Cours 14

Lesson 14: Partitive Articles and Food Culture

Objectives:
• Use partitive articles to talk about food and drinks.
• Discover French and international eating habits.

1. Grammar: Partitive Articles

• Study partitive articles (Page 84, “Learn” table):
  • Read and note the rules for du, de la, de l’, and des.
• Complete the sentences (Page 84, Activities 5 and 6):
  • Fill in the blanks with the correct article.
• Identify ingredients in a Caesar salad recipe (Page 84, Activity 7).

2. Listening and Reading Comprehension

• Answer the cultural quiz (Page 87):
  • Read the information and check true or false.
• Match food images with dialogues (Page 80, Activity 2).

3. Speaking and Writing

• Prepare a menu (Page 86, project):
  • List an appetizer, a main course, a dessert, and drinks.
  • Explain your choices in one sentence (e.g., “For dessert, I choose cake because I love chocolate.”).
• Compare eating habits (Page 86, Activity 1):
  • Write a short comparison of two food cultures.

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