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**=Substitute Plan: La Boum=**

Description:
Students will read a short synopsis and then watch a 20 minute clip of the film La Boum (in French with English subtitles). After watching, students will answer three critical thinking questions.

Rationale:
The purpose of this lesson is to give students a more authentic view of the lives of French teens. It fits well into our unit on leisure activities by depicting what French teens do for fun after school and on weekends. This is an good lesson for a substitute because even if he/she does not speak the target language, students are still getting scaffolding language input from the film with subtitles. In addition, the substitute will have a translation of all the classroom materials to be used if necessary.

Objective:
After this lesson, students will learn more about contemporary French culture. They will also be working on their listening and writing skills. The students will have to turn in their written work at the end of the class and the teacher will grade it for quality and completion.

Materials:
DVD and player, worksheets for students

Standards Included:
Communication- 1.2.N.L.c Understand the main idea of a visual media (film/DVD), 1.2.N.R.b Understand the main idea of simple accessible written materials in the target language. Culture- 2.1.N.F.b Describe daily routines within a community or culture in which the language is spoken. Comparisons- 4.1.N.a- Identify basic target culture practices and compare them to one’s own.

Procedure:
1. Students will begin by reading this short synopsis silently to help give a background for the film.

La Boum Ce film est inspiré de la véritable existence des adolescents de l’époque. Vic a treize ans. Ses parents sont toujours occupés. Elle se confie donc à son arrière grand-mère, et à sa meilleure amie, Pénélope. Elle partage avec elles son amour pour le beau Mathieu. Mais cet amour-là aussi connaîtra quelques difficultés.

2. Watch a 20 minute clip of the movie. (In French with English subtitles) 3. After watching the movie clip students will answer the following questions en français. They will turn them in at the end of the hour. - Est-ce que tu as aimé ce film ? Pourquoi/pourquoi pas ? [Did you like this 	movie? Why/ Why not?] -Quels aspects de ce film est-ce que tu as trouvé intéressants ? Donne au moins deux choses. [What did you find surprising about the       movie ? Name at least two things.] -Est-ce que ta vie est similaire ou différente que la vie de Vic ? Donne trois raisons. [Is your life similar or different to Vic’s life? Give three reasons.]