French IV students read the novel Le Petit Prince in Quarter 2. In the story, the little prince visits seven planets in search of a friend. Each planet is inhabited by an individual who has a unique problem. For their oral midterm, students created an eighth planet, a person who lived there, and that individual’s issue. Each student then gave a presentation in French of his planet and the lesson learned from the inhabitant, illustrated with slides or objects they designed. I am privileged to teach such an imaginative, creative, articulate group of students! Below are three of their planets and above is an example of one of the oral presentations.
I was absolutely blown away by the oral midterm presentations of my French IV students. Their well-developed content and verbal use of the language were excellent, but the individuality and the creativity of their illustrations were beyond my expectations -- this is not an art class!
