La carte postale (postcard) Project
Major Assessment Grade
Due _____________________________________
You are going to create a postcard to send to someone! You can “send” it
to a parent, a friend, Mlle Toselli, or anyone you’d like. The subject of your
postcard is Qu’est-ce que tu as fait cet ete? (What did you do this summer?).
Here is what you need:
o A picture: You may draw a picture that matches your destination. If
you do not consider yourself the best artist, you may print out a
picture or use clip art. The important this is that your picture must
match what your postcard is about.
o Greeting: You need to begin your postcard with a greeting! The most
common ones are ‘bonjour’, ‘cher’(m), chere (f) – they mean dear.
o 5 regular verbs using avoir in the passé compose: Any regular –er, -ir,
-re verb is fair game. You must use a minimum 1 each, the remaining
2 are up to you.
o 5 verbs with IRREGULAR past participles using avoir: There are 19
that we studied.
o 3 verbs that use etre in the passé composé: There are 14 of these.
REMEMBER! These are the ones that must agree in number and
gender with the subject.
o Closing: You need to say something right before you sign your name.
Any way to say goodbye will work.
o Make it interesting: don’t be afraid to get creative! Remember a
high level sentence always adds details!
o Who + did what + where did they do it + when.
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Add a detail about the statement:
Requirements
used for
grading
Picture
Regular verbs +
Avoir
Irregular past
participles +
avoir
Verbs using
Etre
Creativity
5 pts
3 pts
1 pt
Picture is
creative and
matches
contents of
postcard
5 regular
verbs used
and
conjugated
correctly with
AVOIR in the
passé
compose (min
of 1 each)
5 verbs are
used and
conjugated
correctly
Picture
matches some
of the things
in the
postcard
5 verbs are
used but 2 or
more aren’t
conjugated
correctly;
there isn’t a
minimum of
1-er, 1-ir, -1 –
re verb
5 verbs are
used, but not
conjugated
correctly (2 or
more)
Picture does
not match any
of the
elements of
postcard
Less than 5
verbs are used
(even if they
are
conjugated
correctly or
not)
Less than 5
verbs are used
(even if they
are
conjugated
correctly or
not)
0 pts
No picture
No regular
verbs are
used; OR
Teacher can
tell a
translator
was used.
NO irregular
past
participles +
avoir are used
OR Teacher
can tell a
translator
was used.
3 verbs are
3 verbs are
Less than 3
NO verbs
used and
used but not
verbs are used using ETRE
conjugated
conjugated
(even if they
are used OR
correctly
correctly (1 or are
Teacher can
more)
conjugated
tell a
correctly or
translator
not)
was used.
8-10
5-7 sentences Less than 5
Sentences are
sentences that that contain a sentences that too simple.
contain a
subject, verb
contain a
OR Teacher
subject, verb
and details
subject, verb, can tell a
and details.
and details.
translator
was used.