Grade 9 Core French
11 units matched to the Saskatchewan Curriculum.
Strands and outcomes
- Communication Skills (9.CS.1–9.CS.4): Demonstrate understanding of the main idea and specific details related to the main idea in oral French multi-sentence presentations on a variety of… Discuss a variety of information on familiar topics through oral expression in semi-guided situations. Demonstrate understanding of the main idea and specific details in a variety of adapted or authentic 140-160 word multi-paragraph texts. (and 1 more outcomes)
- General Language Strategies (9.GL.1–9.GL.4): Select listening or viewing strategies in semi-structured situations, such as: asking and answering questions making predictions verifying… Select speaking strategies in semi-structured situations, such as: modeled language shared practice guided practice independent practice Select reading strategies in semi-structured situations. (see 9.GL.1 for strategies) (and 1 more outcomes)
- Language Knowledge (9.LK.1): Demonstrate acquisition of French language concepts related to themes, including: numbers to 1 000 000 passé composé of regular verbs with avoir and…
- Culture (9.C.1): Determine the effects of past and present French, French Canadian, First Nations and Métis cultures and events on contemporary and future Canadian…
Units
Unit 1
Past, present, future
Using past, present and future time frames: the passé composé, the imparfait for habits, and the near future.
Outcome: 9.CS.4, 9.LK.1 · writing short texts in French, in the past, present and future
Unit 2
Asking questions
Three ways to ask questions (intonation, est-ce que, inversion) and question words.
Outcome: 9.CS.2, 9.LK.1 · speaking and interacting in French, asking questions
Unit 3
Putting events in order
Sequence words that show the order of events (premièrement, d'abord, ensuite, finalement).
Outcome: 9.CS.4 · writing short texts in French, putting events in order
Unit 4
Needs and opinions
Expressing simple needs, asking politely, and sharing opinions about familiar topics.
Outcome: 9.CS.2 · speaking and interacting in French, giving needs and opinions
Unit 5
Comparing amounts
Comparing adjectives (aussi… que) and amounts (plus de, moins de, autant de… que).
Outcome: 9.CS.4, 9.LK.1 · writing short texts in French, comparing amounts
Unit 6
Describing things and places
Describing items, people, places and personal interests, with adjectives that agree in gender and number.
Outcome: 9.CS.4, 9.LK.1 · writing short texts in French, describing things and places
Unit 7
Types of texts
How letters, emails, recipes and advertisements differ in format, audience, register (tu or vous) and purpose.
Outcome: 9.CS.3 · reading and understanding French texts, of different types
Unit 8
Traditions and expressions
Francophone celebrations such as Noël, Mardi gras, la Saint-Jean-Baptiste and poisson d'avril, and common idiomatic expressions.
Outcome: 9.C.1 · Francophone, First Nations and Métis cultures
Unit 9
Stories: problem and resolution
Understanding key elements, time and place in short French stories, and narrating events in order.
Outcome: 9.CS.3 · reading and understanding French texts, with a problem and a resolution
Unit 10
Identity and creative works
How Francophone creative works express culture, how French connects with Indigenous communities in Canada, and how learning French shapes our view of our own identity.
Outcome: 9.CS.4, 9.C.1 · writing short texts in French, about identity and creative works
Unit 11
Culture and respect
The ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism: asking permission, giving credit and learning respectfully.
Outcome: 9.C.1 · Francophone, First Nations and Métis cultures, and respect
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