Syllabus of CBSE Class 9 French for the academic year 2020-2021

Class 9 French Syllabus 

  1. Reading Section:                                                                                               

  2. One unseen prose passage (factual/descriptive) 

  3. Writing Section:                                                                                                

  4. One long composition (Informal letter) 

         Two short compositions -: (recipe, message, post card, description of a person with visual input and clues) 

     6.Grammar Section:                                                                                             

          Demonstrative adjectives, verbs (présent, futur proche, futur simple, pronominal verbs, passé composé, impératif, imparfait), question formation (excluding interrogative adjectives and pronouns), negatives, personal               pronouns, simple relative pronouns.

  1. Culture and Civilization:                                                                                   

  2. Question based on text book:

  1. L. 1 – La famille

  2. L. 2 – Au lycée

  3. L. 3 – Une journée de Pauline

  4. L. 4 – Les saisons

  5. L. 5 – Les voyages

  6. L. 6 - Les loisirs et les sports

  7. L. 7 – L’argent de poche

  8. L. 8 – Faire des achats

  1. Internal Assessment :                                                                                         

          As per CBSE guidelines for all subjects:

  1. Subject enrichment activity (ASL)                                                                 

  2. Portfolio                                                                                                         

  3. Periodic Tests                                                                                                

  4. Multiple Assessments                                                                                   

 

The Question Paper will be divided into four sections:

Section - A:

Reading Comprehension

Section - B:

Writing

Section - C:

Grammar

Section - D:

Culture and Civilization

 

Section wise weightage:

Section

Details of Topics/Sections

Types of Questions

Marks

  

Section – A (Understanding)

1 Unseen prose passage (150 words)

True or false

Short answer questions Vocabulary search:

Noun and verb forms/opposites/ synonyms/adjectives/ adverbs

10

  

Section – B (Creating)

1 Long composition (informal letter – 80 words) Any 2 short compositions (30-35 words): Message/Describing a person/Recipe/Post card

Creative long answers Creative short answers

10

 

05 x 2

  

Section – C

Grammar

(5 out of 7 questions - for each grammar topic)

Adjectifs démonstratifs

05

  

(Applications)

 

  

Trouvez la question

  

 

05

  

 

Négatifs

05

  

 

Pronoms (COD, COI)

 

05

  

 

  

 

Verbes (Présent, futur simple,

 

  

 

impératif, futur proche, passé

 

  

 

composé, imparfait, impératif),

05

  

 

verbes pronominaux

 

  

 

Pronoms relatifs simples

 

  

 

 

05

  

Section – D (Remembering and

Culture and Civilization Lessons 1 – 8

Short answers MCQ

6 x 2

12

  

 

 

analyzing)

 

True or False             4 x 1 Match the following 8 x ½ Fill in the blanks 8 x ½ (Any 2)

04

04

04

 

 

Total marks

80

Note : The Question paper has to include 33% internal choice.