Vocabulary list
Reuse French reading words in a tiny story: a notebook and a loose page
Learn ten French words and phrases for a notebook scene, then reuse them in a short story. Includes pictures, a model and three practice questions.
- B1
- 10 words
- Gender marked
- With examples
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In short
Choose a few words that fit one small event, and reuse their complete phrases. A notebook, a loose page and an act of returning it give you a story with a clear change.
Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn
Four things for your writing scene
Find:
Name the object and its details
Give the object an action
Talk about the story you are making
How do you reuse new French words in a story?
Inès ouvre son carnet pour préparer une histoire. Une feuille pliée glisse du carnet et tombe sur la table. Inès pose son stylo et déplie la feuille. Dans la marge, elle découvre une annotation. Elle reconnaît l’écriture de sa sœur : c’est la liste des personnages d’une autre histoire ! Le lendemain, Inès rend la feuille à sa sœur.
Inès opens her notebook to plan a story. A folded sheet slips out of the notebook and falls onto the table. Inès puts down her pen and unfolds the sheet. In the margin she discovers a note. She recognises her sister’s handwriting: it is the character list for another story! The next day, Inès gives the sheet back to her sister.
The action phrases keep the roles clear. Glisser du carnet gives the page a starting place. Reconnaître l’écriture de sa sœur gives Inès a clue. Rendre la feuille à sa sœur gives the page a final recipient. Keep those relationships when you change the scene.