Grade 5 French Immersion
7 units matched to the Alberta Curriculum.
Organizing ideas
- Listening and speaking in French grow every day when French is the language of learning.
- Reading French texts of many kinds builds comprehension and the habit of reading for meaning.
- Writing in French for a purpose and an audience uses the conventions of the language.
- Understanding how French words, sentences and texts work helps students choose the right words and forms.
- Learning in French connects students with Francophone communities in Alberta, Canada and the world.
Units
Unit 1
Qui, que, où, dont
Using the simple relative pronouns qui, que, où and dont to join two ideas in one sentence.
Learning outcome: Consider text and purpose to generate, plan, and write ideas using sentence grammar. · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 2
Ne… plus, jamais, rien
Negative forms ne… plus, ne… jamais and ne… rien, and where each word goes in the sentence.
Learning outcome: Consider text and purpose to generate, plan, and write ideas using sentence grammar. · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 3
Les adverbes
Adverbs of time, place, manner and quantity, and what each one tells us about the action.
Learning outcome: Consider text and purpose to generate, plan, and write ideas using sentence grammar. · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 4
La ponctuation
Quotation marks, the colon and parentheses used correctly in French.
Learning outcome: Consider text and purpose to generate, plan, and write ideas using sentence grammar. · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 5
La bande dessinée
The features of a comic book: panels, speech and thought bubbles, sound words and how pictures and text work together.
Learning outcome: Select and apply comprehension strategies and demonstrate understanding of various texts. · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 6
La biographie
Features of a biography: point of view, dates, quotations, sources and chronological order.
Learning outcome: Select and apply comprehension strategies and demonstrate understanding of various texts. · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 7
Fait ou opinion?
Telling an objective statement (a fact) from a subjective one (an opinion), an early critical-thinking skill.
Learning outcome: Select and apply comprehension strategies and demonstrate understanding of various texts. · reading and understanding French texts
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