Diary Entry

Diary Entry 2017 Leaving Cert French

DIARY ENTRY 2017 LEAVING CERT FRENCH

Diary entries are extremely popular in the leaving cert exam, with over 75% of candidates choosing to do one. However, due to their popularity, students must have a very good command of the French language, in order to stand out from other candidates.

Remember that a diary entry is a personal piece of writing, so the way you express yourself will differ from an opinion piece. You will be able to talk about how you feel and express how something has or will affect you at a personal level. This of course, is actually rather more difficult than an opinion piece, where an excellent understanding of the present tense will get you through. A good diary entry is an authentic personal response to the stimulus given. The chief examiner’s report on the 2016 question noted the following:

“Some candidates put a lot of work into writing down several prepared, generic diary-type phrases at the beginning and the end, but did not devote much space to the stimulus material itself, so lost marks”

Students, who rely too heavily on a good opening and good closing, but who make little or scant reference to the material given, will lose marks!

To do well in the diary entry, read the question very carefully, underline key words, and then plan your answer. A knowledge of the present tense, the passé composé, the imperfect, the future and the conditional is important here. Subjunctive is always an impressive addition to any written piece, as long as it fits into the context. Do not dive into any written piece for the leaving cert without putting a plan together. My advice is always to do a plan for the three written pieces, go to the reading comprehensions, and as thoughts come to you, jot these down and only when the reading comprehensions are done to your satisfaction, go to the written section to write your three chosen pieces.

diary entry 2017

DIARY ENTRY 2017 LEAVING CERT FRENCH

  • En vous promenant dans la rue à Dublin, vous avez soudain vu un chanteur / un acteur

(une chanteuse / une actrice) très célèbre.  C’est une personne que vous admirez

énormément.  Alors, vous décidez de lui parler…… !

En rentrant chez vous, qu’est‐ce que vous notez à ce sujet dans votre journal intime ?

While walking on a street in Dublin, you  suddently saw a very famous singer/actor . It is a

person that you really admire. So you decide to speak to him/to her….!

On returning home, what do you write into your diary?

 

  • Cher Journal,

Dear Diary,

  • Quelle journée extraordinaire!

What an amazing day!

  • Je suis allé(e) à Grafton Street aujourd’hui pour faire du lèche-vitrines.

I went to Grafton Street today to do some window-shopping.

  • C’est mon anniversaire la semaine prochaine et je voulais choisir quelque chose.

It is my birthday next week, and I wanted to choose something.

  • Tout à coup j’ai vu Niall Horan qui marchait seul dans la rue.

All of a sudden I saw Niall Horan,  who was walking alone on the street.

 

KEY GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTIONS – DIARY ENTRY 2017 LEAVING CERT FRENCH

  • Quelle journée extraordinaire!  –  What an amazing day!
  • Faire du lèche-vitrines – To do window shopping
  • Je voulais + verb in the infinitive – I wanted to
  • Tout à coup – Suddenly

 

Full version available to subscribed members of our Leaving Cert Annual Plan or Teacher Annual Plan. As a member of the Leaving Cert or Teacher Plan, you would have immediate access to…

  • Over 500 sample topic sentences on a wide-range of topics
  • Approximately 60 sample opinion pieces.
  • Diary Entries
  • Narrative writing technique & Phrases
  • Grammar section
  • Grammar exercises
  • Reading comprehensions
  • Verb drills
  • Study guides
  • Comprehensive oral section with videos
  • Expressions & key constructions
  • Letters and much more…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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