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The official Quebec English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 curriculum
Quebec defines English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 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 Québec's official education programRead it on the government site — quebec.ca ↗| Official strand | Outcomes | Where MapleMind teaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Course outcomes | 16 | Culture · Language Repertoire · Strategies · Texts |
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How MapleMind teaches English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 — every unit, lesson, and skill
Every skill below runs as a short session: a plain-words lesson, a worked example, solving it together, then a five-question skill check that earns up to three stars. Guided Mode keeps it teaching instead of answer-handing — turning it off needs a parent's password.
Unit 1Culture
Cultural products and daily-life practices from English-language cultures, explored and compared with the learner’s own — the intercultural strand.
Exploring and comparing English-language cultures
- Using English: Explores cultural products from English-language culturesA.a.a — Mastery of “Explores cultural products from English-language cultures” (Exploring and comparing English-language cultures) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Compares cultural products from English-language cultures wiA.a.b — Mastery of “Compares cultural products from English-language cultures wi” (Exploring and comparing English-language cultures) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Explores daily life practices from English-language culturesA.b.a — Mastery of “Explores daily life practices from English-language cultures” (Exploring and comparing English-language cultures) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Compares daily life practices from English-language culturesA.b.b — Mastery of “Compares daily life practices from English-language cultures” (Exploring and comparing English-language cultures) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Explores communication conventions from English-language culA.c.a — Mastery of “Explores communication conventions from English-language cul” (Exploring and comparing English-language cultures) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Compares communication conventions from English-language culA.c.b — Mastery of “Compares communication conventions from English-language cul” (Exploring and comparing English-language cultures) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
The official wording — 6 outcomes in this unit
- A.a.a
Explores cultural products from English-language cultures
- A.a.b
Compares cultural products from English-language cultures with own culture
- A.b.a
Explores daily life practices from English-language cultures
- A.b.b
Compares daily life practices from English-language cultures with own culture
- A.c.a
Explores communication conventions from English-language cultures
- A.c.b
Compares communication conventions from English-language cultures with own culture
Unit 2Language Repertoire
Functional language and vocabulary by broad communicative area — sentence patterns and grammar in the service of getting a message across in English.
Language for informing and describing
- Using English: Health and Well-BeingLR-B.0.d — Mastery of “Health and Well-Being” (Language for informing and describing) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Uses informationLR-B.0.e — Mastery of “Uses information” (Language for informing and describing) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Vocabulary for personal and career planningLR-B.c.ii — Mastery of “Personal and Career Planning (Cycle 1) / Career Planning and” (Language for informing and describing) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Uses creativityLR-B.d.iv — Mastery of “Uses creativity” (Language for informing and describing) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
Language for expressing ideas and opinions
- Using English: Uses knowledge of targeted grammatical structures to construLR-C.2.c — Mastery of “Uses knowledge of targeted grammatical structures to constru” (Language for expressing ideas and opinions) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
- Using English: Uses targeted grammatical structures to express oral and wriLR-C.2.d — Mastery of “Uses targeted grammatical structures to express oral and wri” (Language for expressing ideas and opinions) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
The official wording — 6 outcomes in this unit
- LR-B.0.d
Health and Well-Being (e.g. hygiene) Personal and Career Planning (Cycle 1) / Career Planning and Entrepreneurship (Cycle 2) (e.g. occupations) Environmental Awareness and Consumer Rights and Responsibilities (e.g. pollution) Media Literacy (e.g. copyrights) Citizenship and Community Life (e.g. democracy) E 10 Uses targeted vocabulary related to the development of the cross-curricular competencies:
- LR-B.0.e
Uses information (e.g. source) Solves problems (e.g. solution) Exercises critical judgment (e.g. viewpoints) Uses creativity (e.g. trial and error) Adopts effective work methods (e.g. process) Uses information and communications technologies (e.g. networks) Achieves his/her potential (e.g. autonomy) Cooperates with others (e.g. teammates) Communicates appropriately (e.g. audience) E Uses targeted vocabulary related to communication and learning strategies (e.g. skim: quick read)
- LR-B.c.ii
Personal and Career Planning (Cycle 1) / Career Planning and Entrepreneurship (Cycle 2) (e.g. occupations)
- LR-B.d.iv
Uses creativity (e.g. trial and error)
- LR-C.2.c
Uses knowledge of targeted grammatical structures to construct meaning of oral and written messages
- LR-C.2.d
Uses targeted grammatical structures to express oral and written messages
Unit 3Strategies
Learner strategies — communication, learning, self-management and metacognitive moves that help a francophone learner keep going in English.
Communication strategies
- Using English: selects which ones to use for a given taskS-A.2.b.ii — Mastery of “selects which ones to use for a given task” (Communication strategies) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
Consolidating your English strategies and functional language
- Consolidating English: your lifelong strategies and functional languageS-C.1.1.a — One clustered consolidation session at Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 (B1): re-uses the lifelong Language-Repertoire, Strategy and Process strands (greetings, asking for help, topic vocabulary, pronunciation, gesture, attention, linking new information, requesting help, responding to and producing texts) fluently in new English tasks. Per grain-memo §0c.3 / §6.2 the boolean-band lifelong strands are woven, not one skill each.
Metacognitive strategies
- Using English: Tries to communicate with someone who speaks English; learnsS-D.1.4.a — Mastery of “Tries to communicate with someone who speaks English; learns” (Metacognitive strategies) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
The official wording — 3 outcomes in this unit
- S-A.2.b.ii
selects which ones to use for a given task
- S-C.1.1.a
Links new information to what is already known
- S-D.1.4.a
Tries to communicate with someone who speaks English; learns about English- language cultures and practises English with others
Unit 4Texts
Text types, components and organisation — how English texts are put together and how a learner uses that to understand and produce them.
Text types
- Using English: Explores a variety of authentic popular, literary and informT-A.0.a — Mastery of “Explores a variety of authentic popular, literary and inform” (Text types) at English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 ESL (B1).
The official wording — 1 outcome in this unit
- T-A.0.a
Explores a variety of authentic popular, literary and information-based texts
Printable workbook · A keepsake of the year
A English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3 workbook worth keeping
Built from the same official curriculum as this page. Before and after each skill above, your student colours in how sure they feel — so the two of you can see, on one page, what's clicking and what needs another look. It's a quiet way to follow how the year is really going.
By June it's full of their own handwriting: units worked through, confidence grown, a mid-year check-in, notes from parent-teacher night, and a certificate at the end. Less a worksheet, more a record of the year worth keeping on the shelf.
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Can MapleMind help me with English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3?
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Is MapleMind aligned to Quebec's official curriculum?
Yes. Every skill in this course maps to an official outcome code from Quebec's Grade 11 English as an Additional Language curriculum, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit on this page — with the official government source linked so you can check it yourself.
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Does MapleMind work in French or other languages?
Yes — 14 languages, including French. Both the app and the tutor's explanations switch to the language you choose.
Where can I see the official Quebec curriculum for English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 3?
The official source is linked on this page — Québec's official education program. The outline here follows it: every MapleMind skill carries its official outcome code, and the ministry's own wording is quoted under each unit.
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