Manitoba · Grade 11
Core French, Grade 11
- 30S
Manitoba’s Grade 11 French course, from Oral Communication to Culture.
- Units
- 4
- Lessons
- 9
- Skills
- 26
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- edu.gov.mb.ca
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 8 skills
Oral Communication
Listening for Meaning
Understanding and interpreting oral messages
I can understand oral French messages and distinguish fact from opinion.
Skill 1.1
Listening strategies
I can use strategies to understand standard French messages.
Skill 1.2
Message: Narrating and Advising
Talking about the past
I can narrate a rich past experience with detail and reflection in French.
Skill 1.3
Giving advice and making predictions
I can give thoughtful advice and make predictions in French.
Skill 1.4
Message: Justifying and Future
Justifying a viewpoint
I can justify a viewpoint with structured reasoning in French.
Skill 1.5
Talking about the future
I can describe detailed future plans in French.
Skill 1.6
Fluency and Accuracy
Fluency
I can speak elaborated French with spontaneity and natural rhythm.
Skill 1.7
Accuracy
I can use complex structures and a full tense range accurately in speech.
Skill 1.8
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- 1.1
- respond to a variety of types of oral messages, such as phone messages, radio broadcasts, announcements, storytelling, documentaries and films
- 1.2
- use appropriate strategies to understand the message ex., ask for repetition and explanation
- 1.3
- talking about the past
- 1.4
- giving advice
- 1.5
- justifying a viewpoint
- 1.6
- talking about the future
- 1.7
- Students use appropriate rhythm, pace, and intonation to communicate and to interact.
- 1.8
- Students use the present, imperative, past, imperfect, future tenses and conditional tenses, among others, as needed, for communicative purposes related to the topic.
Key ideas
When the speaker uses standard French at normal speed, identify the main idea and key points (who, what, where, when, why, how) on familiar topics.
Narrate a rich past experience: 'J'ai voyage a Paris et c'etait la meilleure experience de ma vie! Nous sommes partis le 25 mars... On a vu beaucoup de monuments...'.
Justify a career or life choice with layered reasons: 'J'aimerais devenir plombier parce que j'aime travailler avec mes mains. De plus j'aime les mathematiques et je peux facilement faire des calculs.'.
Accuracy means correct vocabulary and syntax related to the topic and communicative intent.
Respond to a variety of oral messages - phone messages, radio, announcements, storytelling, DOCUMENTARIES and films - and distinguish FACT from OPINION and make inferences.
Watch out for
- Treating every statement as fact.
- Narrating with no evaluation or reflection.
- Giving one reason with no layering.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 5 skills
Reading
Message: Understanding Text
Reading for purpose across text types
I can read persuasive and poetic French texts for a purpose.
Skill 2.1
Summarizing and analyzing relationships
I can summarize a French text and identify its details and relationships.
Skill 2.2
Responding to and connecting with text
I can respond to a French text with opinions, connections, and classification.
Skill 2.3
Inferring and evaluating text
I can make inferences and evaluate a French text's effectiveness.
Skill 2.4
Reading aloud with fluency and accuracy
I can read a variety of French texts aloud with expression and accuracy.
Skill 2.5
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 2.1
- read texts on familiar and less familiar topics whose purpose is to increase knowledge, incite action, modify opinions or entertain
- 2.2
- describing the relationships between characters
- 2.3
- making personal connections
- 2.4
- evaluating the effectiveness of the text based on its communicative intent
- 2.5
- read with expression to convey the message
Key ideas
Establish the PURPOSE for reading: identify specific information, learn to do something, decide on an action, or entertain yourself.
Anticipate the global meaning: read the title and subtitles, INTERPRET GRAPHS and visual supports, find cognates, and use prior knowledge.
Read narrative, expository, PERSUASIVE, and poetic texts.
Identify the main idea and key points - identify a problem and propose solutions, and provide a brief SUMMARY of a text (story, article, poem).
Identify details related to your reading intention: ask and find answers, draw a timeline, find justification for ideas.
Watch out for
- Reading with no purpose.
- Ignoring graphs and visual supports.
- Summarizing with unnecessary detail.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 8 skills
Writing
Message: Purpose and Describing
Purpose, conventions, and describing
I can write independently for a purpose and describe a character.
