🌲French Level 4, Activity 08: Les parcs nationaux / National Parks (Online)
Products: Parks, National Parks
Practices: Visiting natural wonders and outdoor recreational areas
Perspectives: France is protective of its national parks, of which there are many! France also has many different climates, so it is easy to find a variety of natural sites to visit.
NCSSFL-ACTFL World Readiness Standards:
- Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations or correspondence in French to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
- Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written French on a variety of topics.
- Standard 1.3: Presentational Communication – Students present information, concepts, and ideas in French to an audience of listeners or readers.
- Standard 3.2: Acquiring Information – Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through francophone cultures.
Idaho State Content Standards:
- COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
- COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
- COMM 3.1: Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media in the target language.
- CONN 2.1: Access authentic materials prepared in the target language by or for native speakers.
- CONN 2.2: Analyze the content and cultural perspectives of authentic materials prepared in the target language by or for native speakers.
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements
- I can share my past experiences with national parks.
- I can share my opinions about different national parks.
- I can present information in French about national parks.
Materials Needed:
Warm-up
1. Begin the activity by opening the Google presentation and introducing the Can-Do statements.
2. Ask the students these questions:
- Connaissez-vous des parcs nationaux protégés aux Etats-Unis ? En avez-vous visité ? (Do you know of any protected national parks in the US? Have you visited any?)
- Quels sont les avantages des parcs nationaux ? (What are the benefits of national parks?)
Main Activity
- Notes about the Google Slide:
- `Use the Table of Contents (slide 6) to navigate to each national park.
- Click the name of the park to be taken to the corresponding slide.
- Click the cloud in the upper left corner to return to the Table of Contents.
- `Use the Table of Contents (slide 6) to navigate to each national park.
1. In this activity, students will play the role of a tour guide (une guide touristique) for a national park of their choice.
Aujourd’hui, vous êtes des guides touristiques.
2. Share this link with the students via the chat and have them pick 1 national park to read about: (This should take no more than 5 minutes.)
Vous devrez choisir un parc national français de ce lien : Les parcs nationaux de France
- *NOTE: Make sure each student has picked a different park. NO REPEATS.
C’est essential que tout le monde choisisse un parc différent. On ne veut pas que l’on choisisse le même parc que quelqu’un d’autre !
3. Have them consider these questions as they prepare their mini presentations: (share these via the chat)
Puis, répondez aux questions suivantes pour préparer un mini-exposé :
- Quand ce parc national a-t-il été créé ? (When was this national park created?)
- Où est-ce que c’est situé ? (Where is it located?)
- Quelle est la taille de ce parc national ? (How large is this national park?)
- Partagez avec nous 2 autres faits intéressants sur votre parc national. (Share 2 additional interesting facts about your national park.)
4. Once they’re finished reading, have them present what they learned about their national park to the rest of the group.
Enfin, présentez-nous sur votre parc national.
- Use the Table of Contents (slide 6) to navigate to the slide that corresponds with the student’s selected national park.
- Click the cloud in the upper left corner to return to the Table of Contents.
- Encourage the students to ask questions about each other’s national parks.
N’oubliez pas de demander des questions a votre présentateur/présentatrice !!
Examples of questions:
- Souhaitez-vous visiter ce parc national ? (Would you like to visit this national park?)
- Pourquoi avez-vous choisi ce parc national ? (Why did you pick this national park?)
Wrap-up
Ask the following question(s) to finish the activity:
- Avez-vous un parc national favori ? Si oui, lequel ? (Do you have a favorite national park? If yes, which one?)
End of Activity:
- Can-Do statement check-in… “Where are we?”
- Read can-do statements and have students evaluate their confidence.
- Encourage students to be honest in their self evaluation
- Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements
- I can share my past experiences with national parks.
- I can share my opinions about different national parks.
- I can present information in French about national parks.
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