Grade 2

Academic French

With our interactive and fun Academic French program, students will get ahead in their studies, and improve their grades, test scores and language skills.

Elementary school boys smiling in French class.

As part of grade 2 courses, students will integrate several aspects of the French language through lessons and diversified exercises. Studying in class and at home will reinforce their learning and autonomy. At the end of this program, students will have a good command of the basic elements of the French language.

Reading

  • Inferences
  • Simple inferences

Spelling

  • Opposite words
  • Homophones (-on -ont)
  • M in front of m-b-p - discover and understand the rule
  • Feminine adjectives
  • Feminine qualitative adjectives
  • Synonyms and antonyms
  • The formation of the plural of adjectives
  • Feminine plural of adjectives
  • The spelling of gender of nouns

Grammar

  • Subject personal pronouns
  • Grammatical homophones –A -A
  • Grammatical homophones –EST -ET
  • Homophones
  • Complete the sentences with the correct homophone
  • Writing numbers in letters from 0 to 1000
  • Demonstrative adjectives (determiners)
  • Determiners
  • Opposites of words
  • Gender and number of adjectives
  • Put the words in order
  • Nominal group
  • Time indicators (markers)
  • Antonyms
  • Masculine and feminine nouns
  • The feminine of nouns
  • The formation of the plural of nouns
  • Verb analysis
  • Past, present and future
  • The feminine of adjectives
  • Feminine nouns and adjectives
  • Colour adjectives
  • Synonyms
  • Qualitative adjectives
  • Extend the nominal group
  • State (of being) verbs
  • Adjective epithet and attribute
  • Adverbs
  • Synonyms and homonyms
  • Adverbs of manner
  • Identify adverbs in sentences
  • Demonstrative determiners

Vocabulary

  • Opposite words
  • Words to learn

Conjugation

  • The verb TO BE (ÊTRE) and the verb TO HAVE (AVOIR) in the present tense
  • The verb TO HAVE (AVOIR) in the present tense
  • Verbs of the first group
  • The present tense of the verbs of the first group -ER
  • Introduction of the PRESENT of the verbs TO BE (ÊTRE) and TO HAVE (AVOIR)
  • Subject personal pronouns
  • Present indicative - verbs of the second group -IR
  • The present indicative of regular and irregular verbs
  • Simple future tense of the indicative
  • The FUTURE SIMPLE tense of verbs in -ER
  • The future tense of the indicative of the verbs of the second group -IR
  • The future tense of the indicative of the verbs of the third group
  • Write the infinitive of conjugated verbs
  • The past tense
  • The PASSE COMPOSE of the verbs TO BE (ÊTRE) and TO HAVE (AVOIR)
  • The past tense of verbs in -ER
  • Past tense -  choose the auxiliaries (AVOIR or ÊTRE)
  • Past - present - future - time indicators
  • DR MRS VANDERTRAMP
  • Past, present and future
  • The present of the verbs of the 1st group - verbs in -ER
  • CONJUGATION - present indicative
  • State (of being) verbs or action verbs

Reading comprehension

  • Introduction to reading comprehension
  • Introduction to reading strategy
  • Introduction to the study of texts

Dictation

  • Weekly dictation

Homework

  • Weekly reading assignments to be done in class and at home
  • Weekly writing homework assignments

Videos

  • Weekly French videos to watch at home (short cartoons)

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