorrespondenceWrite a letter in French to Madame Carter or a friend/classmate. (5-8 sentences)If your friend writes you a response of the same length, you both get credit.Submit the letter to Madame Carter.28Paris Instagram AccountsFollow one-or more- of the Parisian Instagram accounts and an email to Mme C. explain which user you followed and why. Include 5 pictures in the email along with the post they left for each one.29DuolingoSign up for the free Duolingo app and do the plete a full level and take a screen shot to show your progress. Send the picture to Madame Carter. Include in your message a brief explanation of what you learned.30Film DirectorCreate a skit and film yourself and a friend or classmate acting it out. The film should be between 3 and 5 minutes in length.Send the script and the completed film to Madame Carter.31KahootCreate a Kahoot Quiz (Free Account) of 10 questions on a topic you learned about this month. This can be vocabulary or grammar.Share the Kahoot quiz with Madame Carter and submit the link through ASPEN.32Song writer (Option 1)Write your own song in French and record yourself singing it. Your song should be between 3 and 5 minutes in length.Submit the written song and the recording to Madame Carter.33 Song Writer (Option 2)Write a song in English explaining a particular grammar rule you learned about in class and record yourself singing it.Submit the written song and the recording to Madame Carter.I am taking suggestions for additional activities.Have an idea for a Connection Activity? See me for prior approval!Connections Log: (2019-2020) Nom:Activity Number:Date Submitted:Evidence: ................
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