Primary 4 French Language Ministerial Exam study plan

Primary 4 French Language Ministerial Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Reading comprehension of narrative texts & Spelling and vocabulary (lexical spelling, spelling conventions, word meaning)

Identify the five narrative stages (situation initiale, élément déclencheur, péripéties, dénouement, situation finale) in three short stories of 150–250 words each and label each stage in the margin.
Answer 20 literal comprehension questions (qui, quoi, où, quand, comment) by underlining the exact sentence in the text that supports each answer.
Build a personal list of 25 high-frequency story words (personnages, lieu, soudain, enfin, puis, parce que) and write one original sentence for each.
Distinguish and correctly spell 10 common homophones in context (a/à, ou/où, son/sont, et/est, on/ont) by completing a 20-item gap-fill with at least 18 correct.

A reading log of three stories with stage labels, 20 evidence-underlined answers, and a 25-word vocabulary sheet with original sentences.

Week 2

Trace how a character's feelings change across a 300-word narrative by quoting two sentences per change and naming the emotion in French.
Answer 10 inferential questions (pourquoi, comment se sent, que va-t-il se passer) and justify each answer with a quoted phrase from the text.
Write a 60-word response to one story stating an opinion (je pense que, à mon avis) supported by two quoted details.
Summarise a 300-word story in five sentences using chronological connectors (d'abord, ensuite, puis, enfin).

One written response (60 words) with two quotations plus a five-sentence summary of a story, checked against a teacher or answer key.

Week 3

Locate specific information (date, price, opening hours, recipient) in three functional texts such as an invitation, a timetable, and a poster, scoring at least 8/10 on a self-made question set.
Identify the purpose and intended reader of four short informative texts (recette, règle de jeu, notice, annonce) in one sentence each.
Explain the meaning of 15 words from context using morphological clues (prefixes re-, dé-, in-; suffixes -ment, -eur, -able) without a dictionary.
Correct 15 misspelled words drawn from your own week-1 and week-2 writing, recording the rule or pattern behind each correction.

A corrected functional-text question set (10 items) plus a 15-word context-clue table and a personal error-pattern list.

Week 4

Classify 40 words from a short narrative into nouns, verbs, adjectives, and invariable words, reaching at least 90% accuracy.
Apply subject–verb agreement and noun–adjective agreement rules to correct 20 faulty sentences, stating the rule applied for each.
Conjugate 15 common verbs (être, avoir, aller, faire, manger, finir, prendre) in the présent and futur proche, scoring at least 13/15 on a self-test.
Revise one of your own 60-word texts using a three-pass checklist (agreement, verb endings, homophones) and list every change made.

A corrected 20-sentence grammar exercise with rules noted, a 15-verb conjugation self-test scored, and a before/after revision of one of your texts.

Week 5

Plan a 120-word narrative using a five-box graphic organiser (situation initiale, élément déclencheur, deux péripéties, dénouement) before writing a single sentence.
Draft the 120-word narrative using at least six time connectors and consistent past-tense verb forms.
Vary sentence openings so that no more than two consecutive sentences begin with the same subject.
Check the draft against the plan to confirm every planned event appears in the correct order.

A completed graphic organiser plus a 120-word drafted narrative that follows it.

Week 6

Revise your week-5 narrative in three separate passes (spelling, agreement, punctuation) and log each correction with its category.
Rewrite five weak sentences from your draft to add precise vocabulary and vary sentence length.
Proofread a peer or model text of 100 words and find at least eight planted errors, naming each error type.
Produce a clean final copy of the narrative with a title and paragraph breaks, reducing errors to no more than three per 100 words.

A final 120-word narrative with a correction log showing at least 10 self-caught errors and their categories.

Week 7

Listen to or read aloud a 200-word story twice and answer eight oral-style comprehension questions, scoring at least 7/8.
Deliver a 90-second spoken retelling of a story with clear sequencing and at least four connectors, recorded for self-review.
Respond in writing to a functional text (a letter or invitation) in 50 words, matching register and including all requested information.
Justify two interpretive claims about a text with direct quotations, using the frame « Dans le texte, il est écrit que… ce qui montre que… ».

A 90-second audio recording with a self-assessment against a four-point fluency checklist, plus a 50-word functional written response.

Week 8

Complete one full timed mock paper (reading, language, and a 120-word writing task) in 60 minutes under exam conditions.
Mark the mock against a checklist and categorise every lost mark by domain.
Re-teach your two weakest domains by redoing five targeted exercises in each and scoring at least 80%.
Write a one-page exam-day strategy sheet covering time allocation per section and a final proofreading routine.

A marked mock paper with an error-by-domain tally, evidence of two re-taught domains, and a finished strategy sheet.

Week 2: Can label all five narrative stages in an unseen 250-word story and support three inferential answers with direct quotations.

Week 4: Scores at least 13/15 on the verb conjugation self-test and at least 18/20 on the agreement and homophone correction exercise.

Week 6: Produces a 120-word narrative with no more than three errors per 100 words and a correction log of at least 10 self-caught errors.

Week 8: Completes the timed mock in 60 minutes with at least 70% overall and no single domain below 60%.