Grade 8 Core French
9 units matched to the BC Curriculum.
Big Ideas
- Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of French.
- We can express ourselves and talk about the world around us in French.
- With increasing fluency in French, we can participate more actively in reciprocal interactions.
- We can share our experiences and perspective through stories.
- We can experience authentic Francophone cultures through creative works.
- Our understanding of culture is influenced by the languages we speak and the communities with which we engage.
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 standard: Common, high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures for communication in past, present and future time frames
Unit 2
Asking questions
Question words (qui, où, quand, combien, comment, pourquoi, quel) and est-ce que questions.
Learning standard: A variety of questions: Combien…?; Comment…?; Est-ce que…?; Où…?; Pourquoi…?; Quand…?; Quel…?; Qu'est-ce que…?; Qui…?
Unit 3
How often?
Words for time and frequency: toujours, souvent, parfois, jamais and chaque jour.
Learning standard: Time and frequency: aujourd'hui, hier, demain, chaque jour, toujours, parfois, jamais
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 standard: Beliefs and opinions; reasons for preferences, emotions and physical states
Unit 5
Comparing and contrasting
Comparing with plus… que, moins… que and aussi… que, and contrasting ideas with mais.
Learning standard: Comparisons and contrasts using expressions such as aussi, mais, plus que, aussi que, moins que
Unit 6
Sounds and letters
Linking French letter groups to sounds (eau, ai, oi, gn, -tion), silent letters, liaisons and élisions.
Learning standard: French letter patterns, silent letters, les liaisons and les élisions
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 standard: Common elements of stories: place, characters, setting, plot; comprehend and retell stories; narrate simple stories
Unit 8
The Francophone world
Francophone communities around the world, Indigenous communities where French is spoken, and creative works.
Learning standard: Francophone communities around the world; connections between Indigenous communities and the French language; creative works
Unit 9
Culture and respect
The ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism: crediting sources and learning from cultures respectfully.
Learning standard: Ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism
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