Extra+Credit+Opportunities


 * Extra Credit Opportunities in French Class **

** 1)Cultural Connections and written summary- CC for XC** **2)Current Events Articles ** **Who: French 3 and French AP** **What: Search newspapers, news magazines, the internet (i.e. Google News or Google.fr Actualités) for articles on recent events or news stories in any of the 30+ Francophone countries. (You may find a map of the French-speaking world in the textbook.) The article must be at least 1 paragraph long, with or without a photo. It may be political, cultural, technological, environmental, etc., in nature. There is, however, a limit of 2 sports-related articles.** **Note: Recipes and travel tips do not count as current events!** **How: Print out the article (or cut it out and attach it to a blank sheet of paper). Attach to this a summary in your own words in English (for French 1 and 2) or in French (for French 3). Include the source (where you got it) and the date (it has to be within the current Grading Period). Turn in all of your articles stapled together on or before the last day of the grading period.** **No late extra credit assignments will be accepted.** **How much: You may do up to 20 articles @ 5 points each. All extra credit points will be added on at the end of the GP. If done correctly, this extra credit has the potential to raise your grade by 10 percentage points.** **How often:You may do this X-C assignment for GP1, GP2, GP3 and/or GP4. There is a maximum of 100 total X-C points allowed each GP, though.**

2014-15 ABOVE this line -- 2013-14 BELOW this line GP3: Complete current events articles __according to instructions__.



= Today, January 6, is the birth date of Jeanne d'Arc =

** on Jeanne d'Arc for 100 possible Extra Credit points added on to GP2. Hand it in __this week__.) **


**Mme Schulté 2013-14 ** ** Current Events: OPPORTUNITY FOR EXTRA CREDIT ** ** (Maximum: 100 points per 9 week period) **

**Who:** French 3 and French AP

**What:** Search newspapers, news magazines, the internet (i.e. Google News or Google.fr Actualités) for articles on recent events or news stories in any of the 30+ Francophone countries. (You may find a map of the French-speaking world in the textbook.) The article must be at least 1 paragraph long, with or without a photo. It may be political, cultural, technological, environmental, etc., in nature. There is, however, a limit of 2 sports-related articles. Note: Recipes and travel tips do **not** count as current events!

**How:** Print out the article (or cut it out and attach it to a blank sheet of paper). Attach to this a summary in your own words in English (for French 1 and 2) or in French (for French 3). Include the source (where you got it) and the date (it has to be within the current Grading Period). Turn in all of your articles stapled together on or before the last day of the grading period. No late extra credit assignments will be accepted.

**How much:** You may do up to 20 articles @ 5 points each. All extra credit points will be added on at the end of the GP. If done correctly, this extra credit has the potential to raise your grade by 10 percentage points.

**How often:**You may do this X-C assignment for GP1, GP2, GP3 and/or GP4. There is a maximum of 100 total X-C points allowed each GP, though.