Objective:

Future Proche, Family, Food and Activities

Packet Includes:
-Prompt Description
-Pre-Writing Worksheet
-Supplemental Holiday Vocab
-Grading Rubric
-Corrections Template

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Une Composition: Le Noël

Write about what you are going be doing Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. Are you
going to be traveling, is your family going to come in, who are you going to spend time
with? Use this composition to write about all the details.
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If you are not going to do anything interesting, make something up. Imagine that you are
_________ years old and you are going to have a week off for Christmas to do anything
you want. BE CREATIVE!!

Use this paper to brain-storm and pre-write IN FRENCH.

Be sure to include ALL of the DETAILED information about…
 Will you be traveling? If yes, when and where?

 Who will you spend time with? Describe these people in detail.

 What are you going to do for Christmas Eve? (La Réveillon) Do you have any
traditions?

 Discuss CHRISTMAS DAY (Le Noël): What you are going to eat? Where do
you open presents? Who are you going to GIVE to & RECEIVE from?

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  What are you going to do on Christmas Day after presents? Do you have any
traditions?

Be sure to include 5 transition words from your writing strategies handout…

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Be sure to write compound sentences with joining words…

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Supplemental Vocab
www.wordreference.com

Here is a list of holiday vocab words.

You are also allowed to look up between 5 to 10 words using the dictionary.

fêter = to celebrate notre tradition = our tradition

Les Cadeaux = Presents Le Sapin de Noel = Christmas Tree
Les Décorations = Decorations Les illuminations de Noel = Christmas Lights
donner = to give recevoir = to receive
ouvrir = to open emballer = to wrap (presents)
Le repas = meal La dinde = turkey

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. Christmas Holiday In-Class Composition Rubric

Length:
Less than 200: 200-240 words: 250-290 words: 300 + words:
5-10 pts 10-15 pts 20-25 pts 30 pts

Grammar Elements (30pts):

Correctly Conjugated Verbs: 1 2 3 4 5
Correctly Formed Sentences: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Correctly made Verb + Infinitive Conjugations: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Correctly used Adjective Agreement: 1 2 3 4 5
When to use the Present & When to use Imparfait:
Composition Structure (10pts):
Included CREATIVE Intro &/Conclusion Paragraph: 1 2 3 4 5
BODY of the essay included 3 Paragraphs: 1 2 3 4 5

Understandability/Flow (10pts):
Correctly used 5 Transition Words/Opinion Phrases: 1 2 3 4 5
How
Ideas are to use
CLEARLY adjectives:
Expressed with little confusion: 1 2 3 4 5

Vocabulary (10pts):
Correctly Spelled Vocab: 1 2 3 4 5

Correctly used a variety of Activity Vocab: 1 2 3 4 5

Composition Grade: ___________

Completed Corrections (10 pts): _________

TOTAL GRADE: _________

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Composition Corrections List

This is part of your COMPOSITION grade!

Number ALL mistakes on Composition

Total Number of Errors in Composition: _____________

Error #1: __________________________________________________________________

1. Explanation (in grammar terms) of MISTAKE made & WHY you made it:

___________________________________________________________________________

2. Explanation (in grammar terms) of HOW to CORRECT mistake made:

___________________________________________________________________________

3. ENTIRE sentence re-written with CORRECTION:

___________________________________________________________________________

Error #2: __________________________________________________________________

1. Explanation (in grammar terms) of MISTAKE made & WHY you made it:

___________________________________________________________________________

2. Explanation (in grammar terms) of HOW to CORRECT mistake made:

___________________________________________________________________________

3. ENTIRE sentence re-written with CORRECTION:

___________________________________________________________________________

Error #3: __________________________________________________________________

1. Explanation (in grammar terms) of MISTAKE made & WHY you made it:

___________________________________________________________________________

2. Explanation (in grammar terms) of HOW to CORRECT mistake made:

___________________________________________________________________________

3. ENTIRE sentence re-written with CORRECTION:

___________________________________________________________________________

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Error #4: __________________________________________________________________
1. Explanation (in grammar terms) of MISTAKE made & WHY you made it:

___________________________________________________________________________

2. Explanation (in grammar terms) of HOW to CORRECT mistake made:

___________________________________________________________________________

3. ENTIRE sentence re-written with CORRECTION:

___________________________________________________________________________

Error #5: __________________________________________________________________

1. Explanation (in grammar terms) of MISTAKE made & WHY you made it:

___________________________________________________________________________

2. Explanation (in grammar terms) of HOW to CORRECT mistake made:

___________________________________________________________________________

3. ENTIRE sentence re-written with CORRECTION:

___________________________________________________________________________

Error #6: __________________________________________________________________

1. Explanation (in grammar terms) of MISTAKE made & WHY you made it:

___________________________________________________________________________

2. Explanation (in grammar terms) of HOW to CORRECT mistake made:

___________________________________________________________________________

3. ENTIRE sentence re-written with CORRECTION:

___________________________________________________________________________

Continue this EXACT format on your own piece of paper for the rest of your corrections.
If you made the same mistake more than once, YES you do have to write it out more than once!
If you do not finish the corrections in class, then it is due at the beginning of the next class.

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