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1	ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHERS!
2	THE FRENCH CONVENTION!
3	Your students can be creative in the poster, scrapbook, or exhibit competition.
4	"In the Choral Competition" In the Choral Competition, students can compete on an individual, duo, or group basis.
5	They can learn so much about French culture. (This skit introduced them to Tintin, le capitaine Haddock, Dupond et Dupont.)
6	"They can have fun with..." They can have fun with (and learn more about) French history, art, literature and culture by competing in the SCHOLAR BOWL (both group & individual) example of a TOSSUP question In 1896 Baron Pierre de Coubertin was successful in restoring this well-known sporting event. What was it?
7	ANSWER: les Jeux Olympiques/ the Olympics SOURCE: Sport in France, by Ben Sykes, , George Harrap & Co. Ltd., London 1977, p. 7
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9	ANSWER: a) Louis VII and Henry II Plantagenêt b) Richard Coeur de Lion and Jean Sans Terre (Richard the Lion-Heart & John Lackland) SOURCE: Petit Robert, Les Dictionnaires Robert, Montréal, Canada, 1985, p. 43
10	"Students will always remember the..." Students will always remember the lines they learned for the skits, which are often funny and original.
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12	"There are two different levels..." There are two different levels of competition for a cash scholarship. $ $ $
13	"Each year" Each year, the Convention has a theme.
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