Basic Mathematics and English are designed to help you acquire the skills you need to be successful at the Grade 11 and 12 levels.

Note:  Students completing a certificate in Basic Three Mathematics and English will be awarded two credits towards their Mature Student Diploma.

For day students–
Days & Times Offered:  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Teachers: Liz Plett for Math, Kim Cao for English

For evening students (*English only)–
Days Offered: Tuesday & Thursday
Time: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Teacher: Kim Cao

Basic Two—English and Mathematics

English

Reading

• Use reading strategies
• Identify the main ideas and supporting details in a text
• Understand the meaning and purpose of a text
• Novel Study

Document Use

• Understand signs, labels, forms, maps, tables, graphs
• Follow instructions
• Navigate forms
• Carry out basic research

Writing

• Pre-writing plan
• Write messages, letters, reports
• Convey ideas, feelings and experiences
• Write short research report
• Note taking
• Paragraph writing
• Editing, proofreading

Oral Communications

• Interact with others to obtain and provide information, greet, introduce and provide support, interviewing
• Obtain information from a presentation

Mathematics

• Place Value
• Rounding
• Basic Facts including times table
• Square Roots
• Exponents
• Order of Operations
• Fractions
• Graphing
• Statistics & Probability
• Ratios

Basic Three—English and Mathematics

English

Reading

• Summarize a text
• Search for information
• Identify author’s intended audience, opinion and purpose
• Use relevant information from text
• Identify genre
• Novel study

Document Us

• Complete complex form
• Organize materials into a useable syste
• Research using a reference syste
• Locate information in table and schedules
• Interpret information in graphs, charts, diagrams, drawings, blueprints, schematics and flowcharts

Writing

• Use pre-writing strategies
• Express ideas, feeling and experiences
• Convey information and opinions in essay form
• Write a research report

Oral Communication

• Describe an activity
• Process information you hear to solve a problem or support a case
• Exchange information and opinions in a group
• Report your analysis of an advertisement
• Present and support your opinion on a topic

Mathematics

• Proportions
• Decimals (adding, subtracting, multiplying & dividing)
• Metric Measurement
• Signed Integers
• Introduction to Geometry
• Introduction to Algebra