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Title French Family Tree (Spring, 2003)
Grades 7th Grade
Teacher(s) Sharon Fowler (Sharon no longer works at SCS)
Resources KidspirationÒ, computer lab
Time Spent Four 40-minute classes during one week
Setting Classroom and computer lab time
Abstract Students were asked to create a family tree using a 30 day drill version of KidspirationÒ software while labeling the tree with French terms.  Each family member included a short sentence in French describing the person and a picture representing something unique about them.  On the last day, students presented their family tree to the class in French.
Positive Aspects

  • Good reinforcement of French family vocabulary. 

  • Great opportunity for students to share personal information in French.
Challenging Aspects (or "When I do this again ...") Will we always have this program available to us??  The students truly enjoyed this activity and I would therefore like to continue using KidspirationÒ in the future.

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