Français 2Nom ______
“L’alimentation Végétarienne”
Interprétation
Key Word Recognition. Find the French words/phrases that best express the meanings of the following English words/phrases.
1. food ______
2 .lots of energy ______
3. peanuts______
4. walnuts ______
5. whole grain bread ______
6. chickpeas______
7. spinach______
9. dried apricots______
10. billion ______
What is the main idea of this infographic? Answer in English.
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Supporting Details.
1. Check each detail that is mentioned in the article (not all are included).
2. Fill in the information that is given for each detail you have checked. Write in English.
___ Illnesses that can be prevented by a vegetarian diet ______
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___ The health risks associated with a vegetarian diet ______
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___ Vegetables that contain calcium ______
___ A reason to eat foods rich in Vitamin C ______
___ A vegetable that’s high in fiber ______
___ The amount of sun you need to get enough Vitamin D ______
___ The advantages of Vitamin D supplements ______
___ The disadvantages of taking vitamin supplements ______
___ The reasons that vegetarians have lower cholesterol ______
___ The amount of cholesterol in the blood of an average French person ______
___ The amount of cholesterol in the blood of an average American ______
___ The amount of cholesterol in the blood of an average vegetarian ______
___ The number of land animals killed each year in the world ______
___ The number of water animals killed each year in the world ______
___ The number of chickens the average European eats in his/her lifetime ______
Guessing Meaning from Context. Find the underlined words/phrases and write what you think they mean in English. The information in parenthesis tells you which sectionthe word appears in.
1. L’alimentation végétarienne est bonne pour la santé et simple (#1)______
2. Et du calcium pour avoir des os solides (#2) ______
3. j’ai besoin aussi de fer(#3) ______
4. vous prenez des risques pour votre cœur (#6) ______
5. Aussi elles vous protègent du cancer… (#6) ______
6. Animaux terrestres tués chaque année dans le monde (#6) ______
7.Végétalien (#6) ______
Inference. Answer the following question(s) in English, giving us much information from the article as possible to support your response.
1. What country do you think this infographic was made in? Why? ______
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2. Do you think the average lifespan of a vegetarian is higher, lower, or the same as the average meat eater? Why?
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Author’s Perspective. Check the perspective or point of view you think the author adopted as s/he wrote this article and justify your answer with information from the text.
___ There are advantages and disadvantages to a vegetarian diet
___ The vegetarian diet is healthy and good for the environment
___ The vegetarian diet is one of many healthy eating plans
Justification from text: ______
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Comparing Cultural Perspectives. Answer the following questions in English.
1. Do you think Europeans are more, less, or as interested in their health as Americans? Why do you think this?
Justification from text: ______
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2. Do you think Europeans are more, less, or as interested in the environment as Americans? Why do youthinkthis?
Justification fromtext: ______
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11 / Your work exceeded my wildest expectations!9/10 / You correctly identified nearly all of the key words.
You included all the pertinent facts of the main idea.
You correctly identified the supporting detail provided evidence for nearly all of them.
You provided a plausible meaning for at least half of the unknown words.
You made a reasonable inference and adequately supported it with information from the text.
You identified the author’s perspective and provided adequate detail from the text to support it.
You made a relevant cultural comparison based on your own knowledge and specific information from the text.
8 / You correctly identified most of the key words.
Your main idea lacked detail or contained a detail that wasn’t true.
You correctly identified most of the supporting details and provided evidence for most of them.
You provided a plausible meaning for some of the unknown words.
You made a reasonable inference and partially supported it with information from the text.
You identified the author’s perspective and supported your choice with evidence from the text.
You made a cultural comparison and provided some justification from the text.
7 / Your correctly identified many of the key words.
Your main idea may have been only partially correct.
You identified many of the correct supporting details and provided evidence for some of them.
You provided a plausible meaning for very few of the unknown words.
You did not support your inference with pertinent information from the text.
You may have identified the author’s perspective, but did not adequately support it with evidence from the text.
You made a cultural comparison, but did not support it with information from the text.
6 / You identified fewer than half of the key words.
Your main idea was extremely vague, or significantly incorrect.
You identified some of the correct supporting details but provided evidence for few of them.
You were unable to provide a plausible meaning for any of the unknown words.
Your inferences were not reasonable, considering the information in the text.
You were unable to correctly identify the author’s perspective.
Your cultural comparison was not consistent with the information in the text.
5 / Your work did not meet the expectations.
Communication Interpersonnelle
Posez les questions suivantes à votre partenaire et prenez des notes.
1. Tu es végétarien? Pourquoi ou pourquoi pas?
2. Tu manges souvent des …? Répondez avec...
- J’en mange une fois par semaine.
- J’en mange une fois par mois.
- Je n’en mange jamais.
1/semaine / 1/mois / jamais / 1/semaine / 1/mois / jamais
1. des cacahuètes / 6. du pain complet
2. des amandes / 7. du chou
3. du tofu / 8. des oranges
4. des lentilles / 9. des épinards
5. des pois chiches / 10. du brocoli
Français 2Nom ______
“L’alimentation Végétarienne”
Présentation Ecrite
In spite of the changes that have been made in our school cafeteria, there are still a lot of unhealthy choices. Write a letter to M. Bandow (on loose-leaf) in which you ask him to eliminate meat products from the cafeteria. Give at least three reasons and explain them in detail. Your letter should be at least 125 words long. When you’ve finished writing it, staple it to this paper and place it in the tray.
Rubric
11 / Your letter exceeded my wildest expectations!9/10 / Your letter thoroughly addresses the prompt in a creative and meaningful way.
Your letter is well-organized with an introduction, meaningful transitions, and a conclusion.
Your letter is easy to understand; there are hardly any errors in word choice, spelling, or grammatical structures.
8 / Your letter adequately addressed the prompt, but not in an especially creative way. (It sounded a lot like everybody else’s letter.)
Your letter was a little choppy because of a lack of transitions, or it began/ended abruptly due to a lack of appropriate introduction or conclusion.
I could understand your ideas, but had to think about what you were trying to say because your verbs weren’t conjugated correctly, you used a few incorrect words, you spelled some words incorrectly, etc.
7 / Your letter was somewhat incomplete.
Your letter was hard to follow because you jumped around from one idea to the other.
There were parts of your letter that I couldn’t understand because you were missing words, using many of the wrong words, used the wrong word order, spelled many words incorrectly, etc.
6 / Your letter was significantly incomplete.
Your letter may have been extremely disorganized.
I was unable to understand most of your letter because you used the wrong words, spelled words incorrectly, did not write in complete sentences, etc.
5 / Your letter did not meet the expectations for this assignment.
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PrésentationOrale
Choose one of the following topics and prepare a 1-minute oral presentation. You may have English notes, but no French notes during your presentation.
1. You’ve decided to become a vegetarian. Your parents don’t understand your choice so you must justify your decision.
2. Your friend is a vegetarian and is pressuring you to become one, too. Explain why you are not interested in eating a completely plant-based diet.