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 * __ AP Test Format __**
 * Exam: Tues. May 10, 2016-afternoon **

Contextes Contextes Contextes Contextes Contextes Contextes
 * The 6 AP themes: (les 6 thèmes AP) **
 * **Thème 1 Les défis mondiaux**
 * La tolérance
 * L’économie
 * L’environnement
 * La santé
 * Les droits de l’être humain
 * L’alimentation
 * La paix et la guerre || **Thème 2 La science et la technologie**
 * Les découvertes et les inventions
 * La recherche et ses nouvelles frontières
 * Les nouveaux moyens de communication
 * L’avenir de la technologie
 * La propriété intellectuelle
 * La technologie et ses effets sur la société
 * Les choix moraux ||
 * **Thème 3: La vie contemporaine**
 * La publicité et le marketing
 * L’éducation et l’enseignement
 * Les fêtes
 * Le logement
 * Les loisirs et le sport
 * Le monde du travail
 * Les rites de passage
 * Les voyages || **Thème 4: La quête de soi**
 * L’aliénation et l’assimilation
 * Les croyances et les systèmes de valeurs
 * La langue et l’identité
 * Le nationalisme et le patriotisme
 * La sexualité
 * Le pluriculturalisme ||
 * **Thème 5: La famille et la communauté**
 * Les rapports sociaux
 * L’enfance et l’adolescence
 * Les coutumes et les fêtes
 * La famille
 * L’amitié et l’amour
 * La citoyenneté || **Thème 6: L’esthétique**
 * Le patrimoine
 * L’architecture
 * Le beau
 * Les arts littéraires
 * Les arts visuels
 * La musique
 * Les arts du spectacle ||



Resources for your own self-learning and practice for AP/IB

 * 1) Here is a wiki made by teachers all over the world to help with AP French practice
 * 2) A great website with links for listening activities and texts
 * 3) [|Check out the format of the test and a practice test]
 * 4) Must use site with links for grammar and other practice Merci à Mme. Ousselin
 * 5) [|Check out the format of the test and a practice test]
 * 6) ***New*** **This is a super practice site for the AP French Exam (cost is $24) **

4 Print Texts || 30 questions || 50% || Approx. 40 minutes ||
 * **Section** || **Number of Questions** || **Percent of Final Score** || **Time** ||
 * **Section I: Multiple Choice** || **Approx. 95 minutes** ||
 * Part A || Interpretive Communication:
 * Part B

Part C || Interpretive Communication: 2 Print and Audio Texts (combined) || 35 questions ||^  || Approx. 55 minutes || 3 Audio Texts ||^  ||^   ||^   ||
 * ^  || Interpretive Communication:
 * **Section II: Free Response** || **Approx. 85 minutes** ||
 * Interpersonal Writing: E-mail Reply || 1 prompt || 50% || 15 minutes ||
 * Presentational Writing: Persuasive Essay || 1 prompt ||^  || Approx. 55 minutes ||
 * Interpersonal Speaking: Conversation || 5 prompts ||^  || 20 seconds for each response ||
 * Presentational Speaking: Cultural comparison || 1 prompt ||^  || 2 minutes to respond ||

Tips for the persuasive essay:
The persuasive essay has to have an introduction, treat the opposing views of the two sources of information, and give the student's personal opinion, then conclude.One should use "on" in the AP essay where a student will read + listen + view a neutral graph. (these + antithese + sythese) 5 paragraphs are a goal. What is sure is that students must present different viewpoints (including reference to viewpoints in the sources provided) and then defend their own opinion. How they organize their essay may well be in 5 paragraphs but not necessarily. Students must cite all **three sources** in their essay.

1) **All three sources are clearly referenced using verbal strategies such as "d'après la seconde source..."**. Allusions and just stating the name of the person who talked is not sufficient. 2) Our students will need a) to demonstrate understanding of what was written and said, b) to say why it is important in order to support their argument and c) to provide justification, or an extension as to how their supporting details promote or imped the topic of the argument. In other words, "what is the difference that the example will make" in the argument. 3) Rich language, a variety of sentence structures and complex sentences: relative pronouns EX: ceux, auquel, ce dont and gerunds. 4) Students should write on the same level of complexity as the sources. -James O'Donnell.
 * The persuasive essay- TIPS**

The email response-TIPS **(E-mail : Courriel : mél : mail : basic details)**
Directions: You will write a reply to an email message. You have 15 minutes to read the message and write your reply. Your reply should include a greeting and a closing and should respond to the **two** questions and requests in the message. In your reply, you must also ask one questions for more details about something mentioned in the message. Also, you should use a formal form of address.


 * 1) **The students will have 15 minutes to write the response to the email - This is not an essay!**
 * 2) **It must be FORMAL!! VOUS and formal register and tone. POLITE**
 * 3) **Students must answer two questions**
 * 4) **Students must also ask one question before ending the email.**
 * 5) **The mail is organized and clear.**
 * 6) **At the end they should use a formal closure**