Grade 9 Core French
11 units matched to the BC Curriculum.
Big Ideas
- Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of French.
- We can have meaningful conversations in French about things that are important to us.
- We can share our experiences and perspectives through stories.
- Francophone creative works are expressions of Francophone cultures.
- Acquiring French provides opportunities to explore our own cultural identity from a new perspective.
Units
Unit 1
Past, present, future
Using past, present and future time frames: the passé composé, the imparfait for habits, and the near future.
Learning standard: Commonly used vocabulary and sentence structures for communication in past, present and future time frames
Unit 2
Asking questions
Three ways to ask questions (intonation, est-ce que, inversion) and question words.
Learning standard: Various types of questions: intonated, est-ce que, inversion, and questions using different interrogative words
Unit 3
Putting events in order
Sequence words that show the order of events (premièrement, d'abord, ensuite, finalement).
Learning standard: Sequences of events using words that indicate sequence
Unit 4
Needs and opinions
Expressing simple needs, asking politely, and sharing opinions about familiar topics.
Learning standard: Simple needs; opinions about familiar topics
Unit 5
Comparing amounts
Comparing adjectives (aussi… que) and amounts (plus de, moins de, autant de… que).
Learning standard: Comparisons and contrasts using aussi, mais, plus que, aussi que, moins que, plus de, autant de, moins de
Unit 6
Describing things and places
Describing items, people, places and personal interests, with adjectives that agree in gender and number.
Learning standard: Descriptions of items, people, places and personal interests
Unit 7
Types of texts
How letters, emails, recipes and advertisements differ in format, audience, register (tu or vous) and purpose.
Learning standard: Elements of common types of texts: format, language, context, audience, register and purpose
Unit 8
Traditions and expressions
Francophone celebrations such as Noël, Mardi gras, la Saint-Jean-Baptiste and poisson d'avril, and common idiomatic expressions.
Learning standard: Traditions and other cultural practices relating to celebrations, holidays and festivals in various Francophone regions; idiomatic use of language
Unit 9
Stories: problem and resolution
Understanding key elements, time and place in short French stories, and narrating events in order.
Learning standard: Common elements of stories: place, characters, setting, plot, problem and resolution; narrate stories
Unit 10
Identity and creative works
How Francophone creative works express culture, how French connects with Indigenous communities in Canada, and how learning French shapes our view of our own identity.
Learning standard: Francophone creative works as expressions of culture; connections between Indigenous communities and the French language; exploring our own cultural identity
Unit 11
Culture and respect
The ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism: asking permission, giving credit and learning respectfully.
Learning standard: Ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism
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