LEÇON 23 Projet 1 L alibi La télévision française This project will help you and a partner to become more aware of the French television system and perhaps viewing habits of the French. You will research broadcast channels (chaînes) and cable television (câble), where television programming originates, and popular programs, including dubbed American TV programs. Materials: a poster board, colored pens, scissors, glue or tape, Télé 7 Jours, TéléPoche, Francoscopie (if available), Internet access Preparation: Search the Internet for information on French television using a search engine or a statistics site like Quid (www.quid.fr). Narrow your research by choosing one or two of the tasks below: Find the types of channels available to French television viewers and what kinds of clientele they service. (cable, satellite, chaînes hertziennes, chaînes étrangères, chaînes francophones). Select certain channels with which to continue your research. Investigate the kinds of programming available on the various channels. What are the popular programs on these channels? Determine what audience various channels attract. Research the number of hours of television viewed by different population groups: by age, gender, living area, etc. What American programs are popular in France? Are the titles translated? Are the programs in English or in French? What kinds of programming are available on popular French channels? What are some program names? Clip or download pertinent pictures to place on your poster. Prepare charts, graphs, and figures of information gathered in your research. Write descriptions or captions for your charts, graphs, or figures. Have your partner edit your work, then revise your text. Layout the material on your poster and decide upon a suitable format. Attach the material to your poster. Present your findings to the class. Display your poster in the classroom. Pacing suggestion: after completion of Leçon 23, Section A Unité 7 Leçon 23 p. 177
Unité 7 Leçon 23 Projet 2 Un mystère à résoudre p. 178 Working with a partner, create a mystery that you will ask your classmates to solve. To create a mystery, you will need to work in a different order than in solving one. First you invent the crime, then the perpetrator, the suspects and their alibis, the clues, and finally the setting. Will you create an unsolved mystery? Materials: a poster board, colored pens, scissors, tape or glue, magazines, access to a bilingual dictionary Preparation: Work together with your partner to create a mystery: is what happened a burglary (un cambriolage)? a theft (un vol)? Where and when did the crime take place? Decide what character committed the crime, why, and under what circumstances. Invent a strong motive and a weak alibi for your perpetrator. Invent other suspects and give them alibis for the time of the crime. Provide one or two suspects with a motive. Can you make one or two suspects appear to be guilty while keeping their alibis solid? Perhaps through motive? Finally, decide on a setting. Write a paragraph that describes what happened in the passé composé. Find magazine pictures to enhance your description. Write the alibis for all the suspects including the perpetrator. Be sure that they appear similar, yet individual; that some appear to be guilty. Find magazine pictures for your suspects. Write the solution to the crime. Edit each other s French. Ask a classmate to read and try to solve your mystery. Organize your poster layout to make it appealing. Be sure to put your solution upside-down or behind shutters. Attach materials to the poster. Present your mystery to the class. Display your poster in the classroom. Pacing suggestion: after completion of Leçon 23, Section C
Learning Scenarios Scénario 1 Un accident de la route Work with a partner. Pretend one of you witnessed a road accident and the other is investigating. As you tell about the accident, your partner will interrupt with pertinent questions about the scene. Answer the questions as you continue your narrative. Present your scenario to the class. Scénario 2 Je suis désolé, mais... Work with a partner. First create a series of situations in which your partner was supposed to have done something. Write a series of pourquoi? questions (Ex. Pourquoi est-ce que tu n as pas fait tes devoirs?) Your partner will need to make up an excuse for each scenario. Then trade roles. Unité 7 Leçon 23 Scénario 1 Targeted Standards 1.1 Interpersonal Communication 1.3 Presentational Communication 3.2 Acquiring Information 5.2 Lifelong Learning Teacher s Reflections Scénario 2 Targeted Standards 1.1 Interpersonal Communication 1.2 Interpretive Communication 5.1 School and Community 5.2 Lifelong Learning Teacher s Reflections p. 179
Unité 7 Leçon 23 Scénario 3 À la télé Working individually or with a partner, prepare a short talk about a film or TV show you have seen recently. Briefly recount the plot, tell about the characters, and whether you liked the program. Share your talk with the class. Scénario 4 À l écran Work with a partner. First create several questions to ask your partner about his/her television watching habits. Ask your questions and answer those that your partner will ask you. Scénario 3 1 Targeted Standards Teacher s Reflections 1.1 Interpersonal Communication 1.3 Presentational Communication 3.2 Acquiring Information 5.2 Lifelong Learning Scénario 4 Targeted Standards 1.1 Interpersonal Communication 3.2 Acquiring Information 4.2 Cultural Comparisons 5.2 Lifelong Learning Teacher s Reflections p. 180
