2F4 Project: Avoir expressions sentence constructor

1. 2F4 Project:Avoir expressions sentence constructor Design, and make, a one-armed bandit which will work as a sentence constructor for avoir expressions (saying what’s wrong with you: too hot, too cold, thirsty, in pain etc.) It should have three independently rotating drums The first drum should contain a part of the present tense of avoir (J’ai, Tu as , Il a…etc) The second drum needs to contain words such as faim, soif, tort, raison,mal etc The third drum should have a list of places where you can feel pain! (à la tête, aux oreilles, au pied etc., and a blank space for when this drum is not needed. The machine should be capable of generating different sentences by rotating the drums It should be appropriately decorated, assembled and finished You have 2 periods to do this

2. Attractively finished and well decorated machine….

3. …it can… As you can see… …generate various accurate avoir expressions.

4. Build a ‘one armed bandit’ sentence generator 1 (Yes, entirely) 1 (Yes, entirely) 1 Two periods 2: Over-ran by a period, but quicker than anyone else 2: Yes, apart from over-run 1: Yes 1: Yes 1: Yes 1: Excellent 1: Yes; works well 1: Does what it says on the tin 1: Well decorated and finished 1: Excellent About ‘avoir’ expressions; organising a project Would have organised the time a bit better

5. Machine complete, but not decorated

6. Capable of generating… …different avoir expressions accurately

7. Build a ‘one armed bandit’ sentence generator 2 (Yes, but not decorated) 2 (Apart from the lack of decoration) 2 Two periods 3: Took nearly 4 periods 3: Fair bit of time wasted 1: Yes 2: Some behaviour could have been better 2: Largely 2: Reasonable 1: Yes; works well 1: Does what it says on the tin 2: Clear to read but undecorated 1: Overall, achieves what it sets out to do

8. Potentially attractive machine, but some way from being finished

9. You can see that… …when it was eventually finished… …it would actually work

10. Build a ‘one armed bandit’ sentence generator 3: Partly. Not assembled and decoration incomplete 2 Has most of the essentials 2 Two periods 3: Took nearly 4 periods 3: Fair bit of time wasted 1: Yes 1: Yes 1: Yes 2: Time management and concentration lacking 1: Yes; would work if assembled 1: Does what it says on the tin 3: Clear to read but decoration unfinished 2: Would be good finished and decorated

11. A long way off being finished, but…

12. …this, too, would work

13. Build a ‘one armed bandit’ sentence generator 3: Only about half completed 3: Such of it as is there is fine 3 Two periods 3: Took nearly 4 periods 4: A lot of time wasted 1: Yes 3: Some behaviour could have been better 2: Largely 3: Could have done a fair bit better 2: Yes; at a basic level 3: No assembly or framework 3: Has something of the ‘Oh, that’ll do’ about it. 3: Could easily have been made much better

14. Has all basic elements….

15. But: can you spot the problem? Poor build quality means that Drum 2 is stuck and won’t rotate

16. Build a ‘one armed bandit’ sentence generator 1: A finished machine 1: Yes 1 Two periods 3: Took nearly 4 periods 3: A fair bit of of time wasted 1: Yes 2: In general, yes 2: Largely 2: Not too bad 4: Build quality issue: Drum 2 stuck 3: A bit awkward (quality of assembly) 3: Not very well constructed; poorly decorated 3: Could easily have been made much better

17. In the meantime, while they waited for others to finish, Robert & Qamar devoted their attention to this; providing a useful reminder of the many places you can feel pain!