Qu’est ce qu’ils ont mangé? Le mystère de la famille Girard… Qu’est ce qu’ils ont mangé? (what did they eat?)

This is the Girard family Monsieur Girard Madame Girard Julie Girard Jean-Paul Girard Jacques Girard

They might look nice, but actually they’re on the run from the police after they robbed a bank

Last night, the Girard family ate at the Deux Moulins restaurant. This morning, they were all found dead! Were they poisoned????

You’re going to do some detective work. You’ll get: a menu for the restaurant some information about what the Girard family liked to eat and drink

Your job is to use the clues to work out what they all ate and drank. If they were poisoned, then there must have been something that all of them had. What was it??

Group Jobs. 1 = In charge of looking up key words in Dictionary. 2 = In charge of writing down any new vocab looked up in the dictionary. 3 = In charge of making notes on what you work out and decide. ( 4 = Extra Dictionary )

Discuss What did you decide they all ate and drank? Why? Starter? Main course? Dessert? Drink? How did you start the task? What skills did you use to work it out? Was there any information that you didn’t need?

Le rapport de police Write a report in French to add to the Girard file, explaining your conclusions about what they ate & drank. selon notre enquête – according to our enquiries nous croyons que – we believe that nous pensons que – we think that il paraît que – it appears that _____ a mangé - _____ ate _____ a bu - _____ drank _____ a choisi - ______ chose comme entrée/plat principal – as a starter/main course en conclusion – in conclusion ________ a été empoisonné par… - ______ was poisoned by…