Nova Scotia · Grade 8
Core French, Grade 8
Nova Scotia’s Grade 8 French course, from Communication orale to Creation de textes.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 6
- Skills
- 16
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 7 skills
Communication orale
Conveying and Justifying Ideas Orally
Conveying information about your own life
I can share information about my own life in French, using model sentences and a range of varied connectors, with more independence than in Grade 7.
Skill 1.1
Justifying your ideas and others' ideas
I can justify my ideas and build on others' ideas in French, using a variety of learned structures - developing a short argument, not just one reason.
Skill 1.2
Speaking with More Spontaneity
Complete sentences with more spontaneity
I can speak in complete French sentences with very little hesitation and MORE spontaneity (plus de spontaneite) than in Grade 7 - handling unexpected turns in a conversation.
Skill 1.3
Speaking with fluency for the task
I can speak French with fluency (aisance) suited to a range of tasks, sustaining longer and more varied speaking tasks than in Grade 7.
Skill 1.4
Speaking with accuracy for the task
I can speak French with accuracy (precision) suited to the task, controlling more structures - questions, negation, and simple past/future - than in Grade 7.
Skill 1.5
Selecting Information and Describing
Selecting useful information in a conversation
I can select useful, reliable information across a longer French conversation and synthesize it into a response.
Skill 1.6
Describing a topic from your own life
I can describe a topic from my own life in French in an organized way, with several details, comparisons, and an opinion.
Skill 1.7
The official wording · 7 outcomes
- 1.1
- Communiquer de l’information reliée à son vécu en utilisant des phrases modèles en employant quelques mots connecteurs variés
- 1.2
- Communiquer en justifiant leurs idées et celles des autres en utilisant une variété de structures langagières déjà apprises à l’oral
- 1.3
- Communiquer à l’oral en utilisant des phrases complètes avec très peu d’hésitation et avec plus de spontanéité
- 1.4
- Communiquer à l’oral avec aisance selon la tâche proposée
- 1.5
- Communiquer à l’oral avec précision selon la tâche proposé
- 1.6
- Sélectionner des renseignements utiles lors d’une conversation
- 1.7
- Décrire un sujet relié à son vécu
Key ideas
Widen your connectors: donc (so/therefore), cependant (however), par exemple (for example).
More spontaneity: sustain unplanned exchanges, not just add a detail.
Synthesize several details from across a longer exchange.
Speak on richer authentic themes than Grade 7.
Handle an unexpected question or a change of topic in stride.
Watch out for
- Sticking to Grade-7-level connectors only (et/mais/parce que).
- Only managing the Grade-7 level (adding one planned detail).
- Listing details without synthesizing them.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 4 skills
Comprehension / degager le sens des textes
Strategies and Making Meaning
Applying reading strategies
I can flexibly apply reading strategies to make comprehension easier for longer, richer French texts - choosing and combining strategies independently.
Skill 2.1
Making meaning by answering oral questions
I can make meaning from a French text by answering oral questions before, during, and after reading - including inference and opinion questions.
Skill 2.2
Reading Aloud with Fluency and Accuracy
Reading aloud with fluency
I can read a longer French text aloud with fluency (aisance) - smooth pacing, natural phrasing, and expression suited to the text.
Skill 2.3
Reading aloud with accuracy
I can read a longer French text aloud with accuracy (precision), applying son-graphie, liaisons, and accents correctly, even in new words.
Skill 2.4
The official wording · 4 outcomes
- 2.1
- Mettre en application des stratégies de lecture qui facilitent la compréhension
- 2.2
- Dégager le sens d’un texte en répondant à des questions à l’oral lors des activités de prélecture, lecture et post-lecture
- 2.3
- Lire avec aisance à haute voix
- 2.4
- Lire avec précision à haute voix
Key ideas
Combine textual cues, cognates, prior knowledge, and inference.
Sustain fluency across a longer passage.
Infer meaning of unknown words from context and word families.
Adjust expression to the text type (a story vs an information text).
Adjust strategy to text type (narrative vs informational).
Watch out for
- Relying on a single strategy for every text.
- Losing fluency on longer or unseen passages.
- Not rereading when comprehension breaks down.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 5 skills
Creation de textes
Creating Personal and Narrative Texts
Producing a personal text following the model
I can produce a personal French text that follows the writing model - introduction, development, conclusion - with a beginning of spontaneity, on a richer theme than in Grade 7.
Skill 3.1
Producing narrative texts in complete sentences
I can produce a NARRATIVE French text in complete sentences following the model - a text that tells events in order, which is new at Grade 8.
Skill 3.2
Writing strategies for fluency
I can apply writing strategies that promote fluency (aisance) across both personal and narrative texts - planning, drafting freely, and reusing structures.
Skill 3.3
Revision strategies for accuracy
I can apply revision strategies that promote accuracy (precision) - rereading personal and narrative texts to fix agreement, verb tenses, and conventions.
Skill 3.4
Telling a short story
I can tell a short story in French - sharing a simple narrative with a beginning, events, and an ending, in my own words.
Skill 3.5
The official wording · 5 outcomes
- 3.1
- formuler des textes personnels qui suivent le modèle d’écriture en faisant preuve d’un début de spontanéité.
- 3.2
- formuler des textes narratifs en phrases complètes en suivant le modèle d’écriture
- 3.3
- mettre en application des stratégies d'écriture qui promeuvent l’aisance
- 3.4
- mettre en application des stratégies de révision qui promeuvent la précision
- 3.5
- raconter une courte histoire
Key ideas
Follow the model structure: introduction, development, conclusion.
Add spontaneous personal ideas beyond the model.
Reuse structures from oral and reading in writing.
Write on a richer, more abstract theme (opinions, issues).
A narrative tells events in sequence: a beginning, events, an ending.
Watch out for
- Writing only a development with no intro/conclusion.
- Copying the model with no personal additions.
- Writing a description instead of a sequence of events.
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 Nova Scotia’s own curriculum for Core French, Grade 8.
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Questions about Core French, Grade 8
What is Core French, Grade 8?
Nova Scotia’s Grade 8 French course: 3 units and 16 skills, from Communication orale to Creation de textes.
What units are in Core French, Grade 8?
1. Communication orale, 2. Comprehension / degager le sens des textes and 3. Creation de textes.
Is there a provincial exam for Core French, Grade 8?
No. Nova Scotia gives no provincial exam for Core French, Grade 8.
What comes after Core French, Grade 8?
Core French 9.
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