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The official British Columbia Literary Studies 11 curriculum
British Columbia defines Literary Studies 11 by strands and outcomes. MapleMind teaches the same curriculum reorganized for one-skill-at-a-time tutoring — the table shows exactly where every official strand lands, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit below.
Official source BC's official English language arts curriculumRead it on the government site — curriculum.gov.bc.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Big Ideas: "The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world." + "People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives." | 8 | Reading & Comprehension |
| Big Idea: "Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens." | 3 | Critical Reading |
| Big Idea: "Language shapes ideas and influences others." | 7 | Literary Analysis |
| Big Idea: "Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed." | 12 | Composing & Responding |
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Unit 1Reading & ComprehensionOfficial strand · Big Ideas: "The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world." + "People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives."
The receptive spine: applying reading, oral-language, and metacognitive strategies to make sense of a text; distinguishing literal from inferential meaning; and reading First Peoples texts and their protocols with genuine understanding — their distinct narrative structures, the ownership rules around oral texts, and the role story and oral tradition play in expressing First Peoples perspectives and the influence of land and place.
Narrative Structures in First Peoples Texts
- Narrative structures found in First Peoples texts11.FP.1 — Recognize narrative structures distinct to First Peoples texts — such as circular, iterative, and cyclical organization — and explain how these differ from conventional Western beginning-middle-end story structures.
Protocols for the Ownership of First Peoples Oral Texts
Story, Narrative, and Oral Tradition in First Peoples Texts
- The role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in First Peoples texts11.FPTRAD.1 — Recognize and understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view.
The Influence of Land and Place
- The influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts11.FPLAND.1 — Understand the influence of land and place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts — how land shapes memory, culture, and identity within a text.
Reading Strategies
- Reading strategies for making sense of a text11.READ.1 — Apply reading strategies to make sense of increasingly complex texts — predicting, inferring, questioning, paraphrasing, using context clues, visualizing, making connections, summarizing, and synthesizing.
Metacognitive Strategies
- Metacognitive strategies — thinking about your own thinking11.META.1 — Use metacognitive strategies to think about your own thinking — noticing when comprehension breaks down, naming which strategy to try next, and reflecting on your own reading and thinking processes with increasing independence.
Literal Meaning and Inferential Meaning
- Literal meaning and inferential meaning11.MEAN.1 — Distinguish literal meaning (what a text states directly) from inferential meaning (what a text implies but does not state outright), and construct well-supported inferences using evidence drawn directly from the text.
Comprehending Written, Oral, Visual, and Multimodal Texts
- Comprehending written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts to extend thinking11.COMP.1 — Apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts, to guide inquiry, and to extend thinking.
The official wording — 8 outcomes in this unit
- 11.FP.1
narrative structures found in First Peoples texts
- 11.FP.2
protocols related to the ownership of First Peoples oral texts
- 11.FPTRAD.1
Recognize and understand the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view
- 11.FPLAND.1
Understand the influence of land/place in First Peoples and other Canadian texts
- 11.READ.1
reading strategies
- 11.META.1
metacognitive strategies
- 11.MEAN.1
literal meaning and inferential meaning
- 11.COMP.1
Apply appropriate strategies in a variety of contexts to comprehend written, oral, visual, and multimodal texts, to guide inquiry, and to extend thinking
Unit 2Critical ReadingOfficial strand · Big Idea: "Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens."
The critical-literacy strand: evaluating whether a source can be trusted, thinking critically and creatively about ideas within, between, and beyond a text, and recognizing the personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives — including culture, gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic factors — that shape a text.
Evaluating Relevance, Accuracy, and Reliability
- Evaluating the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of a source11.RELY.1 — Evaluate the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts — considering credibility, currency, significance, point of view, bias, propaganda, and whose voices are left out or misrepresented.
Thinking Critically, Creatively, and Reflectively
- Thinking critically and creatively about ideas within, between, and beyond texts11.THINK.1 — Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within a single text, between different texts, and beyond the text into the wider world.
Recognizing Contexts, Values, and Perspectives
- Recognizing contexts, values, and perspectives in a literary text11.CTX.1 — Recognize and understand personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts, including culture, gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic factors, and explain how these shape the way an author writes and a reader reads.
The official wording — 3 outcomes in this unit
- 11.RELY.1
Evaluate the relevance, accuracy, and reliability of texts
- 11.THINK.1
Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts
- 11.CTX.1
Recognize and understand personal, social, and cultural contexts, values, and perspectives in texts, including culture, gender, sexual orientation, and socio-economic factors
Unit 3Literary AnalysisOfficial strand · Big Idea: "Language shapes ideas and influences others."
The literary-analysis spine — the heart of a literary-studies course: how a text's form, function, and genre shape it; the grammar of visual and graphic texts; the elements of an author's style; literary elements and devices including figurative language; how text structures and forms enhance and shape meaning; evaluating how devices shape meaning and impact; and discerning nuance in word meanings across social, political, historical, and literary contexts.
Form, Function, and Genre of Texts
- Form, function, and genre of literary texts11.FORM.1 — Explain how a text's form (its shape and structure), function (its intended purpose), and genre (the category of text it belongs to, with its own conventions) work together to shape meaning and reader expectation.
Elements of Visual and Graphic Texts
- Elements of visual and graphic texts11.VIS.1 — Identify and interpret the elements of visual and graphic texts — layout, image, panel sequencing, typography, colour, and the interplay of image and word — and explain how these elements construct meaning distinct from prose alone.
