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French Second Language Course - Year 9

Semester 2, Task 6 Individual Project: Un Festival Francophone (10%)

Individual Project Brochure Task:

Un Festival Francophone

Individually, research Francophone countries and choose a festival of interest. Create a brochure to
describe the francophone festival in a creative and engaging manner.

Steps:

• Research Francophone festivals around the world

• Choose 1-3 of interest, narrow down to 1 that you will present in your brochure
• Look up relevant vocabulary and expressions to create sentences to explain the details of the festival
• Design your brochure to creatively present your information, including images to illustrate your ideas

Language and content guide:

Content & Message Use of Language

o Where
o When
o Why / origins of the festival
o Season / weather
o Activities / traditions
o Food / drink / music etc
o Anything else you want to include
o Include a variety of expressions
o Expand and develop your ideas
o Use connectives and organise your
ideas in a logical manner
o Create sentences yourself - no use of
Google Translate!
o Edit for accuracy

Resources:

• Unit Booklet
• Dictionary / wordreference.com
• Authentic websites

Date:

Week 8 & 10: You will be given time during lessons to research and create your brochure. If you need
additional time, you will need to work on this at home.
Week 10: Submit in Lesson 2.
 Brochure Writing Criteria Marks
Topic – Content and relevance of response /6
Provides all the required content and relates it strongly to the francophone festival task. 6
Provides most of the required content and relates it to the task. Uses relevant details to elaborate. 5
Provides relevant content and covers a range of aspects of the task. Uses details to elaborate. 4
Provides generally relevant content and relates it somewhat to the task. Uses limited details to elaborate.
3

Provides some content that superficially addresses some of the information in the task. 2
Provides content with little relevance to the task. 1
Provides content with no relevance to the task. 0
Linguistic resources – Accuracy /6
Applies the rules of grammar (agreements, conjugation, tense) and syntax accurately and consistently. Uses a range
of structures. Makes minor errors occasionally, but inaccuracies do not affect meaning or flow. No evidence of use 6
of Translation tools.
Applies the rules of grammar (agreements, conjugation, tense) and syntax accurately and consistently. Uses a range
of structures with some errors. Makes errors occasionally, but inaccuracies do not affect meaning or flow. No 5
evidence of use of Translation tools.
Applies the rules of grammar (agreements, conjugation, tense) and syntax with a satisfactory level of accuracy and
consistency. Uses a range of simple structures correctly. Makes errors, but inaccuracies do not affect meaning. No 4
evidence of use of Translation tools.
Applies the rules of grammar (agreements, conjugation, tense) and syntax with a satisfactory level of accuracy. Uses
simple structures correctly most of the time. Makes errors, with inaccuracies occasionally affecting meaning. Some 3
evidence of use of translation tools.
Applies the rules of grammar (agreements, conjugation, tense) and syntax inadequately and inconsistently. Uses a
limited range of structures. Relies on syntax of another language. Makes errors, and inaccuracies impede 2
understanding. Evidence of use of translation tools.
Applies the rules of grammar (agreements, conjugation, tense) and syntax inaccurately. Uses a limited range of
structures. Relies heavily on syntax of another language. Makes frequent errors. Evidence of use of translation tools. 1
Fails to apply the rules of grammar with any accuracy or consistency. Uses only single words and short phrases.
Relies heavily on syntax of another language. Evidence of use of translation tools. 0

Linguistic resources – Vocabulary and range /5

Uses contextually relevant vocabulary and a wide range of expressions. Effectively engages the audience. 5
Uses contextually relevant vocabulary and a range of expressions. Engages the audience. 4
Uses relevant vocabulary and a range of expressions. Engages the audience. 3
Uses mostly relevant vocabulary and expressions. 2
Uses repetitive, basic vocabulary. Relies on cognates. 1
Uses limited vocabulary. Relies on cognates. 0
Text types – Conventions, sequencing and presentation /3
Uses all the key conventions of a brochure, including titles/headings/subheading. Sequences information cohesively
and coherently. Includes images to illustrate ideas. Very creative presentation. 3

Uses most of the key conventions of a brochure. Sequences information to some extent. Connections are simple 2
and straight-forward. Includes images to illustrate ideas. A creative presentation.
Uses few of the key conventions of a brochure. Shows some consideration of the audience or the purpose of 1
writing. Limited organisation of information impedes the flow and understanding. The connection between the
ideas is sometimes unclear. Limited images to illustrate ideas. Limited creativity shown
Does not observe the conventions of a brochure. Shows lack of consideration of the audience or the purpose for 0
writing. Does not sequence ideas. No images to illustrate ideas. No creativity shown.

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