French 4 and AP · Week 4 · Familles, communautés et identités
Courriel à la mairie
Students answer an AP style email from a town hall in Québec about a youth project, adjusting register and tone to the reader.
- Students will
- Students write a formal reply to a town hall email in Québec using "vous" and the polite "conditionnel" ("je voudrais", "pourriez-vous", "nous aimerions").
- SEL skill
- Adjust tone and register to respect my reader
- What it looks like
- Students practice adjusting tone and register so a message is clear, polite, and respectful to its reader.
- Content focus
- AP interpersonal writing: formal email with "vous" and the polite "conditionnel"
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Relationship skills
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What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- WL.CM2.I: Communication Standard 2, Interpersonal Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CM5.I: Communication Standard 5, Receptive Structures in Service of Communication (Intermediate range)
- WL.CL1.I: Cultures Standard 1, Culturally Appropriate Interaction (Intermediate range)
- National (ACTFL World Readiness): Interpersonal Communication, Interpretive Communication, Language Comparisons
- Proficiency range: Intermediate
- AP French Language and Culture theme: Families and Communities
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