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Reading and Writing in French: Real Texts for Real Readers: Unit Review

C1 C2 C3 D1 D2 D3About 40 minutes
Learning goals
  • I can use reading strategies to understand longer French texts.
  • I can write sentences with -er verbs, être, avoir, aller and faire, questions and negatives.
  • I can describe with adjectives that agree, talk about plans with the futur proche, and give instructions.
  • I can read and write emails, interviews, posters, invitations, recipes, reviews, fact cards and stories.
  • I can share facts about French-speaking communities in Canada and the world.
  • I can plan, draft, revise, edit and publish my writing.

Words to know

le radical / la terminaison
The stem / the ending of a verb.
l'accord
Agreement: making words match (masculine/feminine, singular/plural).
le futur proche
aller + an infinitive: je vais jouer.
l'impératif
The command form: Mélange ! Mélangez !
la francophonie
All the French-speaking people and places in the world.
réviser / corriger
To revise (improve ideas) / to edit (fix mistakes).

Let's review!

In this unit you read and wrote many kinds of French texts: an informational text, a journal, an email, an interview, a poster and a story portrait, a schedule and an invitation, a recipe, reviews, fact cards and a short story. Along the way you learned the present tense of -er verbs, the four big irregular verbs, questions and negatives, adjective agreement, the futur proche and the command form.

This review has a few questions from every lesson. Try each one, then press Show answer to check. If a part feels tricky, go back to that lesson for more practice.

Est-ce quequestionstartertusubjectvasaller(futur proche)faireinfinitivedu vélode + le= du?space+ ?Est-ce que tu vas faire du vélo ? (Are you going to bike?)
One question that uses four tools from this unit: est-ce que, aller + infinitive (futur proche), de + le = du, and a space before ?.
le texte informatifinformational textle journaljournalle courrielemaill’entrevueinterviewl’afficheposterl’horaireschedulel’invitationinvitationla recetterecipela critiquereviewla fichefact cardl’histoireshort storyet toi ?you: the author!
Eleven kinds of French texts you read and wrote in this unit. Each one has its own features.

Lire comme un détective: Reading Strategies for Longer Texts

1

Do you skim or scan to find the time a game starts?

2

Read: Il fait froid et le lac est gelé. What does gelé probably mean? Which strategy helps?

3

nager = to swim. What is le nageur?

Les verbes en -er: Reading and Writing Action Sentences

1

Conjugate parler with nous and ils.

2

Fix: Mes amis regarde un film.

3

Write I live in Ontario.

Être, avoir, aller, faire: The Four Big Verbs in an Email

1

Fill in: Vous ___ (être) gentils. Ils ___ (avoir) faim.

2

Fill in au or à la: Je vais ___ piscine et ___ parc.

3

Which closing fits an email to your teacher: À plus ! or Merci et bonne journée !?

Questions et négation: Reading an Interview and Writing Questions

1

Turn into a question: Tu as un chien.

2

Write the question for the answer J'habite à Hearst.

3

Make negative: Elle aime la pluie.

Décrire avec des adjectifs: Lost-Pet Posters and Character Portraits

1

Make feminine: curieux, sportif, blanc.

2

Write a big dog and a black dog (un chien).

3

Fill in son, sa, ses: Léa et ___ frère.

Le futur proche: Reading Schedules and Writing Invitations

1

Write We are going to dance. with nous.

2

What time is 15 h 45?

3

Name 3 things an invitation must include.

Recettes et instructions: Reading and Writing How-To Texts

1

Give the tu and vous commands of ajouter.

2

Put in order: Enfin / D'abord / Ensuite.

3

What are the 3 main parts of a recipe?

Mon opinion: Reading Reviews and Writing an Opinion Paragraph

1

Fact or opinion? Ce film est ennuyant.

2

Complete: J'aime l'hiver ___ il neige.

3

What does par contre mean?

La francophonie: French-Speaking Communities Across Canada and the World

1

What happens during a tintamarre?

2

Give the Canadian French word for lunch and for weekend.

3

What is le michif?

Le processus d'écriture: Planning, Writing and Publishing a Short Story

1

Name the 5 parts of a story map.

2

Revise by adding an adjective: Le chat dort.

3

Edit: « merci! » dit nadia

Just for fun

Riddle time: I have a stem, but I'm not a flower. I have endings, but I'm not a story. I change for je, tu, il, nous, vous and ils.

What am I? An -er verb!

How to use this review

Do one section at a time. If you get 2 or 3 right in a section, great! If you miss more than one, go back to that lesson and redo its More practice questions. Then take the quiz below.

Check your understanding

Quiz

1.

You want the main idea of an article quickly. What do you do?

2.

Elles ___ (chanter) dans une chorale.

3.

J'___ dix ans.

4.

Which is a correct negative?

5.

Which is correct?

6.

Demain, nous ___ faire du ski.

7.

A recipe step says Coupez la pomme. This is...

8.

Which sentence gives an opinion and a reason?

9.

Which pair shows the Canadian word first, then a word common in France?

10.

In the writing process, what do you do right after writing your draft?

For parents and teachers

Use mistakes to choose what to revisit. Each review section matches one lesson.

  • Gets stuck on unknown words or can't find the main idea: revisit Lire comme un détective: Reading Strategies for Longer Texts.
  • Writes ils joue, nous mangons, je aime: revisit Les verbes en -er: Reading and Writing Action Sentences.
  • Writes je suis 10 ans, à le parc, vous faisez, or uses Salut with a teacher: revisit Être, avoir, aller, faire: The Four Big Verbs in an Email.
  • Forgets est-ce que, mixes où/ou, or writes je pas aime: revisit Questions et négation: Reading an Interview and Writing Questions.
  • Writes une fille sportif, un chat petit, or sa frère: revisit Décrire avec des adjectifs: Lost-Pet Posters and Character Portraits.
  • Writes je vais joue, or misreads 24-hour times: revisit Le futur proche: Reading Schedules and Writing Invitations.
  • Writes Laves ! or mixes tu and vous commands: revisit Recettes et instructions: Reading and Writing How-To Texts.
  • Gives opinions without reasons, or mixes up fact and opinion: revisit Mon opinion: Reading Reviews and Writing an Opinion Paragraph.
  • Thinks only Québec speaks French, or calls Canadian words wrong: revisit La francophonie: French-Speaking Communities Across Canada and the World.
  • Skips planning or edits everything at once: revisit Le processus d'écriture: Planning, Writing and Publishing a Short Story.

Expectations: This unit covers the Grade 5 Reading overall expectations C1 (reading comprehension), C2 (purpose, form and style) and C3 (intercultural understanding), and the Writing overall expectations D1 (purpose, audience and form), D2 (the writing process) and D3 (intercultural understanding).