Keeping Kids Engaged & Coming Back For More

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1 Keeping Kids Engaged & Coming Back For More Michelle Kindt Hershey High School

2 E-handouts Twitter mkindt@hershey.k12.pa.us

3 We all want... Kids that are excited to learn (or at least awake) To use authentic resources in the classroom To have students complete assignments with enthusiasm/interest

4 Ideas I ve stolen that have worked! Songs Current Events Homework Choice

5 Kidtonik

6 Songs Provide lyrics in the target language Students translate (negotiate meaning of) a section with a partner Discuss figurative meaning, literary elements Discuss action in the video Listen daily for about two weeks Cloze quiz +

7 Places you can find them... YouTube & other websites I-Tunes TV5 Your students!

8 Papaoutai - Stromae

9 Coeur de Pirate

10 Sur ma route Black M

11 Do you recognize this?

12 Songs are like poetry! They are real language & culture.

13 Elisabeth devant sa garde-robe

14 Je suis chez moi Black M

15 Questions?

16 Current Events Make the learning relevant Make connections with our world Why should I know this? Where do I fit in to this?

17 The Paris Attacks

18 The Brussels Attacks

19 Current events fun! Movies & films Iconic people Keep up to date with Twitter & Youtube

20 Poisson d avril

21 L ouragan Matthew

22 Haiti & the earthquake in 2010 Earthquake and poverty My travels Wyclef Jean «Désolé» by Kery James

23 Désolé Kery James

24 Questions?

25 Homework Choice Alfie Kohn The Homework Myth A great way to differentiate! Weekly choices

26 Homework Choices Write a 50 word description in French of an American movie or T.V. show that you have seen recently. Describe the characters and the storyline. Use at least 5 of your latest vocabulary list.

27 Homework Choices Write a 50 word story from a different perspective (ils or je) Make sure you make all the necessary changes to make it accurate. Use at least 5 of your latest vocabulary list.

28 Homework Choices Draw 6 pictures in a story format and under each picture write at least 2 French sentences that describe the picture. The pictures should be colored and as attractive as possible. Use at least 5 of your latest vocabulary list.

29 Story frame six boxes

30 Homework choices Check out a children s book from our inclass library. Read it at home and write a word book report in French. Tell me what happened in the book in your own words, whether you like the book or not and anything else that you feel like telling me about the book.

31 Homework Choices Write a 50 word postcard in FRENCH about your experience shopping at Les Galeries Lafayette in Paris. Be sure to write about what you saw and bought in the store. You will need both present and past tense for this assignment. Draw or print out a picture for the front of the postcard that represents Les Galeries Lafayette. Use this website as a reference.

32 Homework Choices Using the following website: go on a virtual shopping spree. You have 250 (fake) euros to spend! You must find at least five clothing or shoe items and describe them including the price.

33 Homework Choices Check out the following website for Les Galeries Lafayette in Paris. Make two lists of 10 words each. One list should be vocabulary that you already know (not cognates) about shopping for clothes. Be sure to include the le, la, un, or une. The 2 nd list should be a list of 10 new words associated with shopping for clothes that you found on the website WITH their English translations. Be sure to include the le, la, un, or une.

34 Homework Choices Compare the following two on-line stores: and Which store is more expensive? Which store is more upscale? Defend your answer with examples from the websites.

35 Flashcards

36 Teach a parent

37 Cultural Postcard

38 Puzzle

39 Describe a photo

40 Maia s response

41 75 Word Story

42 Questions?

43 Levels 4 & 5 A. Write a two paragraph reaction in French to the TedTalk (Links to an external site.) video we watched about being a "Citoyen du monde". What did you agree/disagree with? (Je suis d'accord avec...) What did you like/not like? What inspired you? ( On m'a inspiré quand le présenteur a dit que... ) Try to use vocabulary from the video!

44 French 4 & 5 B. Create a list in French of 15 things a "Citoyen du monde" should do. Un citoyen du monde DEVRAIT... You can use your new vocabulary list, vocabulary from the TedTalk (Links to an external site.) we watched in class, or vocabulary that you look up (within reason).

45 Levels 4 & 5 C. Describe in French (2 paragraphs), a way that you would like to help the world if you had the opportunity. What is something that YOU could do? Je voudrais... Use vocabulary from your new vocabulary list, vocabulary from the TedTalk (Links to an external site.) that we watched in class, or vocabulary that you look up (within reason).

46 Levels 4 & 5 D. Make a list of 10 extra vocabulary words or phrases in French that you could justify adding to our "Citoyen du monde" vocabulary list. Translate them into English and write the part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, prepositional phrase, etc.)

47 AP Level A. Écrivez en deux paragraphes une explication des paroles de la chanson"manhattan Kaboul" de Renaud. Ajoutez votre réaction, aussi.

48 AP Level B. Faites une comparaison en deux paragraphes entre un aspect de votre pays francophone que vous avez recherché et votre communauté de Hershey, PA. Il faut mentionner les similarités et les différences.

49 AP Level C. Trouvez un article en français qui s'agit du terrorisme. Identifiez l'idée principale de l'article (un paragraphe) et cinq nouveaux mots de vocabulaire que vous avez appris. En plus, créez deux questions pour discuter en classe.

50 Keeping kids learning FRENCH for life!