Name: _____________________________________

Date: ______________________________________

- Chose one of the many countries in this world where French is spoken and prepare your own
virtual trip.
You have $5000 to spend two weeks in that country.
This money must include:
- Your flight from your nearest airport to your chosen country, and back.
- Transportation while in the new country (bus tickets, train passes, other flights, renting
bikes, etc.)
- All food expenses
- All admission fees, tickets, and events you attend.
- Your sleeping establishments. (hotels and youth hostels are recommended)

You must organize, plan and keep an accurate account record for all money spent, and a
daily journal entry for each of your fourteen days.

Visit the capital city and at least three other cities in your chosen country, detailing how
you travelled to and from those places and how much it cost to travel.
Stay in a reputable sleeping establishment. You may not stay with "friends" or sleep in
bus/train stations or airports to save money. Please record the name, dates, and cost of
your stay.
Eat food "authentic" to that country at least once a day. That means you cannot have a
Mcdonald's diet. Please record what you ate each day in your journal entry. Be sure to
record the cost of each meal and snack. You may not skip meals to save money
(remember budgeting wisely is part of this project.)
You must visit at least 6 of the following: museums, sporting event (soccer match), cultural event (concert, theatre), historical sites (old churches, castles, monuments,) and detail the cost for each.
Include pictures that will serve as 'evidence'. Pictures of food, places, airplanes, city sites,
local people, etc are all welcome.
Each journal entry must include where you went, what you saw and experienced and what
you ate.

What to submit:
You may chose to put all of this information in a booklet, duo-tang, computer file (ie Powerpoint or accessible website). You should have one page detailing all of your expenses, 14 journal entries and pictures.
Percentage breakdown:
Detail of itinerary and journal entries - 40%
Language - writing in the past tense - 30%
Budgeting and organizing finances - 10%
Overall effort and presentation - 20%

Total:
___________

100
Name: _________________________
This project will be completely mostly in case. You will be given guidance and time on the computers to look for
necessary information. You may search for items in English, however your project must be completely written in French.
This is a lengthy assignment and will take several weeks to complete. A due date will be given at a later time.

40

Detail of
itinerary and
journal entries

Journal entries do
not include required information.

Organization of
itinerary and
journal entries

Journal entries are Journal entries are Journal entries are Journal entries are
not organized or
somewhat orgaorganized and
organized, legible
are not legible
nized or legible
legible.
and include extra
items (ie., table of
contents)

Past Tense
(person, auxiliary,
past participle)

30

Adjectives
(descriptive words
come after the object, and have the
necessary e and s)

Understanding of
adjective placement and agreement are not noted.

The project does

not show proper
use of a dictionary
for spelling and
object identifica(le/la/les or un/une/ tion.
des are used incorrectly)

20

Journal entries
include all of the
required information.

Journal entries
includes more
than the required
information.

Sentences were
Sentences were in Sentences were in Sentences were in
not put in past
past tense with
past tense with
past tense and do
tense/ or complet- many errors.
few errors.
not contain errors.
ed incorrectly.

Spelling and
masculine/
feminine object
identification

10

Journal entries
include some of
the required information.

Adjective placement and agreements have many

mistakes.

Adjective placement and agreements have few

mistakes.

Adjective placement and agreements are done

correctly, free of
mistakes.

The project has

many spelling or
object identification errors

The project has

some spelling or
object identification errors

The project has

few spelling or
object identification errors

Recording and
following the
budget

The budget was

not recorded.

The budget was

The budget was
recorded, however recorded with
it was not accurate some inaccuracy

The budget was

recorded neatly
and adhered to.

Overall effort
and presentation

Project is missing
substantial information

Project is completed but lacks organization/ information.

Project is completed, neat and shows

extra effort and
time.

Project is completed neatly with all

required information.