Grade 4 French Immersion
9 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
Tu ou vous?
Choosing between “tu” and “vous” depending on who is being spoken to, an important courtesy in French.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · speaking about oneself and the world in French
Unit 2
Poser des questions
Question words (qui, où, quand, pourquoi, comment, combien) and questions formed by inverting the subject and verb.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · speaking about oneself and the world in French
Unit 3
Synonymes et contraires
Building vocabulary with synonyms (similar meaning) and antonyms (opposite meaning).
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · reading and understanding a range of French texts
Unit 4
Les adverbes en -ment
Forming adverbs from the feminine form of an adjective plus -ment.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 5
Comparer
Comparing with plus… que, moins… que and aussi… que, with adjectives and adverbs.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 6
Le passé composé
The passé composé of first-group (-er) verbs, formed with avoir and the past participle.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 7
L'imparfait
The imparfait, the tense used to describe and to set the scene in stories and tales.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 8
Comprendre un texte
Reading a short text, finding the main idea and making inferences from clues.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · reading and understanding a range of French texts
Unit 9
La structure du récit
The five parts of a narrative: initial situation, inciting incident, rising action, resolution and final situation.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers – immersion (stade En transition) · reading and understanding a range of French texts
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