Grade 4 French Immersion
9 units matched to the NWT Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Français”.
Big Ideas
- One's self-image is revealed by one's choice of message and the way it is communicated.
- The diversity of cultural elements in texts reflects the cultural diversity within society.
- The nuances in a text can be discovered through inferences.
- Characters are defined by who they are, but also by how others see them.
- The use of stylistic devices and specific vocabulary creates unique effects.
Units
Unit 1
Tu ou vous?
Choosing between “tu” and “vous” depending on who is being spoken to, an important courtesy in French.
Learning standard: Communication strategies: expressions of courtesy, specifically the use of “tu” and “vous”
Unit 2
Poser des questions
Question words (qui, où, quand, pourquoi, comment, combien) and questions formed by inverting the subject and verb.
Learning standard: Language elements: structure of interrogative sentences, including subject-verb inversion and interrogative pronouns
Unit 3
Synonymes et contraires
Building vocabulary with synonyms (similar meaning) and antonyms (opposite meaning).
Learning standard: Language elements: synonyms and antonyms
Unit 4
Les adverbes en -ment
Forming adverbs from the feminine form of an adjective plus -ment.
Learning standard: Language elements: forming adverbs from the feminine form of a regular adjective plus “-ment”
Unit 5
Comparer
Comparing with plus… que, moins… que and aussi… que, with adjectives and adverbs.
Learning standard: Language elements: comparative adverbs and their structure with adjectives
Unit 6
Le passé composé
The passé composé of first-group (-er) verbs, formed with avoir and the past participle.
Learning standard: Language elements: the passé composé of first-group verbs
Unit 7
L'imparfait
The imparfait, the tense used to describe and to set the scene in stories and tales.
Learning standard: Language elements: the imparfait, used with the genres studied
Unit 8
Comprendre un texte
Reading a short text, finding the main idea and making inferences from clues.
Learning standard: Identify a text's main idea and supporting details; draw inferences from texts
Unit 9
La structure du récit
The five parts of a narrative: initial situation, inciting incident, rising action, resolution and final situation.
Learning standard: Text organization: narrative structure (setting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action, resolution)
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