Here are the two film study units that I created for Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. I show these films in French 3 and my students are obsessed. After I showed the French 4s the films last year I've struggled to come up with another film that impresses them more! I find that I always have to talk up Jean by telling them that they will sometimes have a hard time staying engaged in the film, but that everything is important because it all comes full circle in Manon. They have provided many class jokes over the years. Student have come to class with branches in their hair like Ugolin. Several students are currently working on a gif with the goat falling off the cliff. My students....
So the process for Vendredi Video goes like this:
1. Students put everything away, especially phones. Basically, anything that will distract them needs to go away.
2. I show the clip for that day's lesson without subtitles. This is important. I want them to hear what is said and see what is going on. I find that students miss a lot of the action and setting when they read subtitles. At the beginning of the year I address this. We talk about facial expressions, gestures, basically anything that is non-verbal communication and how that helps to tell a story. Sometimes, later in the year, they need a reminder.
3. Once the clip is over, I hand out the lesson sheet. It's important to do after they watch the clip or they don't pay attention or guess. I typically read the listening portion and go over the questions. I make the students do all the work, but I often them them by acting things out or using other words they know for hints.
4. We watch the same clip again, but with subtitles. If there is time left, I let the students ask questions or work on the cultural reading on the back.
I don't know if anyone else has the same problem as I do, but I cannot turn off the subtitles on the DVD with the A and B side. To solve the problem, I open another program (Publisher, in this case) and minimize it so that it can fit neatly over the subtitles. I'm an evil genius and while it distracts the kids at first, they get used to it.