Core French 6

Unit 1: La boîte à outils — Grade 6 Grammar Concepts

The ideas that make French verbs and little words make sense: what it means to "conjugate" a verb, how the –er present-tense pattern works, how French sounds link to letters and accents, and the small rules that trip up beginners — dropping "a/an" before a job, saying "some" with du/de la/des, the avoir expressions (J'ai faim = I am hungry), and when to use jouer à vs faire de. Oral-first, lots of models.

• What "conjugating a verb" means
• The –er present-tense pattern

• Matching French sounds to letters and accents
• No "a/an" before a job

• Saying "some": du, de la, de l', des
• Expressions with avoir (J'ai faim)

• jouer à vs faire de for sports and activities
• The right word with each means of transport

Unit 2: Les verbes en action — Using Verbs and Vocabulary

Putting the grammar to work in real messages: conjugating everyday –er verbs and useful verbs like se trouver (to be located), and using the vocabulary Grade 6 adds — feelings and how you feel (Je suis heureux/heureuse; J'ai mal à la tête), and the little words that say how much (beaucoup, un peu, assez, trop). Always mainly oral, from a model the student can copy and change.

• Singular forms of common –er verbs
• Saying where things are with se trouver

• Feelings, emotions and how you feel
• Saying how much: beaucoup, un peu, assez, trop

Unit 3: La nourriture et la santé — Understanding and Writing

The first field of experience — food, the food groups, nutritious foods, meals and how you feel. Here the student listens for key words in short spoken French about food and health, then writes a short message about meals by copying and changing a model.

• Listening for key words about food and health
• Writing a short message about meals

Unit 4: Mon quartier — Reading and Presenting

The second field of experience — the neighbourhood: buildings, trades and professions, a simple plan and how people get around. Here the student reads short, familiar written French about a neighbourhood, then gives a short oral presentation about their own.

• Reading short texts about a neighbourhood
• A short oral presentation about my neighbourhood

Unit 5: L'Alberta et l'environnement — Vocabulary in Context

Two more fields of experience — Alberta (its place in Canada, its landscapes, animals and riches) and the environment (habitats, dangers, endangered animals and how to protect it). Here Grade 6 puts its new vocabulary to work in short messages about where Alberta is and how to care for the natural world.

• Talking about where Alberta is
• Talking about protecting the environment

Unit 6: La culture francophone — Francophone Alberta and Winter Festivals

The French-speaking world close to home and across Canada: two Francophone communities in Alberta and where they are, two winter Francophone celebrations (le Carnaval de Québec, le Festival du Voyageur à Saint-Boniface), and the fact that Canada has two official languages — French and English. Awareness and pride, not memorizing.

• Francophone communities in Alberta
• Winter celebrations and Canada's two languages