IB French B SL Year 1: Unit 1 Text Types and Exam Guide

Exam Content and Grammar Review

  • Course Context: IB French B SL Year 1, Unité 1: Identités (Date: 16 septembre).

  • Listening Comprehension Requirements:

    • Extracting key personal identification details: name, age, and location (where someone lives or is from / origin and residence).

  • Reflexive Verbs (Les verbes pronominaux):

    • se lever (to get up / rise)

    • se brosser (to brush [teeth/hair])

    • s'habiller (to get dressed)

    • se coucher (to go to bed / sleep)

  • Possessive Adjectives (Les adjectifs possessifs):

    • First-person singular (my): mon (masculine singular / before a vowel), ma (feminine singular), mes (plural).

    • Second-person singular informal (your): ton (masculine singular / before a vowel), ta (feminine singular), tes (plural).

    • Third-person singular (his / her / its): son (masculine singular / before a vowel), sa (feminine singular), ses (plural).

  • Personality Adjectives and Agreement:

    • Adjectives describing personality traits must agree in both gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) with the subject noun or pronoun.

  • Frequency Adverbs (Les adverbes de fréquence):

    • souvent (often)

    • parfois (sometimes)

    • toujours (always)

    • jamais (never)

    • ... fois par semaine (… times per week)

  • Present Tense Verb Conjugation Focus:

    • Essential irregular verbs: être (to be), avoir (to have), aller (to go), faire (to do/make), prendre (to take).

    • Regular verb categories: -er verbs and -ir verbs.

  • Prepositions for Activities and Hobbies:

    • jouer à: Used for competitive sports, team games, and board games (e.g., jouer au football).

    • jouer de: Used for musical instruments (e.g., jouer du piano, jouer de la guitare).

    • faire de: Used for general activities, individual sports, or physical hobbies (e.g., faire de la natation).

Paper 1 Text Type Analysis and Writing Guidelines

Slide 15 showing IB French B SL Year 1 test requirements and homework instructions

  • Paper 1 Analytical Process Method:

    • PUBLIC: Identify the target audience (Who is the recipient or intended reader?).

    • OBJECTIF: Identify the purpose or objective (Why is the text being written?).

    • CONTEXTE: Identify the situational context and background setting.

    • REGISTRE: Determine the correct register and tone (e.g., informal, formal, semi-formal).

    • TYPE: Select the appropriate text type format.

  • Key Text Types to Master:

    • profil (Personal profile)

    • billet personnel (Personal blog entry / post)

    • email personnel (Personal email)

  • Convention Knowledge Standard:

    • Students must know and correctly implement at least 33 specific formatting or stylistic conventions for every text type.

  • Short Writing Task Requirements:

    • Length constraint: 44 to 55 clear sentences.

    • Structural requirement: Must utilize targeted unit vocabulary (Identités) and correct grammatical constructions.

Homework Assignments (Devoir)

  • Task Title: Practice Test #2

  • Assignment Description: Mini-pratique Paper 1 — Choose the best text type among 33 options provided and document 33 required conventions to use for that text type.

  • Submission Details: To be completed and submitted via Schoology (À rendre dans Schoology.).