Grade 2 French Immersion
6 units matched to the NWT Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Français”.
Big Ideas
- Fluency in a language facilitates our interactions with others.
- Awareness of other cultures helps us discover our own culture and build our own identity.
- The task and its context determine the strategies of comprehension and expression that are chosen.
- Fairy and folk tales share common characteristics that define the genre.
- Organizing and connecting our ideas in a logical fashion helps others better understand our message.
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 standard: Language elements: the gender of nouns and articles
Unit 2
Les adjectifs
Making an adjective agree in gender and number with the noun it describes.
Learning standard: Language elements: adjectives; spelling conventions
Unit 3
L'ordre des mots
Building simple French sentences: who or what, then the action, then the rest.
Learning standard: Language elements: structure of simple sentences; write short texts that follow the rules of sentence structure
Unit 4
Les contes
Features of fairy tales and folk tales, including well-known French tales, and why cultures share stories.
Learning standard: Literary elements: characteristics of fairy tales and folk tales; cultural elements
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 standard: Text organization: structure of narrative texts; markers of time and place
Unit 6
Être et avoir
The present tense of the two most important verbs in French, être (to be) and avoir (to have).
Learning standard: Language elements: verb moods and tenses (present indicative)
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