In English 11 students work on individual and collaborative oral presentation skills, critical listening skills, critical reading and thinking skills, and literary and creative writing skills. A variety of strategies are used to increase appreciation and interpretation of literature, both fiction and non-fiction. Genres studied are short stories, poetry, plays, essays, articles, and mass media with a Canadian emphasis. This course ends with a departmental exam worth 30% of the course that is similarly structured to the English 12 provincial exam.