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Retell a French scene from object notes: the missing puzzle piece
Explore a jigsaw scene, track two coloured pieces and turn short object notes into a clear A2 French retelling with a beginning and ending.
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In short
Keep one note for each important object: what it is, where it is and what happens to it. Then connect the changes with d’abord, puis and finalement.
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Explore the room before Yanis finds the blue piece
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Read what happens next
Yanis fait un puzzle. Il manque une pièce bleue. Il trouve une pièce jaune sur la table, mais elle appartient à un autre puzzle. Puis il regarde sous la chaise et trouve la pièce bleue. Il la met à sa place. Le puzzle est terminé.
Yanis is doing a jigsaw. A blue piece is missing. He finds a yellow piece on the table, but it belongs to another jigsaw. Then he looks under the chair and finds the blue piece. He puts it in its place. The jigsaw is finished.
| Stage | Notes | French retelling |
|---|---|---|
| Beginning | Yanis · puzzle · blue piece missing | Il manque une pièce bleue au puzzle de Yanis. |
| False lead | yellow piece · another puzzle | La pièce jaune appartient à un autre puzzle. |
| Change | blue piece · under chair · found | Yanis trouve la pièce bleue sous la chaise. |
| Ending | blue piece placed · puzzle complete | Il la met à sa place et termine le puzzle. |
The colour belongs in the notes because it identifies which piece solves the problem. The rug’s colour can stay out of the retelling: it does not change the event. Choose details by their role in this scene.
D’abord, il manque une pièce bleue au puzzle de Yanis. La pièce jaune appartient à un autre puzzle. Puis Yanis trouve la pièce bleue sous la chaise. Finalement, il la met à sa place et termine le puzzle.
First, a blue piece is missing from Yanis’s jigsaw. The yellow piece belongs to another jigsaw. Then Yanis finds the blue piece under the chair. Finally, he puts it in its place and finishes the jigsaw.
Want to tell it as a past event? Keep the object notes and change the time frame. The missing piece sets the situation; finding it changes that situation.
Il manquait une pièce bleue. Yanis l’a trouvée sous la chaise et l’a mise à sa place.
A blue piece was missing. Yanis found it under the chair and put it in its place.
Trouvée and mise agree with the preceding l’, which stands for the feminine pièce bleue.