Grade 11 - French-Language Film and Literary Studies

Big Ideas

Curricular Competencies

Content Learning Standards

Linguistic variations offer cultural reference points within the Frenchspeaking world.

The life experience, culture, and current context of the audience influence the interpretation of a text.

The exploration of texts reveals the depth and complexity of human life.

The cinematographic and literary works of a society reflect its principles and values.

Linguistic and cultural identities are shaped by what we hear, see, read, and write.

Use language and cultural knowledge to reflect on their identity and role within the French-speaking world

Grasp the influence and importance of social, historical, and cultural contexts in approaching various texts

Interact with Francophones and have life experiences in the French-speaking world

Examine diverse points of view in Francophone and First Peoples cultures

Examine the roles that stories and the oral tradition play in Francophone and First Peoples cultures

Interpret sound effects, music, and images in cinematographic works to identify implicit and explicit messages

Compare their personal values and points of view with those expressed in a text in order to call into question their own opinions

Identify and explore the problem statement in a text

Recognize the type and intention of a text

Develop a critical mind, clarity, and coherence in responding to texts

Evaluate the acquisition of new knowledge concerning a text

Analyze the role of characters in a text

Communicate using a variety of expressions and presentation formats according to the context

Paraphrase ideas and information obtained from a text

Substantiate their message using techniques from diverse sources

Use various writing styles in their work in order to enrich the text to create the desired effect

Apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts in order to understand and produce a text

Use writing processes and design methods to plan, develop, and create interactions and texts for a variety of purposes and audiences

communication strategies<ul><li>language registers</li><li>taking the floor</li><li>courtesy formulas</li><li>verbal and non-verbal</li></ul>

social, historical, and cultural elements<ul><li>protocols for using First Peoples stories</li></ul>

literary elements<ul><li>stylistic devices</li><li>semantic field</li><li>expressions</li><li>cinematographic techniques</li></ul>

text organization<ul><li>structure of texts</li></ul>

language elements<ul><li>structure of impersonal sentences</li><li>verb tenses and modes</li></ul>

editing strategies

elements to enrich a text<ul><li>clarity</li></ul>