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French-Canadian Circus Culture

2/2/2017

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Cirque Du Quebecois

3/22/2016

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Cirque Du Quebecois Prezi:
Exploration of Circus and French Canadian Culture

I was fortunate to take Language Acquisition as one of my classes for my Education Certification. This class focused on teaching Core French, and on the inclusion of English Language Learners in our teaching strategies. As our final project, my partner Anna and I created a Core French unit for grade 6 based on teaching Family and Feelings Vocabulary. Of course, we utilized Circus as our Hook, and Tech integration into our culminating event.

We used Circus not only as a 'hook' to our lessons, but as a broader cultural tie in for French Canadian Culture. The first lesson of the unit gives a historical perspective and talks about why circus is so popular in Quebec, along with the major cirque institutions of Cirque Du Soleil, Ecole Nationale du Cirque and Ecole Cirque du Quebec.

With this historical and cultural perspective, as well with my own personal stories and pictures from my experience of travelling to Quebec last July for the International Juggling Association Festival, it is easy to link relevance to the material.

Our second lesson uses a Cirque du Soleil video about family in the touring circus as it's hook, and then introduces the family words.  We progress through introduction of feelings and moving towards text integration and worksheets. Authentic texts are provided such as a large Cirque Costumes book that has text in both English and French. This is also inspiration for their culminating activity, the creation of a funny family circus using Puppetpals ipad program. This also allows for differentiation for learners that have trouble with written expression.

I quite enjoyed working with my partner Anna on this project. We both have a strong work ethic and believe in producing high quality work. We were able to collaborate and produce a product that I am happy with and am glad to include in my portfolio. I look forward to feedback on how to make this unit even stronger, as I plan to use this in my teaching career. Even if I am not teaching core french, I will still be able to support the french instruction of my class by the inclusion of the Circus aspects- I can offer this resource to the French teacher as a collaborative process.

Cirque Du Quebecois Prezi:
Exploration of Circus and French Canadian Culture

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    Karina Strong is currently a full time Education student at VIU in the Post Bac program. Her undergraduate degree is in Social Work and Small Business Management. She is a professional Circus performer and owner of Vesta Entertainment, a multifaceted entertainment company on Vancouver Island.

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