IB summer prep work

  • As preparation for IB French, you need to begin listening to French radio, TV, or podcasts-7 jours sur la planète, radiocanada.ca, TV5 mondeles infossujets culturels, podcastfrancaisfacile.com, Radio France Internationale. Practice writing brief summaries of what you hear. Read articles from- lemonde.fr, 1jour1actu.com, lefigaro.fr, leparisien.fr, lequipe.fr, lapresse.ca, lavenir.net, etc.
  • You need to send to me 3 summaries at some point during the summer- The first by July 29th, the second by August 12th, & the third by August 26th.
  • THIS IS YOUR FIRST GRADE IN IB FRENCH FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR!!!
  • The summaries must contain 2 parts:
  • 1st- A healthy paragraph summarizing the information read; placed into your own words without inserting personal reaction/opinion. The WHAT
  • 2nd- A healthier paragraph interacting with, analyzing, comparing, connecting, and evaluating the article, the information, the tone, the impact, outcomes, etc. The WHY
  • Use the following quizlet to learn & study IB-level connector words:
  • You should use these in your writing of your summaries as well as in other uses of French. I GUARANTEE that these words WILL appear on the IB Test!!!
  • We will have a quiz at the end of the 1st week back where some of these words will be used
  • Use conjuguemos.com, click on French verbs for conjugation practice. The following verbs should be natural in conjugating orally and in writing:
  • être, avoir, faire, aller, pouvoir, devoir, vouloir, prendre, mettre, venir
  • regular –er, -ir, & -re verbs.
  • The following tenses should also be mostly natural and understood: present, passé composé (with avoir, être, reflexive verbs), l’imparfait, le futur, le conditionnel,
  • You should brush up on the use of the subjonctif (beyond use with il faut que…)
  • Use conjuguemos.com, click on French vocab (book) find Discovering French Rouge for vocab practice/repetition. There is also grammar practice activities
  • Review grammar concepts and practice- Make sure to try to incorporate the things you have learned/practice in your summaries.
  • Students already having completed one year of IB, create a quizlet with this year’s vocab on it to maintain those words going into next year.
  • French 3 students- use the quizlet list from our vocab quizzes to review
  • Please email me at any time for help/explanation. Although I cannot be available 24/7, I will do my best to respond as quickly as possible. Send me any writing activities that you have done for me to look over and send corrections/feedback to you. You are more than welcome to send other French work that you have done as well.
  • Amusez-vous bien en regardant des vidéos youtube en français- Cyprien, Norman, Golden Moustache, Parents Mode d’Emploi, Easy French (regardez avec des sous-titres ou sans)
  • Other resources and ideas are available on the blog under the “Summer Review” tab.

BONNE CHANCE ET BON APPRENTISSAGE!