Grade 8 French Immersion
11 units matched to the Alberta Curriculum.
Organizing ideas
- Listening and speaking in French grow every day when French is the language of learning.
- 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 words, sentences and texts work helps students choose the right words and forms.
- Learning in French connects students with Francophone communities in Alberta, Canada and the world.
Units
Unit 1
Les registres de langue
Recognizing colloquial, standard and formal language, and choosing the right register for the audience.
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · speaking and interacting in French
Unit 2
Parler et se faire comprendre
Verbal communication (intonation, volume, speed, tone, pauses) and non-verbal communication (gestures and facial expressions).
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · speaking and interacting 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.
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · reading and understanding 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.
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 5
Le schéma narratif
The stages of a story: setting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action and resolution.
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 6
Informer et argumenter
The structure of informational and argumentative texts, including point of view, argument and counter-argument.
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 7
Point-virgule et guillemets
Using the semicolon and quotation marks to join ideas, report speech and cite sources.
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 8
Qui, que, où
Building and recognizing relative clauses with qui, que and où.
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · writing in French with correct 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).
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 10
Les compléments
Telling apart direct objects, indirect objects and circumstantial complements (place, time, manner).
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · writing in French with correct conventions
Unit 11
Futur simple et conditionnel
Forming and using the simple future and the present conditional, including polite requests.
Learning outcome: Alberta French immersion language arts, Grades 7 to 9 · writing in French with correct conventions
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