Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Words shape our thoughts; a more extensive vocabulary enriches thinking skills.
Discovering a new culture requires identifying the ways in which it resembles our own culture.
The ability to communicate in a new language improves as we take risks in that language.
Paying attention to foreshadowing clues in a text allows us to anticipate the plot.
Using a language’s specific system of codes and conventions leads to effective communication.
Content
Learning Standards
Content
communication strategies:
- active listeningthe recipient is physically and intellectually engaged, and reacts to what is heard
- risk taking
cultural elements
elements of a story:
- characters
- settings
- events
text organization:
- structure of narrative textssetting, rising action and falling action
- structure of informational textsintroduction, development and conclusion
- markers of timeaujourd’hui, demain, hier, au début, à la fin, etc.and placedans, où, là, sous, sur, etc.
phonemic awareness:
- phonemes
- silent letters
- liaisons
spelling conventions
gender and number agreement of adjectives with nouns
language elements:
- simple linking wordset, parce que, ou, mais, etc.
- sentence structuresimple and complex
- interrogative sentencesest-ce que, qui, quand, pourquoi, etc.
- parts of speechnouns, prepositions, adjectives, pronouns and adverbs
- verb moods and tensesmodal and auxiliary verbs in the present indicative, and first and second group verbs in the present indicative and near future (“futur proche”) tensesassociated with the genres being studied
- the roots of words and affixesprefixes and suffixes
Curricular Competency
Learning Standards
Curricular Competency
Exploring and Reflecting
Grasp the general idea of a text
oral, written, visual
by identifying the key words
Recognize that there are similarities and differences between one’s own culture and other cultures
Identify, in Francophone and Aboriginal texts
oral, written, visual
, themes and elements that are present in one’s own culture
Identify causal links between different events in a story, and determine the impact of those events on how the story unfolds
Identify the structure of a sentence by identifying the word groups within it
Know how to differentiate between and use reference tools
e.g., dictionary, Bescherelle (reference for verb conjugations), etc.
for definition and translation
Creating and Communicating
Express and justify an opinion on a familiar theme
Describe situations of daily life
Read a text
oral, written, visual
, articulating and pronouncing the words correctly
Ask questions in order to verify comprehension, clarify a message, and deepen knowledge
Demonstrate understanding of a text
oral, written, visual
by responding to it, drawing inferences, and making predictions