Name of Your French-Speaking Country:______
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La Francophonie poster project
Your name:______Name of your French-speaking country:______
DIRECTIONS: Your job is to create a poster about a French-speaking country. This poster will answer all the questions on the back of the page, and also include some visuals. The idea is not to throw as much information on a poster as possible! Use the phrasing provided in order to make your poster readable in simple French.
Requirements: (20 pts) Être is used properly Correctly distinguishes between singular/plural Uses ne+pas correctly Does not use être with other verbs (20 pts) Adjectives are used properly Uses correct agreement (feminine, plural, etc) Does not put ne+pas around negatives (that’s for être!) (20 pts) Aller is used properly Correctly distinguishes between singular/plural Any future tense just conjugates Aller, not 2nd verb (10 pts) Venir is used properly Correctly distinguishes between singular/plural Any recent past phrases use “Venir de” plus infinitive (10 pts) Uses the words “because”, “therefore” and “but” to link ideas together. (For example, if you say the country is hot and then you say the country averages 95° in summer, combine them to say “the country is hot because it averages 95° in summer.) (20 pts) Presentation /Completeness Includes a three visuals (map, flag, pictures of people, food, clothing, locations, etc) Is completely in French (DUH) Answers at least 15 of the questions on the back of the page
Resources you may use: . a textbook . a dictionary . www.wikipedia.org (Hint: if you go to a page in English, you can usually find its French equivalent by clicking “French” in the language column on the left) . https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ (Facts and Images) . www.wordreference.com (online French-English dictionary)
YOU MAY NOT USE ANY TRANSLATION SITES!!!! But you may use Wordreference. Remember, any obvious outside translation (from the internet or friends/family) will receive a zero! You know how to say this stuff – keep it simple and you’ll be fine! QUESTION ANSWER (put this in French) 1. How do you say the name of the country in My country/region is ______. French? Mon pays/ Ma région est ______. 2. How do you call the nationality of the people in The people are ______(nationality)______. French? Les gens sont ______. 3. What kind of government do they have? The government in (country) is a ______. (monarchy, democracy, dictatorship, etc?) 4. Who is the leader of the country? ______is the king/queen/president/ prime minister/dictator/etc 5. What is this person like? He/she is ______. 6. What continent is your country on? (Country) is in ______. 7. What is the weather like in summer? in winter? The weather in summer/winter is ______. The average temperature is ____ degrees. La température moyenne est de ____ degrés. 8. What are 3 typical foods? Three typical dishes are ______. Trois plats typiques sont ______. 9. What do they taste/seem like? (salty, sweet, (Food #1) is/seems (me semble) ______. delicious, etc) 10. What are stereotypes (good or bad) that other I think that people who come from (country) are /A people have about your country? (If you can’t stereotype of people who come from (country) is: They find stereotypes, write about how they seem to are ______. They are not ______. you) 11. Has anything interesting just happen there? In (country), they just ______. 12. Why do tourists like to go to this country? Tourists go to (country) because/in order to ______. 13. What is a good idea to bring there? If you go to (country), bring ______. 14. Is there going to be anything interesting (Country) is going to ______in (time). happening in the country soon? 15. Do you want to visit this country? I’m going/ not going to visit (country) because _____. EXTRA CREDIT QUESTIONS (only do these if you are done all the other ones) A. What language(s) do they speak there? (Choose In (country), they speak ______. three if there are a lot) B. How many people live in the country? In (country), there are (il y a) ______#______people. C. What kind of people/ethnicities live there? (Ethnicity #1) are ___% of the population. (Choose three if there are a lot) D. How important is French in your country today? In (country), French (is very/ is somewhat/ is not very) important because people speak it (always/sometimes/rarely/in the government/in school/ etc).
DIRECTIONS: When you are done looking up the information in English, translate these sentences (not the questions) into French on a piece of loose-leaf. Use the basic French that you already know! Then, have Mme Dondero check your work before you put it on to a poster.