Lakeshore Collegiate Institute

Course Outline
FSF1D1 Grade 9 Academic French
Ms Paolone
Texts:

Sans frontires
Miscellaneous Written and Oral French Texts

UNIT

LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS

Review

present tense of ER, IR, RE verbs

aller, faire, avoir and tre
pass compos of regular verbs and
some
irregular verbs
bilingual dictionary skills
use of the negative nepas

1. Moi-mme

present tense of reflexive verbs

irregular adjectives
jouer / jouer de

2. Cris et frissons

pass compos of irregular verbs

verb + preposition / de + infinitive
review of irregular adjectives

3. Les grands monstres

adjectives
pass compos with tre
interrogative words and expressions

4. Sur la piste de la tomate carre

futur simple and future proche

conjunctions (et, mais, ou, donc, car,
etc.)

5. Aventure en tempomobile

subject pronouns
direct object pronouns le, la, l, les
comparative and superlative with
plus / moins
comparative and superlative of bon
and bien

6. Soire des toiles

indirect object pronouns lui and leur

7. Canal animal

unit vocabulary
pronouns y and en
interrogative words and expressions

8. La vie en vert

disjunctive pronouns
relative pronouns qui, que / qu
imperative tense

You will build on and apply your knowledge of French while exploring a variety of
themes. Each unit will include a variety of assessment strategies to evaluate oral
communication, reading and writing skills (quizzes, tests, sight passages, dialogues,
presentations).

Evaluation:
Oral Communication (Listening and Speaking)
Reading and Writing
35%
Culminating Activity & Exam
100%

35%
30%