IB French SL (and AB-INITIO Section B) types of text

Le courriel (électronique)

Email:

1)Top section:

Date d'envoi: (Today's date)

De : (Your email address)

A: (Receiver's email address)

Objet: (Subject of your email)

Pièces jointes: (Draw an attachment symbol; or the name of the attachment: La photo...)

2)Formule d'appel (Greetings)

3)Formule de politesse (Closing/Saying goodbye or thank you)

4) Signez le nom (Sign your name)

Le courriel (électronique) familier (informel)

Informal Email (register: tu, ton, ta, tes, te, t', toi)

1)Top section:

Date d'envoi: lundi, le 12 septembre 2018

De : [e-mail]

A: [e-mail]

Objet: La nourriture

Pièces jointes: La photo de la nourriture américaine

2)Formule d'appel (Salut,Cher/Chère,Bonjour + first name)

3)Formule de politesse (Merci, Au revoir, Amicalement, A plus tard, A bientôt)

4) Signez le nom (Sign your 1st name only)

Le courriel (électronique) officiel (formel)

Formal Email: (register: vous, votre, vos)

1)Top section:

Date d'envoi: lundi, le 12 septembre 2018

De : [e-mail]

A: [e-mail]

Objet: La nourriture

Pièces jointes: La photo de la nourriture américaine

2)Formule d'appel ( Bonjour Madame/Monsieur/Mademoiselle + last name)

3)Formule de politesse (Merci, Au revoir, Cordialement, Sincèrment)

4) Signez le nom (Sign your 1st and last name)

La lettre

Letter:

1) Right

Nom et adresse du destinataire (Receiver's name and address)

Lieu, et date (City, country and date- where and when you are writing the letter)

2)Left

Nom et adresse de l'expéditeur (Sender's name and address- YOUR name and address)

Objet: (Subject of your letter)

Pièces jointes: (Draw an attachment symbol; or the name of the attachment: La photo...)

Formule d'appel (Greetings)

Formule de politesse (Closing/Saying goodbye or thank you)

Signez le nom (Sign your name)

Le journal intime

Diary:

1) La date (date- chronological order)- put at least 2 dates (entries)

2) Formule d'appel (Greetings): use Cher journal

3) Formule de politesse (Closing/Saying goodbye): use Bonne nuit

4) Signez le nom (Sign your first name only)

Notes:

-pretend that you are conversing with a friend (informal register)

-express your feelings: happiness, sadness, anger etc.

- use a lot of punctuation (!!!!! ???? :) etc.)

Le blog

Blog:

1) Website address ( blog.fr)

2)Number of pages (1 2 3 4 Suivant Fin)

3)La date (date- reverse chronological order- start with the most recent date)- put at least 2 dates (entries)

4) Add boxes to the left and to the right. Use as many as possible titles for the boxes: Moi, Thomas, Mes photos, Mes Amis, Ecris-moi, Archives, Ma blogiste, Articles les plus lus...

Notes:

-use informal register, but keep in mind that your blog is posted on an website (in some contexts, like newspaper, formal register might need to be used)

-express your feelings: happiness, sadness, anger etc.

- use a lot of punctuation (!!!!! ???? :) etc.)

La brochure

Brochure (purpose: give advice or raising awareness)

1) divide your paper in 2 or 3 COLUMNS (do not fold paper)

2) use a catchy TITLE

3) write an INTRODUCTION (which is going to make your audience interested)

4) use SUBTITLES (to divide each paragraph/part)

5) use EXAMPLES and FACTS to prove what you are saying

6) use PUNCTUATION (? ! bold, italics, underline)

7) stay consistent in your REGISTER ( use vous, nous, or tu, but stay consistent)

8) engage audience by asking them QUESTIONS

9) use PICTURES (draw a box and add a caption)

10) write a short but to the point CONCLUSION

11) list CONTACT DETAILS

L'interview

Interview: (question and answer session)

1) Top left: NAME OF MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER

2) Top right: DATE

3) Middle: Title

4) INTRODUCTION

5) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (put initials or full names in front of each q or a)

6) THANK the interviewee

7) CONCLUSION (optional depending on the situation)

8) write "PAR" (by) and your full name at the bottom right of the interview

9) use FORMAL register (but informal register could be used depending on the situation)

Le discours (Présentation)

Speech (Presentation)

-Presents facts to convince an audience of something.. so ensure your speech is well structured.

-It is also important to choose the appropriate register for your audience .

1)Address your audience (Chers collègues, Mesdames et Messieurs)

2)Include a short but catchy intro to your topic.

3)Keep audience engaged by asking rhetorical questions.

4)Use repetitions and "règles de 3" (repetitions of a word and an idea 3 times in a row)

5) Use punctuation to convey emotions on paper

6)Write in italics and bold or underline words that you want to insist on.

7)Give examples and facts to prove what you are saying.

8)Miss a line or two between each paragraph.

9)If you want to address yourself use "nous", "je", and "moi" (be consistent).

10) You need a short but sharp conclusion.

11) Use transitional connectors like (d'abord,...)

La déclaration à la police (Le raport)

Police Report

Top left Section:

-date of the report (La date)

-name of the victim (Nom de la victime)

-address (Address)

-nature of the incident (Nature de l'incident)

-date and time the incident took place (Date et heure de l'incident)

Top Right section:

-The name of the person making the report) (Nom de la personne présente lors de la déposition

-Their function (Function)

Middle:

- Summary of the incident

-Organized clearly and chronologically

-Use sub-headings to divide it into different sections

-Needs to be detailed and precise

-Use past tense (passé composé) but you can use other tenses

Bottom

-Signatures (Signatures)

L'article

Article

- Top middle of the paper: Main title

- Top right: Date and name of newspaper/magazine

- Under main title: Brief description or introduction of the article

- Divide the article into paragraphs with sub headings

- Conclusion

- Add pictures (if not a lot of time, draw boxes with captions)

- Bottom right: Name of the journalist (par + first and last name)

- Use conditional tense if exposing unverified facts (translated in English with WOULD)

La dissertation

Essay

1) Beginning (top of essay): Introduction

2)Middle: Argument

3) End: Conclusion

- Introduction (general theme, pose a question that you will be answering, thesis- outline of arguments)

- Divide the arguments into paragraphs (structured)

- Conclusion (summarizes the main ideas)

- Use transitional connectors to link paragraphs and ideas together

- Specific vocabulary related to the topic

- Formal register

- Vary verb tenses

Le compte rendu (résumé)

Summary of an event

1) Can be structured by chronological order of thematically ..by themes)

2) Use an underlined and bolded title (bigger font if possible)

3) Write the name of the author under the title (par + first and last name)

4) Write a brief intro

5) Write sub headings and underline them

6) Write a conclusion

La revue/ la critique de film/ de livre

Movie or book review

1) Top left: the name of magazine or newspaper

2) Top right: date

3) Middle: Title (use capital letters or bolded font and draw a few stars)

4) Under the title to the left, the movie's infos:

- Réalisateur (film creator's name)

- Le nom du film/livre (name of movie or book)

- Durée (duration)

- Avec (actors' names)

-D'après + name of the book that the movie is based on ( for movies only )

5) Under the title to the right, pictures of the actors if possible (draw a box with people inside)

6) Brief plot summary with personal opinion

7) Bottom right: name of the review writer (par + first and last name)

8) Use two columns