English as a Second Language (Core), Grade 6
Quebec · Grade 6 · English as an Additional Language — the complete curriculum-aligned outline, taught skill by skill by MapleMind's AI tutor.
Unit 1: Contextual and Functional Language
Functional English for real classroom and social situations — the two-column phrase/function inventory (Cycle One Contextual + Cycles Two-Three Functional), pitched for francophone learners.
- Using English: Asks for identification
- Using English: Inquires about others’ capabilities
- Using English: Asks yes/no questions
- Using English: Inquires about others’ opinions
- Using English: Inquires about others’ needs and wants
- Using English: Makes suggestions
- Using English: Maintains exchanges
- Using English: Uses personal pronouns and possessive forms in context to ta
- Using English: Uses prepositions and location words required for tasks
- Using English: Responds to question words used in context
- Using English: Uses question words in context
Unit 2: Strategies
Learner strategies — communication, learning, self-management and metacognitive moves that help a francophone learner keep going in English.
- Using English: Questions the pronunciation of new words read or heard
- Using English: Asks oneself: What am I supposed to do? In what order? What
- Using English: Foretells based on prior knowledge, topic, task at hand, tit
- Using English: Experiments with known language
Unit 3: Language Conventions
Conventions in the service of comprehensible English — word order, plurals, articles, verb tenses, sound-symbol and punctuation, framed as learner supports (not native craft).
- Using English: Places articles before nouns
- Using English: Uses knowledge of verb tenses to construct meaning
- Using English: Uses verb tenses targeted for tasks
- Using English: Writes commas between items in an enumeration
Unit 4: Text Components
Using the parts of a text to build meaning in English — connecting words, contextual cues, main ideas and events, at a controlled-vocabulary level.
- Using English: Uses knowledge of connecting words to construct meaning
- Using English: Uses contextual cues to construct meaning
Unit 5: Cultural Elements and Cultural Products
Songs, rhymes, stories and cultural references from English-language cultures — the enjoyable, low-pressure input that builds a francophone learner’s ear for English.
- Using English: Landmarks
- Using English: Traditions related to celebrations and special events
- Using English: Idiomatic expressions
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