As part of grade 8 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
Spelling
- Words
- Words of the same family
Grammar
- Text correction
- Mode and tense of verbs
- The value of the present indicative
- The complement of the pronoun
- The complement of the adjective
- Homophones
- Direct and indirect complement pronouns
- Simple relative pronouns – Who – What – Whose – Where
- Conjunctions
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Adverbs
- Concordance of times
- The complex sentence and relative clauses
- Synonyms, antonyms and the meaning of a word
- Using blackberry
- Verb agreements
- Pronominal verbs
- Agreement of adjectives
- The characteristics of subordinates
- Functions
- Categories of adjectives
- Direct questioning
- The verb moods of the subordinate clause
- Interrogative pronouns
- The comparative and the superlative
- The complements of the verb
- Verb correction
- Propositions in the complex sentence
- The use of prepositions
- Sentences to complete
- Add-in attribute
- Direct complement attribute
- Complex relative pronouns
- The singular or plural after-no more-without
- Juxtaposed propositions – coordinates
- The literal meaning and the figurative meaning
- Sentences without main verbs
- Incorrect use of simple or complex prepositions
- Agreement - past participle - pronominal verbs
- Past participle agreement
- Grammatical classes
- Passive voice
- Word families
- Functional groups of sentences
- Transformation by embedding the complex sentence
- The sentence complement
- Antonyms in complex contexts
- Concordance of time with the indicative - posteriority
- The semantic field
- The complete subordinate clause
- Complete proposals
- Coordinators
- The gender of nouns
- Relationship markers
- Grammar tense
- Pronouns
- The nature of the words
Vocabulary
- Paronyms
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Synonyms
- The precision of the terms
- Word families
- The vocabulary of feelings
- Expressions – the human body
- Enrichment exercises
- From verb to noun
- The figurative meaning of words
Conjugation
- Present tense values
- The past past
- Concordance of modes
- The use of the past simple
- Simple past indicative
- The value of some simple times
- The present subjunctive
Reading comprehension
- Introduction to reading comprehension
- Introduction to reading strategy
- Introduction to the study of texts
Writing
- Text summary
Dictation
- Weekly dictation
Homework
- Weekly reading assignments to be done in class
- Weekly writing homework assignments
Videos
- Weekly viewings of French videos at home (short cartoons)
