Sample of Guidelines for Paris Project

by Irene

Paris Report (oral and written – in English) — French 111 — 2011

 Due Date:           On Thursdays, throughout the semester

 YOUR DATE:      _____________________________________

Length (oral presentation for class):    2 – 3 minutes [2 minutes plus one minute warning]  For your oral presentation, prepare some kind of visual for the class.

Length (written – to be handed in – print double-sided. ):  

  • Written report is to be handed in on day of oral presentation.
  • You will automatically lose points if some of the following are missing:
    • cover page
    • plus 3 full pages of written text – no extra headings, page numbers, footnotes, etc.
    • double-spaced (with no additional spacing between paragraphs) – you may do a 5 space indentation, if the paragraphs seem to run together
    • 12 pt. font   /   Times New Roman 
    • 1” margins 
    • right margin should NOT be flush with right edge

 Evaluation:    15pts. (oral) + 35 pts. (written) = 50 pts. ==>  5% of course grade

 The written portion is a formal paper.  Do not use colloquial language or contractions.  Carefully proofread and spellcheck your paper, as well as to make sure the punctuation is correct.  [Having the Rhetoric Center look at it would be an excellent idea.]  You must read your paper ALOUD to yourself, to catch errors of unclear phrasing, repetitions and redundancies, etc.  Once you have done that, please add a statement on the cover page:  “I have read this paper aloud at least one time to proofread for errors of various kinds.”

You should do some actual library research (CD-Rom, travel books, encyclopedias, journals, magazines, etc.) – not just the Internet.   [Warning:  Wikipedia might be a useful starting website, but you should be aware that it is not entirely reliable…….!!] Come and see me, if you cannot find hard copy info on your topic.  

Significantly reduce your library research frustration and time by visiting the research librarian at the library’s Research Assistance Desk. It’s located just inside the library’s main entrance and staffed most hours that the library is open. The research librarian is skilled at using online and print research tools and can quickly point you in the right direction. You can contact the research librarian by – 1) visiting the desk, 2) calling 526-6307, 3) using the Ask-A-Librarian e-mail service, or 4) chatting in real time. These services are outlined on this web page http://library.calvin.edu/services/reference_service.   

 You must cite the sources within the body of your paper for any information you have gotten from an outside source.  The simplest way to do this is to number your sources and then put that number [e.g. (1) or (2)] at the end of that section of information in your paper.  For more details on how to cite sources, go to:  http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite. You will automatically lose pts. if you do not do this. 

 For further information on plagiarism go to: 

 The following information must be included in your written report: 

  1. Cover page giving title, etc., with the statement:  “I have read this paper aloud at least one time to proofread for errors of various kinds.”
  2. Why you chose this place to report on.
  3. Its history and why it is important.
  4. A picture or photocopy of the place – something to make it visual.  Make this a separate page of the report, or include it on your cover page.  It does not count as one of the 3 pages.  {A visual is also required for your oral report.}
  5. A bibliography (“Works Cited or Consulted”), listing all the sources you used, including Internet sites.  You will automatically lose 10 pts. without the bibliography.

Sources for information:     ■  Library    ■  Internet    ■  Friends who have traveled to Paris  ■  Allons-y! website     ■  Professor Konyndyk (as a last resort only!!)  Just do some digging!  And have some fun!

 Here are some places from which to choose (names given in French):

  •  Arc de Triomphe (de l’Étoile)
  • Arc de Triomphe (du Carousel)
  • Bibliothèque Nationale
  • Bois de Boulogne
  • Bois de Vincennes
  • Centre G. Pompidou / Beaubourg
  • Champs-Elysées
  • Conciergerie
  • Défense (La)
  • École Militaire
  • Église de Madeleine
  • Fontainebleau
  • Hôtel de Ville 
  • Invalides
  • Jardin du Luxembourg
  • Louvre
  • Métro
  • Montmartre
  • Monument de la Déportation
  • Moulin Rouge
  • Musée d’Orsay
  • Musée Picasso
  • Musée du Quai Branly
  • Notre-Dame-de-Paris
  • Opéra (Garnier)
  • Palais des Congrès
  • Panthéon (in Paris  not Rome !!)
  • Parc de la Villette
  • Place de la Concorde
  • Place des Vosges
  • Place Vendôme
  • Quartier Latin
  • Restaurants:  e.g.  Maxim, Tour d’Argent, Fouquet, etc.
  • Cafés / Bistros:  e.g. Closerie des Lilas, Café de Flore, Les Deux Magots, Brasserie Lipp
  • Roland-Garros Stadium (tennis)
  • Sacré-Coeur (Basilique de)
  • Seine River
  • Sorbonne
  • St.-Germain-des-Prés
  • Stade de France (soccer stadium)
  • Statue de la Liberté
  • Tour Eiffel 
  • Tour Montparnasse
  • Trocadéro
  • Tuileries (Jardin des)
  • Versailles
  • Other

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