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2.5 Reading for understanding
French · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Reading travel texts: destination, moyen de transport, billet / ticket, prix in shillings
- aller à / en in a paragraph; un aller simple, un aller-retour; Ça coûte combien ?
- Inferring a new word from its neighbours: inconnu, ceinture, gare, quai
- Safety lines in a travel text: attache la ceinture, descends ici, ne prends pas le sac d'un inconnu
What you will be able to do
- identify key details and facts from written texts
- apply information from the text and answer questions
- show an increasing ability to understand words and phrases in context
Key questions
“What excites you when one talks about fun?”
Lessons
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Un aller-retour pour Mombasa
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizRead a train-travel paragraph, match questions to answers, and infer gare and quai from the words around them.
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Read the trip, then read the warning
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAnswer questions on a minibus text, infer inconnu and ceinture, and treat safety as a fact in the paragraph, not an extra poster.