| Grade 8: Grammar, Language Conventions, and Vocabulary |
Achievement
Level
|
|
Overall Expectations
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
Students should develop and apply the language knowledge
outlined below through communicative activities in all three strands.
|
|
|
|
|
| Pronouns |
|
|
|
|
| •object pronouns y and en |
|
|
|
|
| •pronoun on |
|
|
|
|
| Verbs |
|
|
|
|
| •subject and auxiliary verbs in le passé composé |
|
|
|
|
| •le passé composé of regular -er,
-ir, and -re verbs, and some irregular verbs (e.g., avoir,
être, faire, prendre) with the verb avoir |
|
|
|
|
| •singular form of le passé composé of
a few high-frequency verbs formed with the verb être (e.g.,
aller, partir) |
|
|
|
|
| Adjectives |
|
|
|
|
| •comparative and superlative forms of adjectives (e.g.,
Le fromage est plus cher que le pain. C’est le film le plus populaire) |
|
|
|
|
| •partitive article with negation (e.g., Je n’ai pas
de...) |
|
|
|
|
| Adverbs |
|
|
|
|
| •formation of adverbs with adjectives (e.g., naturelle,
naturellement, heureux/ heureusement) |
|
|
|
|
| Vocabulary |
|
|
|
|
| •basic vocabulary (e.g., words associated with careers,
transportation, clothing, music, films, travel) |
|
|
|
|
| •words from units under study, phrases and expressions
from oral vocabulary, personal word lists, and class lists |
|
|
|
|
| Spelling Rules and Strategies |
|
|
|
|
| •use of basic sounds and their related spelling pattern,
knowledge of cognates (e.g., adore/adorer, nutrition/nutritif, universel/universelle) |
|
|
|
|
| •use of some generalizations about spelling (e.g., word
families: musique/musical/musicalement/musicien/musicienne) |
|
|
|
|
| •use of resources (e.g., classroom-displayed vocabulary,
text, dictionary) to check spelling |
|
|
|
|
| Student Name: |
|
|
|
|