Ontario · Grade 9
Core French, Grade 9, Academic
- FSF1D
Ontario’s Grade 9 French course, from Listening to Writing.
- Units
- 4
- Lessons
- 12
- Skills
- 34
- Provincial exam
- None
- Official curriculum
- dcp.edu.gov.on.ca
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, numbered by unit.
Unit 1 · 7 skills
Listening
Listening to Understand
Using listening strategies
I can use a range of listening strategies to understand authentic and adapted spoken French.
Skill 1.1
Showing you understood
I can understand the purpose and meaning of oral French about new and familiar topics.
Skill 1.2
Listening to Interact
Interactive listening strategies
I can use basic turn-taking and comment-and-question moves to stay an active listener in a structured or guided interaction.
Skill 1.3
Responding in interactions
I can respond with understanding to what others say in a French interaction.
Skill 1.4
Reflecting on my listening
I can reflect on how I listen in French and plan how to improve.
Skill 1.5
Culture and Conventions in Listening
Hearing about Africa and Asia
I can identify French-speaking communities in Africa and Asia from what I hear, and connect to their cultures.
Skill 1.6
Conventions you hear
I can notice how French speech changes with the situation and the community.
Skill 1.7
The official wording · 7 outcomes
- 1.1
- identify a range of listening comprehension strategies, and use them before, during, and after listening to understand oral French texts
- 1.2
- an understanding of the purpose and meaning of oral French texts about new and familiar topics, with contextual and visual support
- 1.3
- identify and use interactive listening strategies to suit a variety of situations while participating in
- 1.4
- respond with understanding to what others say while participating in a variety of structured and guided interactions about new and familiar topics, in formal and informal situations
- 1.5
- describe strategies they found helpful
- 1.6
- using information from oral French texts, identify communities in Africa and Asia, find out about aspects of their cultures, and make connections to personal experiences and their
- 1.7
- using information from oral French texts, identify and demonstrate an understanding of sociolinguistic conventions used in a variety of situations in diverse communities
Key ideas
Strategies work in three phases: before (activate prior knowledge, preview words to listen for), during (make inferences, take notes), and after (use a graphic organizer to organize ideas).
Culturally appropriate body language and eye contact show the speaker you are listening during a discussion.
French is spoken in Africa and Asia; these communities have their own traditions, festivals, and contributions to la francophonie (the French-speaking world).
Authentic texts (recorded messages, webcasts, live talks) are less predictable than teacher-made ones - strategies carry you when the vocabulary is unfamiliar.
Taking turns and avoiding interrupting keeps an informal discussion or debate fair and easy to follow.
Watch out for
- Thinking you must catch every word to understand an authentic text.
- Jumping in mid-sentence instead of waiting for a natural turn to speak.
- Believing French is only spoken in Quebec or France.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 9 skills
Speaking
Speaking to Communicate
Using speaking strategies
I can use speaking strategies to communicate clearly for a purpose and an audience.
Skill 2.1
Producing spoken messages
I can produce both prepared and spontaneous spoken French messages.
Skill 2.2
Speaking with fluency
I can speak French smoothly, with natural intonation and accurate pronunciation.
Skill 2.3
Applying language structures
I can use French parts of speech and word order correctly when I speak.
Skill 2.4
Speaking to Interact
Speaking-interaction strategies
I can behave appropriately when I speak with others in French.
Skill 2.5
Taking part in spoken exchanges
I can exchange information in structured, guided spoken interactions.
Skill 2.6
Reflecting on my speaking
I can reflect on how I speak in French and plan how to improve.
Skill 2.7
Culture and Conventions in Speaking
Speaking about Africa and Asia
I can speak about French-speaking communities in Africa and Asia and connect to their cultures.
Skill 2.8
Conventions when you speak
I can use the right French conventions - register, greetings, idioms - when I speak.
Skill 2.9
The official wording · 9 outcomes
- 2.1
- identify a range of speaking strategies and use them to express themselves clearly and coherently in French for various purposes and to a variety of
- 2.2
- produce prepared and spontaneous messages in French to communicate information, ideas, and opinions about matters of personal interest and familiar and academic topics, with contextual, auditory, and visual support as appropriate
- 2.3
- speak with a smooth pace, appropriate intonation, and accurate pronunciation in prepared
- 2.4
- their meaning clearly, using parts of speech and word order appropriately
- 2.5
- demonstrate an understanding of appropriate speaking behaviour when interacting with others in a variety of structured, guided, formal, and informal situations
- 2.6
- exchange information, ideas, and opinions with the teacher and their peers in structured and guided spoken interactions about matters of personal interest and academic topics, with teacher modelling as appropriate
- 2.7
- describe strategies they found helpful
- 2.8
- communicate information orally about communities in Africa and Asia, including aspects of their cultures and their contributions to la francophonie and the world, and make connections to
- 2.9
- identify sociolinguistic conventions associated with a variety of social situations in diverse communities and use them appropriately in spoken interactions
Key ideas
Strategies include clarifying your purpose, outlining main ideas and supporting details, and keeping a personal lexicon of useful expressions.
You give meaningful feedback, encourage others, and use repair strategies (stopping to clarify, restating differently) to bridge gaps.
You share, in speech, what these communities in Africa and Asia contribute to la francophonie and the world.
Adjusting intonation, volume, and tone to the audience helps your message land - as does introducing the subject and summarizing the key points.
Non-verbal cues (facial expressions, gestures) highlight important ideas and keep an interaction respectful.
Watch out for
- Freezing when you do not know a word instead of using a strategy.
- Talking over others instead of taking turns.
- Believing French is only spoken in Quebec or France.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 9 skills
Reading
Reading Comprehension
Using reading strategies
I can use a variety of reading strategies to understand authentic and adapted French texts.
Skill 3.1
Reading for meaning
I can understand and respond to French texts about academic and personal topics.
Skill 3.2
Reading with fluency
I can read French texts smoothly enough to understand their overall sense.
Skill 3.3
Developing vocabulary
I can grow my French vocabulary using strategies while I read.
Skill 3.4
Purpose, Form, and Style
Purpose of text forms
I can identify the purpose of a variety of French text forms and explain how their characteristics carry meaning.
Skill 3.5
Features and style
I can spot text features and style and explain how they convey the meaning.
Skill 3.6
Reflecting on my reading
I can reflect on how I read in French and plan how to improve.
Skill 3.7
Culture and Conventions in Reading
Reading about Africa and Asia
I can identify French-speaking communities in Africa and Asia from what I read, and connect to their cultures.
Skill 3.8
Conventions in French texts
I can spot sociolinguistic conventions - register, region, idiom - in French texts.
Skill 3.9
The official wording · 9 outcomes
- 3.1
- identify a variety of reading comprehension strategies and use them before, during, and after reading to understand French texts in modelled, shared, guided, and independent reading contexts
- 3.2
- demonstrate an understanding of a variety of student- and French texts about academic and personally relevant topics
- 3.3
- read a variety of French texts containing familiar names, words, and expressions at a sufficient rate and with sufficient ease to demonstrate that they the overall
- 3.4
- use a variety of strategies before, during, and after reading to determine or confirm the meaning of new, unfamiliar, or recently learned words and expressions
- 3.5
- identify the purpose(s) and characteristics of a variety of text forms, including fictional, informational, graphic, and media forms, and explain how the characteristics help communicate the meaning
- 3.6
- identify some features and stylistic elements of a variety of text forms, including fictional, informational, graphic, and media forms, and explain how they help to convey the meaning
- 3.7
- describe strategies they found helpful before, during, and after reading to understand texts
- 3.8
- using information from a variety of French texts, identify French- speaking communities in Africa and Asia, find out about aspects of their cultures, and make connections to personal
- 3.9
- identify, in a variety of French texts, examples of sociolinguistic conventions associated with a variety of social situations in diverse communities
Key ideas
Before reading you skim and predict; during, you question, visualize, and make connections; after, you confirm and summarize.
Each form has a purpose and characteristics that serve it: an adventure story's episodic plot creates suspense; a website's links lead the reader to related information.
French texts (brochures, websites, menus, literature) let you learn about communities in Africa and Asia and their cultures.
You extract information from titles, subtitles, headings, and sidebars in a non-fiction text.
You go beyond naming the purpose to explaining HOW a form's characteristics communicate it.
Watch out for
- Translating every word instead of getting the overall sense.
- Thinking all texts share one purpose (to inform).
- Believing French is only spoken in Quebec or France.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 4 · 9 skills
Writing
Purpose, Audience, and Form
Identifying purpose and audience
I can decide the purpose and audience for my French writing.
Skill 4.1
Writing in different forms
I can write a variety of French texts, applying each form's structure and style.
Skill 4.2
Applying language conventions
I can apply French language conventions so my writing is clear.
Skill 4.3
The Writing Process
Pre-writing: gathering ideas
I can gather, develop, and organize ideas before I write in French.
Skill 4.4
Drafting and revising
I can draft a French text and revise it to improve the content.
Skill 4.5
Producing finished work
I can polish my French writing for clarity, readability, and presentation.
Skill 4.6
Reflecting on my writing
I can reflect on how I write in French and plan how to improve.
Skill 4.7
Culture and Conventions in Writing
Writing about Africa and Asia
I can write about French-speaking communities in Africa and Asia and connect to their cultures.
Skill 4.8
Conventions in my writing
I can use the right French conventions - register, salutations, idioms - when I write.
Skill 4.9
The official wording · 9 outcomes
- 4.1
- determine their purpose in writing and the audience for the French texts they plan to create
- 4.2
- write a variety of French texts to convey information, ideas, and opinions about academic and personally relevant topics, applying their knowledge of the basic structural and stylistic elements of each form
- 4.3
- their meaning clearly, using parts of speech appropriately and following conventions for correct spelling, word order, and punctuation
- 4.4
- generate, develop, and organize ideas for writing using a variety of strategies and resources
- 4.5
- plan and produce drafts and revise their work using a variety of and independent strategies
- 4.6
- make to enhance the clarity and readability of their written work, and use a few elements of effective presentation to produce a polished product for publication
- 4.7
- describe strategies they found helpful
- 4.8
- in their written work, communicate information about French- speaking communities in Africa and Asia, including aspects of their cultures and their contributions to la francophonie and the world, and make connections to personal
- 4.9
- identify sociolinguistic conventions associated with a variety of social situations in diverse
Key ideas
Purpose is WHY you write (to inform, persuade, express, request) and audience is WHO reads it.
Pre-writing collects and orders ideas first - guiding questions, graphic organizers, background reading, and note-taking.
In writing, you communicate what communities in Africa and Asia contribute to la francophonie and the world.
Purpose and audience shape the words, tone, and form - a journal entry differs from a survey or a poster.
You gather supporting information from print and electronic sources and assess its accuracy and relevance.
Watch out for
- Starting to write with no clear reader or reason in mind.
- Jumping straight to a draft with no plan.
- Believing French is only spoken in Quebec or France.
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 Ontario’s own curriculum for Core French, Grade 9, Academic.
Textbooks
The textbooks Ontario Ministry of Education lists for Core French, Grade 9, Academic:
- Points de connexion
- Tu parles! 1
From the Trillium List, read October 27, 2026. ontario.ca
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Questions about Core French, Grade 9, Academic
What is Core French, Grade 9, Academic?
Ontario’s Grade 9 French course: 4 units and 34 skills, from Listening to Writing.
What units are in Core French, Grade 9, Academic?
1. Listening, 2. Speaking, 3. Reading and 4. Writing.
Is there a provincial exam for Core French, Grade 9, Academic?
No. Ontario gives no provincial exam for Core French, Grade 9, Academic.
What textbook does Core French, Grade 9, Academic use?
The textbooks Ontario Ministry of Education lists for Core French, Grade 9, Academic: Points de connexion, Pearson Education Canada and Tu parles! 1, R.K. Publishing.
What comes after Core French, Grade 9, Academic?
Core French, Grade 10, Academic.
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