Côte d'Ivoire 
Video Journal
Integrated with the Côte d'Ivoire Research Model
Imagine that you are a young adult born and raised in a village in the west African country of Côte d'Ivoire. Recently you made a major life change by moving to one of the country's major cities in order to find work.
You must create a video journal in French that reflects what your new life is like in a big city. Include differences as well as similarities to your former life in the village. You should include not only facts but feelings and thoughts, as well.
360 minutes (180 research/write, 90 film, 90 edit)
Students will use appropriate vocabulary and structure to:
1. Offer, accept, and reject explanations
3. Ask for and give information
8. Make and respond to suggestions
12. Identify and describe people, places, and things
13. Ask and tell what things were like
15. Reminisce about past activities and people
17. Understand and use regular, reflexive, and select irregular verbs in the passé composé with avoir and être
18. Understand and use the imparfait
23. Understand and interpret main ideas and detials from a variety of written sources on a variety of topics
24. Express themselves and present information to an audience of readers on a variety of topics
25. Understand the interrelationships among georgraphy, cultural perspectives, cultural practices, and products
AASL: 1, 2, 3
MSDE MTLSS: 1, 2, 3, 4 (5 if Internet research is used)
ISTE NETS: 1a, 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b
CML Core Concepts 1, 2, 3, 4
Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Tactile, Active, Reflective, Global, Analytical, Field Dependent
- Research
- Script Writing
- Storyboarding
- Ability to work in a team
- Public Speaking
- Interviewing
- Performing
- Camera Techniques
- Computer Editing
- As a class activity, show a sample
- Research topic
- Organize research
- Gather B-roll and stills
- of Cote Ivoire
- Storyboard
- Write script
- Students use information found in their research to write their script
- Plan production
- Think about where and when to film
- Who is performing? Who is running the equipment? WHO'S IN CHARGE?
- Rehearse
- Shoot and compile
- remember to use good videography techniques
- Edit final product
- Use MovieMaker (or other software)
- Import the video from camera and/ or other sources
- Arrange video / pictures
- Add transitions and titles
- Edit audio
- Finalize and save
- Present/ share
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Assign production roles appropriate to student needs and/or abilities
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Extended time
- Submit to a contest
- Peer critique and/or gallery walk
- Submit to BCPS Education Channel
- Upload to Safari or SchoolTube
- Embed in a PowerPoint presentation
- Add to electronic portfolio
- Broadcast school wide