I.Le Tour de France Virtuel. In this assignment, you will use the skills you have learned in the four previous writing assignments. You will also refer to the information from the questionnaire that you prepared in order to talk about your virtual trip to France. You will write a letter to a friend describing your Tour de France including as many details as possible about the city and region. Recount your experiences telling your friend what you did and
II.Functions:
Narrating in the past.
III.Structures:
a.Verbs in the passé composé to say what happened. (TX 196)
b.Verbs in the imparfait to describe the way things were (TX 297-298)
c.The pronoun y to refer to a previously mentioned location (TX 397)
d.Direct and indirect object pronouns to avoid repetition (TX 229-230; 281-282; 313-314)
e.Prepositions with geographical names and locations (TX 267-268)
f.Adjectives to describe and embellish
g.Comparative forms (TX 190-191)
h.Connectors and transitional words for sequencing events: d’abord, puis, ensuite, plus tard, le lendemain, le lendemain matin, enfin…)
i.Use
of qui and que (TX 309-310)
IV.Self
edit:
_____ Use and forms of verbs in past (passé composé or imparfait)
_____ Agreement and placement of adjectives
_____ Placement of adverbs
_____ Use and placement of object pronouns
_____ Use and placement of pronoun y
_____ Use of prepositions with geographical locations
_____ Use of qui and que
_____ Forms of pronominal verbs (such as s’amuser)
_____ Use of comparative forms
_____
Use of connectors for smooth transitions
V.Two
pages typed and double spaced. Refer to syllabus for due date.