Elements of Style
- Elements of style — diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, tone11.STYLE.1 — Recognize and apply elements of style — diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone — as the stylistic choices that make a specific writer distinguishable from others.
Literary Elements and Devices
- Literary elements and devices, including figurative language11.DEV.1 — Identify literary elements and devices — including figurative language — and explain how a text uses them according to purpose and audience.
How Text Structures Shape Meaning
- How text structures and forms enhance and shape meaning11.STRUCT.1 — Recognize and understand how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact.
Evaluating How Literary Devices Shape Meaning
- Evaluating how literary elements and devices shape meaning and impact11.DEVANLZ.1 — Evaluate how text structures, literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance and shape meaning and impact in a text.
Discerning Nuance in Word Meanings
- Discerning nuances in word meanings across contexts11.NUANCE.1 — Discern nuances in the meanings of words, considering social, political, historical, and literary contexts.
The official wording — 7 outcomes in this unit
- 11.FORM.1
form, function, and genre of texts
- 11.VIS.1
elements of visual/graphic texts
- 11.STYLE.1
elements of style
- 11.DEV.1
literary elements and devices
- 11.STRUCT.1
Recognize and understand how different forms, formats, structures, and features of texts enhance and shape meaning and impact
- 11.DEVANLZ.1
Evaluate how text structures, literary elements, techniques, and devices enhance and shape meaning and impact
- 11.NUANCE.1
Discern nuances in the meanings of words, considering social, political, historical, and literary contexts
Unit 4Composing & RespondingOfficial strand · Big Idea: "Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed."
The productive strand: oral-language strategies for discussing literature; the writing and design processes that produce a finished text; the two bodies of usage and conventions; citation techniques and the ethics of acknowledging sources and intellectual property; composing meaningful texts for real audiences; refining drafts for clarity and impact; and transforming ideas into original texts across genres.
Oral Language Strategies
- Oral language strategies for discussing literature11.ORAL.1 — Use oral language strategies for effective speaking and listening — speaking with expression, connecting to listeners, asking questions to clarify, listening for specifics, summarizing, and paraphrasing.
Formal Speaking and Listening
- Formal speaking and listening — delivery, presentation, debate — for a range of purposes11.SPEAK.1 — Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a range of purposes — using conscious delivery technique (emotion, volume, pace, pause, inflection, emphasis) for prepared formal contexts such as debate, presentation, speech, interview, and performance, distinct from the discussion-level oral strategies of 11.ORAL.1.
Writing Processes
- Writing processes — from gathering ideas to editing11.WPROC.1 — Apply writing processes — determining audience and purpose, generating or gathering ideas, free-writing, making notes, drafting, revising, and editing — as an iterative process to compose written work.
Design Processes
- Design processes for shaping a text's layout and format11.DPROC.1 — Apply design processes when composing multimodal or visual texts — planning layout and format choices to shape how a text communicates.
Usage — Avoiding Common Errors
- Usage — avoiding double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, and word misuse11.CONV.1 — Apply the conventions of standard usage by avoiding common usage errors — double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, and word misuse — in written and spoken work.
Standard Conventions of Punctuation and Spelling
- Conventions — standard punctuation, capitalization, quoting, Canadian spelling11.CONV.2 — Apply the common practices of standard punctuation, capitalization, quoting, and Canadian spelling accurately and consistently across written work.
Citation Techniques
- Citation techniques for acknowledging sources11.CITE.1 — Apply recognized citation techniques to credit sources accurately and consistently, supporting claims with evidence and avoiding plagiarism.
Acknowledgements and Intellectual Property Rights
- Acknowledgements and citations — avoiding plagiarism, respecting IP rights11.IP.1 — Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights, understanding both how to avoid plagiarism and the protocols that guide the use of First Peoples oral texts and other knowledge.
Composing Meaningful Texts for Real Audiences
- Composing meaningful texts for real purposes and audiences11.CREATE.1 — Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Expressing and Supporting an Opinion with Evidence
- Express and support an opinion with evidence — build an evidence-based argument11.ARGUE.1 — Express and support an opinion with evidence — state a defensible claim about a text and back it with specific textual evidence and reasoning, building an evidence-based argument distinct from composing-for-audience mechanics (11.CREATE.1) and from critical questioning (11.THINK.1).
Revising and Refining Writing
- Revising and refining writing for clarity, effectiveness, and impact11.REFINE.1 — Reflect on, assess, and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact — making intentional stylistic choices and adjusting diction and form to audience needs.
Transforming Ideas Into Original Texts
- Transforming ideas into original texts across genres and forms11.TRANS.1 — Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms, structures, and styles.
The official wording — 12 outcomes in this unit
- 11.ORAL.1
oral language strategies
- 11.SPEAK.1
Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a range of purposes
- 11.WPROC.1
writing processes
- 11.DPROC.1
design processes
- 11.CONV.1
usage and conventions
- 11.CONV.2
usage and conventions
- 11.CITE.1
citation techniques
- 11.IP.1
Use acknowledgements and citations to recognize intellectual property rights
- 11.CREATE.1
Use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create engaging and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences
- 11.ARGUE.1
Express and support an opinion with evidence
- 11.REFINE.1
Reflect on, assess, and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact
- 11.TRANS.1
Transform ideas and information to create original texts, using various genres, forms, structures, and styles
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