Description
Give students something worth saying in French.
Volume III combines 51 ready-to-use French writing prompts with 10 flexible Choice Pages designed to encourage teacher guidance, student agency, and meaningful conversation before students begin writing.
Recommended for French 2–4, AP, and IB, the journal can support an entire school year of regular writing or provide standalone activities whenever your students need focused practice.
Use the prompts weekly, select them by grammar target, or choose the question that best fits your class and the moment.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
- 51 original, no-prep French writing prompts
- 5 Choix du professeur pages
- 5 Choix de l’élève pages
- 61 total writing opportunities
- Bilingual teacher guidance
- A detailed index organized by grammar, theme, and difficulty
- A bilingual Idea Bank for developing original questions
- 65 printable PDF pages
THE CHOICE PAGES
- The Choice Pages are not unfinished assignments. They create a short decision-making space before the writing begins.
- Choix du professeur pages invite the teacher and class to discuss possible directions, develop a question together, and select an appropriate grammar target and level.
- Choix de l’élève pages allow students to create their own questions independently, with a partner, or during a brief teacher conference.
- The included Idea Bank provides starting verbs and question structures for narration, description, imagination, comparison, analysis, and argument.
- Teachers can adjust the amount of guidance to suit the class.
GRAMMAR PRACTICE INCLUDES
- Présent
- Passé composé
- Imparfait
- Futur
- Conditionnel
- Subjonctif
- Mixed-tense writing
PROMPT THEMES INCLUDE
- Pop culture and media
- Imagination and unusual situations
- Personal experiences
- Relationships and emotions
- Reflection and self-assessment
- Society and values
- Memories and family
- Technology and the future
- Travel and adventure
EACH PREPARED PROMPT PAGE INCLUDES
- Theme and difficulty level
- Target grammar
- A brief grammar reminder
- The informal “tu” version when relevant
- Dedicated vocabulary space
- Ample space for student writing
- Name, class/period, and date fields
Use the pages for weekly writing, warm-ups, formative assessment, independent practice, enrichment, make-up work, or end-of-unit writing.
Every prepared prompt in Volume III is original to this collection and does not repeat the prompts in Volumes I or II.
Volume III also works completely on its own; the earlier volumes are not required.
The teacher supplies the expertise.
Gradeness supplies the structure.
Gradeness: Turning Assessment into Alchemy
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