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Grade 8 French Immersion

12 units matched to the Saskatchewan Curriculum.

Strands and outcomes

Units

  1. Unit 1

    Les registres de langue

    Recognizing colloquial, standard and formal language, and choosing the right register for the audience.

    Outcome: 8.PO.1 · speaking in French with the right words and sentences

  2. Unit 2

    Parler et se faire comprendre

    Verbal communication (intonation, volume, speed, tone, pauses) and non-verbal communication (gestures and facial expressions).

    Outcome: 8.PO.2 · preparing and giving a spoken message in French

  3. Unit 3

    La légende

    Characteristics and structure of a legend (characters, fantasy elements, explanation of a phenomenon) using an original story, and oral tradition.

    Outcome: 8.CÉ.1 · understanding French texts

  4. Unit 4

    Le théâtre

    Characters in a play (hero, supporting character, nemesis), dialogue, stage directions, and explicit versus implicit meaning, using an original scene.

    Outcome: 8.CÉ.1 · understanding French texts

  5. Unit 5

    Le schéma narratif

    The stages of a story: setting, inciting incident, rising action, falling action and resolution.

    Outcome: 8.CÉ.1 · understanding French texts

  6. Unit 6

    Informer et argumenter

    The structure of informational and argumentative texts, including point of view, argument and counter-argument.

    Outcome: 8.CÉ.1 · understanding French texts

  7. Unit 7

    Point-virgule et guillemets

    Using the semicolon and quotation marks to join ideas, report speech and cite sources.

    Outcome: 8.PÉ.2 · writing French with the correct conventions

  8. Unit 8

    Qui, que, où

    Building and recognizing relative clauses with qui, que and où.

    Outcome: 8.PÉ.2 · writing French with the correct conventions

  9. 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).

    Outcome: 8.PÉ.2 · writing French with the correct conventions

  10. Unit 10

    Les compléments

    Telling apart direct objects, indirect objects and circumstantial complements (place, time, manner).

    Outcome: 8.PÉ.2 · writing French with the correct conventions

  11. Unit 11

    Futur simple et conditionnel

    Forming and using the simple future and the present conditional, including polite requests.

    Outcome: 8.PÉ.2 · writing French with the correct conventions

  12. Unit 12

    La diversité culturelle au Canada

    French Immersion culture unit: the cultural diversity of Canada, including Francophone, Métis and First Nations communities. Questions and answers are in French; hints are in English.

    Outcome: 8.VC.3 · cultural diversity in Canada, including Francophone, Métis and First Nations communities

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