In Grade 6 students are learning about French culture in Canada (outside of Québec and Ontario!). We have been studying a Franco-Manitobain festival called Le Festival du Voyageur (what can you eat? hear? see? do? at this festival). Here are some examples of the things we've been learning. Not all of these activities/foods can be found at Le Festival du Voyageur, but they can all be found at Franco-Canadian festivals!
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This week we're reading about Le Festival du Voyageur. Students are using a variety of reading strategies (looking at images and matching to the text, focusing on words you know and to get the overall meaning of a text - you don't need to know EVERY word, creating a list of new vocabulary for reference...). Below is a video we watched showing the 2018 Festival du Voyageur in Winnipeg (Saint-Boniface), Manitoba. Students are learning the French names of provinces & territories of Canada. Today (Tuesday 8th January) students shaded in their maps of Canada in blue & red to indicate where they predict there are more French/English speaking Canadians.
Students compared their maps to a population distribution map, showing that most French-speaking Canadians are in Eastern Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, and parts of Manitoba and Alberta. |
UnitsFebruary - continuing Unit "D'UN OCÉAN À L'AUTRE": learning about French in Canada OUTSIDE OF Ontario & Quebec (Northern, Western, and Eastern Canada), writing an email about Le Festival du Voyageur, learning about different French-cultural celebrations in the different provinces - creating an advertisement for one of the festivals. Archives |