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Quebec publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Quebec, that's Mathematics, Secondary 4 (Cultural, Social and Technical) — 6 units, 44 skills.
Arithmetic
- Defines the concept absolute value in context (e.g. difference between two numbers, distance between two points)
- Estimates the value of the power of an exponential expression with respect to its components: base (between 0 and 1, greater than 1), exponent (positive or negative, integral or fractional)
Algebra
- Solves systems of first-degree equations in two variables
- Validates the solution, with or without technological tools
- Interprets the solution or makes decisions if necessary, depending on the context
Statistics
- Constructs and interprets a stem-and-leaf diagram
- Calculates and interprets the mean deviation
- Represents data using a scatter plot or a double-entry (two-variable) distribution table
Geometry
- Determines the minimum conditions required to conclude that triangles are congruent or similar
- Demonstrates the congruence or similarity between triangles or finds unknown measurements using minimum conditions
- Determines, through exploration or deduction, different metric relations associated with plane figures
Analytic Geometry
- Calculates the distance between two points
- Determines the relative position of two straight lines using their respective slope (intersecting at one point, perpendicular, non-intersecting parallel or coincident)
- Represents straight lines graphically and algebraically
Financial mathematics
- Simple and compound interest
- Interest period
- Discounting (present value)
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Quebec, that's Mathematics, Secondary 4 (Science) — 5 units, 57 skills.
Arithmetic
- Defines the concept absolute value in context (e.g. difference between two numbers, distance between two points)
Algebra
- Identifies the coefficient, degree, terms, constant term and like terms of an algebraic expression
- Manipulates algebraic expressions of the functions under study
- Divides a polynomial by another polynomial (with or without a remainder)
Statistics
- Represents data using a scatter plot or a double-entry (two-variable) distribution table
- Models two-variable data using a first-degree polynomial function
- Describes and interprets the relationship between two variables, if any
Geometry
- Determines the minimum conditions required to conclude that triangles are congruent or similar
- Demonstrates the congruence or similarity between triangles or finds unknown measurements using minimum conditions
- Recognizes equivalent figures (plane figures or solids)
Analytic Geometry
- Calculates the distance between two points
- Determines the relative position of two straight lines using their respective slope (intersecting at one point, perpendicular, non-intersecting parallel or coincident)
- Represents straight lines graphically and algebraically
See the full Mathematics, Secondary 4 (Science) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Quebec, that's Mathematics, Secondary 4 (Technical and Scientific) — 6 units, 76 skills.
Arithmetic
- Defines the concept absolute value in context (e.g. difference between two numbers, distance between two points)
- Writes numbers using radicals or rational exponents
- Estimates the value of the power of an exponential expression with respect to its components: base (between 0 and 1, greater than 1), exponent (positive or negative, integral or fractional)
Algebra
- Interprets the role of a parameter in an algebraic expression
- Manipulates algebraic expressions of the functions under study
- Divides a polynomial by a binomial (with or without a remainder)
Probability
- Distinguishes between dependent and independent events and quantifies probabilities using fractions, decimals or percentages
- Uses factorial notation, if necessary
- Recognizes, depending on the context, different types of probabilities: experimental, theoretical, subjective
Statistics
- Calculates and interprets the mean deviation
- Represents data using a scatter plot or a double-entry (two-variable) distribution table
- Models two-variable data using a first-degree polynomial function
Geometry
- Determines the minimum conditions required to conclude that triangles are congruent or similar
- Demonstrates the congruence or similarity between triangles or finds unknown measurements using minimum conditions
- Determines, through exploration or deduction, different metric relations associated with plane figures
Analytic Geometry
- Calculates the distance between two points
- Determines the relative position of two straight lines using their respective slope (intersecting at one point, perpendicular, non-intersecting parallel or coincident)
- Represents straight lines graphically and algebraically
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Quebec, that's English Language Arts, Secondary 4 — 12 units, 84 skills.
Reading Process: Interpreting Texts
- Use: Draws on needed background knowledge and experiences…
- Use: Identifies characteristics of writer/producer and ho…
- Use: Selects a mode and genre that conveys own interpreta…
Production Process
- Use: How the meaning/message is represented and communica…
- Use: Uses structures, features, codes and conventions of…
- Use: Effectiveness of technology used (e.g. rerecording n…
Research Process
- Use: Uses action research to effect social change
- Use: Own data collection instruments (e.g. interviews, su…
Required Genres: Planning Texts
- Use: Models of planning texts (i.e. outlines for research…
- Use: Conferences with peers and teacher (e.g. regarding a…
- Use: Action plans and proposals for projects (i.e. for ac…
Required Genres: Narrative Texts
- Use: Archetypes (e.g. hero, maiden, arch nemesis)
- Use: Archetypal and contemporary themes (e.g. Faustian ba…
- Use: Connotation and denotation
Required Genres: Explanatory Texts
- Use: Multigenre conventions (e.g. emotional appeals (pers…
Required Genres: Reports
- Use: Research reports on areas of student interest and ex…
- Use: Information selected and synthesized to reflect the…
- Use: Structure that suits the subject of a feature story…
Exposition: Persuasive Texts
- Use: Texts dealing with personal and social concerns (i.e…
- Use: Humour (e.g. bathos, double-entendre, pun, parody, s…
- Use: ‘luxury and style’, ‘doing good’; emotional appeals…
Exposition: Argumentative Texts
- Use: Debates, formal and informal
Conventions: Spoken Language
- Use: Adapts the rethorical aspects of nonverbal language…
Conventions: Written Language
- Use: Uses active and passive voice to good effect (e.g. u…
- Use: Demonstrates an extensive, varied vocabulary (i.e. d…
Conventions: Media Language
- Use: Coverage of same action or event by different media…
- Use: Position an intended/target audience (e.g. prime-tim…
- Use: National Geographic in a documentary on whaling)
See the full English Language Arts, Secondary 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Quebec, that's Applied Science and Technology, Secondary Cycle Two — 4 units, 46 skills.
