LES ACTUALITÉS (Current Events) Direction: Each month you will read an article on news about a Francophone country and then create a current events presentation in the form of a PowerPoint. Article: Current article (2016) French 2-2PIB, 3-3PIB, H4, IB and AP your article must be in French. Read your article! Read your article! Answer the questions in complete sentences. Do not use a translator. Use the starter sentences. 1. De quoi parle ton article? / What is your article about? Mon article parle de… 2. Qu’est-ce que tu as appris? / What did you learn? J’ai appris que… 3. Comment est-ce que ce qui s’est passé similaire ou différente à ce qui se passe aux États Unis? How is what you learned in the article different or similar than what has happened in the US? A. Ce qui s’est passé est (Ce qui s’est passé n’est pas) similaire… B. Ce qui s’est passé est (Ce qui s’est passé n’est pas) différente… 4. Quel impact est-ce que les évènements dans l’article ont sur le pays? What status does this article paint of the country? L’impact de cette article est négatif (ou positif) parce que… 5. Quels sont cinq nouveaux vocabulaires que tu as appris ? Listez-les avec les définitions. What are five new vocabulary words that you learned? J’ai appris ces vocabulaires suivants … PowerPoint: Slides should include (10 slides maximum): - Slide 1: Name, Course, Country - Hyperlink of article - Map and location of country - Question one - Question two - Question three - Question four - Question five - Reference page - Solicit questions or comments slide from class Animations and designs are optional; however make it creative, interesting and appropriate to the subject and article. Practice your presentation beforehand. Resources: Countries: French Newspapers: 1. France 24. Central Africa 2. Belgium 25. Rwanda www.lemonde.fr 3. Luxemburg 26. Burundi www.lefigaro.fr 4. Switzerland 27. Djibouti 5. Monaco 28. Seychelles www.latribune.fr 6. Andorra 29. Comoros www.nouvelobs.com 7. Tunisia 30. Madagascar French Embassy: 8. Algeria 31. Reunion 9. Morocco 32. Mayotte www.ambafrance.org 10. Mauritania 33. Maurice French Radio: 11. Sénégal 34. Quebec 12. Guinea 35. St. Pierre & Miquelon www.radiofrance.fr 13. Mali 36. Haiti www.rfi.fr 14. Burkina Faso 37. St. Martin 15. Côte d’Ivoire 38. St. Barthelemy French Television: 16. Benin 39. Guadeloupe www.tv5.org 17. Togo 40. Martinique 18. Niger 41. Guyane Française General News: 19. Chad 42. Nouvelle Caledonia www.reuters.com 20. Cameroon 43. Wallis and Futuna 21. Democratic Republic of Congo 44. Vanuatu www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice 22. Gabon 45. French Polynesia http://news.bbc.co.uk 23. Congo Nom: __________________________________________ Cours: _________________________________ Date: ______________________ Rubric: Starter Page Map & Location of country Hyperlink of article Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Reference page Question & answer page Comprehensibility Fluency Pronunciation Vocabulary Language Control _____________/5 _____________/5 _____________/5 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/5 _____________/4 _____________/4 _____________/4 _____________/4 _____________/4 Comprehensibility: 1- Barely comprehensible 2- Mostly comprehensible, requiring interpretation on the part of the listener 3- Comprehensible, requiring minimal interpretation on the part of the listener 4- Readily comprehensible, requiring no interpretation on the part of the listener Fluency: 1- Speech halting and uneven with long pauses and/or incomplete thoughts 2- Speech choppy and/or slow with frequent pauses; few or no incomplete thoughts 3- Some hesitation but manages to continue and complete thoughts 4- Speech continuous and few pauses or stumbling Pronunciation: 1- Frequently interferes with communication 2- Occasionally interferes with communication 3- Does not interfere with communication 4- Enhances communication Vocabulary: 1- Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary 2- Somewhat inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary 3- Adequate and accurate use of vocabulary 4- Rich use of vocabulary Language Control: 1- Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of basic language structures 2- Emerging use of basic language structures 3- Emerging control of basic language structures 4- Control of basic language structures Comments: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Nom: __________________________________________ Cours: _________________________________ Date: ______________________ Rubric: Starter Slide Map & Location of country Hyperlink of article Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Reference page Question & answer page Comprehensibility Fluency Pronunciation Vocabulary Language Control _____________/5 _____________/5 _____________/5 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/10 _____________/5 _____________/4 _____________/4 _____________/4 _____________/4 _____________/4 Comprehensibility: 5- Barely comprehensible 6- Mostly comprehensible, requiring interpretation on the part of the listener 7- Comprehensible, requiring minimal interpretation on the part of the listener 8- Readily comprehensible, requiring no interpretation on the part of the listener Fluency: 5- Speech halting and uneven with long pauses and/or incomplete thoughts 6- Speech choppy and/or slow with frequent pauses; few or no incomplete thoughts 7- Some hesitation but manages to continue and complete thoughts 8- Speech continuous and few pauses or stumbling Pronunciation: 5- Frequently interferes with communication 6- Occasionally interferes with communication 7- Does not interfere with communication 8- Enhances communication Vocabulary: 5- Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary 6- Somewhat inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary 7- Adequate and accurate use of vocabulary 8- Rich use of vocabulary Language Control: 5- Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of basic language structures 6- Emerging use of basic language structures 7- Emerging control of basic language structures 8- Control of basic language structures Comments: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________