Les Couleurs
You are going to create a children’s book based on a colour.
1. Choose a partner or to do it by yourself: _________________________________________
2. Choose a colour: ____________________________________________________________________
3. Find out the feminine form of your colour: ______________________________________
4. Choose a minimum of eight objects in your colour. Use a French-English
dictionary to research what the French translation is.
Word #1: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #2: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #3: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #4: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #5: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #6: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #7: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #8: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #9: _________________________
Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #10: _________________________ Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Word #11: _________________________ Translation: _______________ M/F/Pl? ________
Include a cover page with your names, the colour and pictures of your items.
Include a page with the sentence, “(Your colour, Your colour). Le (your
colour) est partout.”
Include a page with the sentence, “Regarde les choses (feminine plural form
of your colour. Comptons tout!”
You will be marked on: neatness, accuracy of French translation, correct use
of feminine/masculine (le, la, l’, les) and colour, correct use of
plurals/agreement.
Rubric for “Les Couleurs”
Item
My team’s mark
My Friend’s Mark
Mrs. Yoo’s mark
Cover page with
the name of the
colour, your team’s
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/5
/35
/35
/35
name, items
A minimum of
eight pages of
items
BONUS – up to five
more pages (if well
done, an automatic
A project)
Accurate French
translations
Accurate use of le,
la, l’
Accurate use of
colour (m, f, plural)
Last two pages –
accurate and
complete
Neatness
Total:
If this were being graded it would be an:
33+ = A
18 + = C-
22 + = C
25 + = C+
28+ = B