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NotesFrench B HLTopic 4.1Format & rubric
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Format & rubric (French B HL)

IB French B · Unit 4

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Contents

  1. 1What Paper 1 is
  2. 2How a task is built
  3. 3Common errors
What it is: You write one text from a choice of three tasks. 30 marks in 1 h 30.
The instruction on the paper: Réalisez une des tâches suivantes. Utilisez, en fonction des propositions, le type de texte le plus approprié. Écrivez entre 450 et 600 mots. → Complete one of the following tasks. Use the most appropriate text type from those offered. Write 450–600 words.
The paperAt HL
Tasks3 tasks, you write 1
Text types3 printed under each task
Length450–600 words
Time1 h 30
Marks30: A 12 · B 12 · C 6
Réalisez une des tâches suivantes.
Complete one of the following tasks.
la tâche
the task
le type de texte
the text type (blog, letter, speech…)
le plus approprié
the most suitable
Rédigez un texte dans lequel…
Write a text in which…
Écrivez entre 450 et 600 mots.
Write 450–600 words.
Remember: Each task prints three text types under it. You choose one and write only that.

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A task like the real paper: Votre lycée veut supprimer le club de théâtre. Rédigez un texte à la direction dans lequel vous expliquez l'importance du club et proposez une solution. Courriel • Discours • Lettre
Part of the taskIn the exampleWhat it tells you
The situationsupprimer le club de théâtrewhat happened
The readerà la directionformal: use vous
The jobsexpliquez + proposeztwo parts to your text
The typesCourriel • Discours • Lettrepick one
Step diagram: Decoding a Paper 1 task
Five questions turn any Paper 1 task into a plan: context, reader, demands, text type, length.
Remember: Every verb in the task (décrivez, expliquez, proposez) is a job. Do them all.

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Do

  • Read all three tasks first.
  • Write one task only.
  • Stay inside 450–600 words.

Don't

  • Write about the theme, not the task.
  • Mix two text types.
  • Skip a job the task names.

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This line from a letter to the head teacher mixes registers:

Salut Madame la Proviseure ! Dis, je voulais te demander un service.

Rewrite it in French in the formal register (
vous).
[2 marks]

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