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When French immersion teachers are looking for new ways to develop
their students' language skills, they can draw on the educational
resources available through SNN's French counterpart, Rédaction de Rescol.
The RDR web site features French versions of all the classroom
resources and lesson plans that appear in SNN's In
the Classroom section.
- Immersion teachers can take the projects and assignments
from RDR's Dans
la salle de classe section and tailor
them to the language skills of their students. That could mean
using lessons plans and activities that are slightly below the
students' current grade level since they are primarily designed
for francophone students. For example, the exercise that asks
students to interview their family members may be appropriate
for a Grade Two student whose first language is French. However,
an immersion student may not be ready for that activity until
Grade 5. Since many parents of French immersion students do not
themselves speak French, the student may have to conduct the
interview in English and translate the responses into French.
Or the questionnaire can be adapted so the students can interview
each other in French.
- Immersion students at the junior high and high school level
could test their comprehension of French by translating stories
in an edition of RDR from French to English. Teachers could select
a story from a section of RDR and ask the class to translate
the text, preserving the tone and context. Then, the class could
examine their translations and explore the nuances of the two
languages and the differences in the way they interpreted the
material.
- Students in all levels of French immersion can hone their
writing skills by composing a text in French for publication
in RDR. Younger students may start with short pieces that tell
a simple story about their daily lives, a process that may make
them more comfortable with the writing process. In the higher
grades, students may be able to tackle a cd review, an opinion
piece on a controversial issue or a news story about an event
in their community or school.
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