Grade 6 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
Imparfait ou passé composé?
Choosing between the imparfait (description, habits) and the passé composé (completed events), including verbs that take être.
Learning outcome: Generate, plan, and write ideas, respecting text form requirements and sentence grammar. · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 2
Racines et préfixes
Using word roots, prefixes and suffixes to work out the meaning of unfamiliar French words.
Learning outcome: Generate, plan, and write ideas, respecting text form requirements and sentence grammar. · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 3
Les légendes
Features of legends and the role of oral tradition, including that First Nations have many distinct stories and ways of telling them.
Learning outcome: Generate, plan, and write ideas, respecting text form requirements and sentence grammar. · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 4
Quand et où?
Spotting spatial and temporal clues in a text to picture the setting and follow the order of events.
Learning outcome: Generate, plan, and write ideas, respecting text form requirements and sentence grammar. · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 5
Le roman jeunesse
Features of a youth novel: main character, setting, plot, theme and chapters.
Learning outcome: Generate, plan, and write ideas, respecting text form requirements and sentence grammar. · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 6
Relier les idées
Linking words that show cause, consequence, opposition, addition and order.
Learning outcome: Generate, plan, and write ideas, respecting text form requirements and sentence grammar. · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 7
Résumer un texte
Reformulating the main idea of an informational text and telling it from supporting details.
Learning outcome: Generate, plan, and write ideas, respecting text form requirements and sentence grammar. · writing in French with correct conventions
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