space.template.Gastronomie

You will begin by using French language resources from the Internet to derive the information and multimedia resources you will need to complete this project. Start by creating a series of pdf and video files that will be used as a backdrop for your live presentation. Before we begin taping, your slides will be uploaded to a Voicethread presentation and you will narrate your experience experience by reading your script in front of the class. For the final completion of the project, your final presentation will be video taped by your instructor.


 * 1) Describe what this region is particularly known for.
 * 2) Describe the places you visited there using the past tense.
 * 3) Make a comment about something that you liked seeing or doing.
 * 4) Compare this region to the place where you live now.
 * 5) Research recipes and select a typical dish or regional specialty.
 * 6) Write a shopping list of needed ingredients.
 * 7) Convert from the metric to our system of measurement.
 * 8) Describe in French how this dish is made using appropriate language and transitional expressions.
 * 9) Don't forget to include pictures/video clips of your region and your dish
 * 10) You must use only French language resources for the completion of this project
 * 11) You must document (meticulously) each and every resource you use for the making of this project

This project is worth a total of **300 points** and must include each of the following:

You must prepare in advance and submit the following 6 components:

(1) Please download, complete, and submit the following
 * 1) before midnight, March 10, 2013 (10 pts)
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">shopping list with needed quantities (10 pts)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">metric conversion sheet (10 pts)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Gastronomy Project completion checklist (10 pts)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">la Gastronomie Régionale (blank rubric with your information in heading) (10 pts)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">(2) PDF slides for oral presentation saved uploaded to wiki (50 pts)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">pdf slides
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">video clips
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">image and/or image/text files

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">(3) **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;"> Presentational Writing: **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">(50 pts) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Written script to match slides in preparation for live taping of show.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">(4) **Presentational Speaking:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19px;">Exposé Oral Voicethread (50 pts) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Student reads the script live while presenting information about the region and recipe

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">(5) **Cultural Awareness:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;"> (products/practices/perceptions) (50 pts) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">The student will conduct research on a region of France and will upload specific information about the region to their assigned page on the wiki http://touregion.wikispaces.com

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">(6) The student will select and prepare a French recipe for a video taping session (50 pts)