Grade 9 French Immersion
9 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
Registres et exposés oraux
Registers of language (colloquial, standard, formal) and speaking to an audience: intention, organization, clarification and explanation.
Expectation: B1, B2 · speaking to communicate and to interact in French
Unit 2
La fable
Characteristics of the fable (moral, literal and figurative meaning, manners and customs), using an original fable.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 3
Le roman et ses personnages
Characteristics of the novel (modes of narration, function of characters, point of view, setting) and character portrayal (physical and psychological).
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 4
Les figures de style
Stylistic elements: personification, metaphor, alliteration, comparison and hyperbole.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 5
La séquence descriptive
Descriptive sequences: introduction, central subject with aspects and sub-aspects, conclusion; enriching a text with varied vocabulary and types of sentences.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 6
Les temps du passé
Choosing among the passé composé, imparfait and plus-que-parfait, and making past participles agree.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 7
Les pronoms compléments
Direct pronouns (me, te, se, le, la, les) and indirect pronouns (me, te, nous, vous, lui, leur, y, en).
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 8
Les phrases hypothétiques
Hypothetical sentences with si: matching the tense after si with the tense of the result.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 9
Passé simple et plus-que-parfait
Using the pluperfect (plus-que-parfait) tense and recognizing the simple past (passé simple) in stories.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
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