Skill 3.1
Writing about the past
I can write a rich past narrative with reflection in French.
Skill 3.2
Message: Advising and Justifying
Writing advice and predictions
I can write advice and make predictions in French.
Skill 3.3
Justifying a viewpoint in writing
I can justify a viewpoint in writing with structured reasoning.
Skill 3.4
Sharing information: reports, resumes, cover letters
I can share information in reports and summaries in French.
Skill 3.5
Fluency and Accuracy
Organizing varied, coherent texts
I can plan and organize a coherent French text with varied sentences.
Skill 3.6
Writing devices and synchronizing tenses
I can use writing devices and synchronize tenses and modes in French.
Skill 3.7
Accuracy: grammar and syntax
I can apply French grammar and complex syntax accurately in my writing.
Skill 3.8
The official wording · 8 outcomes
- 3.1
- respect the format and conventions of the kind of text
- 3.2
- writing about the past ex., describe an event or personal experience from the past
- 3.3
- giving advice
- 3.4
- justifying a viewpoint
- 3.5
- sharing information ex., write a resume and cover letter
- 3.6
- use a variety of sentence types
- 3.7
- synchronise verb tenses and modes
- 3.8
- conjugate verbs correctly (present, imperative, compound past, imperfect, future, conditional, past perfect, subjunctive, based on the intention of the communication)
Key ideas
Explain the communicative INTENT: identify the target audience and a targeted action or reaction.
Write advice: 'Ce serait une bonne idee de baisser le volume de tes ecouteurs.'; 'Il faut que tu fasses de l'exercice chaque jour.' (subjunctive); 'Il vaut mieux prevenir que guerir.'.
Plan and edit text for flow: prepare an OUTLINE before writing and reread aloud to check the progression of ideas.
Respect the format and CONVENTIONS: divide text into paragraphs by idea, include the elements of a formal letter, cite sources in a report.
Make predictions with the conditional: 'Si tout le monde parlait au moins deux langues, il y aurait moins de conflits dans le monde.'.
Watch out for
- Ignoring a text type's conventions.
- Blunt advice with no softening.
- Writing without an outline.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 4 · 5 skills
Culture
Francophone Cultures and Research
Explaining and researching francophone cultures
I can explain francophone cultures and compare Manitoba's to the world's.
Skill 4.1
Connecting to francophone youth
I can compare my cultural influences with francophone youth worldwide.
Skill 4.2
Formal register and language comparison
I can use formal register and explain French-English differences.
Skill 4.3
Personal reasons and benefits of French
I can explain personal reasons and benefits for learning French.
Skill 4.4
French beyond the classroom and empathy
I can use French beyond the classroom and reflect on the experience.
Skill 4.5
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 4.1
- compare elements of Manitoba francophone culture with elements francophone cultures around the world.
- 4.2
- compare their own cultural influences with those of francophone youth in other parts of the world.
- 4.3
- explain commonalities/differences between the French and English languages.
- 4.4
- explain personal reasons and benefits for learning French.
- 4.5
- show empathy toward people of differing cultures.
Key ideas
Explain elements of your OWN cultural background - the origins of traditions, dance, visual arts, music, folklore.
Describe successes and challenges for francophone communities worldwide, and COMPARE Manitoba francophone culture with francophone cultures around the world.
Research and express opinions about francophone cultural, political, or historical topics: 'Why is Canada officially bilingual?'.
Compare your own cultural INFLUENCES with those of francophone youth in other parts of the world - role models, Internet, music, family.
Reflect on what shapes youth identity across cultures.
Watch out for
- Treating Manitoba francophone culture as identical to the world's.
- Giving an opinion with no research.
- Assuming influences are entirely different.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows Manitoba’s own curriculum for Core French, Grade 11.
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Questions about Core French, Grade 11
What is Core French, Grade 11?
Manitoba’s Grade 11 French course: 4 units and 26 skills, from Oral Communication to Culture.
What units are in Core French, Grade 11?
1. Oral Communication, 2. Reading, 3. Writing and 4. Culture.
Is there a provincial exam for Core French, Grade 11?
No. Manitoba gives no provincial exam for Core French, Grade 11.
What comes after Core French, Grade 11?
Core French, Grade 12.
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