FSF1O – Core French – Grade 9
This is an introductory course for students who have little or no knowledge of French or who have not accumulated the minimum of 600 hours of elementary Core French instruction. Students will begin to understand and speak French in guided and structured interactive settings, and will develop fundamental skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing through discussing issues and situations that are relevant to their daily lives. Throughout the course, students will develop their awareness of diverse French-speaking communities in Canada and acquire an understanding and appreciation of these communities. They will also develop a variety of skills necessary for lifelong language learning.
₹450.00
*Course outline is subject to change
Overall Curriculum Expectations
Throughout the course, students will be provided with numerous and varied opportunities to demonstrate the full extent of their achievement of the curriculum expectations, across all four categories of knowledge and skills. Evaluations will reflect each student’s most consistent level of achievement. The overall learning expectations for this course are encompassed in the following strands:
LISTENING
1.Listening to Understand: determine meaning in a variety of authentic and adapted oral French texts, using a range of listening strategies.
2. Listening to Interact: Interpret messages accurately while interacting in French for a variety of purposes and with diverse audiences.
3. Intercultural Understanding: Demonstrate an understanding of information in oral French texts about aspects of culture in diverse French- speaking communities and other communities around the world, and of French sociolinguistic conventions used in a variety of situations and communities.
SPEAKING
1. Speaking to Understand: Communicate information and ideas orally in French, using a variety of speaking strategies, appropriate language structures, and language appropriate to the purpose and audience.
2. Speaking to Interact: Participate in spoken interactions in French for a variety of purposes and with diverse audiences.
3. Intercultural Understanding: In their spoken communications, demonstrate an awareness of aspects of culture in diverse French speaking communities and other communities around the world, and of the appropriate use of French sociolinguistic conventions in a variety of situations.
READING
1. Reading Comprehension: Determine meaning in a variety of authentic and adapted French texts, using a range of reading comprehension strategies.
2. Purpose, Form, and Style: Identify the purpose(s), characteristics, and aspects of style of a variety of authentic and adapted text forms in French, including fictional, informational, graphic, and media forms.
3. Intercultural Understanding: Demonstrate an understanding of information in French texts about aspects of culture in diverse French-speaking communities and other communities around the world, and of French sociolinguistic conventions used in a variety of situations and communities.
WRITING
1. Purpose, Audience, and Form: Write French texts for different purposes and audiences, using a variety of forms and knowledge of language structures and conventions of written French appropriate for this level.
2. The Writing Process: Use the stages of the writing process – including pre-writing, producing drafts, revising, editing, and publishing – to develop and organize content, clarify ideas and expression, correct errors, and present their work effectively;
3. Intercultural Understanding: In their written work, demonstrate an awareness of aspects of culture in diverse French-speaking communities and other communities around the world, and of the appropriate use of French sociolinguistics conventions in a variety of situations.
Outline of Course Content
This unit focuses on developing students’ skills to introduce and describe themselves in a basic form. Through a series of interactive and engaging lessons, students will learn how to apply the verb “Être” and the verb “Avoir” to describe their physical appearance and personality, members of their family or close friends, and also to describe things they own. Also, students will be able to express their interests, likes, and preferences. By the end of the unit, students will have gained a thorough understanding of how to use verbs and grammatical expressions to describe themselves and their social circle, both in an affirmative and/or negative way.
This unit focuses on developing students’ skills to talk about routines and daily life. In Unit 2, students will learn through dynamic activities of listening, writing, speaking and reading, how to express where they live, what activities they do often, and what is their daily life, using all kinds of verbs (regular, irregular and reflexive). They will also learn how to talk about the near future or what they are going to do. By the end of the unit, students will have hands-on experience and feel confident using verbs in present tense and “futur proche” to describe their daily life.
This unit focuses on developing students’ skills to talk about the future and the past. In Unit 3, students will learn through dynamic activities of listening, writing, speaking and reading, how to express the future and how to express the past using time expressions and adverbs, proper grammar structures (irregular and regular verbs) and talking in affirmative and negative form, or making questions. They will also learn how to talk about the weather. By the end of the unit, students will have hands-on experience and feel confident using the “futur proche” and the “passé composé”.
In this unit, we will explore the “imparfait” to describe habits and trends of the past and the “futur simple” to make predictions and actions that might happen. We will examine how to talk about fashion and giving opinions, by learning vocabulary, expressions and verbs related. Through interactive discussions and activities of listening, writing, reading and speaking, we will learn how to compare the past with the present, and talk about probabilities in the future.
Final Exam
Culminating Activity