2.7 Reading for understanding

• Body states with avoir in a text: J'ai faim, J'ai soif, J'ai chaud, J'ai froid, J'ai sommeil
• Feelings with être in a text: Je suis triste, Je suis heureux / heureuse, Je suis énervé(e), Je suis fatigué(e)
• Inferring meaning from context: surrounding actions (opens a cupboard, drinks water, has tears, smiles) tell you the French line
• Echo reading short feeling texts; emoji or picture cues matched to written lines
• Managing feelings in a text: name it, pause, ask for help; never mock a feeling on the page

• identify key details and facts from read texts on feelings and emotions
• use information from read texts to respond to questions and prompts
• build confidence in one's ability to comprehend and interpret written material

“How do you manage your feelings and emotions?”

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1. Infer J'ai faim and Je suis triste from the next line
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read a four-scene text and infer each French feeling from the action around it, without waiting for English.
2. Name, pause, choose: reading how feelings are managed
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Read a text where characters name a feeling and choose a next step, and match picture cues to the written line.