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In conversation with Daphné B.: writing for social platforms offers a lively and contemporary classroom experience rooted in today’s writing practices. Built around the French language, digital culture and literary creation, this resource invites students to understand how social platforms transform the way we write, read, react, present ourselves and speak in public spaces.

With Daphné B., a Quebec author, essayist, poet, literary translator and sharp observer of digital culture, students discover that writing on social platforms is not limited to short posts, quick comments or hashtags. It draws on older forms such as the diary, the pamphlet, satire, the maxim, the slogan and fragmented storytelling, while placing them in a new environment : one where every sentence can be read, commented on, shared, transformed, archived or challenged.

The activity booklet guides students through the major movements of digital writing : the lightning sentence, the striking formula, the comment as arena, fragmented storytelling, self-writing, public denunciation, the rallying hashtag, the staging of authenticity and the practice of creative détournement. Students learn to identify stylistic effects, vocabulary choices, abbreviations, language registers, condensation techniques and attention strategies specific to social platforms.

The resource also explores the evolution of vocabulary across the French-speaking world. Students observe how French changes according to places, generations, communities and digital uses. They encounter precise terms such as post, discussion thread, hashtag, caption, subscriber, share, reporting and moderation. They also reflect on abbreviations, their efficiency, their limits and the image they create in a public post.

Through reading, observation, discussion and creation activities, students understand that social platforms have become a vast public space for writing. They contain brief poetry, intimate stories, debates, calls to action, denunciations, jokes, rumours, collective corrections and social movements. Every post becomes a trace. Every comment can become a reply, an argument, a nuance or the beginning of dialogue.

The resource goes further by connecting writing on social platforms to literary movements. Students discover how Romanticism sheds light on self-expression, how Realism helps observe daily life, how satire explains certain forms of détournement, how the pamphlet fuels denunciation, how Oulipo reveals the creative power of constraints and how oral poetry connects with short, rhythmic and striking digital forms.

In conversation with Daphné B.: writing for social platforms offers a complete path for thinking about language in a world of screens, reactions and rapid circulation. Students do not merely use social platforms : they learn to read them, question them and write with greater awareness, precision and style. This resource turns a familiar digital world into a true literary, cultural and civic object of study.

• A complete path on social platform writing : posts, comments, hashtags, fragmented stories and striking formulas.
• An activity booklet for reading, analysing, discussing and creating.
• A focus on vocabulary : the French-speaking world, abbreviations, registers, digital terms and linguistic precision.
• An exploration of literary movements : Romanticism, Realism, satire, pamphlet writing, Oulipo, oral poetry and self-writing.
• Creative activities to write posts, comments, captions, hashtags and short texts.
• A civic reflection on attention, visibility, rumours, conflict, digital traces and the responsibility of publishing.