Extra Credit Grid

-          Choose from the following for up to 12 extra credit points per grading period.

-          You may only receive extra credit for any given activity ONCE in the grading period.

-          All Grid activities must be turned in for credit before the last full week of the grading period.

 

Vocab Building

Speaking/Listening

Writing

Culture

Internet/Computer

Make vocabulary flashcards

Watch/listen to the news, a movie, a TV show in French (15+ minutes plus a brief review of what you understood)

Write a postcard or a diary/journal entry in French

Look up a francophone country and write 1/3 page (in English)

Review French grammar/vocabulary on the computer (15+minutes) – specify the web site.

Draw a picture using vocabulary and write a description

Listen to French music (via French radio on Internet or a recording)(15+ minutes)

Write a story in French using pictures from the comics or in the paper

Write about a famous francophone person (1/3 page in English)

Play a game in French (internet or CD Rom) and write a brief review of how it went

Make mnemonics (memory aids) for vocabulary

Talk on the phone in French with another student (15+ minutes)

 

Draw a cartoon and write your own captions in French

Collect articles (minimum four)from the newspaper about France, a francophone country, or a French person

Make a mini web quest(create an info scavenger hunt using three related web sites)

Make a word search, crossword, or an intrus from the vocabulary we’re studying

Memorize a poem, quote, proverb or your own rap and recite it for Madame

Write a dialog, a story, a description of a picture or a rap

Cook a French food for your family and bring in a note signed by “the survivors”

Create a French activity for classmates with PowerPoint/Front Page, etc.

Teach some French to a friend/family member/child (write a summary of what you taught them)

Come to La Table Française and spend 15 + minutes

Write questions for an interview with a famous French person

Research and try out a French game/sport/activity. Write a brief review of how it went.

Find a website that interests you on a francophone product/city/person/news item, etc. print out the page and write a paragraph about it (English)

 

To receive credit for the Grid activities you must keep a log of: 1) the grid activity that you did ; 2)Your parent/guardian/witness’s signature ; 3)the total number of minutes spent on the choices completed  (15 minutes= 2 extra credit points)