Le dîner de cons The great dinner debate…. Aims & objectives Research and compile a presentation in French outlining which 3-5 people ( dead or alive)

Le dîner de cons

The great dinner

debate…

Aims & objectivesResearch and compile a presentation in French outlining which 3-5 people ( dead or alive) you would invite for

dinner and why?

In order to do this you will need to Be able to describe yourself and othersBe able to talk about peoples personal

qualitiesBe able to give and justify opinionsUse a variety of tenses

Aims & objectifs

Presentez en Français les 3-5 personnes vous inviteriez au dîner et

expliquez pourquoi?

Il faut: Décrire les autres et vous-mêmeDécrire les qualités des gensDonner et justifier les opinionsUtiliser le passe ou le futur

Criteria Beginner Intermediate Higher

Produce an account in French of chosen guests for a dinner party

Pupils have produced some simple sentences in French about their chosen dinner guests . Work may be mainly copied from original materials and/or very simple in content

Pupils have produced an good account in French about their chosen dinner guests . Work provides a variety of information based on the materials given, Efforts have been made to produce independent work.

Pupils have produced a full and imaginative account about their chosen dinner guests which provides a variety of information based both on the materials given and developed through imaginative writing, personal opinion,

Develop & Show Knowledge about French Film, in particular ‘ Le dinner de Cons’

Pupils have produced some simple factual sentences in French about Le diner de Cons . Work may be mainly copied from original materials and/or very simple in content

Work shows evidence of knowledge about the ‘Le diner des cons’ , the vocabulary shows use of both old vocabulary in a new context and also new vocabulary.

Work shows good knowledge about the ‘Le diner des cons’ , the vocabulary shows use of both old vocabulary in a new context and also new vocabulary. Information included is other than that provided by the teacher showing evidence ofindependent/further research

Show ability to describe self and others

Pupils have produced a simple description of their guests and given a limited amount of information. Opinions and are present but not extended or justified

Pupils have produced a full description of their guests and given a variety of bibliographical information. Opinions and are present and are sometimes extended and justified. Description and adjectival agreements are used with some confidence.

Pupils have produced a simple description of their guests and given a limited amount of information. Opinions and justifications are present and are sometimes extended D showing good development of argument/opinion. Description and adjectival agreements are well and enhance writing.

Show ability to use the present and/or past tenses in writing and be able to use time phrases

Pupils have written in language, which is mainly present tense and/or copied from original material. Several errors of spelling or syntax are evident. Little use of time phrases

Pupils have written in language, which includes past and present tenses. Pupils have been able to begin to adapt language for their own use and used several time phrases correctly. Language is sometimes incorrect.

Pupils have included past and present and sometimes future tenses.. Pupils have been able to adapt language for their own use and go beyond the minimum response expected. Language is accurate. There is a good use of time phrases

Display work using appropriate formats

Pupil’s work is barely organised or presented in an appropriate fashion. Little overall finished effect.

Pupil work is organised and presented in an appropriate fashion with some effort to enhance presentation through use of colour/ICT or illustration

Pupil work is well organised and presented in an appropriate fashion with good effort made to enhance presentation through use of colour/ICT or illustration.

What language skills shall I focus on?

Section A: Learning about French Cinema: Did you know……

With 5,366 movie theaters, France enjoys the highest number of screens/million inhabitants : 89 (vs. 60 in Germany, 56 in UK and 24 in Japan).rs" and the ceremony takes place in February too.

The first public projection of a film in the world took place in Paris in the Grand Café, boulevard des Capucines on December 28, 1895, by inventors Lumière brothers (who gave it the name "cinématographe" which became "cinema"). The film was "l'entrée du train en gare de la Ciotat".

Frenchman Georges Méliès (1861-1938) is widely considered the first director and the man who invented scenarios and special effects.

The French equivalent of the Oscars Awards is called "les Césars” and the ceremony takes place in February too.

La Loi ToubonThe Loi (Law) Toubon (August 4, 1994) was

designed for the protection of the French language, mostly against an excessive or not needed use of English.

As a result there are quotas on non-French movies on French national TV channels and mandatory financing of films by TV channels (as a provision in their license)

There are also quotas for French music played on radio channels (standard : 40%) to ensure that Anglophone music does not overpower the French Language

Date de sortie : 15 Avril 1998   

Réalisé par Francis Veber

Avec Thierry Lhermitte, Jacques Villeret, Francis Huster

Film français. 

Genre : Comédie

Durée : 1h 20min. 

Année de production : 1997

Remake : Dinner for Schmucks (2008)

The most important word in the film is con, an adjective and noun meaning stupid, idiot, fool, imbecile, etc.

This is not a word to use in polite conversation. Its usage ranges from very informal to vulgar.

Notice the slight difference between the French title: Le Dîner de Cons (The Dinner of Idiots) and the English title, The Dinner Game.

Tous les mercredis, Pierre Brochant et ses amis organisent un dîner où chacun doit amener un con. Celui qui a trouvé le plus spectaculaire est déclaré vainqueur.

Ce soir, Brochant exulte, il est sur d'avoir trouvé la perle rare, un con de classe mondiale: Francois Pignon, comptable au ministère des Finances et passionné de modèles réduits en allumettes.

