REDIGER UNE INTRODUCTION

- observer la construction de documents authentiques

- caractériser le style d' un paragraphe

- choisir le style qui convient à la nature du document

READ

Text A
Dear Nicole and Jean,
Another year has flown by and once again it is time to get in contact with our friends and send them best wishes and happy thoughts. We do hope your year has been less hectic than the previous one although to be busy, I find, is more preferable than not having enough to do.

(personal letter)

Text B

The parish priest was in his library lolling in a chair by the window with his coat off. It was a dreadfully hot day and he had had a tough morning visiting the sick in an outlying part of the parish. He was counting on half an hour' s rest before dinner, when suddenly a timid and prolonged knock came to the door.

(Charity by Liam O'Flaherty)

Text C

Incredible as it may seem - and no doubt disconcerting to some - animal's blood transformed by biotechnology could soon be coursing through human veins.

(Financial Times)

OBSERVE

1. Fill the following grids :

about Text A	time of the year
	aim of the letter
	personal remarks

about Text B	main character
	clothes
	health
	place
	weather
	last event

about Text C	piece of information
	reactions

2. In which texts can you find :

a) the most details ? ž

Why ? ..........................................................................................................................................................

b) the least information on the topic ? ž

Why ? ..........................................................................................................................................................

c) the most direct piece of information ? ž

Why ? ..........................................................................................................................................................

d) the most personal terminology ? ž

Why ? ..........................................................................................................................................................

3. Which of the following adjectives would you match with which texts ?

descriptive

informative

personalized

DRAW YOUR CONCLUSIONS

Un premier paragraphe pose un ----------------------- mais ne le résoud pas. Il est destiné à ----------------------- l' attention du lecteur. Il est construit autour de ----------------------- ou ----------------------- idées -----------------------, rarement plus. Le ---------------------- apparaît de façon évidente dans une ----------------------- ou un ----------------------- : il n' es t souvent qu' ----------------------- dans un ----------------------- , un conte, une nouvelle. Les ----------------------- personnelles sont limitées dans un paragraphe d' introduction.

CHECK YOU PROGRESS

You have to deal with the following topic : "The weather can influence people' s attitude and behaviour" in three different ways : a letter, a short story, an article.

4. You write the first paragraph of a letter to a friend (50 words).

Here are your guide-lines : speak 1) of time past, 2) of present circumstances, 3) introduce the topic.

5. You write the first paragraph of a short story (50 words).

Here are your guide-lines : 1) speak of a character (job, place, physical aspect, mood), 2) speak of the weather, 3) evoke the mood of the character in relation to the weather.

6. You write the first paragraph of an article (50 words).

Here are your guide-lines : 1) express your surprise, 2) if you like quote an incident, 3) introduce the topic..

DRAW YOUR CONCLUSIONS

Un premier paragraphe pose un ----------------------- mais ne le résoud pas. Il est destiné à ----------------------- l' attention du lecteur. Il est construit autour de ----------------------- ou ----------------------- idées -----------------------, rarement plus. Le ---------------------- apparaît de façon évidente dans une ----------------------- ou un ----------------------- : il n' est souvent qu' ----------------------- dans un ----------------------- , un conte, une nouvelle. Les ----------------------- personnelles sont limitées dans un paragraphe d' introduction.

CHECK YOU PROGRESS

You have to deal with the following topic : "The weather can influence people' s attitude and behaviour" in three different ways : a letter, a short story, an article.

4. You write the first paragraph of a letter to a friend (50 words).

Here are your guide-lines : speak 1) of time past, 2) of present circumstances, 3) introduce the topic.

5. You write the first paragraph of a short story (50 words).

Here are your guide-lines : 1) speak of a character (job, place, physical aspect, mood), 2) speak of the weather, 3) evoke the mood of the character in relation to the weather.

6. You write the first paragraph of an article (50 words).

Here are your guide-lines : 1) express your surprise, 2) if you like quote an incident, 3) introduce the topic..