Monitoring my GAME plan progress

     As of right now, my main focus for my GAME plan is to teach the students the French language. We are working in Leçon 3 in our textbook Discovering French- Bleu by Holt McDougal. This chapter focuses on food and the culture of cafés and bistros in France. The culture of this chapter is rather eye opening for the students. They are learning about shopping in specialty stores, eating various animals we do not typically eat in the US, and how one respects the waiters and chefs in France. This will be setting the students up for discussing the foods offered in restaurants in their Francophone cities. They will be sharing some traditional foods that are eaten in those cities with the class. It has been shocking to some of them to learn that the French eat rabbit, snails, horse, and pigeon. But I am proud to say that they did not become overly disgusted and treated the differences in the foods with respect and maturity.
     I do not feel the need to modify my action plan just yet. The students are now comfortable with studying their vocabulary terms and the verb conjugations, they know what is expected form them. Now is the time to build their vocabulary and increase their comfort with the language and speaking in front of each other. Presently, my students are working on dialogs with partners. They must incorporate terms from all previous chapters to have a conversation, which they will present in front of the class. They are also completing audio exercises in their online textbooks. I love being able to hear the students  using the language in the comfort of their own homes. I am able to give each student the needed attention they deserve to give them pronunciation pointers as I grade the assignments. I am able to praise them and build their confidence for using the language in class.
     I am rethinking one aspect of the action plan. The audio segment of the project. This seems to be the hardest part for most students during the creation of the presentation. Not all software programs are user friendly when it comes to inserting audio. Therefore, I am exploring Voice Thread as an alternative program for the students to create their projects. It seems that some students have difficulty recording their voices on their computers (I found this out while doing the audio exercises from the online text). Therefore, I am investigating Voice Thread since it can be used on their phones as well, something they are all familiar with using. Wish me luck!