Grade 8 Core French
9 units matched to the Alberta Curriculum.
Organizing ideas
- Applications: using French to communicate in everyday situations, to explore and to have fun.
- Language competence: understanding and using the sounds, words, sentences and texts of French.
- Global citizenship: learning about Francophone communities in Alberta, Canada and the world, and about other cultures.
- Strategies: choosing ways to learn, use and remember French, and to manage your own learning.
Units
Unit 1
Past, present, future
Telling when things happen: yesterday, today and tomorrow, with the passé composé and the near future (aller + infinitive).
Learning outcome: Applications; Language competence · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 2
Asking questions
Question words (qui, où, quand, combien, comment, pourquoi, quel) and est-ce que questions.
Learning outcome: Applications; Language competence · speaking and interacting in French
Unit 3
How often?
Words for time and frequency: toujours, souvent, parfois, jamais and chaque jour.
Learning outcome: Applications; Language competence · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 4
Opinions and reasons
Sharing opinions (à mon avis, je pense que), preferences, emotions and physical states, and giving a reason with parce que.
Learning outcome: Applications; Language competence · speaking and interacting in French
Unit 5
Comparing and contrasting
Comparing with plus… que, moins… que and aussi… que, and contrasting ideas with mais.
Learning outcome: Applications; Language competence · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 6
Sounds and letters
Linking French letter groups to sounds (eau, ai, oi, gn, -tion), silent letters, liaisons and élisions.
Learning outcome: Language competence; Strategies · connecting spoken French to letters and sounds
Unit 7
Reading and retelling stories
Understanding key information and events in short French stories and the words that show the order of events.
Learning outcome: Applications; Language competence · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 8
The Francophone world
Francophone communities around the world, Indigenous communities where French is spoken, and creative works.
Learning outcome: Global citizenship; Applications · French-speaking communities in Canada and around the world
Unit 9
Culture and respect
The ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism: crediting sources and learning from cultures respectfully.
Learning outcome: Global citizenship; Applications · French-speaking communities in Canada and around the world
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