Subject area
FRENCH: “Tell Me an Artwork”
Educational objective
•Guiding students to discuss the artworks found on the EducArt platform related to the theme of Cultural Diversity
•Guiding students to become aware of various cultural points of view
•Guiding students to write a Middle Eastern tale on a central theme while respecting various parameters
Description of activity
Class 1: Once the project, instructions and EducArt platform have been presented to the class, students study a text on the theme of Cultural Diversity. They watch a video featuring Anne-Flore de Rochambeau and have a group discussion about the video content. As a group, students complete a heuristic diagram on the theme of Cultural Diversity; produce a lexical field; and compose a definition of cultural diversity using this lexical field.
Class 2: As a group, students share an appreciation of three artworks related to the theme of Cultural Diversity found on the EducArt platform. In smaller groups, students answer guiding questions related to this theme. Analyzing these works, students search for words associated with the culture in question.
Class 3: In smaller groups, students select one of the three works, and then an element (object or other) that appears in it. Students write a rough draft of a story in French about cultural diversity, including the element selected. The story must be between 500 and 600 words in length using the imperfect, pluperfect and past tenses in French. Inspired by the selected work, the story must include characters, a setting, a conflict and an important symbolic object.
Class 4: Students apply strategies to revise and recopy their work.
Class 5: Students present their story to the class.
Predicted subject areas (subject-specific competencies, key features, cross-curricular
competencies, according to the Progression of Learning or other Ministry of Education’s
documents)
Competencies:
• (C1) Reads and appreciates a range of texts in French
• (C2) Produces a range of texts in French
• (C3) Communicates orally in French according to learning situation
Key Features:
• (C1) Constructs meaning
• (C1) Uses and acquires knowledge about language, texts and culture
• (C2) Develops a coherent text
• (C2) Uses creativity
• (C3) Uses and acquires knowledge about language, texts and culture
• (C3) Constructs meaning
Cross-curricular Competencies:
• Uses creativity
• Communicates appropriates
• Uses information
Expected student outcomes
A written story in French about Cultural Diversity