Grade 7 Core French
8 units matched to the BC Curriculum.
Big Ideas
- Listening and viewing with intent helps us increase our understanding of French.
- Using various strategies helps us understand and acquire language.
- With simple French, we can discuss our interests.
- Reciprocal interactions are possible even with limited French.
- Stories help us to acquire language and understand the world around us.
- Deepening our knowledge of Francophone communities helps us develop cultural awareness.
Units
Unit 1
Directions
Asking for and giving directions, and describing where places are (à gauche, devant, derrière, à côté de).
Learning standard: Common, high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures for locations and directions
Unit 2
Places in town
Vocabulary for places in a community and the contractions au, à la, à l'.
Learning standard: Locations and directions; cultural aspects of communities
Unit 3
Comparing
Making simple comparisons with plus… que, moins… que and aussi… que, and the special forms meilleur and mieux.
Learning standard: Simple comparisons
Unit 4
Describing people
Describing the personality of family, friends and teachers, with adjectives that agree in gender and number.
Learning standard: Describing others, such as family, friends and teachers
Unit 5
Cognates and strategies
Using cognates and context to understand new French words, and watching out for false friends such as librairie.
Learning standard: Use a range of strategies to support understanding, such as using cognates and context
Unit 6
Reading short stories
Understanding key information and events in simple French stories: characters, setting, problem and solution.
Learning standard: Stories: common story elements (place, characters, setting and plot)
Unit 7
The Francophone world
Communities where French is spoken around the world, such as Belgium, Haiti, Morocco and Senegal, and in Canada.
Learning standard: Communities where French is spoken across Canada and around the world
Unit 8
Culture and honesty
The ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism: crediting sources and learning from cultures respectfully.
Learning standard: Ethics: cultural appropriation; plagiarism
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