Grade 4 French Immersion
9 units matched to the Ontario Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Français”.
Overall expectations
- In immersion, French is the language we learn in, so listening and speaking grow every day.
- 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 works helps us choose the right words, tenses and sentence structures.
- Learning in French connects us with Francophone communities in Canada and around the world.
Units
Unit 1
Tu ou vous?
Choosing between “tu” and “vous” depending on who is being spoken to, an important courtesy in French.
Expectation: B1, B2 · speaking to communicate and to interact in French
Unit 2
Poser des questions
Question words (qui, où, quand, pourquoi, comment, combien) and questions formed by inverting the subject and verb.
Expectation: B1, B2 · speaking to communicate and to interact in French
Unit 3
Synonymes et contraires
Building vocabulary with synonyms (similar meaning) and antonyms (opposite meaning).
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 4
Les adverbes en -ment
Forming adverbs from the feminine form of an adjective plus -ment.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 5
Comparer
Comparing with plus… que, moins… que and aussi… que, with adjectives and adverbs.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 6
Le passé composé
The passé composé of first-group (-er) verbs, formed with avoir and the past participle.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 7
L'imparfait
The imparfait, the tense used to describe and to set the scene in stories and tales.
Expectation: D1, D2 · writing for a purpose and audience, using correct French conventions
Unit 8
Comprendre un texte
Reading a short text, finding the main idea and making inferences from clues.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
Unit 9
La structure du récit
The five parts of a narrative: initial situation, inciting incident, rising action, resolution and final situation.
Expectation: C1, C2 · reading comprehension, and the purpose, form and style of French texts
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