French Weather Mini Assignment
Hello Everyone,
Today we went over some French weather expressions using the following websites. You can use them at home to practice.
French Weather Expressions – French With Alexa
BBC Bitesize French Weather Expressions, Some Beginning, Some Advanced
More Advanced, Previous Experience Only, Weather Listening in French
French Matching Weather Vocab Game
Advanced Only – More Weather Expressions Specific to French
As part of a fun in-class assignment, you and a partner will need to do a dramatic presentation of weather expressions.
- You and your partner will take turns saying, “What is the weather?” in French. And then you will doing the same by each responding with a type of weather. You can use the basic expressions we cover in the videos.
- For the type of weather, you will need to come up with a funny costume to show the weather to the audience. The funnier the better.
- Please use 8 different types of weather.
- Write down the expressions you need on index cards.
- You need to practice, of course, so the costumes can be changed easily and the presentation is not too long, but you don’t need to memorize it.
- Keep this presentation to 5 minutes or less.
Ms. D will create a rubric for the assignment, and it will have these “I CAN” statements:
- I can communicate basic weather expressions in French, doing my best to use accurate pronunciation.
- I can use volume, expression, and enunciation so the audience can hear me.
- I can use creative thinking to come up with costumes that communicate the types of weather.
- I can work collaboratively with a partner to create and to present a script.
- I can use personal awareness to ensure I practice ahead of time so my presentation is no more than 5 minutes and runs smoothly.
- I can approach language learning with enthusiasm and an open mind.
Advanced French Speakers: We will try to partner together those who have prior French experience, and they can make expressions that are more complicated. Use the advanced websites for ideas.
Due Date: We will try to finish these during the weeks of June 15 and June 21. Most work making the script can be done in class, and practicing can be done at home in front of a sibling or family member.