Writing

Choose a text type, write in French with no spellchecker or dictionary, then check your writing against the three Paper 1 criteria and compare it with a model.

Standard level

250 to 400 words. Choose one of three text types for each task.

How I learnt to handle exam stress
Identities · Blog, Rapport, Critique
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First day as a summer camp leader
Experiences · Reportage, Journal intime, Proposition
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Reviewing an animated film from Quebec
Human ingenuity · Courriel, Instructions, Critique
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Saving the local youth centre
Social organization · Courriel, Journal intime, Entretien
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A plastic-free school on La Réunion
Sharing the planet · Critique, Brochure, Journal intime
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Interviewing a designer with two home cities
Identities · Rapport, Publication sur les réseaux sociaux, Entretien
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Students with part-time jobs
Social organization · Rapport, Lettre, Blog
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Fix your own puncture
Human ingenuity · Lettre, Instructions, Journal intime
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Higher level

450 to 600 words, with tasks that ask you to compare, evaluate or persuade.

Can we be ourselves on social media?
Identities · Publication sur les réseaux sociaux, Journal intime, Dissertation
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Voluntourism: generosity or a clear conscience?
Experiences · Tribune, Brochure, Courriel
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A makerspace for young people
Human ingenuity · Reportage, Proposition, Blog
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Are young people really not interested in politics?
Social organization · Journal intime, Discours, Lettre
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The real price of fast fashion
Sharing the planet · Article, Critique, Journal intime
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Three months in Fès
Experiences · Proposition, Blog, Instructions
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Evaluating a peer mediation scheme
Social organization · Publication sur les réseaux sociaux, Entretien, Rapport
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Can a machine be creative?
Human ingenuity · Critique, Courriel, Rapport
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