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Help your students develop essential reading skills in French with this engaging A1-A2 level activity. Based on a personal letter, the worksheet allows learners to explore vocabulary related to holidays, daily life, and nature, while answering structured comprehension questions.

Worksheet Overview
This activity features a letter written by Julien, a young boy spending his vacation in Chamonix, a town in the French Alps. He writes to his friend Thomas to describe his daily activities, the breathtaking landscape, and life on his uncle’s farm.

Students read the text and respond to several comprehension questions using full sentences in French. The exercise is ideal for developing reading strategies, vocabulary recognition, and familiarity with informal written French.

Learning Objectives
By working through this activity, students will:

• Understand the structure and tone of an informal letter in French
• Identify key details in a short written narrative
• Reinforce vocabulary related to vacations, nature, and rural life
• Practice forming complete sentences in the present tense
• Improve reading comprehension at the A1-A2 CEFR level

Vocabulary Highlights
Outdoor activities: climbing, hiking, bike riding
Nature and geography: mountains, forest, glacier
Everyday nouns and verbs: animals, vegetables, travel vocabulary
Informal communication: greetings, expressions of time, closing phrases

Contents of the Worksheet
One-page reading text written entirely in French
Seven structured comprehension questions
Answer key for quick correction and feedback
Clean, printable PDF format + DOCX

Recommended Use
This worksheet is suitable for:

• A1-A2 French learners, aged 10 to 15
• Middle school and high school classrooms
• Private tutors and homeschooling parents
• Teachers preparing students for DELF A1/A2 exams
• Anyone seeking structured, print-friendly reading comprehension material

Teaching Suggestions
To extend the activity, ask students to write a reply to Julien’s letter. This encourages the use of personal language and reinforces vocabulary and grammar points introduced in the reading.

Download and Print
This resource is available as a downloadable PDF + DOCX, ready to print and use in any learning environment. It can serve as a warm-up activity, a homework task, or independent reading practice.