Subject area
FRENCH: “The Creative, Narrative Details”
Educational objective
• Guiding students to discuss the artworks found on the EducArt platform about the theme of Freedoms
• Guiding students to produce a narrative text based on one of these artworks
• Guiding students to give context to this artwork through dialogue
Description of activity
Class 1: Once the project has been explained, students read and study the text related to the theme of Freedoms found on the EducArt platform. Students share their appreciation of the artworks on the platform. Then they watch the video featuring Queen Ka. Students discuss how to go about writing a narrative text.
Class 2: Students use the works related to the theme of Freedoms found on the EducArt platform as their starting point. For each of these artworks, students determine characters, a theme and a historical context as the basis for a narrative text.
Class 3: In groups of two, students select a work from the EducArt platform. They draft a narrative text based on this work.
Class 4: In groups of two, students revise their rough draft of the narrative text and recopy it neatly.
Class 5: Students meet with the Drama students. They present their texts, assign the parts and read them out loud as a group. After the reading, they discuss their narrative texts with the Drama students.
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:
• (C2) Produces a range of texts
• (C3) Communicates orally through a range of modalities
Key Features:
• (C2) Uses and acquires knowledge about language, texts and culture
• (C2) Uses creativity
• (C3) Constructs meaning
Cross-curricular Competencies:
• Uses information
• Cooperates with others
• Communicates appropriately
Expected student outcomes
Narrative text written with a group based on an artwork related to theme of Freedoms found on the EducArt platform