Ce qu'il ignore c'est que Pignon est passe maître dans l'art de déclencher des catastrophes.

inviter au dîner= to invite to

dinner

les invités=the guests

décommander le dîner=cancel

the dinner

se moquer de=to make fun of

le malentendu= the

misunderstanding

la maquette=the model

les allumettes=matchsticks

le répondeur=the telephone

answering machine

Le reins=the kidneyavoir mal aux reins=to have a back achesouffir d'un tour de reins=to sprain/strain one's backla Ministère de Finances= Treasury Departmentun contrôle fiscal= tax inspectionune maison d'édition= publisher, publishing houseméchant= mean, nasty, malicious

Vocabulaire

http://www.allocine.fr/video/player_gen_cmedia=18781052&cfilm=16731.html

Insert teaching about physical appearanceInsert teaching about personal

characteristicsInsert teaching about adjectives/adjectival

endingsInsert teaching re: use of ne..pas

Les Invités – Qui?

célèbre

sportif

politique

comique

mythique

historique

influent

familiale

Roi Henry 8eme

Chris Rock

Elvis Presley

Bart Simpson

BeyoncéKnowles

Nicholas Sarkozy

50Cent Barack Obama

NelsonMandela

Will Smith

Claude Monet

Malcolm X

Emily Pankhurs

t

Louis Pasteur

William Churchill

Beethoven

David Beckham

Sigmund Freud

Le Père Noel

William Wordswo

rth

Categorisez et

justifiez

1. Remplissez la grille avec les noms de

20 personnes

2. En paires categorise

z et justifiez

Mes Invités

Nom: Nom: Nom:

1 2 3

Ou rechercher?

•Les Livres•Les journaux

•Les Feuilles de travail•Les Dictionnaires

•L’internet

•De Nos Jours:

•http://www.allocine.fr/personne•http://www.biosstars.com

•http://www.actualite-de-stars.com/biographie

•http://www.biographie.net

•Historiques

•www.linternaute.com/biographie•http://www.hist-geo.com/Biographie/Index/

Liste.php•http://www.biographie.net

Mes Invités

Nom: Nom: Nom:

1 2 3

Remember: A positive for every negative…

First Draft: Evaluation SheetName:

Evaluation Suggested improvementAmount of information conveyed

Readily understandableRelating to task closely enough

Spelling and use of tensesPresentationOverall progress

J’inviterai…

Insert an example of a person you would invite, outlining their life, achievements, and the reasons why they would be invited.

Vocabulaire Utile

opinion

Criteria Beginner Intermediate Higher

Produce an account in French of chosen guests for a dinner party

Pupils have produced some simple sentences in French about their chosen dinner guests . Work may be mainly copied from original materials and/or very simple in content

Pupils have produced an good account in French about their chosen dinner guests . Work provides a variety of information based on the materials given, Efforts have been made to produce independent work.

Pupils have produced a full and imaginative account about their chosen dinner guests which provides a variety of information based both on the materials given and developed through imaginative writing, personal opinion,

Develop & Show Knowledge about French Film, in particular ‘ Le dinner de Cons’

Pupils have produced some simple factual sentences in French about Le diner de Cons . Work may be mainly copied from original materials and/or very simple in content

Work shows evidence of knowledge about the ‘Le diner des cons’ , the vocabulary shows use of both old vocabulary in a new context and also new vocabulary.

Work shows good knowledge about the ‘Le diner des cons’ , the vocabulary shows use of both old vocabulary in a new context and also new vocabulary. Information included is other than that provided by the teacher showing evidence ofindependent/further research

Show ability to describe self and others

Pupils have produced a simple description of their guests and given a limited amount of information. Opinions and are present but not extended or justified

Pupils have produced a full description of their guests and given a variety of bibliographical information. Opinions and are present and are sometimes extended and justified. Description and adjectival agreements are used with some confidence.

Pupils have produced a simple description of their guests and given a limited amount of information. Opinions and justifications are present and are sometimes extended D showing good development of argument/opinion. Description and adjectival agreements are well and enhance writing.

Show ability to use the present and/or past tenses in writing and be able to use time phrases

Pupils have written in language, which is mainly present tense and/or copied from original material. Several errors of spelling or syntax are evident. Little use of time phrases

Pupils have written in language, which includes past and present tenses. Pupils have been able to begin to adapt language for their own use and used several time phrases correctly. Language is sometimes incorrect.

Pupils have included past and present and sometimes future tenses.. Pupils have been able to adapt language for their own use and go beyond the minimum response expected. Language is accurate. There is a good use of time phrases

Display work using appropriate formats

Pupil’s work is barely organised or presented in an appropriate fashion. Little overall finished effect.

Pupil work is organised and presented in an appropriate fashion with some effort to enhance presentation through use of colour/ICT or illustration

Pupil work is well organised and presented in an appropriate fashion with good effort made to enhance presentation through use of colour/ICT or illustration.

•On va perfectionner le travail•On va évaluer le travail

•On va évaluer ce qu’on a appris

•You will improve your work to hand in

•You will evaluate your work•You will summarise your learning