Grade 11 Core Programs

ELA 20-1 (min 60%+ in 10-1) > ELA 30-1

Students continue to develop their interpretive skills through the study of a variety of text forms, including visuals. The focus is on developing their own unique writing style and developing their abilities to analyze the writing styles of authors and text creators. Students are introduced to rhetoric and other stylistic devices, with the expectation that they integrate these elements into their own writing assignments and projects in a variety of forms.

ELA 20-2 (min 50%+ in 10-2 or 40%+ in 10-1) > ELA 30-2

Thematic units are at the center of the program, providing opportunities for students to develop their ability to form impressions and connect themselves and others to the ideas presented to them in texts studied. Emphasis is placed on persuasive writing forms, as well as writing that connects themselves and their experiences to those of the characters and situations they read about.

SOCIAL 20-1 (min 60% in Social 10-1)  > 30-1

Content

Application, Evaluation, Analysis, and Synthesis of content is required and assessed.

Skills

Critical Thinking and Analytical Writing Interpretation of Written and Visual Sources

Writing

Source Interpretation and Identification of Relationships Position Paper **Foundational of academic writing in Post-Secondary**

SOCIAL 20-2 (min 50%+ in 10-2 OR 40%+ in 10-1) > 30-2

Content

Comprehension and Application is required and assessed.

Skills

Critical Thinking and Personal Writing Understanding Written and Visual Sources

Writing

Content and Vocabulary Based Writing Source Interpretation with Personal Response Identify and Evaluate Perspective

MATH 20-3 > Math 30-3

Develop spatial sense through direct and indirect measurement.  Develop spatial sense.  Develop number sense and critical thinking skills.  Develop algebraic reasoning.  Develop statistical reasoning.

MATH 20-2 > Math 30-3

Develop spatial sense and proportional reasoning. Develop spatial sense. Develop number sense and logical reasoning. Develop statistical reasoning. Develop algebraic and graphical reasoning through the study of relations.

BIOLOGY 20 > Biology 30

Biology 20 students can expect to study to following concepts:

Energy flow in ecological systems (Ecology)

How ecosystems are affected by human enterprise (Ecology, Biomes)

Thermodynamics, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration

Human digestion, respiration, excretion, circulation and muscular systems (Anatomy and Physiology)

Variation, diversity and evolution

Societal issues in science and technology related to these biology concepts.

PHYSICS 20 > Physics 30

Energy is the theme common to all units.

Kinematics (how things move)

Dynamics (the forces that cause movement)

Circular Motion and Gravitation Work and Energy

Oscillatory Motion and Mechanical Waves

Chemistry 20 > Chemistry 30

Chemistry 20 students will focus on investigating:

Gravimetric Stoichiometry – problem solving

Gas Behaviour – gas laws, characteristics of gases, gas stoichiometry

Solutions – characteristics, concentration, conductivity, solution stoichiometry

Acids and Bases – pH scale, stoichiometry, titrations

Bonding – atomic and compound structure, shape of compounds, polarity