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Curriculum Overview
In Grade 7 French as a second language students will activate prior knowledge and learn new vocabulary and writing conventions to explore topics related to the global French-speaking community. As beginning language learners, they will learn new vocabulary that will help them describe their daily life, express themselves using formal and informal conventions, explore environmental issues, learn about French-speaking communities around the world, just to name a few.
Students will learn useful vocabulary needed for travel, like ordering food at a restaurant or understanding public service announcements. They will apply familiar and new vocabulary to produce a wide range of written communication and rehearsed oral communication. They will practice using listening strategies and apply prior knowledge to identify French-speaking communities in North and South America. Students are learning to produce spoken and written responses to reflect on the lives of various francophones in Canada, and around the world, like the Acadians, and Métis. Students will learn to produce clear and brief messages to share personal information, simulate conversation, and ask questions to clarify information while applying new language conventions that are used to persuade, inform, and used to introduce someone formally and informally.
The expectations for FSL are organized into four distinct but interrelated strands:
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing
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Learning Activities
Learning Activities provide opportunity for deeper exploration of a subject. Organized by grade and topic (or strand), students should be guided through each Learning Activity by an adult. Before clicking on a topic to prepare for or begin this guided instruction, be sure to read these helpful tips about how to get the most out of TVO Learn.
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Resources for Learning
Chosen by TVO educators, these resources support the curriculum outlined above. Review the below list of options along with the activities. Then, read, watch, listen or play to build understanding and knowledge.
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Apply the Learning
Choose from the following to consolidate learning across French as a Second Language
- Create your own definitions for 20 of the words in the vocabulary list.
- Design a poster that raises awareness about an environmental issue of your choice.
- Research the importance of learning to speak a second language. Prepare a short paragraph with your findings.
- Create your own menu for an imaginary restaurant and write a review of your restaurant.
- Write a list of 5 actions that French as a second language students should follow in order to be successful.
- Your class is going on a field trip and your friend, who missed school today, texted you to ask some questions. "What should I bring? What should I wear?" Answer them with a detailed response.
- Use an online comic creator to write an original comic strip set at an amusement park.
- Write 5 sentences using a minimum of 2 words from the vocabulary list in each sentence.
- Read your writing out-loud. How does this strategy help you review your written work?
- Write a postcard to someone from a French-speaking country in the Carribean. What questions do you have for them? What information about Canada would you like to share?
Vocabulary
Review this list of vocabulary associated with the curriculum. Practice spelling, research definitions, and find these vocabulary words when engaging with the TVO resources or completing learning activities.
Students should understand and be able to apply these words in context.
alimentation
amateur
apporter
collation
courriel
cultiver
drapeau
francophonie
gagner
goûter
habitat
jour
logement
loisir
matin
menacer
nuit
partager
pays
perdre
planète
problème
responsabilité
réunion
salutation
soir