Change-of-Pace Activities Activité 1 Sondage: La télévision Ask the other students in the class the following questions about their television-watching habits. Compile your answers and analyze the responses. Draw conclusions, prepare a pie chart, and present the results of your survey to the class. Est-ce que tu as Est-ce que tu Est-ce que tu regardes une télévision dans regardes la télé du sport à la télé? ta chambre? le samedi matin? Quels sports? Combien d heures par Quelle est ton Quand est-ce que jour est-ce que tu émission favorite? tu regardes regardes la télé? la télévision? Quelles bandes animées Quels jeux est-ce Est-ce que tu est-ce que tu que tu regardes à regardes la télévision regardes à la télé? la télé? avec ta famille? Quel jour de la semaine Est-ce que tu aimes Est-ce que tu fais a les meilleurs les vieux films en attention aux publicités programmes de télévision? noir et blanc? à la télévision? Quelle est ta Quels programmes Qu est-ce que tu publicité favorite? de musique manges quand tu regardes-tu? regardes la télé? Où est-ce que tu Combien d heures par Quelles chaînes regardes la télé? jour est-ce que tes est-ce que tu parents regardent regardes à la télé? la télé? Loues-tu souvent Est-ce que tu Quel est ton acteur des films? regardes des cassettes ou actrice de (assez souvent vidéo ou des DVD? télévision rarement jamais) préféré(e)? Unité 7 Leçon 23 p. 181
Unité 7 Leçon 23 Activité 2 Ce soir à la télé Find the translation of these American programs as they appear on French television: 1. ER a. Les Arpents verts 2. Baywatch b. Qui veut gagner des millions? 3. Third Rock from the Sun c. La loi de Los Angeles 4. Who s the Boss? d. Tout le monde aime Raymond 5. Full House e. La Fête à la maison 6. LA Law f. Urgences 7. Touched by an Angel g. Un gars de Queens 8. Little House on the Prairie h. Deux flics à Miami 9. Sponge-Bob Square-Pants i. Papa Schultz 10. Miami Vice j. Alerte à Malibu 11. King of Queens k. Madame est servie 12. Everybody Loves Raymond l. La petite maison dans la prairie 13. Who wants to be a millionaire? m. Troisième planète après le soleil 14. Green Acres n. Les Anges du bonheur 15. Hogan s Heroes o. Un Bob à la mer Activité 3 Charades á dessiner Form two teams. Write vocabulary from this leçon on slips of paper and put all the slips into a container. The first player from Team A draws a slip and describes the word to his/her teammates in French without actually saying the word. If Team A guesses the word correctly, the team wins a point. Then Team B takes a turn. If Team A does not guess the word, Team B gets one guess to try and win the point. The game continues until all slips have been drawn. The team with the most points wins. p. 182
Activité 4 Jeu de dominos Work in groups of three or four. The teacher will give you a set of slips of paper that will serve as dominoes. Distribute the dominoes three each among members of the group and put the rest in a pile. The first player will lay down one domino, earn a point, and take another domino from the pile. The next player must lay a domino that fits against the domino on the board, on either side. If so, s/he wins a point and takes another domino. If not, s/he loses the turn and gains no points. Continue until all the dominoes are played and there is a highscoring winner. Elle a perdu les Jean-Paul est Il a eu un «F» Marianne est clés de la voiture. furieux. à l examen. fatiguée. Elle a joué dans Delphine est Elle a vu son Les frères de un match de foot. jalouse. copain avec une Nathalie sont autre jeune fille. contents. Ils ont gagné le Julie est très Elle a mis une Martine a de match de foot. élégante. robe chic. la chance. Elle a trouvé son Louis a mal Il a trop Yvonne est porte-monnaie. au ventre. mangé ce soir. toute pâle. Elle a eu un Julien et Sylvain Ils ont fait Cyrille accident de voiture. sont fatigués. de la natation. a chaud. Il a mis Carole a Elle n a pas mangé Estelle n est un pull. faim. de toute la journée. pas contente. Unité 7 Leçon 23 Activité 5 Une histoire illustrée Work in groups of three or four. You will need writing paper, construction paper, and magazines. Clip magazine pictures depicting interesting or unusual situations. Then mount the pictures on construction paper to make a poster and line the back of the poster with writing paper. Brainstorm ideas about the picture and create at least ten questions about it. Write your questions on the back of the poster. Switch posters with another group. Read the other group s questions and, answering as many of the questions as possible, create a story based on the pictures. Present your story to the class. The class will vote on the best story. Activité 6 Mots-croisés à faire: Les verbes en -re Working in pairs, create a crossword puzzle interconnecting as many vocabulary words and verbs as possible. For example, attendre written horizontally could connect at the t with lunettes written vertically. The pair who creates the crossword puzzle with the largest number of words wins. Show your word connections to the class. p. 183
Unité 7 Leçon 23 Activité 7 Un jeu de loto This is a class activity. On a slip of paper, write a sentence in French about one of your classmates having done a specific activity (use the passé composé). Try to make your sentence as original as possible. Then take your sentence to the teacher to check for accuracy and to be sure that it is one of a kind. Then learn your sentence and hand the slip to the teacher. Circulate in the classroom, have other students tell you their statements, and write their statements in random squares to fill your grid. When all grids are filled, the teacher will use the slips for a game of lotto. p. 184