FRENCH 5H
-- WEBQUEST
FRENCH COOPERATIVE
LEARNING/WRITING PROJECT
You are an adult native speaker of
French (you can choose any stage in life, from graduation from
a university to just prior to retirement) and you are about to
relocate within or to another French-speaking country. During
the course of the next three months you will write three letters
to Salut a listserv which has been set up for this purpose.
(Please refer to due dates below.) You will then respond to two
of the letters posted by your classmates. You are writing each
of these letters in the personnage which you have assumed.
THE TASK
1. Create your personnage. This autobiographical data will form the basis
for your three letters.
2. Choose the specific place where
you are going to relocate and use the Internet to research information
about your city.
3. You will write three letters in
the personnage you have assumed to Salut the listserv addressing
the following issues. These letters will also be read by Mr. David
and will be returned to your private e-mail address with a grade.
- Letter 1 due by February 20
In this first letter you will introduce
yourself, explain why you have had to relocate, and describe
your selection of housing (apartment versus house, price, description
of your new residence, how you dealt with the issue of furniture,
etc.)
In this letter you will describe
your new local. Include information about activities for leisure
time, food, restaurants, museums, etc.
In this last letter you will discuss
your professional life and your future career plans.
4. You will respond to two letters,
in the personnage you have assumed, through the Salut listserv,
according to the following due dates. Each response should have
the name of the personnage and the word "response"
in the subject area of the message heading.
- Response set 1 due by February 27
- Response set 2 due by March 13
- Response set 3 due by April 17
Resources
- Voyageons
en Haïti
- Voyageons
en Côte d'Ivoire
- Voyageons
à Madagascar
- Voyageons
au Maroc
- Voyageons
en Polynésie Française
- Voyageons
en Tunisie
- Excite Travel:
Côte d'Ivoire
- Haïti
Online: Temps Forts de l'actualité
- Excite Travel:
Haïti
- Excite Travel:
Madagascar
- Excite Travel:
Martinique, Countries Territories
- Excite Travel:
Guadeloupe, Countries Territories
- Excite
Travel: French Polynesia, Countries Territories
- Tahiti
Explorer
- Excite Travel:
French Guiana, Countries Territories
- Excite Travel:
France
- Excite
Travel: Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Countries Territories
- Excite Travel:
Réunion, Countries Territories
- Excite Travel:
Algeria
- Excite Travel:
Canada
- Excite Travel:
Countries Territories
- Excite Travel:
Burkina Faso
- Excite Travel:
Burundi
- Excite Travel:
Senegal
- Excite Travel:
Luxembourg
- Excite Travel:
Zaire
- Excite Travel:
Monaco
- La Principauté
de Monaco
- Excite Travel:
Morocco
- Excite Travel:
Belgium
- Excite Travel:
Lebanon
- Excite Travel:
Sri Lanka
- Excite Travel:
Switzerland
- Excite
Travel: Wallis and Futuna, Countries Territories
- Excite Travel:
Andorra
- Excite Travel:
Djibouti
- Caribbean
Hotel and Resort Guide. Caribbean - Where to Stay in the Caribbean!
- Guadeloupe
/ St. Barthelemy / St. Barts / Saint Barthelemy / Saint Barts
/ Martinique / Les Saintes / Iles Des Saintes / St. Martin /
French West Indies / Hotels / Villas / Home
THE PROCESS
You will create
the autobiographical data for your personnage that will
form the basis of all your letters.
You are to use
the resource links given in this webquest or any other resources
you have found to address the issues of each letter.
-
- In each of your
letters you are to write a minimum of four (4) well-developed
paragraphs. Each letter should include the name of the resources
and the URL for each resource that you have used to garner your
information. Take your time as you compose these letters. Think
carefully about the structure and content and the order in which
you choose to present the information. Does the information in
each paragraph explain, support, describe? If the sentence structure
seems complicated, it probably is and therefore difficult for
your classmates to understand. Try to simplify.
-
- In Letter
1 you should introduce yourself
and explain the reason for your relocation. Using the classified
ads from your local newspaper, decide on your type of housing
and describe your new residence. You may also wish to discuss
how you dealt with packing, purchasing new furniture, transitional
housing, and your feelings surrounding the move.
-
- In letter
2, using the resource links,
local newspapers etc., you will describe your new environment.
Include information about your new city. This could include special
attractions, leisure time activities, food, shopping, restaurants,
museums, etc.
-
- Letter 3 can discuss your professional life and your
future career plans. In order to do this you will need to research
and use vocabulary appropriate to your assumed profession.
- Remember that your letters are to
be posted to the listserv. To address a letter to the listserv
in the "To" area of your message, type Salut. Before
posting, proofread your letter carefully. Post what you consider
to be your best French.
-
- It is imperative
that you meet the due date for each letter. People can not respond
if letters are not posted on time.
-
- After each
posting, you are to read all letters. You will then choose two
letters to which you would like to respond. Your response should
be a minimum of one well-composed paragraph. This response will
be posted to listserv and the "subject" should include
the personnage name and the word "response."
Conclusion
During the course of this project,
you will learn how to use the internet resources to research a
city/region in the French-speaking world. You will become proficient
in the use of Eudora, your e-mail application, as you work with
both private and public e-mail. You will become an expert in the
area where your personnage lives. You will learn about
housing, entertainment, leisure time activities, food, etc...
and you will learn some French expressions to describe your chosen
professions. You will have the opportunity to write and read extensively
as you compose your own letters and responses and read all the
postings of your classmates. Moreover, as you read your classmates'
letters, you will further expand your knowledge about many French-speaking
regions of the world.
This webquest/cooperative writing
project was developed by Patrick
David, with technical support from Carol Siwinski,
for the French 5H AP class at Germantown
Academy. Your comments are welcome.
The webquest concept was
originally developed by Bernie Dodge.
Last updated May, 2004
