Standards of Learning

VA FL Instructional Activity Template/2002

INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITY TOPIC: “My Portfolio!”

Target Language: French German Latin Spanish

Target Level: Beginning

Intermediate

Advanced

SOL CORRELATION: (Note the Virginia Standards of Learning addressed in this activity.)

English: 8.4, 8.5, 9.3, 9.4, 9.6, 10.7

Foreign Language:

Person-to-Person Communication - FI.1, FI.2, FII.1, FII.2

Listening and Reading for Understanding - FI.3, FII.3

Oral and Written Presentation - FI.5, FII.5

Communication Across Communities - FI.12, FII.11

Computer Technology: 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4

OBJECTIVE:

Students will create a presentation piece demonstrating the skills they have acquired in Level I. Areas of study may include: personal information, likes and dislikes, school day, telling time, school supplies, clothing and colors, family, leisure time, foods, weather and seasons (depending upon the curricular content of the course).

RESOURCES/MATERIALS:

Resources may include a course syllabus, text, presentation software, digital camera, computer.

Web sites

Clip art sources

http://school.discovery.com/clipart

http://shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/clipartportal.html

http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Clipart/School

PROCEDURE/IMPLEMENTATION:

Key expressions (in French) may include: personal information, likes and dislikes, school day, telling time, school supplies, clothing and colors, family, leisure time, foods, weather and seasons.

1. The teacher will review vocabulary topics to be included in the presentation (content will depend upon items introduced during the year).

2. The teacher may review or teach use of presentation software (i.e., Power Point).

3. The teacher will distribute the “how-to” page. The teacher is the facilitator in this activity, as the students are doing the work and using what they know. Each students is to do an individual project, but may get help from classmates while completing the work (this peer review will be advantageous to both the giver and the receiver of the information).

4. Students will submit their presentations via disks or share folders.

5. Students may view and/or critique each other’s work.

ASSESSMENT:

Presentation piece (handout attached)

Number of frames/slides depends upon vocabulary elements introduced.

Assessment Tool (Points available may change depending upon quantity of frames)

50 = Vocabulary usage and accuracy (2 points per sentence per frame)

50 = Grammatical accuracy (2 points per sentence per frame)

8 = Graphics - appropriateness, size, and placement

5 = Creativity - use of varied vocabulary and grammatical structures

5 = • Bulleted sentences

5 = Font size should be 32-point, except for page titles which should be 44-point

(if you prefer another size, be certain that it is appropriate for classroom viewing)

Font face (style) must be "Comic Sans MS" (except for page titles)

5 = Transition effects - looping, but no other effects (fading, window shades, dissolves, etc.).

To loop, in the Power Point menu bar go to "Slide show" -> "Set up show"

and select "Loop continuously until ESC."

Sound effects - none·

5 = Printout of presentation (setting = 6 slides per page)·

133 Total

Name

Block/Class

Culminating Project – “My Portfolio”

Objective: To create a presentation about yourself. This project will be worth 10% of the marking period grade, and will involve certain Standards Of Learning:

· The student will express likes and dislikes, descriptions, based on self and familiar material, such as family members, personal belongings, school and leisure activities, time, and weather.

· The student will demonstrate skills necessary to sustain brief written exchanges in the foreign language using familiar phrases and sentences with emphasis on the present time.

· The student will present in writing information in the foreign language that contains a variety of familiar vocabulary, phrases, and structural patterns.

· The student will present rehearsed material in the foreign language, in an organized manner, using appropriate visual and/or technological support, describing basic familiar information, such as self, family members and others, events, interests, school, recreational activities, and personal belongings with emphasis on control of the present tense with attention to accuracy in word order, punctuation, accents and other diacritical marks, and spelling.

Specifications:

Create a presentation consisting of nine frames / slides.
Each frame must contain an appropriate graphic (one must be an actual photo of you). The graphic must not take up more that 1/4 of the frame.
All text is to be in French using vocabulary and grammar encountered in the text ("new" words or grammatical structures, or translations from other sources will not be accepted. Bullet each sentence for ease of reading.
Frame contents: (notice that each frame deals with a specific unit theme of your text, so tailor your vocabulary and grammar content accordingly):

Frame 1 - title, your full name, date, block/class centered.

Frame 2 (who you are) - actual photo of you (it may be a scanned photograph, or a digital shot taken at home or here at school), plus personal information about yourself written in narrative (not outline) form, including your name, age, birth date, physical appearance. Three complete sentences.

Frame 3 (your family) - graphic of a family, plus information about your family and its members, names and relationships to you. Four complete sentences.

Frame 4 (your likes and dislikes) - graphic of recreational activities, plus information telling what you like to do, when and where. This will include calendar, seasonal and weather references along with the activities. Three complete sentences.

Frame 5 (your school day) - graphic related to school, plus information about your subjects (including class schedule, description, and teachers), how you feel about them (classes or teachers). Three complete sentences.

Frame 6 (your personal style in clothing and colors) - appropriate graphic, plus information about what you wear when you are participating in various activities or in various weather situations. Three complete sentences.

Frame 7 (your eating habits and preferences) - appropriate graphic, plus what you eat and drink at the three daily meals and what you like to eat as a snack. Four complete sentences.

Frame 8 (your home) - appropriate graphic, plus your address, and the location of your house/apartment (with appropriate prepositions of location in reference to landmarks/places in your neighborhood). Two complete sentences.

Frame 9 (your daily routine) - appropriate graphic, plus what you do to get ready for school in the morning. Three complete sentences.

Points available: