2025 IDU: My identity in a suitcase 3

• Frans
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

IDU: My identity in a suitcase

ATLs

• Understand and use technology systems
  

REMEMBER

Purpose of this unit

At the end of this project, you will be able to creatively introduce yourself giving personal information in the target language. 

Inquiry questions

Factual:
What forms of communication can be used to express different aspects of identity?

Conceptual:
How can I define identity?
How can I express my identity through visual arts?
How is art an expression of identity?

Debatable:

Do I need a cultural identity?

Interdisciplinary criteria

CRITERION A: EVALUATING

In short: Knowledge and skills from both disciplines

CRITERION B: SYNTHESIZING

In short: The product itself

CRITERION C: REFLECTING 

Explaining your new interdisciplinary understanding

 

La vidéo

In the video, you need express the following elements of your identity:

• Name, age, birthday, origin, nationality, culture and gender. (DONE!)
• Show and talk about thinks you like, such as art, sport or any other activities or hobbies. (Let us work on this one) 
• ALL THESE USING YOUR SCULPTURE AS A WAY OF EXPRESSING YOU IDENTITY IN A WORK OF ART. 

How do you look up new words in French?

Understand and use technology systems

In class you are given the lego bricks (language) to make your own creations (communication)!

Imagine each colour represents a different form of a language:

• vocabulary
• grammar
• cohesive devices
• conventions...

Do you know how to find the bricks? Do you know how to put these together?

Understand and use technology systems

Today you're going to learn how to accurately use an online dictionary to look up new vocabulary.

We're also going to give you some key phrases so that you can demonstrate your identity effectively in your video!

What objects/artwork will you present?

Comment dit-on... en français ?

Imagine that the following objects represent your identity:

• flag
• cat
• books
• clothes

Comment dit-on... en français ?

Let's translate the word 'flag'.

How many different translations are there for this word? Words that sound the same and are spelled the same are called homonyms.

How do you know which is the correct word in French?

Comment dit-on... en français ?

As you can see, there are different forms such as:

• noun
• verb

What other forms are there for words?

Here you can see the form of the word and the meaning -->

Traduisons !

In the following slides, translate the nouns into English using www.wordreference.com

Careful! You must include the article le, la, l', les

You can check this by looking at nf, nm, nfpl, nmpl

clothes

books

laptop

ball

bat

What are some of the things identity that you represent in your SCULPTURE ?
Answer in English

When looking at the answers, ask the class if there are any homonyms that might make translation a bit tricky

à ton tour !

Now translate the things you represent in your SCULPTURE about your identity into French using www.wordreference.com

Once you've finished, you can start updating  your script! 

Remember that your video must be between 2-3 minutes long, and you need to synthesise your knowledge and skills from both subjects Visual Art and French! 

You can also talk about places or achievements you are proud of, like something you have made, schoolwork achievement, or a piece of art you have created.

Quelques phrases utiles

• Ma sculpture montre que j'aime..(My sculpture shows that I like.. )
• Les couleurs représentent mon identité parce que...(The colors represent my identity because...)
• La forme de ma sculpture représente quelque chose qui est typique de mon pays / identité parce que...(The shape of my sculpture represents something that is typical of my country/of my identity because...)
• Cette sculpture représente _______ (le football / la musique / les jeux vidéo) parce que ce sont mes activités préférées. (That sculpture represents _______ (soccer/music/video games) because it is my favorite activity.)

Update your script!

Make sure you update your script with the phrases you have created today.

DONE? 

Practice your speaking skills by saying the phrases again and again.

Practice makes the master.

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