Class: French 5/6 (Third Year)
Lev: High Intermediate-Advanced
Materials: Postcards of French paintings, computer with WWW Access
Teacher: Ms. Huck

Aim: Quelle est l'histoire de cette peinture?

Objective: Students will be able to write a creative story in French about their postcard;
practice Regents composition structure; use the passé composé with grammatical accuracy;
use on-line resources to find further information about the artist and painting.

Motivation:

1. Write the titles of the paintings of the board.
2. Students try to match postcard to correct title.
3. Develop a list of questions students should answer.(i.e. Qui sont les personnages?
   Où sont-ils? Qu'est-ce qu'ils font?)

Development: Each student chooses a postcard and writes a story they imagine about the scene in the picture.

Medial Summary: Check compositions for spelling and grammar. How can we find more information about this painting?

Application: Search for specific information on the painting and artist using:

• www.paris.org/Musees/
• www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/others/museums.html

Suimmary: What did you find about your artist and painting? Which parts of your story do you believe
are probable? Why?

Homework: Write a short biography of the artist and include information you found about your painting.

Extension:

• Students could create a homepage or link to their class page about a specific period of French art (i.e. Impressionism).
• Students could work in pairs to write a short cultural segment for a local television channel on a period of French art or their selected artist. Students role-play "broadcast" to the class.