Step One
Questioning and Planning
1. Introducing the Question, Choice or Problem
You are to research background information about an African francophone country and its people and culture. Did you know...
Step One
Questioning and Planning
1. Introducing the Question, Choice or Problem
You are to research background information about an African francophone country and its people and culture. Did you know...
Your school is beginning a foreign exchange program with French-speaking countries around the world. You have been asked to participate on a team to develop profiles of several African countries in order to help exchange candidates with their selections. You will be assigned a specific country and will research what the nation offers in terms of: ties to France, geography, notable figures and events, the arts, and other cultural aspects In addition, you have been selected to participate in the actual exchange program. To help you decide where you would like to live and study for six weeks, you will participate in a gallery walk, reviewing at least four of the informational posters created by your peers depicting the various countries, cultures, and people. You will select one country of particular interest to you and explain the reasons for your choice. All aspects of the project will be completed in French.
Final Product
You will need to research this topic, then prepare a poster displaying the information you gathered. You will arrange your information on the poster using a graphic organizer that represents some aspect of your country. Also, using designated scoring tools, you will complete peer critiques of the posters you review and a reflection journal entry about why you selected the country you did for your foreign exchange experience. You will present the information that you find to the class and provide a series of PowerPoint slides to be included in a class travel book (3 slides per page).
2. Brainstorming Questions
As you look at the task above, list as many questions as you can that will help you to understand and investigate this topic.
What
do you already know about the country?
What
do you need to know to begin your research?
What
information do you need in order to make your country appealing to potential
exchange students?
For additional ideas for forming questions see:
Questioning for Quality Thinking
3. Creating Graphic Organizers
Think
about how you want to organize your list of questions and how you will record
your answers.Be sure to save all of your work, and give it a file name so
that you can use it again.
4. Assessment
Grading for this project will be based on daily participation as well as on the final presentation.
Standard Foreign Language Rubrics will be used in addition to the following:
Rubric for Graphic Organizer Used
PowerPoint Slides Will Be Graded Using Foreign Language Rubrics
5. Research Process
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Research Process
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Research Activity
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Questioning and Planning
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Developing questions Using graphic organizers |
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Gathering/Sorting/ Sifting
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Using print or Internet resources
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Synthesis and Evaluation Time to stop and "take inventory" |
Evaluating information •Which questions are well answered? •Which ones require further investigation? •Are there any new questions? |
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Gathering/Sorting/ Sifting
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Returning to print or Internet resources
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Final Synthesis and Evaluation
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Creating an informational poster
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Presentation
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Preparing for the presentation
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