📖LearnModule 15 · Lesson 10 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C2 mastery — the capstoneUnit 2 · Le point de vue argumenté
Le plan qui se voit
Module 15 of the free French course (CEFR C2 mastery — the capstone), lesson 10 of 30: . On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's lesson 10.
The words
French
English
Say it
reconstruire le plan
to reconstruct the outline
ruh-koh(n)-strweer luh PLAH(n)
la première phrase de chaque paragraphe
the first sentence of each paragraph
lah pruh-myehr frahz duh shahk pah-rah-GRAHF
lire à voix haute
to read aloud
leer ah vwah OHT
faire une liste
to make a list
fehr ewn LEEST
l'écriture universitairefeminine — the article elides to l'
academic writing
lay-kree-tewr ew-nee-vehr-see-TEHR
la préférence de style
the stylistic preference
lah pray-fay-rah(n)s duh STEEL
noté
marked (graded)
noh-TAY
bâti
built
bah-TEE
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
La règle · The rule
A reader should be able to reconstruct your plan from the first sentence of each paragraph. That is not a stylistic preference; it is how French academic writing is marked.
Et aussi · And also
Test it by reading only the topic sentences aloud. If they make an argument on their own, the essay is built. If they make a list, it is not.
Attention · Watch out
Read only the first sentence of each paragraph aloud: if they argue, the essay is built; if they list, it is not. reconstruire le plan is what the marker does — noté here means graded, not noted.
construire, voix passive — the table
il est construit · elle est construite · ils sont construits · elles sont construites
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the French spelling alone — begin with reconstruire le plan.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the French.
Write out construire, voix passive in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.