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French · Grade 1

A Guided French Story Project

The Foundation route ends with a creative project: learners write their own short story in French. They read a model story, Jour de neige à Moncton, and find its characters, setting, problem and solution; link events with d'abord, ensuite, puis, tout à coup, alors, enfin, et, mais and parce que; write accurate present-tense story sentences with être and avoir for descriptions and feelings (Zoé est triste, elle a froid), -er verbs, aller and faire, and dialogue in « » or with dashes; and finally plan, draft and revise a story for a class collection.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 110 minutes
  • Story project check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Identify the characters, setting, problem and solution of a short story written in French.
  • Sequence and link events with d'abord, ensuite, puis, tout à coup, alors and enfin, and join ideas with et, mais and parce que.
  • Write accurate present-tense story sentences: descriptions with être and avoir, feelings with être content(e) / triste and avoir peur / faim / froid, actions with -er verbs, aller and faire, and dialogue in « » or with dashes.
  • Plan, draft and revise a short guided story using a story map and a revision checklist.

Lessons

  1. Inside a story 6 steps4 practiceabout 24 min
  2. Connectors move the story 7 steps4 practiceabout 24 min
  3. Story sentences: être, avoir, verbs and dialogue 7 steps4 practiceabout 27 min
  4. Plan, draft, revise 6 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  5. Story project check 9 questions at the end

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  • Arabic AdventureMarhaban! Learn first words in Modern Standard Arabic, from letter shapes to little stories.

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