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__Powerpoint Presentation-La Météo __
 * Time Frame:** 2 classes at 1 hour each

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, Computer, Access to internet (to search for pictures to be used in the slideshow), Audacity voice recording program.
 * Materials:**

Grade 5 Core French: -5.1 use visual and verbal cues to help with communication -5.5 describe, with support, people, places, animals, objects and events -5.9 participate in forms of creative expression such as __games__, role play, music, and art Grade 5 Language Arts: -10.3 use technology with increasing proficiency to create, revise, edit, and publish texts (in this case a slideshow)
 * Curriculum Connections:**

Students will learn the appropriate words/sentences to describe the weather in French. Through their completion of this project they will practice the spelling and pronunciation of the given phrases. Their learning will be further solidified as they create a Jeopardy game and then play the other students games.
 * Teaching Rationale/Approach:**

Students will create a powerpoint presentation teaching French weather vocab and then engaging in a fun game of Jeopardy! Students will work in groups of 4 to create their powerpoints, with 2 students focused on the first informational part, and the other 2 focusing on creating the Jeopardy game.

Bonpatron.com is an online French Grammar-Checker that students can use to verify their text before they add it to the powerpoint presentation. It can be found here: [|BonPatron]
 * Digital Learning Resource:**


 * PowerPoint:**


 * How to Create a Slideshow Presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint:**

1. Open up "Microsoft PowerPoint".



2. Choose a design for the slides in your slide show by clicking on the "design" tab and clicking on your choice for the design.

3. Add new slides to your slide show by clicking on the "home" tab, and then "new slide".

4. Add text to your slide show by clicking on the"Insert" tab, then choosing "text box".

5. A) Add symbols (necessary for French text) by clicking on the "insert" tab and then choosing "symbol".

B) Choose the required symbol.

6. Customize font by clicking on the "home" tab and then choosing font size, colour, type, ect.

7. A) Insert images by clicking on the "insert" tab and then "picture".

B) Choose picture from file.

8. Save slide show by clicking"file" then "Save". Be sure to remember where you save it!

9. Make a jeopardy game by inserting a table from the "insert" tab. Choose any size table you want. Remember that the first row across is going to be the headings, with the questions listed under.

10. Make the game flow smoothly by inserting hyperlinks back to the main game page and to the answer of each question. To do this, highlight the text you want to use as the link, then click on "Action" under the insert tab.

Next, chose the option "hyperlink to", then find "slide..." in the drop down menu.

Then select the slide that you wish to link to.

11. Add your voice to your slideshow by using Audacity to record yourself. Open up the program.

Plug in your mic then click on the red circle for "record". Speak into your mic as long as you want...

...then press the square to stop recording. To replay your recording press the green arrow.

12. To add your audio file to your slideshow, choose "audio" under the "insert" tab, then select "audio from file..."

Choose the correct file.

13. To add transitions between your slides, go to the "transitions" tab then choose one of the many options. To add animations to your pictures or text, click what it is that you wish to animate, then go to the "animation" tab and choose how you want it to appear on the screen.