The document provides instructions for a final project in a French 1 class. Students will collaborate in groups of 3-4 to write and film a 3-4 minute script incorporating vocabulary and grammar from Chapter 3 of their textbook. The script must be filmed outside of class and posted to YouTube. Students will be graded on their script, use of vocabulary and grammar, creativity, storyline, video quality, pronunciation, acting effort, and use of props/locations.

1. French 1 Final project/sketch Tanti Fall ’10
Project description:
You will:
• Collaborate with a group of 3-4 people
• Write a script that uses the vocabulary and grammar covered in our textbook, Deux Mondes, Chapter 3.
Vocabulaire: Buildings and places in town, giving and following directions, shopping and entertainment.
Grammar: 3.1 saying where things are -- prepositions of location (dans, à coté de, sur, devant, près de, à
gauche de, à droite de, entre, en face de, sous, derrière, loin de)
3.2 asking questions – interrogative words (Combien? Comment? Où ? Pourquoi ? Quand ?)
3.3 prendre, apprendre, comprendre
3.4 expressing necessity – il faut and the verb devoir
3.5 pointing things out – demonstrative adjectives (ce, cet, cette, ces)
3.6 expressing quantities – partitive articles (du, de la, de l’)
• Make a 3-4 minute movie filmed outside of class (script must be memorized!)
• Post the movie on YouTube
• Also provide a copy of the movie (cd or dvd) for your professor and turn in your final script.
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HINTS on creating a successful project:
1. Make sure you incorporate into your script as much of the vocabulary and grammar from Chapter 3 as
possible.
2. Make sure you practice enough BEFORE making the final movie!
3. The movie should be no less than 3 minutes and no more than 4 minutes long, and there should be
talking and dialogue at all times. NO LONG SILENT or MUSICAL passages!
Grading Rubric
Script

2. 1 Pas très bien 2 3 Bien 4 5 Très bien!
Language Several errors, Grammar/ Correct grammar/
/Grammar little attention language mostly language, almost
correctness given to grammar. correct. no errors
Vocabulary Inappropriate or Appropriate, Appropriate,
inadequate; uses a somewhat varied, and very
superficial amount detailed, uses interesting, uses
of vocabulary that some of the the vocabulary
we have covered vocabulary we we have learned
so far. have learned so significantly.
far.
Creativity Few interesting/ Fairly interesting/ Very interesting,
entertaining parts entertaining very entertaining,
Story line Illogical, Logical, fairly Logical,
disorganized, no organized, flows organized, flows
purpose. smoothly most of smoothly, smooth
the time. transitions
Video
1 Pas très bien 2 3 Bien 4 5 Très bien
Pronunciation/ Incomprehensible, Mostly Speaks clearly,
Fluency/ little attempt at comprehensible, comprehensible,
Comprehensibility native accent, lots fairly fluent, few mis-
of mispronounced some pronounced
words. mispronounced words, tries to
words. use native
accent.
Presence, Not immersed in Some Goes beyond
immersion in the the role, no effort, immersion in expectations, is
role, acting effort looks to be the role, some having fun with
(you don’t have to dreading the part. effort. the role.
be a good actor, but
you try).
Video quality Can’t really see Sometimes easy Very easy to
people/objects; to hear, hear, very clear.
very poor sound sometimes clear.
quality.
Props/sets/ No props, Several props, Creative use of
locations inappropriate appropriate lots of props,
sets/locations. locations/sets. creative use of a
variety of
locations/sets.