| Curricular Competency |
Understand, compare, and make connections between themes and cultural references in French-language texts |
Études littéraires et artistiques + expression orale 11 |
Exploring and Reflecting |
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| Big Ideas |
Developing proficiency in French provides diverse opportunities. |
Core French 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: opportunities |
Elaboration: for example, educational, personal, professional, social, and travel opportunities |
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| Big Ideas |
Acquiring French provides a unique opportunity to access and interact with the Francophone world. |
Core French 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition of French. |
Core French 11 |
No CCG |
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| Curricular Competency |
Identify and explore personal, educational, and professional opportunities requiring proficiency in French |
Core French 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore regional variations in French |
Core French 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: regional variations |
Elaboration: for example, accents, idiomatic expressions, slang, other vocabulary |
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| Big Ideas |
Acquiring French provides opportunities to explore our own identity and shape our perspective. |
Core French Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Expressing ourselves in French involves courage, risk taking, and perseverance. |
Core French Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
We can have meaningful conversations in French using high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures. |
Core French Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
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| Big Ideas |
Listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of French. |
Core French Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
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| Content |
French alphabet, phonemes, and letter patterns |
Core French Introductory 11 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: phonemes |
Elaboration: individual sounds for consonants and vowels, including diphthongs (e.g., au, eu, oi, ou, ui) and nasal vowels (e.g., an, ain, en, im, on, un)distinguishing similar phonemes (e.g., u versus ou, e versus eu, s versus z) |
| Keyword: letter patterns |
Elaboration: such as groupings of letters that make the same sound (e.g., au, aux, eau, ô, os) rhyming words, and letter patterns that have consistent pronunciations (e.g., ai, -ille, -ment, -tion) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore and share information about connections between indigenous communities and the French language |
Core French Introductory 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: indigenous communities and the French language |
Elaboration: for example, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities where French is spoken, in Canada (e.g., Huron Wendake Nation, Innu Nation, Micmac Nation, and Mohawk Nation in Quebec; Métis communities in Baie St. Paul, MB, Fort Nelson, BC, and Île-à-la-Crosse, SK); indigenous communities where French is spoken, around the world (e.g., communities in Gabonese Republic, Guiana, and Republic of Côte d'Ivoire)Discussion could include the fact that First Peoples writers in Quebec, such as those from the Innu Nation, have used the French language through prose and poetry to bring attention to the negative effects of colonization on their families and communities. |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore regional variations in French |
Core French Introductory 11 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: regional variations |
Elaboration: for example, accents, idiomatic expressions, slang, and other vocabulary |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the relationships between French letter patterns and pronunciation |
Core French Introductory 11 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: letter patterns and pronunciation |
Elaboration: Identify, predict, and pronounce groupings of letters that make the same sound (e.g., au, aux, eau, ô, os), rhyming words, letter patterns that have consistent pronunciations (e.g., ai, -ille, -ment, -tion), silent letters, les liaisons and les élisions. |
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| Big Ideas |
Linguistic variations offer cultural reference points within the French-speaking world. |
Études du cinéma et de la littérature francophones 12 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: Linguistic variations |
Elaboration: variations in phonics (accents), lexicon (expressions), and grammar (structures) |
| Keyword: cultural reference points |
Elaboration: events, heritage objects and objects from everyday life, territorial references, artistic accomplishments, scientific discoveries, media products, values, lifestyles, characters and/or personalities |
| Keyword: French-speaking world |
Elaboration: profile of communities using French in various geographic or social spaces |
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