Faisons du Shopping!

Contents Introduction – Page 3 Task – Page 4 Process – Page 5-7 Evaluation – Page 8 Conclusion – Page 9 Credits – Page 10 Teacher Information – Pages 11-19

L’introduction You are taking a trip to France. The plane just landed and you are waiting for your luggage to come out. Unfortunately, your suitcase was lost! Zut, zut, et zut! It appears that you are going to be in France for 2 weeks with no clothes other than what you are wearing. Fortunately, the airline feels so badly that they offer you 1000 euros to go shopping. Your assignment is to investigate French clothing stores and pick out what you would need to survive 2 weeks in France in whatever season you choose.

La tâche Using the Internet, you will look at several different French stores, taking notes on the price, colors, sizes, etc., of each item you want to buy. You will select the clothes you want to buy, and create a PowerPoint presentation showing everything that you are buying.

La méthode Step 1: Go to several different French stores’ websites. You need to pick clothes from at least 3 different stores. Look at the clothes online and take notes about the clothes that you would like to buy and their prices. Possible websites to visit: - This is the website for the most famous French "grand magasin" which basically means department store. This is a very high-end store and can be compared to Bloomingdales, Macys, Saks, etc. - This website has lots of great clothes for women. - This is a large on-line store for women, men, and children's clothing. - A French discount clothing site. - Another large French website with clothes for everyone. - Another large French website with clothes for everyone. - Another large French website with clothes for everyone. - Clothing for men and women. - Another large French website with clothes for everyone. - This website has a great list of French online stores. Not all of them sell clothes, but you can get a sense of some of the biggest French brands. Feel free to find your own websites. Don’t forget to convert your American clothing and shoe sizes into European sizes. Here are some links to help you do that : Clothing - Shoes - For currency conversions use:

La méthode Step 2: Now that you've had a chance to look at some clothing websites, choose what you're going to buy. For each of the items you want to purchase, you need to create a slide in PowerPoint. For each item, include: a picture a simple description the size the color the price any other important information At the bottom of the slide, include the website where you found the item. –You need at least 10 items of clothing from at least 3 different websites. Make sure you don’t spend more than your limit of 1000 €!

La méthode Step 3: Finally, to prove your proficiency, you will make a “rendez-vous” avec Madame and, using 4 slides of your choosing, you will read them to her in your best practiced français.

Example: un chemisier noir Il coûte 19,95 €. la taille 24

L’évaluation The whole project is worth 100 points. This is how you will be graded: PiètreSuffisantFantastiqueGrade Presentation and Appearance 15 points PowerPoint is not visually appealing. 0-5 points PowerPoint is somewhat visually appealing points PowerPoint is very visually appealing points Number of slides 15 points Project has 6 or less slides. 0-5 points Project has 7-9 slides. 10 points Project has at least 10 slides. 15 points Required elements on slides 30 points Project is missing many elements on many pages points Project is missing some elements on some of the pages points Project has all of the required elements on all of the pages. 30 points Use of appropriate sources 10 points Only 1 source was used. 2 points Two sources were used. 5 points At least 3 sources were used. 10 points Spelling and grammar 10 points Many spelling and grammar mistakes. 0-3 points Some spelling and grammar mistakes. 4-7 points No spelling and grammar mistakes points Pronunciation 10 points Student has major pronunciation problems. 0-3 points Student has adequate pronunciation with minor errors. 4-7 points Student’s pronunciation is practiced and correct points Class time used responsibly 10 points Student is rarely on task. 0 points Student is mostly on task. 5 points Student is always on task. 10 points

La conclusion After you are done with this activity, you will have browsed French clothing sites and "ordered" clothes from a French website. You will also have seen the clothing styles French young people are wearing these days. Are they different from the styles at our school?

Remerciments All images used were from Microsoft clip art, with the exception of the picture of the shirt. That is from

Pour les Profs

Faisons du Shopping! A WebQuest for French 1 students (Jr. or Sr. High) Designed by Mme Hallie Olson

Contents: Introduction – Page 14 Objectives – Page 15 Standards – Page 16 Process – Page 17 Evaluation – Page 18 Conclusion – Page 19

Introduction This lesson was developed as part of the course: TEC-942 WebQuests at Fresno Pacific University. Most French 1 curriculums include a unit on clothes and shopping. This WebQuest was designed to fit within this unit and to give the students experience with authentic French websites. Students will need to have been introduced to clothing vocabulary before performing this WebQuest. Students are pretending to take a trip to France. Unfortunately, their luggage was lost and the airline gives them 1000 euros to go shopping. Using the Internet, students will need to pick out enough clothes to survive 2 weeks in France. They will need to look at several different French stores, taking notes on the prices, colors, sizes, etc., of each item they want to buy. They will select the clothes they want to buy, and create a PowerPoint presentation showing everything that they are buying.

Objectives Students will be able to: –convert their American clothing and shoe sizes into European sizes. –browse French websites for clothing. –describe clothing they would like to purchase in general terms.

Standards ACTFL Standards: –Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics –Standard 1.3: Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. –Standard 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied –Standard 2.2: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied

Process This lesson will require at least 2 class periods of computer time. You may give more time, or you may require students to work on the project at home. Students will go to several different French stores’ websites. They will need to pick clothes from at least 3 different stores. Students will need to convert their American clothing and shoe sizes into European sizes. Once the students have had a chance to look at some clothing websites, they will choose what they're going to buy. Students need at least 10 items of clothing from at least 3 different websites. They can’t spend more than the limit of 1000 €. For each of the items they want to purchase, they will need to create a slide in Powerpoint. For each item, they will include: a picture (if possible) a simple description the size the color the price any other important information At the bottom of the slide, they will need to include the website where they found the item.

Evaluation The whole project is worth 100 points. This is how students will be graded: PiètreSuffisantFantastiqueGrade Presentation and Appearance 15 points PowerPoint is not visually appealing. 0-5 points PowerPoint is somewhat visually appealing points PowerPoint is very visually appealing points Number of slides 15 points Project has 6 or less slides. 0-5 points Project has 7-9 slides. 10 points Project has at least 10 slides. 15 points Required elements on slides 30 points Project is missing many elements on many pages points Project is missing some elements on some of the pages points Project has all of the required elements on all of the pages. 30 points Use of appropriate sources 10 points Only 1 source was used. 2 points Two sources were used. 5 points At least 3 sources were used. 10 points Spelling and grammar 10 points Many spelling and grammar mistakes. 0-3 points Some spelling and grammar mistakes. 4-7 points No spelling and grammar mistakes points Use of new vocabulary words 10 points Student uses 4 or less new vocabulary words. 0-3 points Student uses 5-7 new vocabulary words. 4-7 points Student uses at least 8 new vocabulary words points Class time used responsibly 10 points Student is rarely on task. 0 points Student is mostly on task. 5 points Student is always on task. 10 points

Conclusion After your students are done with this activity, they will have browsed French clothing sites and "ordered" clothes from a French website. They will also have seen the clothing styles French young people are wearing these days. Doing this WebQuest will make a lesson on clothes and shopping much more fun and meaningful.