Grade 8 French Immersion
11 units matched to the Ontario Curriculum.
Overall expectations
- In immersion, French is the language we learn in, so listening and speaking grow every day.
- Reading French texts of many kinds builds comprehension and the habit of reading for meaning.
- Writing in French for a purpose and an audience uses the conventions of the language.
- Understanding how French works helps us choose the right words, tenses and sentence structures.
- Learning in French connects us with Francophone communities in 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.
Expectation: B1, B2 · speaking to communicate and to interact in French
Unit 2
Parler et se faire comprendre
Verbal communication (intonation, volume, speed, tone, pauses) and non-verbal communication (gestures and facial expressions).
Expectation: B1, B2 · speaking to communicate and to interact 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.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style 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.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 5
Le schéma narratif
The stages of a story: setting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action and resolution.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 6
Informer et argumenter
The structure of informational and argumentative texts, including point of view, argument and counter-argument.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 7
Point-virgule et guillemets
Using the semicolon and quotation marks to join ideas, report speech and cite sources.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 8
Qui, que, où
Building and recognizing relative clauses with qui, que and où.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
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).
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 10
Les compléments
Telling apart direct objects, indirect objects and circumstantial complements (place, time, manner).
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 11
Futur simple et conditionnel
Forming and using the simple future and the present conditional, including polite requests.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
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