| Content |
common elements of stories |
Core French 8 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: common elements of stories |
Elaboration: place, characters, setting, plot |
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| Content |
common, high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures for communication in past, present, and future time frames:- a variety of questions
- time and frequency
- descriptions of items, people, and personal interests
- comparisons and contrasts
- reasons for preferences, emotions, and physical states
- beliefs and opinions
- cultural aspects of communities
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Core French 8 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: past, present, and future |
Elaboration: Sentences change according to when events occur (i.e., a change in time frame requires a change in wording); for example, J’ai étudié pour mon test hier soir; Elles ne sont pas à l’école aujourd’hui; Nous allons regarder un film demain. |
| Keyword: questions |
Elaboration: for example, Combien…?; Comment…?; Est-ce que…?; Où…?; Pourquoi…?; Quand…?; Quel…?; Qu’est-ce que…?; Qui…? |
| Keyword: time and frequency |
Elaboration: for example, aujourd’hui, hier, demain, chaque jour, toujours, parfois, jamais |
| Keyword: comparisons and contrasts |
Elaboration: using expressions such as aussi, mais, plus que, aussi que, moins que (e.g., Sarah est plus jeune que Nicole) |
| Keyword: preferences, emotions, and physical states |
Elaboration: for example, Je préfère…parce que…; J’ai peur parce que…; Elle est fatiguée parce que… |
| Keyword: beliefs and opinions |
Elaboration: for example, À mon avis…; Je pense que…; Selon moi… |
| Keyword: cultural aspects |
Elaboration: for example, activities, celebrations, clothing, dance, First Peoples regalia, festivals, food, history, land, music, practices, protocol, rituals, traditions |
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| Content |
French letter patterns |
Core French 8 |
No CCG |
| Keyword: letter patterns |
Elaboration: such as 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, gn, -ille, -ment, oi, th, -tion, ui) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore ways to engage in experiences with Francophone communities and people |
Core French 8 |
Personal and social awareness |
| Keyword: ways to engage |
Elaboration: for example, blogs, classroom and school visits (including virtual/online visits), clubs, concerts, courses, exchanges, festivals, films, pen-pal letters, magazines, newspapers, plays, social media and other online resources, stores/restaurants with service in French |
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| Curricular Competency |
Describe cultural aspects of Francophone communities |
Core French 8 |
Personal and social awareness |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore ways in which Francophone cultures are expressed through creative works |
Core French 8 |
Personal and social awareness |
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| Curricular Competency |
Explore and share information about connections between indigenous communities and the French language |
Core French 8 |
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 and share information about Francophone communities around the world |
Core French 8 |
Personal and social awareness |
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| Curricular Competency |
Narrate simple stories |
Core French 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Narrate |
Elaboration: using common expressions of time to show logical progression |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend and retell stories |
Core French 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Comprehend and retell |
Elaboration: understand key information and events in oral and written stories and retell stories orally or in writing |
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| Curricular Competency |
Exchange ideas and information using complete sentences, both orally and in writing |
Core French 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
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| Curricular Competency |
Seek clarification of meaning |
Core French 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: Seek clarification |
Elaboration: using a variety of statements and questions (e.g., Je ne comprends pas; Répétez, s’il vous plaît; Répète, s’il te plaît; Peux-tu répéter?; Que veut dire…?; Comment dit-on…?; Comment écrit-on…?) |
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| Curricular Competency |
Use various strategies to support communication |
Core French 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: strategies to support communication |
Elaboration: include strategies to comprehend and express meaningwill vary depending on the context and the individual studentfor example, interpreting body language; listening to intonation and expression; paraphrasing, reformulating, reiterating, and repeating; substituting words; using cognates, context, images, parts of speech, prior knowledge, reference tools, similar words in first language, and text features |
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| Curricular Competency |
Comprehend key information and supporting details in texts |
Core French 8 |
Thinking and communicating |
| Keyword: key information and supporting details |
Elaboration: answers to questions such as qui, qu’est-ce que, où, quand, combien, comment, pourquoi |
| Keyword: texts |
Elaboration: “Text” refers to all forms of oral, written, visual, and digital communication, including authentic or adapted texts (e.g., advertisements, articles, biographies, blogs, brochures, cartoons, charts, conversations, diagrams, emails, essays, films, forms, graphs, indigenous oral histories, instructions, interviews, invitations, letters, narratives, news reports, novels, nursery rhymes, online profiles, paintings, photographs, picture books, poems, presentations, songs, speeches, stories, surveys, text messages). |
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| Curricular Competency |
Recognize the relationships between French letter patterns and pronunciation |
Core French 8 |
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, gn, -ille, -ment, oi, th, -tion, ui), silent letters, les liaisons, and les élisions. |
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