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 * The e-mail **
 * They want the email in the formal register, even including the closing. Yes, emails are usually not formal, but that's what they want. The students will have 15 minutes to write the response to the email.
 * In the email, the student should answer two questions and they should also ask one question before ending the email.
 * At the end they should use a formal closure such as:"Veuillez agreer, M/Madame mes salutations les plus distinguees" etc.
 * One should use "vous" in the E-mail.
 * When will you need to write a formal E-mail ? Let's see now...Getting married / divorcedLawyerBuying a house - to lawyer, to the seller, to the realtorbuilding contractor / architectRequesting a birth certificateRequesting information on any number of items while living in a francophone region from the Hotel de ville or maison communale.une carte de résidence,local schools, sports + recreation clubs, vacation reservations where one rents a house for two weeks.making a complaint1) about a neighbor's trash in front of your house2) bad hotel or vacation package dealReimbursement for a billArgument over a phone bill, water bill, electric billWriting the 3 month notice in advance to stop your cable TV or cellular phone subscriptionRental property with bad rentersRequesting information for a field trip to a local museum or theaterWriting a proposal to participate in any type of event,all letters coming from a buisness, a bank
 * Format, register and content are all scored seperately.


 * 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.
 * Though there is no required number of paragraphs, four to five is a good number: intro, source 01, source 02, synthesis, and conclusion.
 * We were told that the essay should use the pronoun "on" along with "il(s)", and to avoid 'vous' and 'tu'.
 * Students should reference each source, paraphrase, but not quote directly and not to be critical of any of the sources in giving their own opinion.
 * Students should write thesis statements along the the lines of: Though source A states this and this to be true, if one looks at source B (the neutral graph) and considers factors 1 and 2 from source C, one will see that... (their opinion).


 * The conversation **
 * The conversation will always be informal (tu). One should use "tu" in the simulated dialogue.