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Mon voyage français
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Un devoir écrit au passé
La tâche : Tu voyages à un pays francophone pour pratiquer ton français. À la fin de ton voyage,
envoie un courriel à un ami pour raconter ton voyage. Utilise le passé composé et
l’imparfait pour le raconter.
courriel (n.m.) = email
devoir (n.m.) = assignment
le (pron.dir.) = it
pays (n.m.) = country
raconter (v.) = to recount/ talk about
Les critères de succès :
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write 15+ sentences that describe your visit to a French-speaking country of your choice
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answer the following questions: What country did you travel to?
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What cities did you visit?
Why did you decide to travel there?
What was the weather like?
What time of year did you travel?
What attractions did you see?
Who did you travel with?
Where did you stay?
What did you eat?
What did you buy/bring back?
use verbs in passé composé and imparfait to form your ideas
o underline your verbs in passé composé
(ex : J’ai voyagé au Liban.)
o highlight your verbs in imparfait in bold
(ex : J’essayais l’escargot.)
put your sentences together in paragraph form, in email format
o start your email with : Cher ___(boy’s name)___, or Chère ___(girl’s name)___,
o end your email with : @+, ____(your name) _____
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make your email 125 – 200 words and double-spaced
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add popular tourist sights/attractions from that country
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include 2+ clavardages that you learned and practiced (in the Mission Survie book, p.18)
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add 2+ prices of something you bought or paid for, written accurately
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try to add pronouns to your paragraph that replace ideas (il(s)/elle(s), le/la/les, lui/leur, y) – italics
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use bonpatron.com (an online grammar tool) to edit and improve your rough draft
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use your notes on vocabulary, verb conjugation, and pronouns to help make your email awesome!
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be creative! Choose unique things to do & see, talk about authentic cuisine from the country, cool
places to stay etc.
La date de remise: __________________________________
Évaluation du courriel au passé
Tâche sommative
Nom: ____________________________________
Ability to form
ideas in past tense
using passé
composé &
imparfait
Ability to use les
pronoms to replace
ideas
F
Incomplete
Criteria
K&U
Planning to satisfy
success criteria
(answering the
‘5Ws’ Qs, # words,
# sentences,
conjugated verbs
are highlighted,
clavardages in
email, prices)
Incomplete
T&I
Expression of ideas
Creativity of trip
based on country
visited
Incomplete
Communication
Transfer of
knowledge (sentence
structure, vocabulary)
& skills (writing an
email that describes
what you did on your
trip to a Francophone
country)
Incomplete
Application
Level 1
Date de remise : ________________________________
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
- uses passé
composé
accurately with je
- attempts to use
imparfait
- uses passé
composé with
some accuracy
- uses imparfait with
some accuracy
- often uses passé
composé
accurately
- often uses
imparfait accurately
- uses passé
composé with
accuracy
- always uses
imparfait accurately
- uses pronoun
subjects to replace
names in
paragraph
- attempts to add 1
new pronoun in
paragraph
- accurately adds 1
new pronoun in
paragraph
- accurately adds 2+
new pronouns in
paragraph
- answers 5 of the
‘5W’ questions
- email is barely 125
words
- writes 10
sentences
- few verbs are
highlighted properly
- attempts 2 different
clavardages
- answers 6-7 the
‘5W’ questions
- email is 125 – 150
words
- writes 11
sentences
- some verbs in past
tense are
highlighted properly
- accurately uses 2
diff. clavardages
- attempts to write 2
prices in French
- writes 2 prices, 1
accurately
- answers 8-9 ‘5W’
questions
- email is 150 – 175
words
- writes 12
sentences
- several verbs in
past tense are
highlighted properly
- accurately uses 2
diff. clavardages &
follows proper
email format
- writes 2 prices
accurately
- answers all 10 ‘5W’
questions
- email is 175 – 200
words
- writes 13+
sentences
- (almost) all verbs
are highlighted
properly
- accurately uses 3+
diff. clavardages &
follows email
format
- writes 3+ prices
accurately
- ideas are at times
unclear/difficult to
understand
- ideas are
sometimes clear/
easy to follow
- ideas are usually
clear and easy to
follow
- ideas are
predictable
- ideas are
somewhat creative
- ideas are quite
creative
- ideas are clear,
concise, and easy
to follow
- ideas flow well
- ideas are highly
creative
- little variety of
language &
vocabulary used
- writes an email that
describes the
country, its culture,
and things to see &
do with limited
accuracy
- some variety of
language &
vocabulary used
- writes an email that
describes country,
its culture, and
things to see & do
with some
accuracy
- good variety of
vocabulary &
language used
- email that
describes the
country, its culture,
and things to see &
do is quite well
done
- rich variety of
vocabulary &
language used
- email describing
the country, its
culture, and things
to see & do is
exceptionally well
done
Les étapes à suivre pour compléter le paragraphe au passé
1. Write a simple sentence in English in past tense
 ex : Henry and I traveled to Argentina.
o one verb per sentence (1 idea)
2. Underline the past tense verb in English
 ex : Henry and I traveled to Argentina.
3. Find the verb in French (in your notes/dictionary)
 ex : traveled = travel  voyager
4. Conjugate the verb in French into passé compose or imparfait
 ex : pc = j’ai voyagé
imparfait = je voyageais
5. Look in your notes/dictionary for the rest of the words in your sentence.
6. Repeat steps 2-5 for the rest of your sentences (a minimum of 12).
Materials :
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note on how to conjugate verbs into passé composé & imparfait
pink sheet for VANDERTRAMP verbs & the pp for irregular verbs
assignment handout « Mon voyage français » & rubric
dictionary access (www. wordreference.com)
Verbes utiles :
acheter
aimer
aller
avoir
choisir
constater
découvrir
déguster
devenir
être
faire
finir
jouer
manger
monter
observer
parler
pouvoir
prendre
ramener
regarder
rencontrer
rester
revenir
trouver
visiter
voir
voyager