Grade 8 Core French
10 units matched to the Saskatchewan Curriculum.
Strands and outcomes
- Communication Skills (8.CS.1–8.CS.4): Demonstrate understanding of the main idea and details in oral French multi-sentence presentations on a variety of familiar topics in guided… Discuss a variety of information on familiar topics through oral expression in guided situations. Demonstrate understanding of the main idea and many supporting details in a variety of 130 - 140 word multi-paragraph expository, procedural… (and 1 more outcomes)
- General Language Strategies (8.GL.1–8.GL.4): Select listening or viewing strategies in structured situations, such as: asking and answering questions making predictions verifying comprehension… Select speaking strategies in structured situations, such as: modeled language shared practice guided practice independent practice Select reading strategies in structured situations. (see 8.GL.1 for strategies) (and 1 more outcomes)
- Language Knowledge (8.LK.1): Demonstrate acquisition of French language concepts related to themes, including: numbers to 100 000 fractional numbers present tense regular –re…
- Culture (8.C.1): Compare contributions of current and past French, French Canadian, First Nations and Métis individuals and organizations to Canadian society.
Units
Unit 1
Past, present, future
Telling when things happen: yesterday, today and tomorrow, with the passé composé and the near future (aller + infinitive).
Outcome: 8.CS.4, 8.LK.1 · writing short texts in French, in the past, present and future
Unit 2
Asking questions
Question words (qui, où, quand, combien, comment, pourquoi, quel) and est-ce que questions.
Outcome: 8.CS.2, 8.LK.1 · speaking and interacting in French, asking questions
Unit 3
How often?
Words for time and frequency: toujours, souvent, parfois, jamais and chaque jour.
Outcome: 8.CS.4, 8.LK.1 · writing short texts in French, saying how often
Unit 4
Opinions and reasons
Sharing opinions (à mon avis, je pense que), preferences, emotions and physical states, and giving a reason with parce que.
Outcome: 8.CS.2 · speaking and interacting in French, giving opinions and reasons
Unit 5
Comparing and contrasting
Comparing with plus… que, moins… que and aussi… que, and contrasting ideas with mais.
Outcome: 8.CS.4 · writing short texts in French, comparing and contrasting
Unit 6
Sounds and letters
Linking French letter groups to sounds (eau, ai, oi, gn, -tion), silent letters, liaisons and élisions.
Outcome: 8.CS.1, 8.GL.1 · understanding spoken French, and sounds and letters
Unit 7
Reading and retelling stories
Understanding key information and events in short French stories and the words that show the order of events.
Outcome: 8.CS.3 · reading and understanding French texts
Unit 8
The Francophone world
Francophone communities around the world, Indigenous communities where French is spoken, and creative works.
Outcome: 8.C.1 · Francophone, First Nations and Métis cultures
Unit 9
Culture and respect
The ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism: crediting sources and learning from cultures respectfully.
Outcome: 8.C.1 · Francophone, First Nations and Métis cultures, and respect
Unit 10
People who shaped Canada
Contributions of French Canadian, Métis and First Nations people and organizations to Canadian society, past and present.
Outcome: 8.C.1 · contributions of French Canadian, First Nations and Métis individuals and organizations to Canadian society
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