Grade 7 French Immersion
7 units matched to the NWT Curriculum.
Big Ideas
- Expressing our thoughts enables us to situate ourselves in relation to our own and others' cultures.
- Considering the feelings evoked by a message and its unspoken elements allows us to construct the meaning of a message.
- The themes of a narrative emerge from the situations characters experience and the way they respond to those situations.
- The form of a text plays as important a role as its content in conveying a message and creating a desired effect.
Units
Unit 1
Le superlatif
The relative superlative (le plus, la moins…) and the absolute superlative (très, extrêmement).
Learning standard: Language elements: structure of the superlative (relative with adjectives and absolute with adverbs)
Unit 2
Choisir le bon temps
Choosing verb tenses that fit together logically in a text, using clues such as hier, chaque été and demain.
Learning standard: Language elements: agreement of tenses (logical choice of verb moods and tenses in a text)
Unit 3
Figures de style
Recognizing comparisons, metaphors, personification and hyperbole, and how they create an effect.
Learning standard: Identify poetic elements and explain their effects on readers; use figures of speech
Unit 4
La poésie
Features of poetry: verses, stanzas, rhyme, theme and images, using two original poems.
Learning standard: Literary elements: characteristics of poetry (implicit meaning, explicit meaning, theme, tone, poetic elements)
Unit 5
Défendre son opinion
Structure of an argumentative paragraph: opinion, arguments, examples and conclusion, linked with discourse markers.
Learning standard: Text organization: argumentative paragraphs (main idea, explanation, examples, transitions, conclusion)
Unit 6
Lire entre les lignes
Finding implicit information from clues in a text, and identifying the theme of a story.
Learning standard: Identify implicit information in a text, relying on specific cues and prior knowledge; themes of a narrative
Unit 7
Portrait de personnage
Describing a character with physical traits and psychological traits, and inferring personality from actions.
Learning standard: Create a character portrayal including physical characteristics and psychological traits
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