Grammaire Sous La Main
Part 2
and the Ontario Curriculum

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Grammaire Sous La Main Part 2 is the companion time saving resource to Part 1 for French teachers. The same copy-ready format in a three ring binder is always ready to use. Part 2 activity pages reinforce the grammar basics other than the verbs.  Each binder contains:

  • 74 activity pages, easy to pull out and ready to copy.
  • A variety of learning activities including mots cachés, casse tête, exercices, and mots croisés.
  • Activity pages specifically designed to reinforce student learning of   nouns, pronouns, adjectives, negation, prepositions, interogatives, adverbs, conjuntions and contractions.
  • All actvities are arranged and outlined in a useful table of contents according to grade level.
  • All activities are referenced to reinforce the grammar expectations outlined in the French As A Second Language: Core French, Grades 4 - 8 curriculum. The table below specifies all the curriculum links.
Expectations from the Ontario Curriculum*

Pages in
Grammaire
Sous La Main
reinforcing the
expectation

       Grade 4
    nouns and pronouns

  • words and expressions used to identify nouns (e.g., C’est Lise. Ce sont des crayons. Voilà Céline. Il y a...)
11
  • pronoun subjects (je, j', tu, vous, il, elle)
 9
  • addition of s to form the plural of nouns (un enfant/des enfants)
 7
  • agreement of definite articles (e.g., le/la/ l’/les), and indefinite articles (un/une/des) with nouns
 2 - 6

    adjectives

  • addition of e to form the feminine of simple, regular adjectives (grand/grande)

13, 14

    prepositions

  • prepositions of place (e.g., sur, sous, dans) and to indicate possession (e.g., de)
15 - 22

    interrogative constructions

  • questions with rising intonation and with est-ce que
 23
  • question words (comment, où, combien, quel/quelle, qu’est-ce que, and qui)
 25, 26

     Grade 5                                                             Back to Top
   nouns and pronouns

  • pronoun subjects (nous, vous, ils, elles)

31

    adjectives

  • agreement, in gender and number, of regular adjectives with nouns (e.g., un crayon bleu, des plumes bleues)
33, 34

    negation

  • negative ne ... pas in a simple sentence and contracted if necessary (e.g., Je n’aime pas la musique classique)
28 - 30

    prepositions

  • prepositions with nouns in short sentences (e.g., Paul est derrière Lorraine)

35

    interrogative constructions

  • question words (pourquoi, à quelle heure, de quelle couleur, quand)
37, 38

    Grade 6                                                                Back to Top
   nouns and pronouns

  • agreement of the partitive article (du, de la, de l’, des) with nouns
40

    adjectives

  • possessive adjectives (mon/ma/mes, ton/ta/ tes, son/sa/ses)
41 - 43

    conjunctions

  • conjunctions (mais, et, parce que/parce qu’)
44

    adverbs

  • common adverbs (e.g., peu, assez, beaucoup, trop) and expressions of quantity (e.g., un verre, un morceau, une boîte, une canette)
45 - 47

     Grade 7                                                                    Back to Top
   adjectives

  • demonstrative adjectives (ce/cet/cette/ces)
 49, 50
  • adjectives that precede the noun (e.g., grand, petit, nouveau)
 51
  • plural possessive adjectives (notre/nos, votre/vos, leur/leurs)
 56 - 59
  • singular and plural, feminine and masculine, of some irregular adjectives (e.g.,beau/bel/ beaux/belle/belles)
 53 - 55
  • agreement, in number and gender, of irregular adjectives with nouns (e.g., les beaux chandails)
 53 - 55

    interrogative constructions

  • subject-verb inversions (e.g., Vas-tu au cinéma?)
 60 - 62

    contractions

  • the prepositions à and de plus the definite article (e.g., au/aux, du/des)
 63 - 65

     Grade 8                                                                Back to Top
   pronouns

  • object pronouns y and en
67 -71
  • pronoun on
 72

    adjectives

  • comparative and superlative forms of adjectives (e.g., Le fromage est plus cher que le pain. C’est le film le plus populaire)
73 - 75
  • partitive article with negation (e.g., Je n’ai pas de...)
 76, 77

    adverbs

  • formation of adverbs with adjectives (e.g., naturelle, naturellement, heureux/ heureusement)
 78, 79

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* excerpts from the Ontario Curriculum: French As a Second Language – Core French, Grades 4-8, 1998. Ministry of Education and Training

Ó Queen's Printer for Ontario, 1998. Reproduced with permission.