French as a Second Language

Technology Project

For sale!

Teacher's Notes

Overview of Activity:

The students produce an Internet ad to show their understanding of how advertising works.

Learning Outcomes / Technical Skills:

The students will be required to:

• write an ad in French;
• use a variety of adjectives in order to describe their product and their web site
• use a word processing program;
• integrate two software programs;
• surf the Internet

Learning Scenario:

The students create a draft of a web site in order to sell a product on the Internet.

Assessment Strategies:

Questions to help direct teacher observations:

• Was the student able to write an ad in French?
• Did the student use a variety of adjectives to describe the product well?
• Was the student able to use two different software programs?
• Was the student able to incorporate at least two graphic images or two technological effects into the site?
• Was the student able to modify the format (font and size of the characters) of the text?

A self-evaluation form is available at the end of the Student Page. It may be completed in one of two ways: you may discuss these questions orally with your students or if you prefer, your students can write out their answers to the self evaluation questions.