Francophone Festival/Holiday Project


Research a particular holiday or celebration that is important in a Francophone culture such as Bastille Day (France), any other independence day, Christmas, Easter, St Nicholas Day, and Poisson d'Avril. Tell what is being celebrated and what traditions are associated with the holiday or festival. Discuss similarities and differences to similar holidays/festivals in the United States. You may write a report incuding pictures or design a creative power point presentation. Include pictures of the events, decorations, traditions, etc…



Due Tuesday, November 25th

100 pts	Content (x10) (50pts)	Presentation (x 4) (20pts)	Neatness (x2) (20pts)	Spelling/Grammar (x2) (10pts)
5	Follows the chosen format and goes above and beyond the minimums stated in two meaningful ways.	Few errors in pronunciation of French places/people/foods.  Visuals are numerous and appropriate to project. Created a project that engaged the audience.  Extremely colorful & interesting.	Typed. Pictures are appropriate to project and extremely neat.	No spelling or grammar errors.
4	Follows the chosen format and goes above and beyond the minimums stated in one meaningful way.	Some errors in pronunciation.  Several visuals that are well created &/or appropriate to project.  Created a project that was pleasing to others.  Colorful & mostly interesting.	Very neatly written in pen. Double spaced. Pictures are appropriate to project.  Pictures are well placed, but poorly glued.	1-2 spelling or grammar errors
3	Follows the chosen format and meets minimums stated.	Several large errors in pronunciation.  Some visuals that are well created &/or appropriate to project. Observable attempt to create a project that would please others.  Some color & somewhat interesting.	Done in pen.  Writing is mostly legible. Pictures are appropriate to project. Pictures are ill-placed and poorly glued.	3 -4 grammar/spelling errors
2	Does not follow chosen format or does not meet minimums.	Poor pronunciation. Few visuals and some are too small or not appropriate to project. Little observable attempt to create a project that would please others.	Done in pen.  Writing is barely legible. Pictures not entirely appropriate to project.  Pictures are poorly placed and glued.	5 -6 grammar/spelling errors
1	Does not follow chosen format and does not meet minimums.	Poor pronunciation. Extremely small visuals or none at all.  No color or observable attempt to create a project that would please others.	Done in pencil. Writing illegible. Pictures inappropriate to project. Pictures applied with tape.	7 or more spelling/grammar errors.
0	No attempt	No attempt	No attempt	No attempt

While some time will be provided during class to work on the project, please expect that your child will need to complete it at home. Take a moment and ask your French scholar what holiday they are researching :)

Merci!

Madame Frisillo