Carte postale

• Frans
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Carte postale 

Lis (read) les 2 cartes postales

Which structures are used to start the postcards?

1. Salut
2. Chers Papi et Mamie
3. Bisous
4. Monsieur le Directeur

Which structures are used to conclude the postcards?

1. Cordialement
2. On vous embrasse
3. Au revoir
4. Gros bisous

In the 2 postcards, they...

1. say what they've done
2. say what they're going to do
3. give an opinion
4. say what they've eaten

Which tense do they use to talk about what they've done?

1. Présent
2. Futur proche
3. Passé composé

Let's look at another example

Conventions

To start your postcard, you can use:

Salut ! (with or without a name after "salut")

Bonjour !  (with or without a name after "bonjour")

Coucou !  (with or without a name after "coucou")

Cher  / Chère / Chers  /Chères ... (you must add a name)

How to use cher/chère/chers/chers

Cher + nom masculin singulier

             Exemple : Cher Papa, Cher Louis
 Chère + nom féminin singulier

             Exemple : Chère Maman, Chère Sophie

Chers +nom masculin pluriel

            Exemple : Chers Papa et Maman, Chers Marc et Marie

Chères + nom féminin pluriel

            Exemple : Chères Caroline et Nathalie

The text of your postcard

It is good to start the text of your postcard with a question

Comment ça va ? (informal)

Comment vas-tu ? (formal)

When you write a postcard, you usually:

• talk about what you've done, seen, eaten --> you will use passé composé
• give a positive or negative opinion
• talk about the weather --> you will use the structures "il fait beau", "il fait mauvais", "il fait chaud", "il fait froid"
• talk about what you're going to do --> you will use futur proche

Which of these are positive opinions?

1. C'est super
2. C'est très beau
3. C'est nul
4. C'est fantastique

Which of these are negative opinions?

1. C'est nul
2. C'est horrible
3. C'est cool
4. Je déteste

To finish your postcard

• Je t'embrasse
• On t'embrasse / On vous embrasse (when the postcard is written by two persons or more)
• Bises
• Grosses bises
• Bisous
• à bientôt

Activité

Imagine…

You are on holiday with your family and you don’t have wifi / data.

You want to send a post card to your friend back home.

Write a post card in French in which you…

• Say where you have arrived
  
• Describe the weather
  
• Say what you did yesterday
• Say where you have been
• Say what you have eaten
• Give your opinion on something
  
• Say what you are going to do tomorrow
• Use time phrases and cohesive words (et, mais, parce que...)

Guided investigation

1. Which country do I choose for this task?

2. Which verbs do I need to talk about what I've done/eaten/seen?

🡪 make a list

🡪 Which verbs take être or avoir?

3. Which verbs do I need to talk about what I'm going to do tomorrow?

🡪 make a list

4. What am I going to say about the weather?

5. Which opinion do I want to give?

6. How am I going to start and finish my post card?

Now write your postcard!

Write 100-150 words.

Don't forget to add an address and to make your it looks like a postcard.

Checklist

• The verbes are in the right tense
• I've checked the verbs in passé composé : être ou avoir, agreement rule
• I've checked that if the subject is singular, the verb is singular / if the subject is plural, the verb is plural
• I've used the Internet to look for some words, not to copy whole sentences

You can now upload your postcard on Managebac!

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