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Writing CompanionName: Symonds Date: 9/21/15

Topic/Objective/Purpose:Writing a letter to a friend about “Club Loisirs et Vacances” Imagine that you are vacationing with UCPA Colo’ Camp (http://www.ucpa-vacances.com/colos/ ) or Temps Jeunes : http://www.temps-jeunes.com/actualite-video.aspx Write a letter to a friend describing everything that you are doing and asking him or her to join you this weekend. p.159

1. List Activités and Temps on a sheet of page, skipping several lines between each entry. Then, list specific facts or details that you want to include in your letter under the appropriate heading.

2. Using your outline, write a letter to your friend describing your vacation experience.3. Tell about activities that you are doing, where and how often you do each one, and what the

weather is like. Ask what plans your friend has for this weekend and if he or she wants to come to the vacation club.

Unit of Study/Content Connection:

French I: Bien Dit Level 1 Review of Chapitres 1-5

Set Goalsfor theWriting

Assignment

Type of writing:

X informational/descriptive ___ opinion/argument ___ narrative ___ persuasive ____ combo/outline

Audience:Informal/familiar X peers ___ family ___ other (______________________)Formal ___ teacher ___ employer ___ other(_____________________)

Length: 10 sentences (#)

Form: ___ essay ___ email X letter ___ blog/journal entry ___ poem ___ other (___________________________)

Due date:Monday 9/28/15

Content and Text Structure Requirements :

● vocabulary: seasons, weather, sports, leisure activities

● present tense of regular verbs

● faire in the present tense● Dear: Cher ( Papa ) Jean/ Chère ( Maman ) Jeanne

● Amicalement/Ton ami (e) / A+ ( à plus tard )Requirements for sources (if any):

● http://www.ucpa-vacances.com/colos/ ● Vocabulary List: Bien Dit 1 Chapitre 5

● Bien Dit Level 1 Text

Model(s)Example(s):

Cher Pierre,

J’adore sortir en colonie de vacances ! J’y vais en automne

pour les vacances de Toussaint ; j’adore faire du cheval

en automne ! En hiver, pendant les vacances de Noël

, j’aime faire du ski et du patin a glace . Au printemps? Avec UCPA, j’aime jouer au tennis et au golf! Finalement, si je pars en

colonie de vacances en été , je voudrais faire du théâtre , de la

vidéo amateur , et aussi de l’athlétisme ! Et toi, qu’est ce

que tu aimes faire quand tu vas en colonie de vacances?A+, Ton amie,Claire

1. Activitiesa. tennisb. volley

c….

2. Tempsa. beau

b.

Scaffolds

Supports (for example: verb charts, list of transition words, parts of speech, word bank, etc.)

● Check your letter against the outline that you wrote to make sure that you included everything.

● Read your letter a second time, checking it for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

● Refer to verb charts :

● for present tense of regular verbs https://conjuguemos.com/chart.php?language=french&id=4&etre=no&commands=no&source=public

● and irregular verbs:https://conjuguemos.com/chart.php?language=french&id=8&etre=no&commands=no&source=public

● Vocabulary Lists for BD1 CH5

FeedbackProcess

Feedback from my peers:● Exchange letters with a classmate. Answer each others’ letters, explaining

why you accept or decline the invitation.

Feedback from the teacher:

Opportunities for Revision

Specific actions that I will take to improve my writing:

Additional Notes;

Observations

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