Grade 7 Core French: how to help at home
What your child learns in Grade 7 core french in the Prince Edward Island Curriculum, and simple things to try at home.
The Big Ideas this year
- Core French. The Grades 7 to 9 program builds confidence in learning and using French through purposeful, action-oriented tasks set in authentic contexts.
Easy ways to practise core french at home
- Practise a few minutes a day: greetings, numbers, then simple sentences about yourself.
- Say your answers out loud in French, even if you are not sure. Speaking is how it sticks.
- Watch French videos with subtitles and spot words that look like English (cognates).
- Look up a Francophone festival or community in Canada and share one thing you learned.
What each unit covers
Describing people
Describing the personality of family, friends and teachers, with adjectives that agree in gender and number.
Places in town
Vocabulary for places in a community and the contractions au, à la, à l'.
Directions
Asking for and giving directions, and describing where places are (à gauche, devant, derrière, à côté de).
Comparing
Making simple comparisons with plus… que, moins… que and aussi… que, and the special forms meilleur and mieux.
Cognates and strategies
Using cognates and context to understand new French words, and watching out for false friends such as librairie.
Reading short stories
Understanding key information and events in simple French stories: characters, setting, problem and solution.
Culture and honesty
The ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism: crediting sources and learning from cultures respectfully.
What the report card levels look like at home
- Beginning
- Just getting started with this idea. Short, regular practice with lots of support helps most.
- Approaching
- Understands parts of it and is building confidence. Keep practising the tricky parts.
- Meeting
- Has it! Mixed review now and then keeps it strong.
- Exceeding
- Applies it confidently, even in new or harder situations. Try challenge mode and real-life problems.
Your child’s teacher decides the level on the report card. Read the PEI report card guide.
Common questions
Practise a few minutes a day: greetings, numbers, then simple sentences about yourself. Say your answers out loud in French, even if you are not sure. Speaking is how it sticks. Keep sessions short, about 10 to 15 minutes, and stop on a success.
The Prince Edward Island Curriculum Grade 7 core french units include describing people, places in town, directions, comparing, cognates and strategies, reading short stories.
Free printable Grade 7 core french practice sheet
Questions from every unit, with an answer key.