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The official British Columbia Core French 10 curriculum
British Columbia defines Core French 10 by strands and outcomes. MapleMind teaches the same curriculum reorganized for one-skill-at-a-time tutoring — the table shows exactly where every official strand lands, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit below.
Official source BC's official curriculumRead it on the government site — curriculum.gov.bc.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Content — Working with texts | 2 | Listening and Viewing with Intent |
| Content — Time frames, Asking questions, Communicative functions | 12 | Expressing Ourselves and Engaging in Conversation |
| Curricular Competency — Precision in French | 1 | A New Language Shapes Perspective and Identity |
| Content — Idiomatic French, Francophone cultures | 4 | Cultural Expression Takes Many Forms |
| Content — Francophone cultures; Curricular Competency — Language, culture, and First Peoples | 3 | Interacting with the Francophone World |
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How MapleMind teaches Core French 10 — every unit, lesson, and skill
Every skill below runs as a short session: a plain-words lesson, a worked example, solving it together, then a five-question skill check that earns up to three stars. Guided Mode keeps it teaching instead of answer-handing — turning it off needs a parent's password.
Unit 1Listening and Viewing with IntentOfficial strand · Content — Working with texts
Big Idea: listening and viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of French. Reading a variety of French text types with an eye for format, audience, register, and purpose, and recognizing the common elements that make up a story.
Reading a Variety of Text Types
- Reading a variety of text types: format, audience, register, purpose10.TEXT.1 — Recognize the elements that shape a variety of French text types — format, language, context, audience, register, and purpose — to read unfamiliar texts like letters, emails, and articles with real understanding.
Common Elements of Stories
- Common elements of stories: place, characters, plot, problem and resolution10.STORY.1 — Identify the common elements of a story told or written in French — place, characters, plot, and a problem and its resolution — to follow and later retell a story.
The official wording — 2 outcomes in this unit
- 10.TEXT.1
elements of a variety of types of texts
- 10.STORY.1
common elements of stories
Unit 2Expressing Ourselves and Engaging in ConversationOfficial strand · Content — Time frames, Asking questions, Communicative functions
Big Idea: expressing ourselves and engaging in conversation in French involves courage, risk taking, and perseverance. The full Grade-10 toolkit for talking about your life across time — present, passé composé, l'imparfait, the passé-composé-vs-imparfait aspect contrast, and the futur proche — asking every kind of question, recounting events in sequence, expressing degrees of liking, sharing hopes and opinions, and narrating a story that pulls it all together. Framing note: this unit also carries forward the government's sixth Big Idea, "Acquiring French allows us to explore diverse opportunities" (educational, personal, professional, social, and travel opportunities per its elaboration) — a framing idea with no distinct Grade-10 Content standard of its own. It has no anchored skill; it is realized through these communicative and hopes/dreams/ambitions skills (talking about plans, jobs, and travel is exactly how a Core French student starts to access those opportunities), not through an invented standalone skill.
The Present Tense as a System
- The present tense as a system: describing what happens now10.TENSE.1 — Use the present tense as a connected system — regular and common irregular verbs, everyday routines and facts — to describe what happens now with confidence and accuracy.
The Passé Composé
- The passé composé: narrating completed past events10.TENSE.2 — Build and use the passé composé (avoir/être + past participle) to narrate a completed past event — something that happened and finished, like J'ai étudié pour mon test hier soir.
L'imparfait
- L'imparfait: describing ongoing and habitual past states10.TENSE.3 — Build and use l'imparfait to describe an ongoing state, a habit, or a repeated action in the past — a background condition rather than a single completed event, like Il faisait des sports quand il était jeune.
Passé Composé vs Imparfait: Choosing the Right Past Tense
- Passé composé vs imparfait: choosing the right past tense (aspect)10.TENSE.4 — Choose correctly between the passé composé and l'imparfait by judging ASPECT — was the action a single completed event, or an ongoing/habitual background state — rather than guessing from an English translation.
The Futur Proche
- The futur proche: talking about the near future and plans10.TENSE.5 — Use the futur proche and related future expressions — Je veux…; J'aimerais…; Je vais…; J'aurai…; Je finirai… — to talk about hopes, dreams, desires, and near-future plans.
Asking Yes/No Questions
- Asking yes/no questions: intonation and Est-ce que10.QUES.1 — Ask yes/no questions in French two ways — rising intonation and Est-ce que — and choose between them depending on how formal or casual the moment is.
Asking Questions with Inversion and Interrogative Words
- Asking questions with inversion and interrogative words10.QUES.2 — Ask questions using inversion and a full range of interrogative words — Comment…?; Où…?; Pourquoi…? — to get specific information from someone, not just a yes or no.
Recounting Sequences of Events
- Recounting sequences of events with connectors (tout d'abord, ensuite, enfin)10.FUNC.1 — Recount a sequence of events in order using connector words — tout d'abord, ensuite, enfin — so a listener can follow what happened first, next, and last.
Expressing Degrees of Liking
- Expressing degrees of liking (J'aime bien... / Je n'aime pas du tout...)10.FUNC.2 — Express a whole range of liking and disliking — not just like/dislike, but degrees like J'aime bien... and Je n'aime pas du tout... — to give a more honest, nuanced reaction.
Hopes, Dreams, Desires, and Ambitions
- Talking about hopes, dreams, desires, and ambitions10.FUNC.3 — Talk about your own hopes, dreams, desires, and ambitions in French — what you want to become, where you want to travel, what you want to achieve.
Giving Opinions About Familiar Topics
- Giving opinions about familiar topics10.FUNC.4 — Give and support an opinion about a familiar topic in French, using an opener like je pense que or à mon avis plus a reason.