The Material World
- Density and identifying substances
- The particle model
- Forms of energy and transformations
The Living World
- The digestive tract and its organs
- The respiratory system
- The circulatory system
The Earth and Space
- Minerals, ore and mining impacts
- Air masses, clouds and cyclones
The Technological World
- Diagram types and motion symbols
- Link types and characteristics
- Motion transmission systems
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Quebec, that's Environmental Science and Technology, Secondary 4 — 4 units, 29 skills.
The Living World
- Ecological footprint
- Heredity, genes, alleles and cross-breeding
The Material World
- Strength of electrolytes
- The simplified atomic model and isotopes
- Nuclear stability, radioactivity, fission and fusion
The Technological World
- Exploded and assembly drawings with tolerances
- Cloning and its applications
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Quebec, that's Science and the Environment, Secondary 4 — 3 units, 20 skills.
The Material World
- Solubility of solids and gases
- Chemical changes: precipitation, decomposition and synthesis
- Elementary particles and the atomic model
See the full Science and the Environment, Secondary 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Quebec, that's Science and Technology, Secondary 4 — 4 units, 31 skills.
The Material World
- Molar concentration
- The pH scale
- Combustion reactions
The Living World
- Populations and their factors
- Balanced equations of photosynthesis and respiration
The Earth and Space
- Minerals, ore and mining impacts
- Carbon and nitrogen cycles
- Catchment areas and human impact
The Technological World
- Link characteristics and assembly choices
- Choosing motion systems
- Power supply and conduction
See the full Science and Technology, Secondary 4 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Quebec, that's Français, langue d’enseignement, 4e secondaire — 11 units, 91 skills.
1. La description dans les textes écrits et oraux
- Les procédés de reprise — l’utilisation d’un terme synthétique (reprise (reference-chaining) devices)
2. L’explication dans les textes écrits et oraux
- L’explication : causes et conséquences — expliquer pour étayer l’argumentation (explaining causes and consequences)
3. La justification dans les textes écrits et oraux
- La justification : propos et raisons — Constater la concision du texte, ou la rechercher… (justifying a stance (propos + reasons))
4. L’argumentation dans les textes écrits et oraux
- Prendre en compte son destinataire — sa connaissance du sujet, et, si pertinent, ses… (taking the addressee into account)
- L’argumentation : thèse et arguments — son point de vue subjectif (building and structuring an argument)
- L’argumentation : thèse et arguments — la thèse ou la présenter de manière explicite à la… (building and structuring an argument)
5. La narration dans les textes littéraires
- Le contexte de production et de réception — le contexte historique ou socioculturel de… (context of production and reception)
- Le discours direct — l’insertion de monologues intérieurs (direct reported speech)
6. Le théâtre
- La lecture du texte de théâtre — le metteur en scène d’une représentation théâtrale (reading and analysing drama)
- L’identification des énonciateurs — Reconnaître les rôles d’énonciateur et de… (identifying the speakers in reported speech)
- La précision du vocabulaire — Mettre en relation les situations vécues, les… (precise and appropriate vocabulary)
7. La poésie
- La structure du poème — traduire son imaginaire, ses émotions, ses opinions… (the structure of a poem)
- L’identification des énonciateurs — Choisir de se manifester ou non comme énonciateur… (identifying the speakers in reported speech)
1. Les ressources de la langue pour nommer et caractériser
- Le nom et son sens — pour les noms d’établissements, d’évènements, de… (the noun (common / proper) and its sense)
- L’usage du dictionnaire — sens et choix de la préposition : recours au… (using dictionaries (print and electronic))
- Les relations de sens entre les mots — par un terme générique qui reprend une partie de… (sense relations (synonym, antonym, families of words))
2. Les ressources de la langue pour situer dans le temps
- Les figures de style — l’identification de l’auxiliaire d’aspect : il… (figures of speech (comparison, metaphor, etc.))
