French- Literary Text- Gerard de Nerval

Title: French Literary Text - Gerard de Nerval

Educators searching for a wholesome teaching tool that focuses on French literature will find immense value in the resource titled French Literary Text- Gerard de Nerval. This makes the Grade 11 and 12 students embark on an immersive French language journey through studying a literary extract from Sylvie, penned by renowned author, Gérard de Nerval.

This tool is steeped in authenticity and academic rigor and the main component is an extract from Sylvie in French. There's also an English translation included. Teachers can choose to use both versions if they want to incorporate parallel texts into their teaching strategy.

Activities & Exercises

• To aid comprehension and foster active student engagement, a worksheet coupled with the text contains two distinct tasks.
  1. The first activity involves finding the French equivalent.
  2. The second task exposes students to true sentences within the context of the read excerpt.
  Well-designed exercises like these nurture linguistic dexterity whilst building robust interpretational skills.


• The provided answer key enables teachers for swift verification without requiring them to rummage through external sources for accuracy.


• A brief PowerPoint presentation offers auxiliary insight about Gérard de Nerval's piece, enhancing students' understanding regarding text context smoothly.

This resource's utility stretches beyond classroom display or lesson presentation needs due mainly to its suitability either as a whole-classroom activity or as homework depending upon learning objectives necessitating attention. Compiling together in one zip file holding several file formats - three PDFs, three Word documents, and one PowerPoint slides document – gives this pack versatility irrespective of your teaching environment or technological capabilities as everything's been created for usage across print or digital interface presentations.

Interest sparked by studying engaging content such as this extract from Sylvie turns students more capable and motivates them to delve deeper into their study of the World Languages subcategory- French Literature.

1 zip file with:

-3 PDFs

-3 Word docs

-1 PowerPoint