Oh la la Paris¡¡ Virtual Trip

Virtual Field Trip Lesson Plan Name: Eva Blanco

13/07/2011

Name of the Virtual Trip : Oh La La, Paris ¡¡

Subject : English_and Art Grade: 4th

Objectives:
-Show students a new way of travelling to a place without going out from home.
-Reinforce the Reading comprenhension.
-Write descriptive texts.
-Improve the atention of students of knowing another important cities and monuments.
-Show students that it is posible to mix different subjects in a productive school work
- Gain acces to places and people.

Introductory Activities (Focus)
In order to prepare the introduction to this beautiful city it is necessary to adquire some basic information about the city. As, situation, population,origins…etc
We can find this information in this URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris

* Draw a table in a Word File and write there the main information related with the population, situation, origins, districts, and important data of this city.

* Have a closer view of Paris here: http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html and quote the main monuments you can see there.

Developmental Activities
*First we are going to go a Seine trip. Look for de different kinds o boats that sails along the Seine and choose wich of these boat trip companies is cheaper for us.You can find the information here: http://www.france4families.com/paris/RegionsParisAttractionsSeine.htm
http://www.bateauxparisiens.com/croisiere-diner-paris.html

* We are going to go up to the two towers of Paris. Look for them on these sites and draw a picture of them.
http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Monuments-Paris/Eiffel.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Montparnasse

*Stained glass Windows of Notre Dame: Choose one of the different photos of the Stained glass windows showed here and write a 6 lines decription of that.
http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7GPEA_es&q=notre%20dame%20glass%20window&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0ll0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

* There are some important museums in Paris. Have a look at these sites and write a short explanation of what are the main characteristics of each one.
http://www.suite101.com/content/the-best-art-museums-in-paris-a25911
http://www.world66.com/europe/france/paris/museums

Evaluation Activities
Answer these questions correctly in your Word File sheet.
-What kind of city is Paris? Describe it.
-What is the importance of the different architecture styles that we can find in Paris? Do you like it?
-What shapes, colours, and sizes have the main stained glass windows?
-Where can we see the most important picture of the world?. Where can we see very important sculpures while we are walking on a beautiful garden? Where can we find different artistic styles of hte 19th C.?
-How many districts can we find in París? Which are the most important ones?

Instructional Materials
- Computers with free acces to Internet.
-Word Office programme
-Paint Programme knowings

Assignment:
+Answer all these questions and activities in a Word file and send it to my e-mail account. eblanma@uv.es .