Build a French revision portfolio with a useful before-and-after entry
Keep the source, draft, revision and reason together in a French writing portfolio. Follow a worked entry, then test the same repair on a fresh passage.
In short
Keep four things together: the source or task, the original passage, the revision and a short explanation of its effect. Finish the entry with a question to use on a fresh text. A useful portfolio shows the decision that improved the writing.
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How do you keep a French writing portfolio?
Notes de l’essai : Dix lecteurs ont comparé les deux présentations. Six ont indiqué qu’ils préféraient la nouvelle. Les quatre autres n’ont exprimé aucune préférence.
Trial notes: Ten readers compared the two layouts. Six said they preferred the new one. The other four expressed no preference.
Tous les lecteurs préfèrent la nouvelle présentation.All readers prefer the new layout.
Focus: The draft widens six reported preferences into a universal statement.
Lors de cet essai, six des dix lecteurs ont indiqué qu’ils préféraient la nouvelle présentation.During this trial, six of the ten readers said they preferred the new layout.
Focus: The revision restores the group, count, trial context and reported preference.
| Field | Worked entry |
|---|---|
| Task and audience | Summarise a layout trial for the project team. |
| Evidence to keep | The complete trial notes above. |
| Main repair | Claim scope and attribution. |
| Reader-facing effect | The reader sees a majority in this trial rather than agreement among every reader. |
| Next check | Who was asked, and what exactly did they report? |
Note de révision : J’ai remplacé la généralisation par le résultat de l’essai. J’ai conservé le nombre de lecteurs et précisé qu’il s’agissait d’une préférence déclarée.
Revision note: I replaced the generalisation with the trial result. I kept the number of readers and specified that this was a stated preference.
Keep the original beside the revision so you can recover the problem quickly. “Improved vocabulary” hides the useful decision here; “restored the group and reported preference” names it. For a different entry, the main repair might be a clearer pronoun reference, a missing explanation or an agreement error. Choose the category that describes the actual edit.
Test the repair on a new topic
Nouvelles notes : Cinq participants ont commenté les horaires proposés. Trois demandent un début plus tardif. Les deux autres souhaitent conserver l’horaire actuel.
New notes: Five participants commented on the proposed times. Three request a later start. The other two want to keep the current time.
Write one sentence reporting the new notes before opening the answers. Apply the portfolio question: who gave a view, and what did they say? This changes the topic from layout preferences to scheduling requests while keeping the same writing challenge. Record whether you caught the scope problem before feedback; that is a concrete observation to compare with your next attempt.