Allons à Paris ! A WebQuest for 8th Grade French Students of Madame Reiss – inspired by and borrowed from Linda Neely Introduction You and your classmates are going to prepare for a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to Paris, La Ville des Lumières – The City of Spirits – which for hundreds of years has radiated irresistible genius. Paris has a rich, fascinating history, but it's also chic and lively with a blend of ancient and modern culture. To be able to see everything and fully appreciate what Paris has to offer, you need to gather some information. Part I With a partner make a detailed itinerary for a two-day visit to Paris. You will refer to a map of Paris and a map of the Paris métro in order to get a sense of where monuments/sites are located in relation to each other. This will help to make sure your itinerary is logical. You should consider how much you can see in two days, how much time you can spend at each monument and how close the monuments are to each other. Your plan should include an hourly schedule of what you will do and see.

A: Monuments/Sites research Go to: http://www.aviewoncities.com/maps/paris.htm

-Research the monuments you will visit: La Tour Eiffel, Le Louvre, Notre Dame, Les Invalides by clicking on the monument on the left hand side of the page.

-Take notes on the reason that each monument/site which you will visit was built. Also write down the métro station and arondissement.

B: Choose a hotel in the 7e arrondissement (Tour Eiffel), find locations for monuments/sites and look up metro routes - Go to the hotel link below to find a hotel located near this monument. http://en.parisinfo.com/where-to-sleep-in-paris/Hotels -Look up routes by clicking on ‘recherche sur le plan’ on the Métro map at http://www.ratp.fr/plan-interactif/ -For day 1, find the best routes between your hotel, La Tour Eiffel, Le Louvre, Notre Dame, and Les Invalides. -Repeat for day 2 – the monuments you will visit on day two are: Musee d'Orsay, Basilique du Sacre Coeur, Centre George Pompidou, Arc de triomphe on Place Ch. De Gaulle - Etoile. C: Write out the plan -Write the plan en français of your 2-day visit in Paris. It should describe where you are going and what you will do. Provide this general information on the Itinerary Fact Sheet Form.

Itinerary Fact Sheet Form Jour 1 Keep in mind the following: -By métro with transfers: from Porte maillot 16e to Nation 20e (west to east), it's around 50 - 65 minutes. -From Porte de Clignancourt 18e to Cite Universitaire 14e, (north to south), it's around 55 - 70 minutes.

Then, give approximate times for your itinerary which will include the following: 1. Hotel: L’addresse et l’arrondissement de l’hôtel. La station de métro. L’heure du depart. 2. Les monuments: donnez l’ordre et l’heure (du matin) L’addresse et l’arrondissement du monument La station de métro. Les heures de la visite 3. Le déjeuner au café Le nom du café (près du dernier monument)

. L’heure.

4. Les monuments: donnez l’ordre et l’heure (de l’après-midi) L’addresse et l’arrondissement du monument. La station de métro. Les heures de la visite. 5. Le dîner au restaurant: L’heure de rentrer à l’hôtel

Repeat above for day 2 of trip

Le nom du restaurant.

Itinerary Fact Sheet Form Jour 2 Keep in mind the following: -By métro with transfers: from Porte maillot 16e to Nation 20e (west to east), it's around 50 - 65 minutes. -From Porte de Clignancourt 18e to Cite Universitaire 14e, (north to south), it's around 55 - 70 minutes.

Then, give approximate times for your itinerary which will include the following: 1. Hotel: L’addresse et l’arrondissement de l’hôtel. La station de métro. L’heure du depart 2. Les monuments: donnez l’ordre et l’heure (du matin) L’addresse et l’arrondissement du monument. La station de métro. Les heures de la visite 3. Le déjeuner au café (près du dernier monument) Le nom du café L’heure. 4. Les monuments: donnez l’ordre et l’heure (de l’aprèsmidi) L’addresse et l’arrondissement du monument. La station de métro. Les heures de la visite 5. Le dîner au restaurant: Le nom du restaurant L’heure de rentrer à l’hôtel

D: Organize a photo album -Mon album de photos de Paris: imagine that you have just returned from your trip to Paris and you want to make a photo album to share with your family and friends. -Find photos of the museums, monuments, buildings, squares, parks, streets and cafés that you visited at the following Web site: http://www.paris.org -Write a caption in the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ under each picture, write a sentence saying: where you and your partner went (Exemple: Nous sommes allé(e)s à la Tour Eiffel.) Under one (1) picture describe in the passé composé, the métro route you took to go to the monument/place. Below is an example route description: you will need to change verbs to the PASSÉ COMPOSÉ. Example route descrption

À la Gare de Lyon, nous prenons la ligne 1 direction Porte Maillot. Nous descendons à Charles de Gaulle Étoile où nous prenons une correspondance. À Charles de Gaulle Étoile, nous prenons la ligne 6 direction Edgar Quinet et nous descendons à Trocadéro. Nous sommes à la Tour Eiffel.

Below is a form you can use to draft the route description. Form: À ___________, nous __________ __________la ligne _ direction _________. (station)

(passé compose du verbe ‘prendre’)

(#)

(station)

Nous __________ __________ à __________ où nous __________ ________ (passé compose du verbe ‘decendre’*) (station) (passé compose du verbe ‘prendre’) une correspondence.

À __________, nous __________ __________ la ligne _ direction __________

(station)

(passé compose du verbe ‘prendre’)

(#)

(station)

et nous __________ __________ à Trocadéro. (passé compose du verbe ‘descendre)

Nous __________ __________ à ______________. passé compose du verbe ‘être)

(monument/endroit)

* Note the passé composé of the verb ‘descendre’: nous sommes déscendu(e)s

Evaluation Your work will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria: Itinerary with photo album Fact sheet @ ½ for each detailed = Ten (10) Photos (for each monument, café etc.) @ 2 pts each = Spelling and grammar route description – see below writing rubric

Ten sentences with ‘aller’ au passé composé (photo caption # 1) Ten sentences with être verb of motion au passé composé

(photo caption # 2)

20 20 20 20 20

Total pts __________/100