Jacques Prévert and Childhood Imagination: Practise Simple French Reading and Creative Writing at A1 | A1 French Course · Poetry & Beginner Imagination
En sortant de l’école
Let a simple French sentence take an unexpected journey.
You do not need a large vocabulary to begin imagining. A character, a vehicle and an unlikely meeting can already set a story in motion.
This A1 French course explores Jacques Prévert's 'En sortant de l'école' through Lila Peuscet's animation and Renan Luce's performance. Identify who travels, where they go and what they encounter as you follow the poem's playful structure.
Choose new transport, characters, clothes and actions together. Rewrite the journey using the original structure as support, discovering how basic sentences can create a scene of your own.
Learning Goals
Core grammar and vocabulary
Explore a Jacques Prévert poem through animation and song, then rewrite its journey. Practise basic narrative patterns, actions and location through a shared imaginative writing activity.
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Build simple narratives
Link characters, places and actions in simple narrative sentences.
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Describe movement and location
Use movement and location expressions such as rencontrer, revenir, à pied and autour de.
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Adapt a supporting poem
Replace characters, settings and events within a supporting poem structure.
Who It's For
Is this course for you?
This course is a great fit if any of the following sound like you.
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A1 French learners looking to use the language in a focused, practical context.
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Students interested in French poetry, imagination and beginner creative expression.
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Learners who enjoy interpreting animation and collaboratively rewriting a journey.
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French speakers seeking more confidence with basic narrative sentences, movement and location.