Narrating a Story Across Time Frames
- Narrating a story across past, present, and future time frames10.NARR.1 — Narrate a story, both orally and in writing, moving accurately across past, present, and future time frames — pulling together the whole Grade-10 tense toolkit into one connected narrative.
The official wording — 12 outcomes in this unit
- 10.TENSE.1
commonly used vocabulary and sentence structures for communication in past, present, and future time frames
- 10.TENSE.2
commonly used vocabulary and sentence structures for communication in past, present, and future time frames
- 10.TENSE.3
Il faisait des sports quand il était jeune
- 10.TENSE.4
commonly used vocabulary and sentence structures for communication in past, present, and future time frames
- 10.TENSE.5
hopes, dreams, desires, and ambitions: for example, Je veux…; J'aimerais…; Je vais…; J'aurai…; Je finirai…
- 10.QUES.1
Est-ce que questions (e.g., Est-ce que tu as faim?)
- 10.QUES.2
questions using different interrogative words (e.g., Comment…?; Où…?; Pourquoi…?)
- 10.FUNC.1
sequences of events
- 10.FUNC.2
degrees of likes and dislikes
- 10.FUNC.3
hopes, dreams, desires, and ambitions
- 10.FUNC.4
opinions about familiar topics
- 10.NARR.1
Narrate stories, both orally and in writing
Unit 3A New Language Shapes Perspective and IdentityOfficial strand · Curricular Competency — Precision in French
Big Idea: acquiring a new language can shape our perspective and identity. Choosing precise words — the right verb form, the right near-synonym — to convey exactly what you mean, not just something close to it.
Word Choice: Verb-Form Nuance and Near-Synonyms
- Word choice: verb-form nuance and near-synonyms (sortir vs partir)10.WORD.1 — Make precise word choices to convey meaning — telling apart close verb-form nuances like J'avais peur versus J'ai eu peur, and near-synonyms like sortir versus partir — instead of picking the first word that comes to mind.
The official wording — 1 outcome in this unit
- 10.WORD.1
nuances of different verb forms (e.g., J'avais peur versus J'ai eu peur)
Unit 4Cultural Expression Takes Many FormsOfficial strand · Content — Idiomatic French, Francophone cultures
Big Idea: cultural expression can take many different forms. Colourful idiomatic French — expressions with avoir, faire, and être, regional slang, and figurative sayings — plus the ethics of using someone else's cultural material with care and proper attribution.
Idioms with Avoir, Faire, and Être
- Idioms with avoir, faire, and être10.IDIOM.1 — Recognize and use common French idioms built on avoir, faire, and être — avoir besoin de, faire beau, être d'accord — as fixed expressions, not literal translations.
Slang Expressions (l'Argot) Across la Francophonie
- Slang expressions (l'argot) across la francophonie10.IDIOM.2 — Recognize slang expressions from l'argot — like jaser for bavarder — and understand that they belong to informal, spoken French across the Francophone world.
Figurative Idiomatic Expressions
- Figurative idiomatic expressions and their meanings10.IDIOM.3 — Recognize figurative idiomatic expressions — coûter les yeux de la tête, c'est dommage, un coup de foudre — and explain what they actually mean versus what they say literally.
Ethics of Cultural Appropriation and Plagiarism
- Ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism (attribution and citation)10.ETHIC.1 — Explain the ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism — using someone else's cultural material, story, or work without permission, context, or credit — and why attribution and citation matter when engaging with Francophone culture.
The official wording — 4 outcomes in this unit
- 10.IDIOM.1
expressions using avoir, faire, être (e.g., avoir besoin de, faire beau, être d'accord)
- 10.IDIOM.2
expressions from l'argot (e.g., jaser for bavarder)
- 10.IDIOM.3
other expressions (e.g., coûter les yeux de la tête, c'est dommage, un coup de foudre)
- 10.ETHIC.1
ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism
Unit 5Interacting with the Francophone WorldOfficial strand · Content — Francophone cultures; Curricular Competency — Language, culture, and First Peoples
Big Idea: acquiring French allows us to interact with the Francophone world. The lives and contributions of Francophone Canadians, and the deep historical interactions between First Peoples and Francophone communities in Canada — including the Michif language and Chinook Jargon.
Lives and Contributions of Francophone Canadians
- Lives and contributions of Francophone Canadians10.CULT.1 — Describe the lives of Francophone Canadians — including First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people, immigrants to Canada, and Canadians of diverse backgrounds — and their contributions to society.
Exploring the Lives and Contributions of Francophone Canadians
- Exploring the lives and contributions of Francophone Canadians10.FCAN.1 — Explore, through French-language sources and activities, the lives and contributions of Francophone Canadians across the country — connecting the language you are learning to real people and communities.
First Peoples and French: Michif and Chinook Jargon
- First Peoples and French: Michif and Chinook Jargon10.FPFR.1 — Recognize that language and culture in Canada have been shaped by interactions between First Peoples and Francophone communities — including the Michif language (First Nations and French vocabulary and structures, expressing a distinctive Métis culture) and Chinook Jargon (used for trading along the West Coast).
The official wording — 3 outcomes in this unit
- 10.CULT.1
lives of Francophone Canadians and their contributions
- 10.FCAN.1
Explore the lives and contributions of Francophone Canadians
- 10.FPFR.1
the Michif language, which includes First Nations and French vocabulary and structures and expresses a distinctive Métis culture
Printable workbook · A keepsake of the year
A Core French 10 workbook worth keeping
Built from the same official curriculum as this page. Before and after each skill above, your student colours in how sure they feel — so the two of you can see, on one page, what's clicking and what needs another look. It's a quiet way to follow how the year is really going.
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