Grade 2 French Immersion
6 units matched to the Manitoba Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Français”.
Learning focus
- French immersion is first and foremost a language program: French is both the language we learn in and the language we learn.
- Listening and speaking in French grow every day, in school and in the francophone community.
- Reading a range of French texts builds comprehension and the habit of reading for meaning.
- Writing in French for a purpose and an audience uses the conventions of the language.
- Learning in French builds a proud, confident, plurilingual identity and a connection to Francophone communities in Canada and around the world.
Units
Unit 1
Le, la, un, une
Choosing the right article (le, la, un, une) for a noun. In French every noun is masculine or feminine, so nouns are best learned with their article.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade Apprenti) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 2
Les adjectifs
Making an adjective agree in gender and number with the noun it describes.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade Apprenti) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 3
L'ordre des mots
Building simple French sentences: who or what, then the action, then the rest.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade Apprenti) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 4
Les contes
Features of fairy tales and folk tales, including well-known French tales, and why cultures share stories.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade Apprenti) · reading and understanding a range of French texts
Unit 5
D'abord, ensuite, enfin
Words that show time (d'abord, ensuite, enfin) and place (sur, sous, dans, près, loin), and putting events in order.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade Apprenti) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 6
Être et avoir
The present tense of the two most important verbs in French, être (to be) and avoir (to have).
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade Apprenti) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
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