Grade 5 - French Immersion Language Arts & Literature

French Immersion Language Arts and Literature

Oral Communication: Oral comprehension and expression promote language development, positive relationships, and collaboration.

Vocabulary: Understanding the meaning and formation of words facilitates oral communication, reading, and writing.

Text Organization: Different text genres are used to understand and express ideas, information, and perspectives about the world.

Text Comprehension: Understanding of ideas, perspectives, and cultures in texts is supported through the application of reading strategies and processes.

Reading Fluency: Reading fluency development promotes oral and written comprehension and expression.

Text Production: Text production and creativity allow for the sharing of ideas and information in various contexts.

Grammar: The understanding and application of grammar promotes effective communication of ideas when speaking and writing.

How can the development of oral communication skills support the development of harmonious relationships and selfconfidence?

How can the study of word connections help expand vocabulary and support spelling in communication situations?

What are the characteristics and structures of texts that highlight connections between the genre and type of a text?

How can reading comprehension be enhanced and contribute to self-image?

How can fluency contribute to the development of ease when reading?

How can the management of the writing process be adapted to text production and personal goal setting?

How can reflection about sentence grammar improve oral and written communication?

Students use active listening to understand main and secondary ideas in authentic oral communication situations that reflect various topics and purposes.

Students express themselves in French on a regular basis in authentic oral communication situations, that reflect various topics and purposes, spontaneously and in a prepared manner.

Students make connections between words to strengthen oral and written communication on various topics.

Students examine the characteristics and structures of fiction and non-fiction texts and match their genre to the corresponding type.

Students selectively apply strategies according to the text and reading purpose, and demonstrate comprehension of texts of various genres.

Students read texts at their independent reading level with fluency and expression, experimenting with rate of flow

Students implement an orderly process to generate, plan, write, and share their ideas, meeting the requirements of the type of text and targeting language goals.

Students use the elements of sentence grammar studied to understand and produce simple sentences of various types and forms, in context.