Core French 1200

Unit 1: Oral Production

The Oral Production strand: Grade 10 learners identify and describe objects, people, places, events, and experiences in personal and familiar contexts; express desires, tastes, feelings, preferences, and point of view; express agreement and disagreement; speak with fluency and accuracy in familiar contexts; and demonstrate use of oral presentation strategies.

• Identifying in familiar contexts
• Describing in familiar contexts
• Desires, tastes, and point of view
• Expressing agreement and disagreement
• Speaking with fluency and accuracy
• Oral presentation strategies

Unit 2: Oral Interaction (Speaking and Listening)

The Oral Interaction strand: Grade 10 learners identify main ideas and specific details in simple oral texts, ask and answer a variety of questions, exchange information and opinions about interests and day-to-day situations, ask for and give simple directions, and (statements 3.7 and 3.8, which spiral Oral Production's fluency and presentation-strategy statements) speak with fluency and use presentation strategies within interactive exchanges.

• Main ideas in oral texts
• Specific details in oral texts

• Asking a variety of questions
• Answering a variety of questions
• Exchanging about interests and daily life
• Exchanging opinions on familiar topics
• Exchanging information about experiences
• Asking for and giving simple directions
• Fluency and accuracy in exchanges
• Presentation strategies in interaction

Unit 3: Reading and Viewing

The Reading and Viewing strand: Grade 10 learners identify main ideas and supporting details in written and visual texts, extract information to complete tasks, follow simple written instructions, use reading strategies, read with accuracy and precision, and respond to simple texts - expressing agreement and disagreement with ideas.

• Main idea in written and visual texts
• Supporting details in texts
• Extracting information for a task
• Following written instructions

• Using reading strategies
• Reading with accuracy and precision
• Responding to simple texts
• Agreeing and disagreeing with ideas in texts

Unit 4: Writing and Representing

The Writing and Representing strand: Grade 10 learners create short simple texts on familiar topics, complete personal texts such as surveys and applications, use the writing process, write with precision and accuracy, use strategies to complete and publish a text, express culture in writing (holidays and celebrations, francophone presence in Canada, well-known francophones), and respond to texts through writing and other modes.

• Creating short simple texts
• Completing personal texts

• Using the writing process
• Writing with precision and accuracy
• Completing and publishing a text

• Culture in writing: holidays, presence, and figures
• A francophone presence in Canada
• Well-known francophones and their contributions
• Responding through writing and representing

Unit 5: Appreciation of Language and Cultural Diversity

The Appreciation of Language and Cultural Diversity strand: Grade 10 learners identify and describe francophone populations in Canada and other countries, identify and compare holidays and celebrations in their own and francophone cultures, identify well-known francophones and their contributions, and recognize the influence of other cultures on personal interests and behaviours.

• Identifying francophone populations
• Describing francophone populations
• Well-known francophones and contributions

• Holidays in one's own culture
• Holidays in francophone cultures
• Comparing local and francophone celebrations
• Influence of other cultures on personal interests