- La phrase subordonnée — la réduction de la subordonnée complétive à un… (subordinate clauses)
3. Les ressources de la langue pour introduire des discours rapportés (DR)
- L’identification des énonciateurs — L’énonciateur est générique : les recherches,… (identifying the speakers in reported speech)
- La lecture du texte de théâtre — Le retrait à la ligne et le nom des personnages… (reading and analysing drama)
4. Les ressources de la langue pour modaliser
- Prendre en compte son destinataire — Des phrases interrogatives qui ne s’adressent pas… (taking the addressee into account)
- Les marques énonciatives — l’obligation ou la prescription (enunciative marks (speaker/addressee presence))
- Les marques énonciatives — litote (enunciative marks (speaker/addressee presence))
French as a Second Language this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Quebec, that's Français, langue seconde (Core), Secondary 4 — 8 units, 47 skills.
Éléments de la situation de communication
- Use: Reconnaître comment des caractéristiques d’un ou de plusieurs éléments influencent d’autres éléments de la situation de communication (ex. : le type et la forme du message du destinateur varieront selon le statut social du destinataire; le support de communication utilisé aura des incidences sur le code)
- Use: se divertir ou amuser (ex. : créer des mots, jouer avec les mots, l’intonation, le rythme ou les sonorités)
Repères culturels
- Use: Appliquer des conventions de la communication dans diverses situations de communication (1/2)
- Use: Relever des aspects de l’histoire ou de la géographie associés à la culture francophone (ex. : l’influence des congrégations religieuses, le découpage des terres agricoles)
- Use: Comprendre le rôle de la chanson et de la musique dans la vie des francophones du Québec (ex. : le rôle politique de la chanson engagée, le rôle social de la musique traditionnelle)
Lexique
- Use: la répétition avec une valeur diminutive (ex. : trembloter, fendiller) (1/2)
- Use: le champ sémantique (ex. : le mot col peut faire surgir les mots chemise, montagne ou bouteille)
- Use: des québécismes (ex. : banc de neige, maringouin)
Éléments du langage oral
- Use: Accentuer les mots et prononcer des énoncés en groupes rythmiques de façon appropriée (1/2)
- Use: les redondances (ex. : répétitions, pléonasmes)
Grammaire du texte
- Use: expliquer (ex. : article de journal, reportage, page Web)
- Use: Produire un texte à séquence dominante explicative
- Use: Produire un texte en faisant progresser l’information (1/2)
Grammaire de la phrase
- Use: le remplacement (ex. : pour identifier une classe de mots)
- Use: Produire une phrase transformée par le déplacement du complément de phrase en tête de phrase
- Use: une phrase subordonnée relative (1/3)
Stratégies
- Use: Établir des priorités, se fixer des objectifs réalistes et les reconsidérer au besoin (1/2)
- Use: Essayer de trouver certaines régularités dans les phrases entendues ou lues (ex. : les terminaisons d’un verbe du premier groupe au présent de l’indicatif) (1/2)
- Use: Adopter des attitudes qui favorisent l’apprentissage (ex. : accepter de ne pas tout comprendre, s’engager pleinement) (1/2)
Démarche intégrée d’interaction, de compréhension et de production
- Use: Préciser ou décoder l’intention de communication et l’effet recherché chez le ou les destinataires (1/2)
- Use: Exploiter les marques d’organisation textuelle et les éléments du langage médiatique (ex. : couleurs et sons dans une publicité) (1/2)
- Use: Analyser le texte et vérifier s’il respecte l’intention de communication (1/2)
English as an Additional Language this year
English language skills for learners whose first language is something else — practical, everyday, encouraging. In Quebec, that's English as a Second Language (Core), Secondary Cycle Two — Year 2 — 3 units, 22 skills.
Language Repertoire
- Using English: Describes events, experiences, ideas and issues
- Using English: Uses targeted vocabulary related to texts
Processes
- Using English: Uses knowledge of text features to prepare to respond to tex
- Using English: Deconstructs model written texts
- Using English: Deconstructs model media texts
Texts
- Using English: Uses text features to construct meaning when listening to, r
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 10 in Quebec?
Quebec's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French, French as a Second Language, English as an Additional Language for Grade 10 — 603 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers arithmetic and algebra; Mathematics covers arithmetic and algebra; Mathematics covers arithmetic and algebra. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Quebec curriculum?
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Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Quebec, that's History of Quebec and Canada, Secondary IV — 4 units, 56 skills.
The formation of the Canadian federal system (1840-1896)
- The Act of Union of 1840
- Indian Affairs and the Indian Act
- The National Policy
+ 11 more skills in this unit →Nationalisms and the autonomy of Canada (1896-1945)
- Canada's status in the British Empire
- The second phase of industrialization
- The rise of mass culture
+ 12 more skills in this unit →The modernization of Quebec and the Quiet Revolution (1945-1980)
- Power relations in the West
- The Canadian federation and Quebec
- The consumer society
+ 12 more skills in this unit →Societal choices in contemporary Quebec (From 1980 to our times)
- Redefining the role of the state
- Quebec's political status and the sovereignty referendums
- Sociodemographic change
+ 9 more skills in this unit →See the full History of Quebec and Canada, Secondary IV curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →