By: Genevive Giroux BEALS Student Description of the Project:Description of the Project: The students were asked to create a big family album. First of all, they were asked to describe themselves with their name, age, hometown and interests. Then, they were asked to describe their mother, their father and their brothers and sisters. The students brought pictures of their family from home and they decorated their album to make it unique. At the end of the project, they did a short oral presentation in front of their classmates. Moreover, the family albums were posted on the wall next to their classroom. LevelsLevels: 5-6 grade CompetenciesCompetencies: -Communicate orally in English (C1): oral presentation -Write and produce texts in English (C3): description of their family What was learned during the projectWhat was learned during the project: -The vers to be and to have -The pronouns -Family vocabulary - Description words Between 7-8 periodsPeriods :Description : Period 1 Pre-activities : study the grammatical notions of the verb to be and to have (2 exercices) + study pronouns Period 2 Pre-activities : Identification activity Period 3 Presentation of the project by the teacher : Explain the different steps of the project. Start the writing process Period 4 Finish writing the texts (correction by the teacher) Period 5 Correction of the texts by the students Creation of the album Period 6 Finish the family album Practice the oral presentations Periods 7 & 8 Oral presentations Exercises sheets Family pictures Cardboards Material for decoration The texts were evaluated on a 1 to 4 scale: 1 (easy) to 4 (a lot of difficulties). The oral presentations were evaluated the same way but with this sheet: