This workbook was developed in the context of an intermediate French course (intermediate French I) taught each quarter at the University of California San Diego. The course undertakes a thorough review of grammar and develops oral and written language skills by analyzing short stories, comic strips, and movies selected from various French-speaking countries.

Each unit contains biographical information about the writer under study, oral, and written exercises that integrate grammar and new vocabulary, as well as analytical questions leading to a better understanding of the cultural context of each work.

Exercises are presented on detachable pages to facilitate instructors’ corrections.

CONTENTS
Unit 1
Questions about the film version of Roch Carrier: Le chandail de Hockey
Grammar: present indicative and interrogative forms

Unit 2
Théophile Gautier: La Cafetière
Grammar: past tenses (imparfait, passé composé, plus-que-parfait)

Unit 3
Joseph Zobel: Le syllabaire and the film version of La Rue Cases-Nègres
Grammar: direct and indirect object pronouns

Unit 4
Frank Pavloff: Matin Brun

Unit 5
Zep: Titeuf
Grammar: demonstrative adjectives and pronouns, possessive adjectives, and pronouns