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 * Week 6 Application - Daily Lesson GAME Plan for a Social Networking/Online Collaboration Lesson**


 * Lesson Title:** Email Chain Story
 * Related Lessons**: City Vocab/Transport/Passé Composé/Imparfait
 * Grade Level**: 9-12 (Level 2 Foreign Language)
 * Unit:** French Past Tense

Content standards: • 1.01 Communicate present and past information by recombining basic vocabulary and structures orally and in writing. • 3.03 Tell or retell a story orally and in writing.
 * GOALS**

ISTE NETS-S • Creativity and innovation • Communication and collaboration • Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision making • Technology operations and concepts

//Instructional Objectives:// Students create an original story in the French past tense by creating an email chain within small groups. Then students will share stories and decide on the funniest, most correct, most unique, etc.

//Before-Class Preparation:// Teacher will prepare a series of French story starters that relate to events in the past (ex.: It was a dark and stormy night...). Students will need to be grouped into threes in different parts of the room. Students will also need to have a valid email address.
 * ACTION**

//During Class:// Story starters || Online discussion forum ||
 * **Time** || **Instructional Activities** || **Materials and Resources** ||
 * 5 mins. || Students play the "telephone game" in French. Students form three lines. Teacher whispers a phrase into the ear of the first student in each line and it travels to the end of the line. We compare the groups answers and discuss how the story changes as it passes down the line. || None ||
 * 5 mins. || Students are placed into groups and the teacher explains how the email chain will work: Students will be given story starters (different ones for each group). The first student will send the starter to the next person in their group. S/he will add a new sentence in French using the past tense and send it to the third person. S/he will add another sentence and forward it to the original person. The activity continues until time is called. || Computers with Internet
 * 15 mins. || Students complete the email chains, reading the story as it arrives, and adding an appropriate sentence to the end. As they read what their peers wrote, they make any necessary corrections to the sentences that have come before them. While students are emailing, teacher circulates to make sure students are on task and answer any questions. || Computers with Internet ||
 * 20 mins. || Student groups post their cumulative stories in a discussion board. Groups move to sit near each other and read the other group's stories and discuss them (in French). As they read, they vote for the stories they find most entertaining, most unique and the most correct. Students will have to use evaluation and decision-making skills to decide on their votes, as well as practice reading comprehension skills while reviewing the stories. As they read each story, they leave a comment for the group on something they liked, questioned or a suggestion. || Computers with Internet
 * 5 mins. || Teacher tabulates votes and announces winner. Students are assigned a different group's story to peer edit for homework that evening. || Word processing program ||

//Ongoing Assessments:// Teacher will follow the groups as they compose their stories to help as obstacles arise and maintain student focus. As students email, they will CC the teacher so there is a written record of what is sent via email. At the end of the activity, the teacher will review the stories and pick out common errors to use as a reteaching exercise with the class the following day,
 * MONITOR**

//Accommodations and Extensions:// All students should be able to participate in this task. Students who are weaker will benefit from the peer editing process and those who are more gifted will have the opportunity to express their thoughts in a creative and unique manner.

//Back-up Plan:// Students complete the email chain on paper.

Lesson Reflections and Notes: Students will likely need to be carefully monitored to maintain focus while they are waiting for the email chain to get to them. Since many students are multitaskers, perhaps they could be playing an online vocab game at quizlet while they are waiting for the emails to arrive.
 * EVALUATION**