Grade 8 French Immersion
11 units matched to the Nova Scotia Curriculum.
Learning focus
- French Immersion is first and foremost a language program: French is both the language students learn in and the language they learn.
- Early French Immersion begins in Primary and Late French Immersion in Grade 7, and both follow Français arts langagiers.
- Students listen, speak, read and write in French for real purposes and audiences.
- Reading a range of French texts, including texts from Acadian and other francophone communities, builds comprehension and a love of reading.
- Learning in French builds a proud, confident, plurilingual identity and a connection to francophone communities in Nova Scotia, Canada and around the world.
Units
Unit 1
Les registres de langue
Recognizing colloquial, standard and formal language, and choosing the right register for the audience.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · speaking about oneself and the world in French
Unit 2
Parler et se faire comprendre
Verbal communication (intonation, volume, speed, tone, pauses) and non-verbal communication (gestures and facial expressions).
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · speaking about oneself and the world in French
Unit 3
La légende
Characteristics and structure of a legend (characters, fantasy elements, explanation of a phenomenon) using an original story, and oral tradition.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · reading and understanding a range of French texts
Unit 4
Le théâtre
Characters in a play (hero, supporting character, nemesis), dialogue, stage directions, and explicit versus implicit meaning, using an original scene.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · reading and understanding a range of French texts
Unit 5
Le schéma narratif
The stages of a story: setting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action and resolution.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · reading and understanding a range of French texts
Unit 6
Informer et argumenter
The structure of informational and argumentative texts, including point of view, argument and counter-argument.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · reading and understanding a range of French texts
Unit 7
Point-virgule et guillemets
Using the semicolon and quotation marks to join ideas, report speech and cite sources.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 8
Qui, que, où
Building and recognizing relative clauses with qui, que and où.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 9
L'accord du participe passé
Making past participles agree in the passé composé with être (with the subject) and with avoir (with a direct object placed before the verb).
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 10
Les compléments
Telling apart direct objects, indirect objects and circumstantial complements (place, time, manner).
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
Unit 11
Futur simple et conditionnel
Forming and using the simple future and the present conditional, including polite requests.
Learning outcome: Français arts langagiers 8e année · writing in French with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation
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