vendredi, le 13 juillet 2012

1. Quick revision on Bastille Day: Click here and try to find out more about the French Revolution. Then do the quiz at the bottom of the page and check what you've learnt.
2. Famous French People: Click here to learn something about famous French people. Once you had a look at all of them, pick one famous French person. Do some reasearch about him / her and make a PowerPoint presentation about him/ her in which you include pictures and videoclips.
3. French Jokes: Click here to read some French jokes. Try to understand what they mean and vote whether you think they are funny or not.

La révolution française

Research the following questions and put your answers in a PowerPoint presentation:

1. What happened on 14th July 1789?
2. What is the Bastille?
3. Write a short biography of:
• Louis XVI
• Marie-Antoinette
• Maximilien Robespierre
• Napoleon I
4. What happened on 21 January 1793 in Paris?

vendredi, le 29 juin 2012

Les jeux olympiques

Use the internet to research any questions in your Olympics booklet that you were unable to answer.

Answer the following questions and put your answers in a PowerPoint presentation:

1. When did the original Olympic games begin (????BC)
2. When did the original Olympic games stop (????AD)
3. Who is Baron Pierre de Coubertin?
1. When did he live?
2. What was his nationality?
3. What was his profession?
4. What was he the founder of?
4. What is the symbol of the modern Olympic Games?
1. What do the colours stand for?
2. Why is the number "5" so important?
5. In which countries did the last 10 Olympic Games take place?

vendredi, le 15 juin 2012

Holiday Project 4

Today, you are going to finalise your project. Please make sure you have at least 1-2 slides about each of the following topics:

• The country you are going to visit
• Its capital
• The area which you are going to see
• Popular sights
• Famous people who live or lived there
• Activities which you can to there
• Local food
• Different types of accommodation
• The distance to your holiday destination from Bicester
• 3 different types of transport to get to there

Include the details, prices, maps and pictures in your PowerPoint presentation.

Be prepared to present your work to the class next lesson.

Make sure your presentation is easy to understand for your audience.

Put your work in my work postbox.

jeudi, le 14 juin 2012

Holiday Project 3

Transport

Today you are going to research how to get to your holiday destination.

• Research at least 3 different types of transport (plane, train, ferry, car, coach, bus, ...) which you can use to get to your holiday destination.
• Write down the distance in miles and kilometres
• Work out the total costs of the journey and compare different prices for first / business class and economy class.
• Compare the prices of different plane / train / ferry companies.

Include the details, maps and pictures in your PowerPoint presentation and double-check you are up-to-date with last-week's work!

jeudi, le 31 mai 2012

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Holiday Project 2

By now you should have a PowerPoint presentation with the following slides:

1. The country you are going to visit
2. Its capital
3. The area which you are going to see
4. Popular sights
5. Famous people who live or lived there
6. Some Activities which you can to there
7. Local
food

Accomodation

Today you are going to research different types of accomodation at your holiday destination.

• Research at least 3 different types of accomodation (hotel, campsite, guest house, youth hostel, ...)
• In French list their facilities
• swimming pool
• TV
• Restaurants
• Bathroom
• ...
• Say how much they are per night
• single room, double room, luxurious suite
• caravan, tent
• ...
• Say if you would like to stay there and why / why not

Include the details & pictures in your PowerPoint presentation and double-check you are up-to-date with last-week's work!

vendredi, le 25 mai 2012

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Holiday Project

Choose a French-speaking country.
A list of French-speaking countries can be found here

Today, you need to find out details about:

• The country you are going to visit
• Its capital
• The area which you are going to see
• Popular sights
• include opening hours
• entrance fees
• Famous people who live or lived there
• include a short biography
• say why they are important
• Some Activities which you can to there
• Local
food

Make a PowerPoint presentation with details in French and don't forget to include pictures.