Core French

Big Ideas

Learning about Francophone communities helps us develop cultural awareness.

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Deepening our knowledge of Francophone communities helps us develop cultural awareness.

Curricular Competency

Content

We are working on developing the following areas:

Thinking and communicating

• Recognize the relationships between French letter patterns and pronunciation
• Comprehend key information and supporting details in slow, clear speech and other simple texts
• Comprehend simple stories
• Use various strategies to support communication
• Seek clarification of meaning
• Use intonation and tone effectively to communicate meaning
• Follow instructions to complete a task
• Exchange ideas and information using complete sentences, both orally and in writing
• Express themselves and comprehend others through various modes of presentation

Personal and social awareness

• Explore and share information about Francophone communities across Canada and around the world
• Explore and share information about connections between First Peoples communities and the French language
• Describe cultural aspects of Francophone communities

• French phonemes
• French letter patterns
• common, high-frequency vocabulary and sentence structures for communicating meaning:
• • common questions
  • descriptions of people and items
  • hobbies and topics of interest
  • reasons for likes, dislikes, and preferences
  • common emotions and physical states
  • basic information about events
  • cultural aspects of communities
• common elements of stories
• communities where French is spoken across Canada
• communities where French is spoken around the world
• cultural aspects of Francophone communities
• ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism