Core French, Grade 8

Active listening strategies (mid-A2)

I can use active-listening strategies to understand richer spoken French, telling apart background description (imparfait) from completed events (passe compose).

Showing comprehension of a richer spoken text

I can show I understood a richer short spoken French text - one that describes a scene and reports events - by answering questions about both.

Inferring feelings and intentions

I can infer how a French speaker feels or what they intend - from their tone, word choice, and the situation - not only from what they say directly.

Strategies for speaking (mid-A2)

I can produce a fuller spoken French text - a short story that sets the scene with the imparfait and tells events with the passe compose - using strategies to stay clear.

Speaking accurately and self-correcting

I can speak more accurately by monitoring myself and self-correcting - fixing a wrong tense, a missing agreement, or a mispronounced sound as I go.

Speech acts to interact and express (mid-A2)

I can hold a richer two-way French exchange - giving and asking for opinions, agreeing or disagreeing with reasons, and reacting to what my partner says.

Presenting an experience to the group

I can present an experience to my class - a trip, a hobby, a memory - describing the setting and recounting what happened, in several connected sentences.

Reading strategies for longer texts (mid-A2)

I can use reading strategies to construct meaning from a longer varied French text - tracking who is doing what and when across several sentences.

Skimming and scanning a text

I can skim a longer French text for its overall gist and scan it for specific information, choosing the right strategy for my reading purpose.

Showing comprehension of varied texts (mid-A2)

I can show comprehension of a variety of short French texts, tell a fact from the writer's opinion, and give my own justified response.

Understanding how a text is organized

I can explain how a short French text is organized - its beginning, middle and end, or its headings and sequence - and use that structure to find information.

Reading aloud with expression (mid-A2)

I can read a familiar French text aloud with mid-A2 fluency and expression - conveying the mood of a passage and reading dialogue convincingly.

The wider Francophonie and Mi'kmaq-French history

I can connect PEI's French community to the wider Francophonie - francophone music and festivals, France, francophone Canada - and describe the real shared history of the Mi'kmaq and French settlers on Epekwitk/PEI.

Strategies to guide longer writing (mid-A2)

I can use strategies to guide a longer A2 French text - outlining paragraphs, drafting, and revising for correct tenses and clear connectors.

Writing a story with scene and events

I can write a short French story on a familiar topic that sets the scene with the imparfait and tells the events with the passe compose, organized with a beginning, middle and end.

Writing an opinion text with reasons

I can write a short French opinion text - stating my view and backing it with more than one reason, organized clearly and ending with a conclusion.