French Content and Curriculum
French Culture in Canada
French 10
Curricular Competency: Recognize how cultural identity is expressed through Francophone texts and creative works (Canadian text)
Curricular Competency: Recognize how cultural identity is expressed through Francophone texts and creative works (paintings)
Curricular Competency: Recognize how cultural identity is expressed through Francophone texts and creative works (music)
Big Idea: Acquiring a language can shape one’s perspective, identity, and voice.
Curricular Competency: Recognize how cultural identity is expressed through Francophone texts and creative works (text in general)
Curricular Competency: Recognize contributions of Francophone Canadians to society
Curricular Competency: Appreciate that there are regional variations in French (for example, idiomatic expressions from across la francophonie)
Curricular Competency: Recognize that choice of words affects meaning
Curricular Competency: Recognize the importance of story in personal, family, and community identity
Content: Common elements of stories
French 11
Curricular Competency: Curricular Competency: Derive meaning from a variety of texts (any piece of oral, visual, and/or written communication)
Curricular Competency: Locate and explore a variety of authentic texts in French
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Curricular Competency: Analyze cultural points of view in texts
Curricular Competency: Appreciate that there are regional variations in French
Curricular Competency: Recognize connections between language and culture
Curricular Competency: Recognize connections between language and culture
Identify educational and career opportunities requiring proficiency in French
Curricular Competency: Recognize that language and culture have been influenced by the interactions between First Peoples and Francophone communities in Canada
French 12
Curricular Competency: "Recognize different purposes, degrees of formality, and cultural points of view in a variety of texts"
Curricular Competency: Locate and explore a variety of authentic texts in French
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Curricular Competency: Recognize different purposes, degrees of formality, and cultural points of view in a variety of texts
Curricular Competency: Recognize that language and culture have been influenced by the interactions between First Peoples and Francophone communities in Canada
Curricular Competency: Identify and explain biases in texts
Content: Register and language etiquette
Curricular Competency: Analyze and compare elements of creative works from diverse communities