Environment – Project – Madame Van Zandt

To deepen your knowledge of the environment, you are going to do a research on one of the subjects that interest you. Please, choose one subject.

Voici quelques sujets à considérer :

1. l’énergie nucléaire, solaire, éolienne

2. le réchauffement climatique

3. la sécheresse

4. les tremblements de terre

5. l’effet de serre

http://www.questionsur.ch/videos?video=questsur-serre

6. la surpopulation

7. le gaspillage de l’eau

8. la conservation de l’eau

9. les ouragans

10. les cyclones

http://www.rfi.fr/francais/languefr/questionnaires/090/questionnaire_226.asp

11. les espèces en voie d’extinction

12. les marées noires

13. la pollution atmosphérique, de l’eau

14. le trou dans la couche d’ozone

15. les volcans

http://www.rfi.fr/francais/languefr/questionnaires/082/questionnaire_146.asp

16. les crises nucléaires

http://www.francesoir.fr/actualite/international/j-ai-vecu-l-enfer-fukushima-99900.html

Quel sujet vous intéresse le plus ? Choose your subject by the end of class on Monday, February 16th.

Travail à faire pour ce projet:

PARTIE A : Conduct your research and find two articles in French press. French press means a newspaper, a journal, an article on the website of a French news channel, a report published on the French academic webiste, etc.

Où pouvez-vous trouver des articles ?

Vous pouvez visiter le site suivant pour trouver de bons articles sur des sujets variés liés à l’écologie :

https://sites.google.com/site/programmedefledubilangueb/9-l-environnement-et-l-ecologie/l-ecologie

Vous pouvez visiter le site suivant pour trouver de bons articles sur l’énergie :

https://sites.google.com/site/programmedefledubilangueb/9-l-environnement-et-l-ecologie/l-energie

Vous pouvez visiter les sites suivants pour trouver des articles et vidéos sur les sujets de l’actualité :

http://1jour1actu.com/ (Type your search topic in the box “Recherchez sur ce site”)

http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp

http://www.tv5.org/TV5Site/enseigner-apprendre-francais/accueil_apprendre.php

Vous pouvez trouver des liens aux journaux français ici :

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~chouette/links.htm

Vous pouvez trouver des liens aux journaux français et francophones ici :

http://csllab.blogs.rice.edu/links/french-resources/

PARTIE B : Etudiez les articles.

Read your two articles, take notes and look for the words you do not know. Find the definition of those words in the dictionary (wordreference.com) and write down those words and definitions in the Google Doc (named Articles/Your Name). Share this document with Madame. You must have at least 5 words with definitions for EACH article (so, 10 words all together!).
Write down a summary of each article IN FRENCH in your own words. The summary must mention key ideas of the article and must have at least 5 sentences. (Please put your summaries on the same Google Doc as your vocab words). You also must have a copy of your article (most likely you will share a link to the article on your Google Doc). Do not “get burned” on using Google Translator.
Submit the final version of this Google Doc by the end of the day (11:59 pm) on Tuesday, February 17th. Again it will have three things: a) 10 vocab words, b) two summaries, c) two links to your articles.

PARTIE C : Créez un poster et un slogan pour promouvoir un aspect de votre cause écologique.

After your research and the study of the two articles, you are going to create a poster to promote the awareness of your subject. For example, you are going to create an advertisement for an awareness day of your cause (i.e. Journée mondiale de l’eau). You can also create a poster to educate general francophone public on your subject (les faits importants, par exemple).
You must create a creative, original slogan in French on your poster. This slogan must be connected to your subject (of course!).
You must bring your poster to the class on Thursday, February 19th. You may draw, paint, use photos, or the combination of all, it is up to you. Be creative!

PARTIE D: You will present your poster on Monday, February 23. You must submit your presentation script on Thursday, February 19.

Your presentation:

1. Must be in FRENCH.

2. Must be at least 2 minutes in length, and you must address the following questions:

Pourquoi est-ce que tu as choisi ce sujet?

Pourquoi ton sujet est important? (Quel est le problème et pourquoi il faut faire attention à ce problème?). Partage les faits très importants (minimum de 5 fait).

Qu’est-ce que chaque personne doit faire pour aider?

Schedule:

Monday, February 16th and Tuesday, February 17th – Research, work on 10 vocabulary words and summaries of two articles. Submit your Google Doc by the end of Tuesday.

Wednesday, February 18 – Work on poster, bring you poster to class.

Thursday, February 19 – Bring your poster and submit your script.

Monday, February 23 – Present your poster and your subject.

BE MINDFUL of your time, and know that you must work at home as well in order to get things done on time.

I am posting a few examples to give you an idea, but please feel free to make it your own: