2009
Saskatchewan
Additional Learning Resources
English
Language
Arts
8
English Language Arts:
Additional Learning Resources 8
Prepared by:
Student Achievement and Supports Branch
Ministry of Education
2009 (Updated 2012)
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English language arts: additional learning resources 8
ISBN 978-1-897211-59-5
1. Language arts (Middle school) – Saskatchewan – Bibliography. 2. Middle school students – Saskatchewan –
Books and reading – Bibliography. 3. Young adult literature – Bibliography.
I. Saskatchewan. Ministry of Education. Student Achievement and Supports Branch.
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Table of Contents
Foreword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Useful Out of Print Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Digital Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Grade 8 Context and Unit Grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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Foreword
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his list of additional learning resources identifies high quality resources that have been recommended by
the Ministry of Education to support the curriculum, English Language Arts 8. This list will be updated as new
resources are recommended and older ones are no longer available. A list of core learning resources can be
found on the Ministry of Education website.
(CAN) indicates that a Canadian person/organization contributed to the development of the resource and/or
that it includes Canadian content. (SK) indicates that a Saskatchewan person/organization contributed to the
development of the resource and/or that it includes Saskatchewan content. (FNMI) indicates that a First Nations,
Métis, or Inuit person/organization contributed to the development of the resource and/or that it includes First
Nations, Métis, or Inuit content. Resources evaluated and recommended as support for the Western and Northern
Canadian Protocol frameworks and Saskatchewan’s provincial curricula have the designation (WNCP) before the
annotation.
Recommended Online Video Education Resources (ROVER) offers video programs that have been purchased by
the ministry for use in PreK-12 schools. Each recommended program contains a hyperlink directly to the program
and accompanying resources (if provided).
Other resources beyond those recommended in this list may effectively support the curriculum, English Language
Arts 8. It remains the responsibility of educators to preview and select materials that best meet the needs of
their school or community. These resources should be chosen in accordance with the school division’s learning
resources selection policy.
Pricing of the learning resources included in this document is subject to change without notice.
The Ministry of Education expresses its appreciation to publishers, producers, and distributors who have
provided learning resources for evaluation, and gratefully acknowledges the contributions made by educators
who served as evaluators.
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Print, Audio-visual, and Other
Resources
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Airborn
Author: Oppel, Kenneth
Annotation
Airborn is set in an imaginary Victorian world where
airships rule the skies. Matt, a cabin boy from the
elegant passenger airship, Aurora, narrates the tale.
Kate, a young, wealthy passenger on the Aurora,
is determined to prove her grandfather’s claims
about fantastic, impossible flying creatures in
the sky. When Kate requests Matt’s help in taking
a photograph of the ”cloud cat“ to support her
grandfather’s claims, Matt becomes involved in
Kate’s quest.
This book won the Governor General’s Award for
Children’s Literature in 2004.
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Environmental and Technological
Publisher/Distributor
HarperCollins Canada Ltd.
1995 Markham Rd
SCARBOROUGH ON M1B 5M8
(800) 387-0117
(416) 321-2241
Fax: (800) 668-5788
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.harpercollins.ca/
Price: $9.99 pbk.
Pagination: 384 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55468-281-9
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
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Communicative
Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius
Author: MacLeod, Elizabeth
Annotation
(CAN) This book includes photographs,
complemented by text, to provide information
about this well-known genius. The author involves
the readers by asking questions about Einstein to
show what they have learned as they read. After the
opening section of the book, the information about
Einstein follows in chronological order. Einstein’s
discoveries in physics are presented, and the author
describes Einstein’s dedication to peace, and his
anguish over his creation of the atomic bomb.
Included is a timeline of Einstein’s life and a list of
places to visit in order to learn more about this
famous scientist.
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Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $7.95 pbk.
Pagination: 32 p.
ISBN: 1-55337-397-1
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2005
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Suggested Contexts
Communicative
Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive
Life
Author: MacLeod, Elizabeth
Annotation
(CAN) This biography of Alexander Graham Bell is
written in a magazine style format. Included are
photographs, information boxes, and quotations.
MacLeod provides information about Bell’s early life,
his first experiments, his invention of the telephone
and the iron lung, his marriage, and his work with
Helen Keller.
An index, a timeline, and related websites about this
famous Canadian inventor are included.
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $7.95 pbk.
Pagination: 32 p.
ISBN: 1-55074-458-3 pbk.
Copyright: 1999
Year Recommended: 2005
Note: The Ministry of Education has not evaluated the
websites mentioned in this book.
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Seal Books
Alma: A Novel
Author: Bell, William
Annotation
(CAN) After her father dies, Alma and her mother
face difficult times that include leaving the farm
and moving to town. Alma finds comfort in the
books that she reads and the short story that she
writes. She longs for the day when she can be a real
writer like her favourite author, R. R. Hawkins. Alma’s
handwriting prompts her teacher to recommend
her for a job writing letters for a reclusive old lady,
Miss Lily. Alma and Miss Lily’s mutual love of reading
leads to friendship and trust. Miss Lily shares her
books with Alma and encourages her to write
stories.
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Distributor
Random House of Canada Limited
2774 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(905) 624-0672
Fax: (905) 624-6217
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $7.99 pbk.
Pagination: 148 p.
ISBN: 978-0-7704-2940-9
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
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Among the Barons
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Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Annotation
Background information in the opening chapter of
this resource brings readers up-to-date on this fourth
book in the Shadow Children Book Series. Luke Garner
is a ”shadow child“, a third child in a futuristic society
that allows only two children per family. Luke assumes
the underground identity of Lee Grant, a member of
a privileged family in society. Luke is sent to boarding
school and things are fine. When Grant’s younger
brother comes to the school, a new world of adventure
begins.
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher/Distributor
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
100 Front St
RIVERSIDE NJ 08075
(800) 268-3848
Fax: (888) 849-8151
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.simonandschuster.ca/
Price: $7.99 pbk.
Pagination: 212 p.
ISBN: 978-0-689-83910-8
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
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Ann and Seamus
Author: Major, Kevin
Illustrator: Blackwood, David
Annotation
(CAN) This tale of heroism and young love is based
on the shipwreck of The Despatch in 1828. As the
Irish immigrant ship bound for Quebec City crashes
off the Isle aux Mort, Ann courageously navigates
a rescue through the fog and wind. Among the
rescued is Seamus, who offers Ann a chance to
leave the Newfoundland fishing village to begin a
new life in America. Ann grapples with this decision
because she loves her home, but wishes to escape
the possibility of following her mother’s fate.
This novel was nominated for the 2004 Governor
General’s Award.
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Distributor
HarperCollins Canada Ltd.
1995 Markham Rd
SCARBOROUGH ON M1B 5M8
(800) 387-0117
(416) 321-2241
Fax: (800) 668-5788
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.harpercollins.ca/
Price: $16.95 hdc.
Pagination: 128 p.
ISBN: 978-0-88899-561-2
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2004
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Personal and Philosophical
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher/Distributor
Bifocal
Authors: Ellis, Deborah and Walters, Eric
Annotation
(CAN) The issues of Bifocal include a student arrested
on suspicion of terrorism and a high school torn
apart by racism. The story is told from two different
points of view. Haroon is devoted to his family, and
his grandparents emigrated from Afghanistan. Jay is a
football star devoted to his team and is Caucasian.
One day their high school is on lockdown, and the
police arrest a Muslim student on suspicion of terrorist
affiliations. The entire student body fragments along
racial lines and both Haroon and Jay find that their
differences initially put them at odds. The Muslim
students become targets, while Jay and his teammates
believe they have been set up to look like racists.
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Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Pkwy
MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8
(800) 387-9776
Fax: (800) 260-9777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fitzhenry.ca
Price: $18.95 hdc.
$12.95 pbk.
Pagination: 280 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55455-036-X hdc.
978-1-55455-062-9 pbk.
Copyright: 2007
Year Recommended: 2008
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher/Distributor
Black Ships before Troy: The Story of
the Illiad
Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary
Illustrator: Lee, Alan
Annotation
Using current research and illustrations, the
narrative recreates the age of heroes in this
introduction to Greek classics. The narrative style
is appropriate as a read-aloud or as a background
resource. The narratives are supported by a table
of contents, a pronunciation guide, and reference
sources.
Random House of Canada Limited
2774 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(905) 624-0672
Fax: (905) 624-6217
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $7.50 pbk.
Pagination: 151 p.
ISBN: 978-0-553-49483-9
Copyright: 2005
Year Recommended: 2006
Note: The book includes cautionary situations that
are handled with a light note; for example, the
blood of battle is depicted ”tastefully“, and the
promiscuity of the gods and mortals are suggested
euphemistically. Educators are advised to consult
their school division’s material selection policy
before using this resource.
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The Bone Collector’s Son
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(CAN) Fourteen-year-old Bing-wing Chan lives in
Vancouver’s Chinatown in 1907. He resents his father,
not because his father gambles away their money,
but because he is a bone collector. He digs up the
bones of the dead and sends them home to China
for permanent burial. Bing hates having to help his
father with this job and is afraid of the ghosts that
hover around graveyards. In order to escape his father
and bone collecting, Bing gets a job as a houseboy
in a westerner’s home. But the westerner’s house is
haunted, and Bing must overcome his own fears in
order to rid the house of ghosts.
Readers learn about the lives of Chinese immigrants
in the early 1900s and the struggles they faced due to
poverty and discrimination.
Note: Themes of ghosts, haunting, and the afterlife are
a focus of this resource. In addition, there is swearing
in the book. Educators are advised to consult their
school division’s material selection policy before using
this resource.
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Author: Yee, Paul
Annotation
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Suggested Contexts
Personal and Philosophical
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Tradewind Books
Distributor
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
195 Allstate Pkwy
MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8
(800) 387-9776
Fax: (800) 260-9777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fitzhenry.ca
Price: $12.95 pbk.
Pagination: 175 p.
ISBN: 978-1-896580-50-0
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2006
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Professional Resource
Publisher
AltaMira Press
A Broken Flute: The Native Experience
in Books for Children
Editors: Seale, Doris and Slapin, Beverly
Annotation
(FNMI) A Broken Flute is a collection of reviews that
critically evaluate children’s books about Native
Americans written between the early 1900s and
2003. Stories, essays and poems accompany each
review. The authors reviewed over 600 books and
arranged the reviews alphabetically by title. The
selected titles cover PreK-12 levels, and adult and
teacher materials.
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Distributor
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
15200 NBN Way
BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT PA 17214
(800) 462-6420
(717) 794-3800
Fax: (800) 338-4550
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rowmanlittlefield.com/
Price: $39.95 U.S. pbk.
Pagination: 463 p.
ISBN: 978-0-7591-0779-3
Copyright: 2006
Year Recommended: 2008
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Student Resource
Publisher/Distributor
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the
English Language. 2nd ed.
Author: Crystal, David
Annotation
This resource provides a comprehensive exploration
of the history, structure, and variety of English in
its oral and written forms. Numerous photographs,
information boxes, and charts illustrate varied topics
such as the structure of sentences, the language
of sports, changes to English, lexical twins, a short
biography of Roget, modern punctuation, and
humour.
Cambridge University Press
66 Pine St S
PORT HOPE ON L1A 3G1
(877) 406-5248
(905) 885- 9315
Fax: (877) 406-5249
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cambridge.org
Price: $41.00 hdc.
Pagination: 506 p.
ISBN: 978-0-521-53033-0
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2004
The book includes a table of contents, a glossary of
specialized language terms, an index of linguistic
terms, an index of personalities, and an index of topics.
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The Children’s Homer: The Adventures
of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
Author: Colum, Padraic
Annotation
Colum retells the events of the Trojan War and the
wanderings of Odysseus based on Homer’s The
Iliad and The Odyssey. Students can compare the
topics that pertain to the gods in the book to others
that they are familiar with in the 21st century. This
book introduces students to the influence of Greek
culture on society.
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Aladdin Books
Distributor
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
100 Front St
RIVERSIDE NJ 08075
(800) 268-3848
Fax: (888) 849-8151
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.simonandschuster.ca/
Price: $11.50 pbk.
Pagination: 256 p.
ISBN: 978-0-689-86883-2
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
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Classical Myth: A Treasury of Greek and
Roman Legends, Art, and History
Author: Bingham, Jane
Annotation
Bingham introduces the reader to the world of ancient
Greece and the impact of Greek society on Western
culture. In addition to being worshipped, the Gods
were consulted for both minor problems and victory in
battle. Art, artifacts, and photographs of the landscape
described in the narratives, bring the ancient Greek
world to life.
Note: The book includes images that may be offensive.
Educators are advised to consult their school division’s
material selection policy before using this resource.
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Sharpe Focus
Distributor
Edu Reference Publishers Direct Inc.
109 Woodbine Downs Blvd Unit
TORONTO ON M9W 6Y1
(877) 674-8622
Fax: (416) 674-6215
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.edureference.com
Price: $35.59 hdc.
Pagination: 96 p.
ISBN: 978-0-7656-8104-1
Copyright: 2008
Year Recommended: 2008
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Professional Resource
Publisher/Distributor
Cree: Words = Nēhiýawēwin: itwēwina
Author: Wolvengrey, Arok
Annotation
(SK, FNMI) This resource is a collection of words
comprised mainly of the Plains Cree (”Y“ dialect).
Volume 1 consists of Cree-English definitions and
Volume 2 consists of English-Cree definitions. This
book is a guide to spoken and written forms of the
Cree language using Standard Roman Orthography
and syllabics.
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CPRC Press
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Pkwy
REGINA SK S4S 0A2
(866) 874-2257
(306) 585-4758
Fax: (306) 585-4699
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.cprcpress.ca/
Price: $69.95 pbk.
Pagination: 622 p.
ISBN: 978-0-88977-127-8
Copyright: 2001
Year Recommended: 2002
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Author: Avi
Annotation
Set in 14th century England, Crispin is forced to flee
his feudal village after he is falsely accused of a crime.
He is declared a ”wolf’s head“ and becomes legal prey
of any man. Crispin finds refuge with a juggler who
teaches him about self-worth. As it becomes clear that
his rescuer is involved in a planned peasant uprising,
Crispin must find a way to negotiate his freedom.
Infused with historical currents of the Black Plague,
the power of the Church, feudalism, and the Peasant’s
Revolt, this historical narrative was the winner of the
2003 John Newbery Award.
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Distributor
S & B Books Limited
3085 Universal Dr
MISSISSAUGA ON L4X 2E2
(800) 997-7099
(800) 997-7099
Fax: (800) 826-7702
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sbbooks.com/
Price: $9.99 pbk.
Pagination: 320 p.
ISBN: 978-0-7868-1658-3
Copyright: 2002
Year Recommended: 2004
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Professional Resource
Publisher/Distributor
Critical Literacy: Enhancing Students’
Comprehension of Text
Authors: McLaughlin, Maureen and DeVoogd,
Glenn L.
Annotation
In part one of this book, the authors provide
teachers with information on how they can engage
students to learn to comprehend from a critical
viewpoint. Students need to learn to view text
with a critical lens so they understand how we are
influenced by text. Part two includes examples of
critical literacy by focusing on challenging the text,
exploring identities, and seeing beyond biases. The
book encourages the reader to think about multiple
perspectives or voices, question, problem solve, and
make connections between the text and the world.
Scholastic Canada Ltd.
175 Hillmount Rd
MARKHAM ON L6C 1Z7
(800) 268-3860
Fax: (800) 387-4944
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scholastic.ca
Price: $26.99 pbk.
Pagination: 176 p.
ISBN: 978-0-439-62804-4
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2008
Note: American references are used as examples –
teachers will need to adapt the ideas to meet the
curriculum.
From CRITICAL LITERACY: ENHANCING STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION OF TEXT by Maureen McLaughlin and Glenn L. DeVoogd. Scholastic Inc./Teaching Resources. Copyright © 2004 by Maureen McLaughlin
and Glenn L. Devoogd. Reprinted with permission.
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Coteau Books
The Deadly Dance
Author: Taylor, Cora
Annotation
Penny and her parents are on a holiday in Crete
when she discovers she can time travel back to
the Palace of Knossos, the home of the Minotaur.
Because of her gymnastic abilities, Penny is able to
participate in the deadly bull dance that is taking
place at the Palace. She is accepted by the bull
dancers, and feels as if she belongs in that time
period. In the present, however, Penny’s parents nag
her about eating, and her coach verbally abuses her
about being overweight for a gymnast.
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Distributor
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited
195 Allstate Pkwy
MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8
(800) 387-9776
Fax: (800) 260-9777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fitzhenry.ca
Price: $8.95 pbk.
Pagination: 160 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55050-272-5
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
The Bantam Dell Publishing Group
The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank
(The Definitive Edition)
Author: Frank, Anne
Annotation
This 1995 edition of Anne Frank’s diary reveals
a new depth of Anne’s dreams, irritations, and
passions. Anne Frank’s diary is a moving and
eloquent document of the Holocaust. This edition
has passages that were removed by her father in the
original version because Anne talks critically about
her mother, and some of their companions in the
attic in Amsterdam where they were hiding for two
years.
Distributor
Random House of Canada Limited
2774 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(905) 624-0672
Fax: (905) 624-6217
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $9.99 pbk
Pagination: 352 p.
ISBN: 978-0-553-57712-9
Copyright: 1995
Year Recommended: 2005
Sexual references are mentioned in this version that
would not have been acceptable in 1947 when the
diary was first published. The text has been kept
as Anne would have written in her diary because
any attempts at editing are not appropriate in a
historical document of this nature.
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Fifth House Ltd.
Distributor
Dog Tracks
Author: Slipperjack, Ruby
Annotation
(CAN, FMMI) Abby has lived most of her life with
her grandparents in town. Choom, her grandfather,
falls ill and Abby must leave her friends, her pink
bedroom, and adjust to living with her mom, a
new father, and a half-brother on the reserve.
Life on the reserve is more traditional than what
Abby is used to. Helping Abby with her journey is
Paulie, the reserve’s chief and a puppy, Ki-Moot.
Abby re-discovers her culture, the Anishinawbe
traditions, and history through the teachings of the
community Elders.
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Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited
195 Allstate Pkwy
MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8
(800) 387-9776
Fax: (800) 260-9777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fitzhenry.ca
Price: $14.95 pbk.
Pagination: 280 p.
ISBN: 978-1-897252-29-1
Copyright: 2008
Year Recommended: 2011
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Environmental and Technological
Publisher
Tundra Books
Emily Carr: At the Edge of the World
Author: Bogart, Jo
Illustrator: Newhouse, Maxwell
Annotation
(CAN, FNMI) This biography chronicles the life of Emily
Carr, one of Canada’s most important visual artists. Carr
was born in 1871 and spent most of her life in or near
Victoria, B.C. From an early age she loved to draw and
paint and, as an adult, struggled in a society that did
not value creativity and ambition in women. Despite
setbacks, Carr developed a distinctive artistic style
and painted the land around her and the First Nations
people of coastal B.C.
Distributor
Random House of Canada Ltd.
2775 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(888) 523-9292
Fax: (888) 562-9924
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $24.99 hdc.
Pagination: 40 p.
ISBN: 978-0-88776-640-4
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
The book includes full-colour reproductions of Carr’s
work and small black-and-white sketches illustrating
key events from Carr’s life.
Used with permission. Tundra Books Inc.
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English Language Arts 8
Escape from Memory. 1st ed.
K
1
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4
5
6
7
Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Annotation
Kira allows herself to be hypnotized by her friends
at a sleepover. Kira reveals her memory of fleeing
danger from a country where people speak a
different language. Kira’s eccentric mother will not
talk about their past and suddenly disappears.
A woman shows up claiming to be Kira’s Aunt
Memory from a community called Crythe in Eastern
Europe, where memories are valued above all else.
Kira learns from her aunt that her mother is being
held hostage, and she is the only person who can
save her. Kira and her friend, Lynne, travel across
the continent and are involved in political intrigue,
deception, kidnapping, and blackmail.
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10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Environmental and Technological
Publisher/Distributor
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
100 Front St
RIVERSIDE NJ 08075
(800) 268-3848
Fax: (888) 849-8151
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.simonandschuster.ca/
Price: $7.99 pbk.
Pagination: 277 p.
ISBN: 978-1-4169-0338-3
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2005
English Language Arts 8
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K
1
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5
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10 11 12
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Suggested Contexts
Personal and Philosophical
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Second Story Press
Extraordinary Women Explorers
Author: Rooney, Frances
Annotation
(CAN) The women mentioned in this book, several
of whom are Canadian, followed their dreams of
exploring the unknown. These short biographical
selections provide background information as
well as a summary of the women’s adventures and
contributions. Photographs and quotes by the
explorers are included.
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $10.95 pbk.
Pagination: 110 p.
ISBN: 978-1-896764-98-6
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
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English Language Arts 8
Firewing
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6
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Author: Oppel, Kenneth
Annotation
(CAN) In Firewing, the third book of the Silverwing
Series, Oppel continues the adventures of Shade
and Griffin in the Underworld setting. Griffin tries
to steal fire from the humans to try to live up to his
father’s reputation. In the process, his friend Luna
gets badly burned. Firewing is a darker story than
its prequels, but the images can be interpreted as
religious allusions, such as the Underworld, a kind
of purgatory where everything appears beautiful,
but is really false. The story of the bat family in crisis
could be paralleled with human life choice and
decisions.
Firewing won the Mr. Christie’s Book Award in 2002.
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Suggested Context
Imaginative and Literary
Publisher/Distributor
HarperCollins Canada Ltd.
1995 Markham Rd
SCARBOROUGH ON M1B 5M8
(800) 387-0117
(416) 321-2241
Fax: (800) 668-5788
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.harpercollins.ca/
Price: $8.99 pbk.
Pagination: 328 p.
ISBN: 978-0-00-639302-3
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
English Language Arts 8
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10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Flames of the Tiger
Author: Wilson, John
Annotation
(CAN) This book offers a realistic portrayal of a German
boy’s experiences during World War II. Dieter is caught
between the blind patriotism of his older brother for
the Hitler Youth, and the growing skepticism for Hitler
and the SS by his father. The plot portrays Canadian
soldiers in a positive light during World War II, and
presents the viewpoint that the German children are
human, and portrays the Germans as more than Nazis.
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $7.95 pbk.
Pagination: 176 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55337-619-4
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2004
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English Language Arts 8
K
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5
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10 11 12
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Suggested Contexts
Personal and Philosophical
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Coteau Books
Flight of the Tiger Moth
Author: Woodbury, Mary
Annotation
(SK) It is 1943 and the war has turned many prairie
towns upside down. British men have come to
Canada to train at a base near Moose Jaw. Jack is too
young to enlist in the war, but his sister’s boyfriend
takes him up in an airplane and he secretly learns to
fly. When a friend’s plane comes down on the prairie,
Jack has no choice but to make his first solo flight
to save his friend’s life. The story also provides a
glimpse into Canadian life during World War II.
English Language Arts 8
Distributor
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited
195 Allstate Pkwy
MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8
(800) 387-9776
Fax: (800) 260-9777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fitzhenry.ca
Price: $10.95 pbk.
Pagination: 160 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55050-364-7
Copyright: 2007
Year Recommended: 2008
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Suggested Context
Personal and Philosophical
Producer
National Film Board of Canada
Distributor
For Angela
Annotation
(FNMI) Starring Tina Keeper and Tiffany Peters,
this production presents a re-enactment of a
racial assault on Rhonda Gordon and her daughter
Angela. When confronted and verbally abused by a
group of youths on a bus, Rhonda worries that the
incident will cause Angela to reject her Aboriginal
heritage. In a meeting with the leader of the youths,
Rhonda allows the boy to see the consequences of
his action and to express his regret.
ROVER
(Recommended Online Video Education Resources)
(866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support)
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm
Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools)
Length: 25 min.
ID Number: N219
Copyright: 1993
Year Recommended: 2010
Expiry Date: March 31, 2015
Note: This program has also been recommended to
support the social studies curriculum at the Grade 8
level.
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English Language Arts 8
For the Children
Author: Joe, Rita
Illustrator: Murphy, Burland
Annotation
(CAN, FNMI) This collection of poems speaks
of Mi’kmaq life and the hope for a better world.
Elder Rita Joe addresses topics such as residential
schools, a cure for an ingrown toenail, pollution,
and death. In some of the poems, the Mi’kmaq
words are translated as Joe had done in her original
manuscripts. The book includes a table of contents.
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Suggested Contexts
Personal and Philosophical
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher/Distributor
Cape Breton Catalogue
Wreck Cove
CAPE BRETON NS B0C 1H0
(800) 565-5140
Fax: (902) 539-9117
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.capebretonbooks.com/
Price: $16.95 pbk.
Pagination: 52 p.
ISBN: 978-1-895415-98-8
Copyright: 2008
Year Recommended: 2012
English Language Arts 8
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher/Distributor
The Freedom of Jenny
Author: Burtinshaw, Julie
Annotation
(CAN) Jenny Estes enjoys hearing stories about
Madagascar, her mother’s birthplace. She is the
daughter of slaves and dreams of a better future.
When she is 13, Jenny’s father declares that he has
saved enough money to purchase their freedom.
Arriving in California, the family’s initial warm
reception cools. The family decides to join other
free blacks and they travel to Salt Spring Island in
British Columbia. Jenny endures many hardships
and comes of age as her family builds a new life in a
foreign land.
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Raincoast Books
2440 Viking Way
RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2
(800) 663-5714
Fax: (800) 565-3770
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.raincoast.com
Price: $3.25 pbk.
Pagination: 144 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55192-839-6
Copyright: 2005
Year Recommended: 2012
English Language Arts 8
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes
Who Lived before Achilles
K
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5
Suggested Context
Annotation
Publisher
Originally published in 1922, this book was
designated as a Newbery Honour Book in 1976.
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Author: Colum, Padraic
Illustrator: Polgany, Willy
The Golden Fleece is a retelling of Jason and the
Argonauts’ journey and quest. The book includes
the adventures of Jason and other Greek heroes,
gods, and goddesses. Colum has interwoven the
tales of Jason and the Argonauts with classic Greek
narratives to celebrate the feats of the Greek heroes
and their lives.
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Imaginative and Literary
Aladdin Books
Distributor
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
100 Front St
RIVERSIDE NJ 08075
(800) 268-3848
Fax: (888) 849-8151
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.simonandschuster.ca/
Price: $11.50 pbk.
Pagination: 320 p.
ISBN: 978-0-689-86884-9
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
English Language Arts 8
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K
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Suggested Context
Imaginative and Literary
Producer
Library Video Company/Schlessinger Media
Greek Mythology for Students Series
Annotation
These animated versions of the Greek narratives can
be used selectively as an overview of the gods and
goddesses or to focus on a specific story.
A teacher’s guide accompanies each program and
includes a summary of the contents of the program,
vocabulary, activities, and a reference list.
Distributor
Visual Education Centre
41 Homer Ave, Unit 3
TORONTO ON M8Z 4X4
(800) 668-0749
(416) 252-5907
Fax: (416) 251-3720
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.visualed.com
Price: $43.99 each
$439.90 set of 10
Length: 23 min. each
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2006
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Title
Order Number
Constellation Myths
SCHGM01
Defying the Gods
SCHGM02
The Gods of Olympus
SCHGM07
Jason and the Golden Fleece
SCHGM03
The Journeys of Odsseus
SCHGM08
The Labors of Heracles
SCHGM09
Nature Myths
SCHGM04
Perseus and Medusa
SCHGM05
Theseus and the Minotaur
SCHGM06
The Trojan War
SCHGM10
Series of 10
S0002878
English Language Arts 8
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Suggested Context
Personal and Philosophical
Publisher/Distributor
Grind
Author: Walters, Eric
Annotation
(CAN) Phillip is a fearless skateboarder. He is always
eager to try a new move, even if it means a fall and a
trip to the hospital. Phillip, his skateboarding friends
Lisa and Wally, and computer whiz Nevin set up
a website showing their skateboarding moves. It
attracts a sponsor who is willing to pay one cent for
every hit on the website. It seems like an easy way to
attain fortune and fame, but the group wants more.
When Wally is badly hurt trying a move he has almost
mastered, Phillip decides it is time to re-evaluate what
matters most in life.
English Language Arts 8
Orca Book Publishers Canada
PO Box 5626, Stn B
VICTORIA BC V8R 6S4
(800) 210-5277
(250) 380-1299
Fax: (877) 408-1551
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.orcabook.com
Price: $9.95 pbk.
Pagination: 100 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55143-317-2
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2006
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Professional Resource
Publisher/Distributor
Guided Comprehension in Action:
Lessons for Grades 3-8
Authors: Allen, Mary Beth and McLaughlin, Maureen
Annotation
Designed to complement Guided Comprehension: A
Teaching Model for Grades 3-8, this resource provides
an array of instructional strategies to actively develop
students’ reading comprehension. Each of the
contextual-based chapters features an instructional
overview, strategy-based lesson plans, samples of
student work, and related resources. Multiple modes
of response, critical analysis of materials, and a variety
of texts are embedded within the suggested themes.
Teaching ideas and blackline masters that support
strategy applications are appended.
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International Reading Association
PO Box 8139, 800 Barksdale Rd
NEWARK DE 19714-8139
(800) 336-7323
Fax: (302) 737-0878
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.reading.org
Price: $9.95 U.S. pbk.
Pagination: 186 p.
ISBN: 978-0-87207-343-2
Copyright: 2002
Year Recommended: 2006
English Language Arts 8
K
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Second Story Press
Hana’s Suitcase: A True Story
Author: Levine, Karen
Annotation
(CAN) The author documents a Japanese teacher’s
effort to find out what happened to a young Jewish
girl named Hana Brady during World War II. Fumiko
Ishioka was concerned that her students in Japan
would never learn about this significant tragedy in
history. Ishioka searches various Holocaust centres for
authentic materials, and one day, a suitcase owned by
Hana Brady arrives. Ishioka travels to Czechoslovakia
and finally to Toronto where she interviews Hana’s
brother, George Brady, a survivor of the Holocaust.
Ishioka’s work is a comprehensive collection of archival
material with a postscript from George Brady. It
educates children about the horrors of the Holocaust
and war.
The Canadian Library Association in 2003 selected
Hana’s Suitcase as the winner of the Book of the Year
for Children Award. Hana’s Suitcase also received
the National Jewish Book Award and the Silver Birch
Award.
The newspaper article about the work of Fumiko
Ishioka also became a CBC radio documentary called
Hana’s Suitcase. The CBC radio documentary originally
aired January 21, 2001, and can be accessed at www.
cbc.ca/thesundayedition/features/hanassuitcase/.
English Language Arts 8
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
TORONTO ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $16.95 hdc.
Pagination: 112 p.
ISBN: 978-1-896764-55-9
Copyright: 2002
Year Recommended: 2005
Producer for DVD
Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Distributor
ROVER
(Recommended Online Video Education Resources)
(866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support)
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm
Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools)
Length: 25 min.
ID Number: N479
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2005
Expiry Date: July 1, 2015
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Heart of a Samurai
Author: Preus, Margi
Annotation
In 1841, Manjiro and four friends are fishing on the
sea. A sudden storm blows the boat far from land
and eventually, the group is stranded on a deserted
island. An American whaling vessel, the John
Howland, rescues the five young people. Growing
up, Manjiro has heard about the barbarians from
distant lands. His curiosity overcomes his fear and
he starts a long journey to America with the crew of
the John Howland.
Captain Whitfield eventually adopts Manjiro and
takes him home to New England. As an adult,
Manjiro returns to Japan, where he imprisoned as an
outsider. Using his knowledge of the West, Manjiro
is in a position to persuade the shogun to open
Japan’s boundaries.
At that time in history, Japan had an isolation policy
in effect. This book is based on a true adventure of
John Manjiro Nakahama. A table of contents and
black-and-white illustrations are included.
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K
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7
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10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Abrams
Distributor
Canadian Manda Group
165 Dufferin St
TORONTO ON M6K 3H6
(416) 516-0911
Fax: (888) 563-8327
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mandagroup.com
Price: $14.95 hdc.
Pagination: 280 p.
ISBN: 978-1-897252-29-1
Copyright: 2010
Year Recommended: 2012
English Language Arts 8
K
1
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7
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10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Dundurn Press Ltd.
Hope’s War
Author: Skrypuch, Martha Forchuk
Annotation
(CAN) Hope’s War depicts the struggles faced by
Kat Baliuk, when her grandfather is accused of
war crimes because he was an auxiliary police
officer in World War II in the Ukraine. Danylo, Kat’s
grandfather, is labelled as a monster in the media
and courts despite the lack of clear evidence. As
the Baliuk family faces the scrutiny and anger of the
community, Kat discovers the importance of family
and friends.
This book intertwines facts about the Ukrainian
resistance during the war with both contemporary
Ukrainian culture and Canadian high school life. It
also deals with prejudice, intolerance, and problems
with the Canadian immigration system. The ending
of the story is left open to provoke discussion about
the choices people make in the face of evil. Included
are an author’s note that provides information
regarding the deportation of Canadian citizens
charged with war crimes. A resource list is also
included.
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $12.99 pbk.
Pagination: 200 p.
ISBN: 978-0-895681-19-2
Copyright: 2001
Year Recommended: 2005
The Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award
nominated Hope’s War for an award in 2003. The
book was nominated for the Saskatchewan Young
Readers’ Choice Snow Award in 2004.
Cover image reprinted with permission from Dundurn Press Ltd. Copyright 2001.
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How People Got Fire
Annotation
(CAN, FNMI) This program explores the connection
between Grandma Kay and the village children.
In Grandma Kay’s kitchen, she tells the traditional
narrative of how Crow brought fire to the people. The
children learn about the past and its relationship to
the present day.
Note: The program will be available in fall, 2012.
K
1
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3
4
5
6
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Suggested Context
Imaginative and Literary Context
Producer
National Film Board
Distributor
ROVER
(Recommended Online Video Education Resources)
(866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support)
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm
Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools)
Length: 16 min
ID Number TBA
Copyright: 2009
Year Recommended: 2011
Expiry Date: March 31, 2015
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Professional Resource
Publisher/Distributor
I Read It, But I Don’t Get It:
Comprehension Strategies for
Adolescent Readers
Author: Tovani, Cris
Annotation
Many useful ideas for improving adolescents’
comprehension are included in this volume. I Read It,
But I Don’t Get It is organized into three parts. Parts 1
and 2 include chapters that pertain to topics such as
”Fake Reading,“ ”Connecting the New to the Known,“
and ”What’s the Plan?“ Each chapter begins with
a student quotation and an anecdote involving a
problem in reading encountered by the author in an
actual classroom of adolescent students.
Pembroke Publishers Ltd.
538 Hood Rd
MARKHAM ON L3R 3K9
(800) 997-9807
(905) 477-0650
Fax: (800) 339-5568
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pembrokepublishers.com
Price: $26.95 pbk.
Pagination: 152 p.
ISBN: 978-1-57110-089-4
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
The strategies presented in the book are based on
research that defines the thinking strategies used by
proficient readers. The roles of purpose in reading,
motivation, and use of prior experiences constitute the
basis for many of the strategies. The book is in line with
current ideas regarding effective reading instruction.
The notion that meaning in reading is constructed
as readers interact with text is at the root of the
strategies presented. Part 3 consists of three short
appendices that include forms to be used to facilitate
implementation of the strategies presented in the
preceding chapters.
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Iqbal: A Novel
K
1
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3
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7
Author: D’Adamo, Francesco
Annotation
This resource will make students aware of the
conditions of children in many international contexts
and may encourage activism. Each situation is detailed
to help students understand the difficult conditions of
some children’s lives.
The context and issues include life in a distant land,
family structures and responsibilities, child labour,
gender roles, and religious differences. This docunovel, translated from the Italian version, adds a new
dimension to the biographies of Iqbal Masih, a young
activist who drew global attention to contemporary
child labour.
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Atheneum Publications
Distributor
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
100 Front St
RIVERSIDE NJ 08075
(800) 268-3848
Fax: (888) 849-8151
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.simonandschuster.ca/
Price: $4.99 pbk.
Pagination: 128 p.
ISBN: 978-1-4169-0329-1
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
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English Language Arts 8
K
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Suggested Use
Professional Resource
Publisher/Distributor
Knowing Words: Creating Word-rich
Classrooms
Author: McQuirter Scott, Ruth
Annotation
The book includes strategies for educators to use
when teaching students on how to understand word
patterns, how to increase vocabulary, and how to
use words to convey meaning to become effective
communicators. The activities in the book have
vocabulary instruction infused throughout so students
gain a deeper understanding. Included are chapters on
how words can paint pictures, persuade, and entertain.
Sections on vocabulary instruction for English
language learners and on assessing word knowledge
are also included.
Nelson Education
1120 Birchmount Rd
SCARBOROUGH ON M1K 5G4
(800) 268-2222
Fax: (800) 430-4445
Email: www.nelson.com/order/forms/orders.html
Website: www.nelson.com/
Price: $37.95 pbk.
Pagination: 278 p.
ISBN: 978-0-17-633691-2
Copyright: 2008
Year Recommended: 2008
From SCOTT, Knowing Words, 1E. © 2007 Nelson Education Ltd. Reproduced by permission. wwwcengage.com/permissions
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1
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Suggested Contexts
Environmental and Technological
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Last Chance Bay
Author: Carter, Anne Laurel
Annotation
(CAN) Meg Christie dreams of becoming a pilot just
like her heroes Amelia Earhart and Beryl Markham.
Meg lives in Cape Breton, where life is a struggle for
coal miners’ families, especially during World War II.
Meg’s aunt suffers from tuberculosis, her uncle is an
alcoholic, and her cousins are neglected. Meg’s family
does not understand her dream of becoming a pilot.
Miss MacKinnon, the new teacher who falls in love
with Meg’s cousin, Caleb, encourages Meg. However,
the school committee dismisses Miss MacKinnon for
her modern attitudes, and Caleb is killed during the
war. Meg is given the chance to fly when a pilot, who is
a friend of Caleb’s, returns from the war and offers her
flying lessons.
Distributor
Penguin Group (Canada)
90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 700
TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3
(800) 399-6858
Fax: (800) 363-2665
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.penguin.ca
Price: $7.99 pbk.
Pagination: 176 p.
ISBN: 978-0-14-301663-2
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
Meg’s voice regarding the technical, historical, and
cultural matters will lead to discussions about labour
issues, gender equality, the war, the history of coal
mining, and the dynamics in family life and in an
extended family.
This book won the Canadian Library Association Book
of the Year Award for Children in 2005.
Cover Image from Carter, Anne Laurel., author. Last Chance Bay © 2004 Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Reproduced by permission.
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The Legends of the Lake on the
Mountain: An Early Adventure of John
A. Macdonald
Author: Benns, Roderick
Annotation
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Social, Cultural, and Historical Context
Publisher
Roderick Benns
Additional online support can be found at www.
roderickbenns.com.
Price: $12.95 pbk.
Pagination: 216 p.
ISBN: 978-0-9812433-2-0
English Language Arts 8
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Distributor
Note: The Ministry of Education has not evaluated
the websites mentioned in the book.
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(CAN) In 1828,13-year-old John A. Macdonald
receives a treasure map. Stone Mills is buzzing with
the news of a mysterious serpent in the Lake of the
Mountain. John is certain that this will be the best
summer ever and he is determined to solve both
mysteries. As John searches to discover the truth, he
realizes that his family may be in danger. John finds
the inner strength to save his sister and locate the
vigilante who is terrorizing Stone Mills.
Note: The terminology used in this book will need to
be clarified with students.
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S & B Books Limited
3085 Universal Dr
MISSISSAUGA ON L4X 2E2
(800) 997-7099
(800) 997-7099
Fax: (800) 826-7702
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.sbbooks.com/
Copyright: 2011
Year Recommended: 2012
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Publisher
Allyn and Bacon
Literacy Strategies across the Subject
Areas: Process-oriented Blackline
Masters for the K-12 Classroom. 2nd
ed.
Authors: Wood, Karen D. and Taylor, D. Bruce
Annotation
The book includes process-oriented graphic
organizers to engage students in strategies to
enhance their understanding of various topics
under study. Many of the strategies aim for the
gradual release of responsibility by the teacher to
the student. The strategies are also effective for
students who need additional language support,
such as English as Additional Language learners.
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Distributor
Pearson Education Canada
School Division
195 Harry Walker Pkwy N
NEWMARKET ON L3Y 7B4
(800) 361-6128
Fax: (800) 563-9196
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pearsonschoolcanada.ca/
Price: $51.85 pbk.
Pagination: 128 p.
ISBN: 978-0-205-43712-2
Copyright: 2006
Year Recommended: 2008
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Magellan and the First Voyage around
the World
Author: Levinson, Nancy Smiler
Annotation
Levinson has done extensive research to provide
readers with the experience of what life was like
for sailors during the age of naval exploration. This
book gives a realistic look into life in the 1500s and
illustrates the courage it took to travel the unknown.
The magnitude of Magellan’s achievements and
contributions to history are immense. Magellan
successfully navigated the Strait of Magellan, which
bears his name, conquered the Pacific Ocean,
and proved that the World is not only round,
but circumnavigable. As a young man, Magellan
dedicated himself to Portugal’s campaign of naval
conquest, but the King did not support him, so
he sought the royal patronage of Spain. When
he sailed, spies accompanied his ships, and only
Magellan’s intelligence and leadership saved him
from mutinies.
English Language Arts 8
Distributor
Thomas Allen and Son Limited
390 Steelcase Rd E
MARKHAM ON L3R 1G2
(800) 387-4333
Fax: (905) 475-4255
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.thomasallen.ca/site/index.aspx
Price: $21.95 hdc.
Pagination: 132 p.
ISBN: 978-0-395-98773-5
Copyright: 1996
Year Recommended: 1998
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Making Facts Come Alive: Choosing &
Using Quality Non-fiction Literature
K-8. 2nd ed.
Authors: Bamford, Rosemary A. and Kristo, Janice V.
Annotation
This resource presents non-fiction as an important
component in students’ learning. It provides
teachers with insights into how to help students
develop strategies to read and write non-fiction. The
book is arranged in four parts. Part one discusses
criteria for choosing quality non-fiction texts. Part
two addresses specific text selections for a variety
of curriculum areas. Part three suggests strategies
for bringing students and books together. Part four
features response guides for students’ non-fiction
texts, as well as an annotated bibliography. Also
included is a bibliography of cited children’s books.
Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc.
1420 Providence Hwy, Suite 120
NORWOOD MA 02062
(781) 762-5577
Fax: (781) 762-2110
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.christopher-gordon.com
Price: $19.95 U.S. pbk.
Pagination: 424 p.
ISBN: 978-1-9209024-51-3
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
Note: Although most works cited in this resource
are American, the philosophy and ideas are easily
adapted to Canadian classrooms.
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Communicative
Producer
CTV
Marketing Game
Annotation
(CAN) This program looks at how marketers
embed their product messages. Researchers study
the youth market and this information is used to
develop marketing strategies designed to reach into
the pockets of youth and young adults, many of
whom are oblivious to the embedded advertising.
The program raises awareness of the need for critical
viewing, thinking, and listening skills.
English Language Arts 8
Distributor
ROVER
(Recommended Online Video Education Resources)
(866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support)
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm
Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools)
Length: 20 min
ID Number N480
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2010
Expiry Date: July 1, 2015
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Communicative
Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Laurel Leaf
Milkweed
Author: Spinelli, Jerry
Annotation
Spinelli has written a story about survival on the
streets of Nazi-occupied Warsaw during World War
II. The irony makes this story compelling as a Jewish
boy Misha does not understand the severity of the
situation because of his age. Uri befriends Misha
and makes up a story about his gypsy background
to protect him. The story of Misha and his band of
orphans has a Dickensian quality where the children
were struggling to survive on the streets. Misha helps
Janina and her family survive in the ghetto because of
his street experience.
Distributor
Random House of Canada Limited
2774 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(905) 624-0672
Fax: (905) 624-6217
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $8.99 pbk.
Pagination: 240 p.
ISBN: 978-0-440-42005-7
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2005
This book won the Golden Kite Award in 2003.
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Running Press Book Publishers
Myths of Native America
Author: McNeese, Tim
Annotation
(FNMI) The stories in this collection originate from
the canyons, plains, mountains, and forest of preColumbian North America. Each of the eight regions
has its own arts, customs, social practices, and
language.
Distributor
Raincoast Books
2440 Viking Way
RICHMOND BC V6V 1N2
(800) 663-5714
Fax: (800) 565-3770
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.raincoast.com
Price: $34.50 pbk.
Pagination: 336 p.
ISBN: 978-0-56858-271-9
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2008
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Myths of the World Series
Author: Schomp, Virginia
Annotation
(FNMI) This series examines narratives of ancient
cultures. Each book opens with a brief introduction of
the culture and include geography, political history,
government, society, and religious beliefs. Each book
includes photographs, supporting text, and sidebars
that highlight topics related to the character or
theme. A table of contents, a glossary, suggestions for
further reading, a bibliography, and an index are also
provided.
Distributor
Edu Reference Publishers Direct Inc.
109 Woodbine Downs Blvd, Unit #3
TORONTO ON M9W 6Y1
(988) 674-8622
(416) 674-8622
(604) 323-7106
Fax: (416) 674-6215
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.edureference.com/
Price: $23.95 each hdc.
Pagination: 96 p. each
Copyright: 2008
Year Recommended: 2008
Title
ISBN
The Ancient Greeks
978-0-7614-2547-2
The Native Americans
978-0-7614-2550-2
From MYTHS OF THE WORLD SERIES by Virgina Schomp. Copyright © 2008 Marshall Cavendish Corporation.
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Personal and Philosopical
Publisher/Distributor
Never to be Told
Author: Citra, Becky
Annotation
(CAN) Asia has lived with Ira and Maddy for as
long as she can remember. She loves the farm at
Cold Creek. When Ira suffers a heart attack, Asia
and Maddy rush him to the hospital. Ira’s son Harry
arrives and is determined to have Ira and Maddy
move to California to live with him and locate Asia’s
real family.
Orca Book Publishers Canada
PO Box 5626, Stn B
VICTORIA BC V8R 6S4
(800) 210-5277
Fax: (877) 408-1551
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.orcabook.com
Price: $8.95 pbk.
Pagination: 224 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55143-567-1
Copyright: 2006
Year Recommended: 2012
Asia roams the farm and senses someone or
something is near. It is a ghost named Miranda
and only Asia can see and hear her. Harry locates
Asia’s family and she is sent to live with Beth, her
grandmother in West Vancouver. Asia solves the
mystery of Miranda and her mother’s disappearance.
Note: The theme of ghosts is a focus of this resource.
Educators are advised to consult their school
division’s material selection policy before using this
resource.
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Dundurn Press Ltd.
Nobody’s Child
Author: Skrypuch, Martha Forchuk
Annotation
(CAN) This sequel to The Hunger presents a chilling
account of genocide and its aftermath. Survivors of
the 1909 Adana massacre, Miriam, her siblings, Kevork,
and her aunt, scramble to survive during the turmoil
and violence. Finding protection in an orphanage,
the Armenians again face the threat of persecution
by the Turks. Separated, each faces horrifying events,
but hold to the steadfast belief that they will again be
reunited. Skrypuch offers an account of the suffering
endured by the Armenian people and their quest for
peace. The book includes a list of websites, print, and
media resources.
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $12.99 pbk.
Pagination: 200 p.
ISBN: 978-0-55002-442-5
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2004
Cover image reprinted with permission from Dundurn Press Ltd. Copyright 2003.
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Imaginative and Literary
Producer
Agency for Instructional Technology
Distributor
Ojibwe Stories (Aniishinaabe
Adisokan)
Annotation
(CAN, FNMI) This program introduces Ojibwe stories
that relate to the history and culture of the Ojibwe
people. The stories are told by First Nation narrators
and are illustrated through re-enactment footage,
wildlife, and still drawings. The stories can be used
as stand-alones or combined to provide a more
comprehensive view of the Ojibwe people.
The stories include:
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ROVER
(Recommended Online Video Education Resources)
(866) 933-8333 (for technical inquiries or support)
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://rover.edonline.sk.ca/index.htm
Price: $Free (within Saskatchewan PreK-12 schools)
Length: 15 min.
ID Number N775
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2011
Expiry Date: July 1, 2016
The Origin of Turtle Island
Migration
Gifts of the Grandfathers
Four Hills of Life
Origin of Midewiwin
Pakawis
The stories are narrated in Ojibwe with English
subtitles and each story is 2 to 3 minutes in length.
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Oscar: The Life and Music of Oscar
Peterson
Author: Marin, Reva
Annotation
(CAN) This biographical account of Oscar Peterson
traces the life of one of the finest jazz musicians in
the world. Oscar’s parents immigrated to Canada
from the West Indies in search of a better life. Oscar’s
father, a self-taught musician, insisted that all his
children learn to play an instrument. Peterson had
near perfect pitch and a natural talent. Marin traces
Peterson’s career from his humble beginnings to the
accomplishments in his career. Peterson deals with
arthritis, a stroke, and racial prejudice.
The book offers small biographies of some of
Peterson’s contemporaries including Ella Fitzgerald,
Duke Ellington, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Count
Bassie, Nat King Cole, and Art Tatum. Included are
a glossary of musical terms, a list of videos, a list of
websites, a listening guide, and an index.
This book was a finalist in 2004 for the Norma Fleck
Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction.
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Distributor
HarperCollins Canada Ltd.
1995 Markham Rd
SCARBOROUGH ON M1B 5M8
(800) 387-0117
(416) 321-2241
Fax: (800) 668-5788
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.harpercollins.ca/
Price: $19.95 pbk.
Pagination: 160 p.
ISBN: 978-0-88899-905-4
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2005
Note: The Ministry of Education has not evaluated
the websites mentioned in this resource.
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Coteau Books
Peacekeepers
Author: Linden, Diane
Annotation
(SK) Nell and her younger brother Mikey, live with
their uncle while their mother serves as a peacekeeper
in Bosnia. Nell relates the difficulties of having a
parent in the service. Nell attends a new school that,
according to the teachers, has ”zero tolerance“ for
bullying. Nonetheless, the school bullies, Shane and
Bonnie, torment Nell.
Nell misses her mother and is too angry to answer
or enjoy the email messages that her mother sends
about the conditions in Bosnia. Mikey enjoys receiving
the emails and starts a book drive at his school to
honour Edin, a Bosnian boy his mother met through
her work. Nell learns that Edin and his brother have
been killed and tries to protect Mikey from the hearing
about tragedy. When Bonnie attacks Nell and seriously
injures her, Nell receives her mother’s and uncle’s
support to move to a new school.
English Language Arts 8
Distributor
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited
195 Allstate Pkwy
MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8
(800) 387-9776
Fax: (800) 260-9777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fitzhenry.ca
Price: $8.95 hdc.
Pagination: 208 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55050-271-8
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2005
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Social, Cultural, and Philosophical
Publisher
Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
The Pirate Meets the Queen
Author/Illustrator: Faulkner, Matts
Annotation
Set in the days of Queen Elizabeth I, this is a
fictionalized, illustrated tale of the Irish pirate, Grace
O’Malley. There is a strong theme of family love
and loyalty throughout the story. As well, the story
provides examples of two strong females in nonstereotypical roles. The vocabulary lends a cultural
flavour to the narrative voice. There are many
cueing systems represented in the book and the
illustrations provide a resource for viewing.
Distributor
Penguin Group (Canada)
90 Eglinton Ave E, Suite 700
TORONTO ON M4P 2Y3
(800) 399-6858
Fax: (800) 363-2665
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.penguin.ca
Price: $23.50 hdc.
Pagination: 32 p.
ISBN: 978-0-399-24038-1
Copyright: 2005
Year Recommended: 2006
Cover Image from Faulkner, Matt. author. The Pirate Meets the Queen © 2005 Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Reproduced by permission.
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Publisher/Distributor
QAR Now: Question Answer
Relationships
Authors: Raphael, Taffy E.; Highfield, Kathy; and Au,
Kathryn H.
Annotation
This resource can be used to develop and improve
students’ reading comprehension across texts and
content areas. The comprehension framework
incorporates a variety of reading strategies and
higher level thinking skills. It is practical and well
organized and teachers can use the strategies across
grades and subjects. The book is appropriate for
teachers who are teaching beginning readers and
more advanced readers.
Scholastic Canada Ltd.
175 Hillmount Rd
MARKHAM ON L6C 1Z7
(800) 268-3860
Fax: (800) 387-4944
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scholastic.ca
Price: $28.99 pbk.
Pagination: 176 p.
ISBN: 978-0-439-74583-3
Copyright: 2006
Year Recommended: 2008
From QAR NOW: QUESTION ANSWER RELATIONSHIPS by Taffy Raphael. Scholastic Inc./Teaching Resources. Copyright © 2006 by Taffy Raphael. Reprinted by permission.
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Publisher/Distributor
Reading and Writing Non-fiction Genres
Authors: Buss, Kathleen and Karnowski, Lee
Annotation
This resource explains how to explore non-fiction
text with students. It is organized around four main
text types: recount, procedural, informational, and
persuasive. The authors identify alternative forms
within each text type and explain their inherent
purposes, structures, and literary elements. Minilessons and suggested read-alouds provide support
for guiding students in reading and writing non-fiction
text. This guidebook provides an appreciation for the
variety of purposes and text structures that non-fiction
offers.
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International Reading Association
PO Box 6021
NEWARK DE 19714-6021
(800) 336-7323
Fax: (302) 737-0878
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.reading.org/
Price: $22.95 U.S. pbk.
Pagination: 152 p.
ISBN: 978-0-87207-346-3
Copyright: 2002
Year Recommended: 2006
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Publisher
Heinemann Educational Books
”Reading Don’t Fix No Chevy“: Literacy
in the Lives of Young Men
Authors: Smith, Michael W. and Wilhelm, Jeffrey D.
Annotation
The authors interviewed 49 Middle and Secondary
Level male students from a wide range of backgrounds
in order to determine how the young men use literacy
and what conditions promote it. Several factors under
consideration include socioeconomic background,
race, performance, and type of school. The research
shows that boys favour literacy activities outside
of school that provide escape to get away from
the stresses in their lives. The authors explain how
progressive curricula and instruction can help boys
become more engaged with literacy. The authors note
that the same principles could apply to females as well
as males.
English Language Arts 8
Distributor
Pearson Education Canada
School Division
195 Harry Walker Pkwy N
NEWMARKET ON L3Y 7B4
(800) 361-6128
Fax: (800) 563-9196
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pearsonschoolcanada.ca/
Price: $32.42 pbk.
Pagination: 224 p.
ISBN: 978-0-86709-509-8
Copyright: 2002
Year Recommended: 2006
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Publisher/Distributor
Reading Is Seeing: Learning to
Visualize Scenes, Characters,
Ideas, and Text Worlds to Improve
Comprehension and Reflective
Reading
Author: Wilhelm, Jeffrey
Annotation
This resource provides teachers with an overview
of the research on visualization strategies and how
this research may be used to improve students’
reading comprehension. In each chapter, the
author combines theory, personal experience, and
practical teaching activities to scaffold the learner’s
experience.
Scholastic Canada Ltd.
175 Hillmount Rd
MARKHAM ON L6C 1Z7
(800) 268-3860
Fax: (800) 387-4944
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scholastic.ca
Price: $29.99 pbk.
Pagination: 192 p.
ISBN: 978-0-439-30309-5
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2006
Strategies include ways to activate and build
background knowledge, to elaborate on textual
details, to make inferences, to develop mental
models of non-fiction text, and to make text-to-text
connections.
Sample student work illustrates the expected
outcomes of each particular technique. Suggestions
are included for struggling and advanced readers.
From READING IS SEEING by Jeffrey Wilhelm. Scholastic Inc./Teaching Resources. Copyright © 2004 by Jeffrey Wilhelm. Reprinted by permission.
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Professional Resource
Publisher/Distributor
Reciprocal Teaching at Work: Strategies
for Improving Reading Comprehension
Author: Oczkus, Lori D.
Annotation
Using a variety of classroom settings, this resource
presents engaging lessons that use a discussion
technique to improve reading comprehension. This
technique, reciprocal teaching, is based on teacher
modeling, student participation, and four strategies
that readers use to comprehend text: predicting,
questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. A detailed
description of the four reading comprehension
strategies, ideas for leading students in reciprocal
teaching, discussions in different social contexts,
and appended assessment forms are included in this
resource.
English Language Arts 8
International Reading Association
PO Box 6021
NEWARK DE 19714-6021
(800) 336-7323
Fax: (302) 737-0878
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.reading.org/
Price: $26.95 U.S. pbk.
Pagination: 216 p.
ISBN: 978-0-87207-514-6
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
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Professional Resource
Publisher/Distributor
Response Journals Revisited:
Maximizing Learning through
Reading, Writing, Viewing, Discussing,
and Thinking
Author: Parsons, Les
Annotation
Response Journals Revisited is an updated, expanded,
and revised version of Response Journals. It explains
what response journals are, why and how they are
used, skills that they help students to develop, and
ways to evaluate journals, both formatively and
summatively. It offers guidelines, rubrics, samples
of student responses, and extensive background
information.
Pembroke Publishers Ltd.
538 Hood Rd
MARKHAM ON L3R 3K9
(800) 997-9807
(905) 477-0650
Fax: (800) 339-5568
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pembrokepublishers.com
Price: $18.95 pbk.
Pagination: 128 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55138-131-2
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
The book includes a table of contents, a glossary,
and an index.
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Run, Boy, Run: A Novel
Author: Orlev, Uri
Annotation
Based on a true story, Run Boy Run is about a 9-yearold Jewish boy who escapes the Warsaw Ghetto, and
survives in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside.
When Srulik is running from the Nazis and meets his
father dying in the field, his father gives him a Polish
name, Jurek Staniak, so that he will blend in with
Christian people. Jurek learns about the many types of
people one encounters during his or her life.
Distributor
Thomas Allen and Son Limited
390 Steelcase Rd E
MARKHAM ON L3R 1G2
(905) 475-9126
Fax: (800) 458-5504
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.thomasallen.ca/site/index.aspx
Price: $21.95 hdc.
$7.95 pbk.
Pagination: 186 p.
ISBN: 978-0-618-16465-3 hdc.
978-0-618-95706-4 pbk.
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2005
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Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree
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(SK, FNMI) First published in 1930, Sacred Stories
of the Sweet Grass Cree is a collection of narratives
that have been passed down from generation to
generation. The narratives discuss the origin of the
world, its people, and the creatures that eventually
took the shape of present-day animals. The
narratives are in Cree and in English.
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Author: Bloomfield, Leonard
Annotation
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Fifth House Publishers
Distributor
Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited
195 Allstate Pkwy
MARKHAM ON L3R 4T8
(800) 387-9776
Fax: (800) 260-9777
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fitzhenry.ca
Price: $19.95 pbk.
Pagination: 346 p.
ISBN: 978-0-89594-234-0
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2008
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Dundurn Press Ltd.
Sam’s Light
Author: Sherrard, Valerie
Annotation
Cole Fennety wants to buy a new bike, so he looks
for a summer job. The problem is that Cole is only
14-years-old and very few people will hire him as he is
too young. Cole accepts a position at Sam’s Shop. Sam
Kerrigan, the owner, is a cantankerous old man who
does not talk much. Cole and Sam eventually develop
a good working relationship. Unfortunately, Sam
becomes ill and decides to retire, not only from work,
but also from life. In the past, Sam was there for Cole,
so now Cole feels he should provide support to Sam.
Cole’s best friend, Wayne, gets him into trouble, and
Cole realizes that Wayne is not a very good friend at all.
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $12.99 pbk.
Pagination: 200 p.
ISBN: 978-0-55002-535-4
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
The Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Willow
Awards Committee nominated this book for the Snow
Willow Award in 2005.
Cover image reprinted with permission from Dundurn Press Ltd. Copyright 2004.
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Tundra Books Inc.
Search of the Moon King’s Daughter
Author: Holeman, Linda
Annotation
(CAN) Search of the Moon King’s Daughter is a
historical novel, set in industrial England in the
1830s. Emmaline Roke enjoys life with her family
in Maidenfern. However, her world changes when
Emmaline’s father dies from cholera and the family
moves to a factory town to work in the mill. When
Emmaline is 15, her mother is injured in an industrial
accident and becomes addicted to laudanum. In
order to support her addiction, Mrs. Roke sells her
deaf son Tommy into slavery as a chimney sweep.
Emmaline travels to London to work as a maid
and to rescue her brother from the cruelty of the
chimney sweeps. Holeman has written a novel by
juxtaposing the difficult lives of the working class
struggling to survive in contrast to the opulent
existence of those who have built the economy on
human industry.
Distributor
Random House of Canada Ltd.
2775 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(888) 523-9292
Fax: (888) 562-9924
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $12.99 pbk.
Pagination: 320 p.
ISBN: 978-0-88776-609-1
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2004
This book won the Mr. Christie’s Book Award in 2003.
Used with permission. Tundra Books Inc.
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Dundurn Press Ltd.
Secret of Light
Author: Dyer, K. C.
Annotation
(CAN) In this sequel to the Seeds of Time, Darrell
Connor is back at Eagle Glen School, and she is
shocked to find out that her old adversary, Conrad
Kennedy, is also a student. Kate and her dog Delaney
discover an abandoned lighthouse will take them
back in time to Italy during the Renaissance. There
she meets Leonardo da Vinci and other artists of the
period. As in Seeds of Time, Darrell tries unsuccessfully
to go back in time to prevent the motorcycle accident
that cost her father’s life and resulted in amputation of
part of her leg.
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $12.99 pbk.
Pagination: 200 p.
ISBN: 978-0-55002-477-7
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
The story will be easier to understand if students have
already read Seeds of Time, since there are numerous
references to events that have previously occurred.
Cover image reprinted with permission from Dundurn Press Ltd. Copyright 2003.
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Dundurn Press Ltd.
Seeds of Time
Author: Dyer, K. C.
Annotation
(CAN) In this prequel to Secret of Light, 13-yearold Darrell Connor is spending her summer at
Eagle Glen Alternative School, a boarding school
where she can study art. Darrell is still haunted by a
motorcycle accident that took her father’s life three
years ago and resulted in the amputation of part of
her leg. Darrell makes friends with a dog Delaney,
who leads her to a cave that takes her back in time
to Scotland during the Black Plague.
Darrell is able to help people with the Black Plague,
but she is not able to travel back to the time of the
motorcycle accident and prevent her father’s death.
Gradually, she becomes more accepting of her
losses. A subplot, set in the present day, involves
smuggling of computer parts and software. Darrell
makes friends over the course of the summer and
comes to enjoy the school, but Conrad Kennedy, a
local bully, harasses her.
Distributor
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $12.99 pbk.
Pagination: 200 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55005-414-2
Copyright: 2002
Year Recommended: 2006
Cover image reprinted with permission from Dundurn Press Ltd. Copyright 2002.
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English Language Arts 8
Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Environmental
Children’s Organization: Earth Summit,
Plenary June 11, 1992
Annotation
(CAN) In 1992, 13-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki is
at the Plenary Session of the Earth Summit in Rio,
Brazil to display her work with the The Environmental
Children’s Organization (ECO), and she is invited to
speak to the plenary. The focus of her speech is to
ask the adults of the world to heed environmental
warnings and move toward the preservation of the
earth for future generations.
The text of the speech is available online as well as in
print with activities in Identities 8.
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Environmental and Technological
Producer/Distributor
The Environmental Children’s Organization
c/o The David Suzuki Foundation
2211 West 4th Ave, Suite 219
VANCOUVER BC V6K 4S2
(800) 453-1533
(604) 732-4228
Fax: (604) 732-0752
Website: www.davidsuzuki.org
Price: $30.00
Length: 8 min.
No order number is required.
Copyright: 1992
Year Recommended: 2006
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Professional Resource
Publisher
Heinemann Educational Books
Shades of Meaning: Comprehension
and Interpretation in Middle School
Author: Satman, Donna
Annotation
This book has many strategies that will engage
students so they can succeed in reading and
comprehending text. The book is based on a
workshop format, so the author models and
verbalizes her reading and comprehension
strategies and then has her students apply the skills.
Students learn to interpret text, explore and analyze
ideas, and articulate and justify their opinions. The
students learn skills that can be applied throughout
their lives.
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Distributor
Pearson Education Canada
School Division
195 Harry Walker Pkwy N
NEWMARKET ON L3Y 7B4
(800) 361-6128
Fax: (800) 563-9196
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.pearsonschoolcanada.ca/
Price: $26.42 pbk.
Pagination: 153 p.
ISBN: 978-0-325-00664-2
Copyright: 2005
Year Recommended: 2008
English Language Arts 8
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Thistledown Press
Distributor
Shimmerdogs
Author: Linden, Dianne
Annotation
(CAN) Mike’s mother, Master Corporal Alice
Mackelwain, serves in the army as a peacekeeper.
She is in Bosnia, and Mike worries about her safety.
Mike and his sister, Nellie, also get caught up with his
mother’s stories about children living in Bosnia during
the war. Mike struggles to make sense of the world
and to overcome his fears and unanswered questions.
During a visit to the library, Mike comes across a book
that describes a belief that dogs guard the doorways
to death. He decides that dogs bring people back to
life from the dead and he calls them Shimmerdogs.
When Merit, Mike’s dog disappears, he deduces that
Merit is on a peacekeeping mission, like his mother.
As Mike’s life gets more stressful, he meets his own
personal shimmerdog.
English Language Arts 8
University of Toronto Press
5201 Dufferin St
DOWNSVIEW ON M3H 5T8
(800) 565-9523
(416) 667-7777
Fax: (800) 221-9985
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.utpress.utoronto.ca/
Price: $10.95 pbk.
Pagination: 144 p.
ISBN: 978-1-897235-37-9
Copyright: 2008
Year Recommended: 2012
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Author: Morpurgo, Michael
Illustrator: Foreman, Michael
Annotation
It is New Year’s Eve in Camelot where King Arthur,
Queen Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table
await for the feast to begin. The feast is interrupted by
a Knight, who is a giant of a man, and green from head
to toe. He challenges the Court to a New Year’s game.
Sir Gawain takes the challenge of the game. He has
one year to find the Green Chapel and meet the Green
Knight on New Year’s Eve. Sir Gawain’s adventures are
illustrated and capture the tale’s drama and humour.
Distributor
Random House of Canada Ltd.
2775 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(888) 523-9292
Fax: (888) 562-9924
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $826.99 hdc.
Pagination: 112 p.
ISBN: 978-0--7363-2519-1
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2008
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT. Copyright © 2004 Michael Morpurgo. Reproduced by permission of Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA.
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English Language Arts 8
Skybreaker. 1st ed.
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Author: Oppel, Kenneth
Annotation
(CAN) In this sequel to Airborn, Matt Cruse is on a
training mission in a decrepit cargo airship when he
comes across the ghost ship, Hyperion, an airship
that hasn’t been seen for 40 years, and is rumoured
to be full of treasure. Matt, his girlfriend Kate de
Vries, and their sidekicks Hal and Nadina try to reach
the Hyperion to claim the treasure. Their quest,
however, does not go smoothly. Adversity in the
form of air pirates, monsters, and other dangers
face them at every turn. The setting of the story
is a cobmination of the past and present – the
characters wear Victorian dress, but have futuristic
technology.
The villains, John Rath and his boss George Barton,
work for the Aruba Consortium which has a
monopoly on production of airship fuel. This aspect
of the story could lead to an interesting classroom
discussion about oil cartels. As well, elements of
Skybreaker echo the stories of Prometheus and
Icarus, which provide other opportunities for
expansion.
English Language Arts 8
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Environmental and Technological
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher/Distributor
HarperCollins Canada Ltd.
1995 Markham Rd
SCARBOROUGH ON M1B 5M8
(800) 387-0117
(416) 321-2241
Fax: (800) 668-5788
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.harpercollins.ca/
Price: $9.99 pbk.
Pagination: 352 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55468-282-9
Copyright: 2005
Year Recommended: 2006
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Distributor
Small Steps
Author: Sachar, Louis
Annotation
In this sequel to Holes, Armpit is trying to turn his
life around in Austin, Texas. It does not help that
Armpit has a record and everyone expects the worst
from him. The only person who believes in Armpit
is his next door neighbour, Ginny. Together, they
take small steps as they try to move forward. Former
Camp Green Lake resident, X-Ray, shows up with a
quick-get-rich scheme.
Random House of Canada Ltd.
2775 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(888) 523-9292
Fax: (888) 562-9924
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca
Price: $12.95 pbk.
Pagination: 288 p.
ISBN: 978-0-385-66158-4
Copyright: 2008
Year Recommended: 2012
Armpit agrees to X-Ray’s scheme to sell concert
tickets at an inflated price. With two tickets left over,
Armpit takes Ginny to the concert. It is discovered
that the tickets are counterfeit and Armpit is beaten
and handcuffed by the police. Teen pop sensation,
Kaira DeLeon, invites Ginny and Armpit to view the
concert from the backstage.
Surrounding Kaira are her management team
who abuse her finances and her manager, who is
plotting to kill Kaira. Armpit must learn to overcome
obstacles that keep him from reaching his goals in
life.
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Stitches
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Author: Huser, Glen
Annotation
(CAN) Travis lives with his aunt and uncle in a trailer
court while his mother, who is travels around as a
country-and-western singer. Travis loves to sew, and
he is often bullied because he is different. Travis and
his best friend, a physically challenged girl named
Chantelle, are encouraged by two teachers to accept
new challenges that foster their creativity. The
bullying, however, reaches a deplorable level.
A winner of the Governor General’s Award in 2003,
this story addresses issues relevant to many young
students.
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Distributor
HarperCollins Canada Ltd.
1995 Markham Rd
SCARBOROUGH ON M1B 5M8
(800) 387-0117
(416) 321-2241
Fax: (800) 668-5788
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.harpercollins.ca/
Price: $9.95 pbk.
Pagination: 200 p.
ISBN: 978-0-88899-578-4
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2004
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Imaginative and Literary
Stories from the Seventh Fire: The Four
Seasons
Annotation
(CAN, WNCP, FNMI) This collection of Northwestern
Canadian First Nations legends consists of two DVD
programs, each accompanied by a teacher discussion
and activity guide.
The DVDs present storytelling in the oral tradition
of the First Nations culture using authentic voices.
Effective use of animation and live-action wildlife
footage help the legends come to life. The DVDs are
contemporary and will appeal to a wide range of
audiences.
Each discussion and activity guide includes
a story synopsis, learning outcomes, crosscurricular connections, and a variety of activities
to accommodate different learning approaches.
Supplementary resources listed include print, videos,
and websites.
Note: These DVDs are closed-captioned for people
with hearing disabilities.
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Producer
Storytellers Production Ltd.
Distributor
Media Group
2710 Millar Ave
SASKATOON SK S7K 4J4
(888) 682-8808
(306) 933-4212
Fax: (877) 444-3354
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://videodb.mg.sk.ca
Price: $1.00 per program and the cost of a
blank disc, plus shipping and taxes
Length: 24 min. each
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2008
Title
Order Number
Autumn
V3299
Teacher Guide
G3299
Spring
V3300
Teacher Guide
G3300
Summer
V3301
Teacher Guide
G3301
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Tundra Books Inc.
Tales of Don Quixote
Author: Nichol, Barbara
Annotation
This book is a retelling of the famous classic, The
Tales of Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes.
Nichol’s retelling is entertaining, and she writes in a
tone that rings true for the book. The book retains
the humour of the knight’s errant character, and
reveals his idealistic and impractical nature. Don
Quixote of La Mancha wants to right the wrongs in
the world and win fame as a knight. He travels the
Spanish countryside in search of adventure on his
faithful horse, Rociante, accompanied by his squire
Sancho Panza.
Distributor
Random House of Canada Ltd.
2775 Matheson Blvd E
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(888) 523-9292
Fax: (888) 562-9924
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $22.99 hdc.
Pagination: 216 p.
ISBN: 978-0-8876-674-9
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
This book was a finalist for the Nautilus Book Award
in 2005.
Used with permission. Tundra Books Inc.
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Professional Resource
Publisher/Distributor
Teaching Reading: A Complete Resource
for Grades 4 and Up
Author: Robb, Laura
Annotation
Based on research and classroom-tested lessons, the
author has compiled a comprehensive resource for
teaching reading. The publication includes 65 stepby-step strategy lessons, sections for language arts
and content-area teachers, rubrics, assessments, and
graphic organizers. The book has useful reading and
writing strategies that can help improve students’
comprehension and vocabulary. Students will learn
to draw upon prior knowledge, make inferences,
visualize, and question. There is also a professional
study section.
Scholastic Canada Ltd.
175 Hillmount Rd
MARKHAM ON L6C 1Z7
(800) 268-3860
Fax: (800) 387-4944
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scholastic.ca
Price: $89.99 binder
Pagination: 447 p.
ISBN: 978-0-439-77136-8
Copyright: 2006
Year Recommended: 2008
From TEACHING READING: A COMPLETE RESOURCE FOR GRADES 4 AND UP by Laura Robb. Scholastic Inc./Teaching Resources. Copyright © 2006 by Laura Robb. Reprinted by permission.
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English Language Arts 8
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Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Seal Books Inc.
Throwaway Daughter
Author: Ye, Ting-xing
Annotation
(CAN) Dong-Mei, an abandoned Chinese orphan,
is adopted as an infant by a Canadian couple, and
becomes known as Grace Parker. The Chinese
government has a very strict one-child policy, and
there is a cultural preference for male children to
carry on the family name. Throwaway Daughter
follows Grace’s quest to learn more about her birth,
culture, and family. Grace’s adoptive mother, Jane, is
sensitive to her adopted daughter’s culture, but she
has difficulty when Grace wants to go back to China
to explore her Chinese heritage.
Distributor
Random House of Canada Limited
2775 Matheson Blvd East
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(905) 624-0672
Fax: (905) 624-6217
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca/
Price: $9.99 pbk.
Pagination: 320 p.
ISBN: 978-0-7704-2921-8
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
The Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Willow
Awards Committee nominated Throwaway Daughter
for a 2004 Snow Willow award.
Note: This book focuses on the issue of gender
selection. Educators are advised to consult their
school division’s material selection policy before
using this resource.
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Publisher/Distributor
The Vocabulary-enriched Classroom:
Practices for Improving the Reading
Performance of all Students in Grade 3
and Up
Authors: Block, Cathy Collins and Mangieri, John N.
Annotation
The book presents best practices to improve
vocabulary instruction. The strategies are practical,
classroom-based, and can be used with reluctant
readers and gifted learners. Chapters are sequential
so an understanding of basic vocabulary principles
are presented before they are taught to students with
diverse needs. Novice and experienced educators will
find this publication useful. The author suggests that
educators can use the content of the book as a basis to
reexamine their literacy-instructional practices.
Scholastic Canada Ltd.
175 Hillmount Rd
MARKHAM ON L6C 1Z7
(800) 268-3860
Fax: (800) 387-4944
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scholastic.ca
Price: $32.99 pbk.
Pagination: 224 p.
ISBN: 978-0-439-73093-8
Copyright: 2006
Year Recommended: 2008
From THE VOCABULARY-ENRICHED CLASSROOM by Cathy Collins Block and John N. Mangieri. Scholastic Inc./Teaching Resources. Copyright © 2006 by Cathy Collins Block and John Mangieri. Reprinted by
permission.
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English Language Arts 8
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher/Distributor
The War Within
Author: Matas, Carol
Annotation
(CAN) The setting of this story is in the Southern
United States during the Civil War. When the Union
army occupies Holly Springs, a small town in
Mississippi, Hannah, her family, and other Jewish
people are forced to evacuate the area. The family
has to leave its home and business, and follow the
Union army to Memphis. Written in diary style, this is
a story of war and prejudice.
Scholastic Canada Ltd.
175 Hillmount Rd
MARKHAM ON L6C 1Z7
(800) 268-3860
Fax: (800) 387-4944
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.scholastic.ca
Price: $6.99 pbk.
Pagination: 200 p.
ISBN: 978-0-439-97416-5
Copyright: 2001
Year Recommended: 2003
From THE WAR WITHIN by Carol Matas. Scholastic Canada Ltd. Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Scholastic Inc.
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Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Yearling
The Wreckers
Author: Lawrence, Iain
Annotation
(CAN) John Spencer survives a shipwreck off the
barren coast of Cornwall. The community of Cornwall
lures storm-tossed ships to crash upon the sharp rocks
of its shore so people can feed and clothe themselves
with the loot salvaged from the wreckage. John
must try to save his father from a wrecker and, in the
process, learns about the people of Cornwall.
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Distributor
Random House of Canada Limited
2775 Matheson Blvd East
MISSISSAUGA ON L4W 4P7
(905) 624-0672
Fax: (905) 624-6217
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.randomhouse.ca
Price: $7.99 pbk.
Pagination: 224 p.
ISBN: 978-0-440-41545-9
Copyright: 1998
Year Recommended: 2000
English Language Arts 8
Useful Out of Print Resources
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
D.C. Heath and Co.
Pagination: 126 p.
ISBN: 0-669-32104-4
Adventures and Adventurers
Copyright: 1995
Year Recommended: 1997
Authors: Alverman, Donna; Cleary, Linda Miller;
and Donelson, Kenneth
Annotation
This American anthology includes poetry, short
stories, and excerpts of novels related to historic and
modern challenges. The book includes a table of
contents, suggested activities, colour illustrations,
a glossary of literary terms, a dictionary support for
difficult vocabulary, and brief biographic notes on
the authors.
From ALVERMANN ET AL. HLMS95 THEME ANTH 6 GR 7 SC, 1E. © 1995 Nelson Education Ltd. Reproduced by permission. www.cengage.com/permissions.
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Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Oxford University Press Canada
The Ancient Greece of Odysseus
Author/Illustrator: Connolly, Peter
Annotation
Pagination: 80 p.
ISBN: 978-0-19-910532-8
Copyright: 2007
Year Recommended: 2008
Connolly’s illustrated retelling of two epics – Homer’s
Iliad and Odyssey, follows the fortunes of Odysseus.
Included are pages of information about the history of
Troy. The book is illustrated with photographs, maps,
and diagrams.
First published as The Legend of Odysseus, this book
won the T.E.S. Information Book Award.
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Kids Can Press
And in the Morning
Author: Wilson, John
Annotation
Pagination: 198 p.
ISBN: 978-0-5537-348-3
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
(CAN) As a young boy, Jim Hay is caught up in the
hype and the glory of war. When his father enlists,
Jim wants a souvenir from the war. Jim follows the
headlines in local newspapers, and records the
happenings of the war in his diary. His father is killed
in action, and his mother dies of grief from the shock.
Jim enlists with his friend, and discovers his longing for
adventure is replaced by the struggle to survive.
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The Courtesan’s Daughter
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
Author: Galloway, Priscilla
Annotation
(CAN) A web of political intrigue and family deceit set
in ancient Athens is presented in this resource. Phano,
a 14-year-old girl on the brink of maturity, desires
quiet respectability but is thrust into the turmoil that
surrounds her. When a politically motivated man
claims that Phano is a slave who belongs to him and
questions her parentage, her pending marriage is
threatened. As Phano searches for her identity and
reveals family secrets, readers learn of the customs and
beliefs of the ancient Greeks. This novel is based upon
an actual recorded court case.
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7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Contexts
Imaginative and Literary
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pagination: 59 p.
ISBN: 978-0-14-301504-4
Copyright: 2002
Year Recommended: 2004
English Language Arts 8
The Devil’s Arithmetic
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
Author: Yolen, Jane
Annotation
Hannah is tired of remembering and listening to
her grandfather rant and rave about the Nazis. This
year’s Passover Seder, however, is different. Hannah
is transported back in time to Poland during the
war and becomes Chaya. Chaya is captured by the
Nazis and taken to a death camp. She meets Rivka,
who teaches her how to keep her identity and how
to survive the dehumanizing processes of the camp.
When Rivka is chosen to go to the gas chamber, and
Chaya offers to go instead, Hannah is returned to
her grandparents’ apartment.
English Language Arts 8
7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pagination: 176 p.
ISBN: 978-0-14-240437-9
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
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K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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10 11 12
Suggested Context
Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Lucent Books Inc.
Discovering Mythology Series
Annotation
(FNMI) Each of the books in the series is organized
around a theme such as heroes or monsters and
includes six or seven chapters. The chapters present
narratives from various cultures relating to the theme
of the book that allows readers to note similarities and
differences across cultures and across time.
Some of the cultures featured are from ancient Greece
and Rome, Scandinavia, Africa, India, Persia, China,
and Egypt. Each book includes at least one narrative
from a North or South American Indigenous peoples.
The books are illustrated with black-and-white
photographs, maps, and drawings. Sidebars present
additional information relating to particular narratives.
Each book has a table of contents, a list of notes, a list
of references, a bibliography for additional reading,
and an index.
Pagination: 112 p.
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2006
Title
ISBN
Heroes
1-56006-851-5
Monsters
1-56006-853-1
The Natural World
1-56006-854-X
Quests and Journeys
1-56006-855-8
War and Peace
1-56006-903-1
The books include many names that will be unfamiliar
to most readers and do not include a pronunciation
key. American terminology is used throughout the
series. For example, the term ”Native Americans“ and
“tribe” are used rather than ”First Nations.“
In Heroes, all the heroes featured are male. Chapter Six,
”Native American Heroes: Shapers of the Habitable
Earth“ describe heroes of several First Nations cultures.
In The Natural World, Chapter Seven, ”Tales from the
Frozen North“ features Inuit narratives.
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Esther
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Author: McKay, Sharon E.
Annotation
McKay has fictionalized the life of the first known
Jewish person in New France. Esther Brandeau
masquerades as a boy and holds different jobs
from footman to ship’s cook as she moves around
the country. In 1738, she arrives in New France as
Jacques La Fargue, and her true identity is revealed.
Esther does not convert to Catholicism, and is sent
back to France. The novel provides information
about life in 18th century Europe, and about the
lives of Jewish people and women.
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9
10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Penguin Group
Pagination: 336 p.
ISBN: 978-0-14-331204-8
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
Students may relate Esther’s hardships with the
treatment of young girls and women in Afghanistan
and other Muslim countries today. In these
countries, young girls are forced to pretend they are
boys to support themselves and their families.
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K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Lucent Books Inc.
Games of Ancient Rome
Author: Nardo, Don
Annotation
Pagination: 48 p.
ISBN: 978-0-7377-2345-8
Copyright: 2000
Year Recommended: 2001
Looking at all aspects of the “games”, the information
is divided into short sections dealing with areas such
as the origins of gladiatorial combat, the development
of circuses, training, gladiator rebellions, and chariot
racing. Black-and-white drawings illustrate each
section. An index and a glossary are included.
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K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Oxford University Press Canada
Hercules
Author: McCaughrean, Geraldine
Annotation
Pagination: 152 p.
ISBN: 978-0-440-41496-8
Copyright: 1998
Year Recommended: 1999
McCaughrean brings to life one of the most famous
men of the Greek narratives, Hercules. Hercules was
born to Alcmene, a mortal, and the king of the gods,
Zeus. When Zeus’ wife, Hera, discovers Hercules, she
vows to destroy him. During Hercules’ adventures he
is forced to take on a series of impossible tasks such
as battling a variety of beasts, including the Cretan
Bull, Hydra, and Cerberus.
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Issues Collection
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10 11 12
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Annotation
(CAN) The Issues Collection is a series of anthologies
that include prose and poetry related to the stated
theme. Selections vary in length and reading level. The
table of contents includes the author and genre for
each selection.
Suggested Use
The teacher’s guide contains brief author biographies,
teaching suggestions, and cross-references to other
selections in the series. Included are peer and student
assessment charts and surveys.
Copyright: 1993
Year Recommended: 1997
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Multigenre
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited
Title
ISBN
Justice
0-07-551519-9
Justice, Teacher’s Guide
0-07-551520-2
Popular Culture
0-07-551454-0
Popular Culture, Teacher’s Guide
0-07-551453-2
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Nelson Mini-Anthologies Series
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
10 11 12
√
Annotation
(CAN) The Nelson Mini-Anthologies Series is a
collection of short stories, poems, plays, and articles
about various themes. Each resource includes a
table of contents and photographic inserts.
8
Suggested Use
Multigenre
Publisher
Nelson Education
Copyright: 1994
Year Recommended: 1997
English Language Arts 8
Title
ISBN
Let Me Tell You
0-17-604391-8
Let Me Tell You, Teacher’s Guide
0-17-604732-8
Mystery Maze
0-17-603944-9
Skits & Scenes
0-17-604364-0
Spirit of Adventure
0-17-603901-5
Turning Points
0-17-603947-3
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K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
Key Porter Press
So Cool
Pagination: 96 p.
ISBN: 978-1-55263-798-0
Author: Lee, Dennis
Illustrator: Kovalski, Maryann
Copyright: 2004
Year Recommended: 2005
Annotation
(CAN) The poems in So Cool address the
developmental challenges adolescents face and the
physical changes that occur during this growth phase.
Some topics include acne, friendship, and loneliness.
Lee’s poems are humourous, interesting, and riveting.
Note: The book includes topics that may be sensitive
in nature. Educators are advised to consult their school
division’s material selection policy before using this
resource.
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Stories from Kohkom: Sharing Our
Values, Teaching Our Young. Rev. ed.
Annotation
(SK, FNMI) These are the stories of the participants
in the Older Native Women’s Health Project, a
Saskatoon Community Clinic program. The stories
are published in English, Cree Roman orthography,
and Cree Syllabic orthography. This revised
edition features revised translations of stories that
communicate the culture and lives of First Nations
kohkoms. This book provides an opportunity to read
stories that have previously only been shared orally.
English Language Arts 8
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Contexts
Imaginative and Literary
Personal and Philosophical
Publisher
READ Saskatoon
Pagination: 172 p.
ISBN: 0-9699746-0-4
Copyright: 1995
Year Recommended: 2001
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K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Imaginative and Literary
Publisher
Oxford University Press Canada
Theseus
Author: McCaughrean, Geraldine
Annotation
Pagination: 96 p.
ISBN: 978-0-19-274199-3
Copyright: 2003
Year Recommended: 2006
This book offers a retelling of the Greek story of
Theseus. The story begins with the king longing for
a son during a time where women are valued mostly
for their looks, and for their ability to have male
children. In the end, however, it is a woman, the queen
Phaedra, who gets revenge on Theseus. The story
features all manner of violence, including clubbing of
both innocent people as well as enemies, snapping
of necks, offering of human sacrifices, and chopping
and hacking of everyone who gets in the way. It also
features references to sorcerers and oracles.
Note: Teachers should note that while the violence in
this story is integral to the narrative, it may be sensitive
to some readers. Educators are advised to consult their
school division’s material selection policy before using
this resource.
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English Language Arts 8
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Use
Professional Resource
Publisher
UCLA American Studies
Through Indian Eyes: The Native
Experience in Books for Children
Editors: Slapin, Beverly and Seale, Doris
Pagination: 246 p.
ISBN: 978-0-935626-46-9
Copyright: 1998
Year Recommended: 2001
Annotation
(FNMI) This book is a collection of articles that
explore the impact of stereotyping of Aboriginal
people in children’s books. Poetry, art, and stories by
Aboriginal people accompany the essays. Included
is a section of reviews of children’s and young adult
books, most of which were published between 1950
and 1980.
The book also includes a section entitled “How to
Tell the Difference” that provides information on
what to look for when evaluating or choosing books
about Aboriginal people. The guidance in this book
is excellent for teachers, librarians, and parents who
are looking for exemplary literature that includes
Aboriginal content.
Note: This is a republication, and some dated items
have been deleted and updates have been made to
the resource section, bibliography, and contributor’s
notes.
English Language Arts 8
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K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11 12
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Suggested Context
Social, Cultural, and Historical
Publisher
Orca Book Publishing
When the War is Over
Author: Attema, Martha
Annotation
Pagination: 256 p.
ISBN: 978-0-55143-240-3
Copyright: 2002
Year Recommended: 2005
This fictional novel is based on real events in Holland
during World War II. Janke Visser becomes a courier
which takes her on many dangerous missions. Janke
meets a German soldier, Helmut, who has a pleasant
smile, and she feels kindly towards him. When Janke
is captured on a mission, her fate is in Helmut’s hands.
Janke’s character represents many young women and
girls who played a major role in the resistance during
the war. Attema has written a novel that will contrast
with Clara’s War by Cathy Kacer and Jerry Spinelli’s
Milkweed.
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Digital Resources
The Ministry of Education is planning to post recommended support materials on its new website, Saskatchewan
Curriculum – Education: The Future within Us.
Current Internet sites that provide information for English language arts teachers follow:
Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) at www.ascd.org
(CORE) ASCD is “dedicated to quality teaching, learning, and leadership.” The organization publishes resources on
all aspects of education including English language arts. The Language, Literacy, and Literature Network provides
teachers with a forum to share information. The periodical Educational Leadership includes articles for English
language arts teachers.
Canadian Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (CCTELA) at www.cctela.ca/
(CORE, CAN) This national organization of affiliates from across Canada is dedicated to the teaching and learning
of English language arts in Canada. It publishes English Quarterly and the CCTELA News Update.
InfoTrac Literature Resource Center Database at www.education.gov.sk.ca/Databases-for-schools
(CORE, SK) This database contains full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information,
and overviews on over 130,000 writers from all disciplines and time periods.
International Federation for the Teaching of English (IFTE) at www.ifte.net/
(CORE) IFTE’s mission is to promote the work and voices of English and literacy teachers through its member
associations and in the world of English teaching generally. It works through conferences, links with associations
with similar aims, electronic and other forms of publication, and both formal and informal networks of English
and literary professionals.
International Reading Association (IRA) at www.reading.org/General/Default.aspx
(CORE) IRA is an association of professionals who are committed to literacy. It publishes the journals The Reading
Teacher, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Reading Research Quarterly.
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) at www.ncte.org/
(CORE) NCTE promotes teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts. It publishes the
journals Language Arts and English Journal.
NoveList and NoveList K-8 Databases at www.education.gov.sk.ca/Databases-for-schools.
(CORE) These databases are fiction guides for all ages and level of readers. They include titles in series, subject
access to fiction, full-text book reviews, recommended lists, annotations, and summaries.
English Language Arts 8
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Saskatchewan Teachers of English Language Arts (STELA) at www.stela.ca/
(CORE, SK) STELA is a special subject council of the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) for English language
arts educators. The aim of the association is to provide a community for English language arts educators through
professional development, in-service training, and pre-service teacher education. The organization publishes On
the Horizon and the Inter.STELA Newsletter.
Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG) at www.skwriter.com/
(CORE, SK) SWG is an organization that promotes Saskatchewan writers. The Guild’s mission is to improve
the status of the writer in Saskatchewan. The Guild offers conferences and writers’ retreats, and publishes the
members’ newsletter, entitled freeLance, and a publication of literature written by Saskatchewan high school
students entitled WindScript.
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Grade 8 Context and Unit Grid
The titles in this section are examples of learning resources to support particular English language arts units for
Grade 8. Please note that the following abbreviations are used for the Major Integrated Resources: Crossroads 8
(CR), Identities 8 (ID), Nelson Literacy 8 (NL), Pearson Literacy in Action (LA), and Sightlines 8 (SL). In addition, there
are resources that may be out of print but still available in your school. These resources may include titles from
the Nelson Mini-Anthologies Series.
Model Units: Please refer to the model units on the Ministry website for additional suggested learning resources.
Possible Unit
Topics and
Themes
Becoming Myself
Burning Questions
In My Mirror (CR)
Telling One’s Life Story
(Personal and Philosophical
Context)
Fast Forward
Popular Culture (CR)
Beneath the Ink (CR)
Buy It, You’ll Like It (ID)
(Communicative Context)
Timeless Narratives of the First
Nations and Greek Peoples
(Model Unit)
Other Skies
Mystery Maze
(Imaginative and Literary Context)
Literary Texts
Major Integrated
Resources
Crossroads 8 (CR)
Identities 8 (ID)
Nelson Literacy 8 (NL)
Pearson Literacy in Action 8 (LA)
Sightlines 8 (SL)
Digital Media
(includes ROVER …)
For Angela (ROVER)
Essays
The Cool Crowd (SL)
Secrets: Necessary and
Dangerous (NL b)
Tricks of the Trade (SL)
Leonardo da Vinci (ID)
Running Shoe Run-around (CR)
What Makes People Laugh? (ID)
Why Are the Soldiers Dying?
(ID)
The Far Future Zone (LA – Literacy)
The Jurassic Zone (LA – Literacy)
Life Sentence (SL)
Man in Motion (LM)
The Modern Zone (LA – Literacy)
Northern Life (SL)
Perfect Worlds (LA – Literacy)
The Techno Zone (LA – Literacy)
Literary Texts (e.g.,
full length, …)
Alma: A Novel
Bifocal
Dog Tracks
Firewing
Flight of the Tiger Moth
Grind
Milkweed
Never to be Told
Oscar: The Life and Music of
Oscar Peterson
Sam’s Light
Search of the Moon King’s
Daughter
Albert Einstein: A Life Genius
Alexander Graham Bell: An
Inventive Life
The Devil’s Arithmetic
Grind (LA – Media)
Hope’s War
Into the Ravine (LA – Literacy)
Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of
the Iliad
Classic Myth: A Treasury of Greek and
Roman Legends, Art and History
The Courtesan’s Daughter
The Deadly Dance
Games from Ancient Rome
Hercules
Theseus
English Language Arts 8
How People Got Fire (ROVER)
Greek Mythology for Students Series
Ojibwe Stories (Aniishinaabe
Adisokan)(ROVER)
Stories from the Seventh Fire: The Four
Seasons
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Possible Unit
Topics and
Themes
Becoming Myself
Literary Texts
(e.g., full length, …)
Secret of Light
Seeds of Time
Shimmerdogs
Small Steps
Stitches
Throwaway Daughter
The Way a Door Closes
Oral Texts/Narratives
Feathers in the Wind (CR)
The Farm Girl’s Father
Book Nine from the Odyssey
The Man Who Killed the Sea Monster (LA – Literary)
The Moth and the Star (SL)
(NL c)
Hannah Milner Primrose Red
So Cool
Brown (LA – Literary)
Princess Isabelle von Trifle
(LA – Literary)
Rumpelstilskin (LA – Literary)
Wolf von Big Baden
(LA – Literary)
Plays
(includes scripts, …)
Choosing My Path (NL c)
The Runaway
See Saw (SL)
Sibling Secrets (NL b)
Poetry
Another Sand-box Tale (ID)
(includes lyrics, songs, Apartment House (ID)
…)
The Art of Poetry (ID)
Back Yard, July Night (ID)
The Child Who Walks Backwards (SL)
Conversation with Myself (CR)
Divorce (ID)
Dream Time (NL c)
Dream Variations (LM)
Dust Devil (SL)
The End (ID)
An Environmentally Safe Non-toxic
Poem (ID)
Falling Snow (ID)
Freedom Dreams (NL c)
Growing Up (TP)
How Do I Love Thee? (ID)
How Feel I Do? (CR)
I Lost My Talk (CR)
If You’re Not from the Prairie (ID)
Images (CR)
Island Clay (CR)
Listening to Grown-ups (ID)
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Burning Questions
Timeless Narratives of the
First Nations and Greek
Peoples
The Bug Doctor
(LA – Literary)
Called Back (CR)
How to Hang Up the
Telephone (SL)
In Character (ID)
Medieval Helpdesk
(LA – Media)
The Monkey’s Paw (SL)
Practically Twins (NL c)
So You Want to Be a Music
Star? (NL c)
Weird Kid (ID)
The War of the Worlds: The
Broadcast (LA – Literacy)
Alien (CR)
The Base Stealer (CR)
Dreams of the Animals (CR)
4 Haiku (CR)
Formula (CR)
Haida Gwaii (CR)
Helen Keller (CR)
My Pockets Ain’t That Phat
(NL c)
No Boring Parts Allowed CR)
#254 (CR)
The Radio as Time Machine
(CR)
Ragged Sonnet #64 (SL)
Rainlight (CR)
School Buses (CR)
Smokeroom on the Kyle (CR)
Song of the Land (CR)
St. George (LA – Literary)
Unconscious Came a Beauty
(CR)
Voice of a Poet (CR)
West Coast Rhymes (CR)
The Circle Game (SL)
The Earth-ling (SL)
Night on Gull Lake (SL)
Song of the Dream People (SL)
Stars (LA – Literary)
Very Large Array (LA – Literary)
English Language Arts 8
Possible Unit
Topics and
Themes
Becoming Myself
Burning Questions
Timeless Narratives of the
First Nations and Greek
Peoples
Poetry
Mercury (ID)
(includes lyrics, songs, My Guilt (SL)
…)
My Mother, Who Came from China,
Where She Never Saw Snow (SL)
My Secret Place (NL b)
Rage (ID)
River (ID)
Secret Tears (TP)
Secrets of the Past (NL b)
Snowy Benches (ID)
Solid Rock (ID)
Surf (ID)
Swing (ID)
This is My Rock (ID)
Two Voices (LA – Information)
Wanted: Someone Who Cares (LM)
The Watcher (ID)
The Way a Door Closes
Who Is Disabled? (SL)
Yield (ID)
You Have Two Voices (SL)
Short Stories
Day of the Butterfly (SL)
Feathers in the Wind (CR)
A Hero’s Welcome (CR)
Homecoming (NL b)
Joy-Riding (CR)
Mrs. Buell (CR)
Out of My Skin (SL)
The Rink (ID)
Some Things Lie So Deep (SL)
The Transformations of Cindy R. (CR)
Ambush (SL)
Catch (SL)
A Coyote Columbus Story
(LA – Literacy)
The Hockey Sweater (SL)
Lose Now, Pay Later (ID)
Priscilla and the Wimps
(LA – Literary)
Save the Moon for Kerdy
Dickus (CR)
The Street That Got Mislaid
(SL)
The Tell-tale Heart (SL)
Thank-you, Ma’am (SL)
The Zoo (NL c)
Dreams (SL)
Follow the Water (LA – Literacy)
Golden Fleece and the Heroes
Who Lived before Achilles
Greek Myths
The Homecoming (LA – Literacy)
Myths of Native America
Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass
Cree
The Veldt (SL)
A Wish Names Arnold (SL)
Visual Texts
Ghazala’s Secret (NL b)
Word Gets around … (NL b)
You Should Wear Khakis with That
CR)
At School (SL)
For Better or Worse (CR)
Messages Are Everywhere
(SL)
Optrick (SL)
Selling the Band
(LA – Media)
The Ancient Greece of Odysseus
Myths of the World
When Jannies Visited (SL)
Informational Texts
Includes full-length informational texts; posters, brochures; magazine and newspaper articles; podcasts, websites; public service
announcements, social commentary; documentaries, television and radio news broadcasts; digital media; oral texts.
Articles (e.g.,
magazine articles …)
Breaking Free (NL c)
Feeling Good, Looking Great (CR)
Handling Anger and Resolving
Conflict (SL)
How to Conduct an Interview (ID)
How to Present a Play (CR)
English Language Arts 8
Advertising in Disguise
(NL c)
Behind the Hype (NL c)
Catmopolitan (LA – Literacy)
Creative Persuasion (ID)
Does Traditional African
Medicine Really Work? (ID)
Dracula’s Dinner (SL)
Report on a Museum Incident
(LA – Literary)
Strokes of Genius (SL)
Technology at the Movies
(LA – Literacy)
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Possible Unit
Topics and
Themes
Becoming Myself
Burning Questions
Timeless Narratives of the
First Nations and Greek
Peoples
Articles (e.g.,
magazine articles …)
I Have Down Syndrome (NL c)
Interview Guidelines (ID)
Life Sentence (SL)
Secret Training (NL b)
Secrets, Lies, and Spies (NL b)
Visuals and Design (ID)
What’s Wrong with Playing “Like a
Girl”? (CR)
The Writing’s on the Wall (NL b)
The Fame Motive (NL c)
Gaming Night in Canada
(LA – Media)
Hoax Busters (LA – Media)
How Can We Communicate
Better? (ID)
How Reality TV Fakes It
(NL c)
How to … Be Cool (NL c)
How to Write a Movie
Review (CR)
How to Write Poetry (CR)
How’d They Do That? (ID)
A Not-so-mysterious Market
(ID)
Poems in Your Pockets (CR)
The Power of the Net
(LA – Media)
Starbury Says “Enough”
(NL c)
When Hallmark Just Won’t
Do (CR)
Your Hidden Skills (SL)
Dracula’s Dinner (SL)
Report on a Museum Incident
(LA – Literary)
Strokes of Genius (SL)
Technology at the Movies
(LA – Literacy)
Oral Texts (e.g.,
interviews …)
A Community History Project (ID)
Making Canadian Hockey History
(SL)
Making My Dreams Reality (NL c)
New Canadian Voices: A
Multicultural Nation; Too Old to
Change; Do As I Say (CR)
Hear Every Word (CR)
Reaching People (ID)
Personal Accounts
(e.g., profiles,
memoirs …)
Ambush (NL b)
At Face Value (CR)
Bernadette Ballantyne’s Story (ID)
Dancing Toward a Dream: Evelyn
Hart (NL c)
Dreaming of Stardom: Jim Carrey
(NL c)
A Mason-Dixon Memory (CR)
A Mother’s Voice (CR)
Olympic Dreams (NL c)
One Final Defiant Word (NL b)
Vicky (ID)
Fool Proof (CR)
Friends All of Us (SL)
Here’s to You, Joe DiMaggio
(CR)
Kate’s Blog (LA – Media)
The Life and Times of Diane
Dupuy (CR)
Partridge Poems (NL c)
Shaun Majumder: Comedian
on the Edge (LA – Literacy)
Writing and Directing Weird
Kid (ID)
Visual Texts (includes
ads, …)
African Footprint: A Dream and
a Vision (NL c)
All Our Worldly Goods (SL)
Barbie Collectibles (SL)
Choose (NL c)
Messages Are Everywhere (SL)
My Secret Camera (NL b)
Your Head vs Concrete (NL c)
Building Buzz (NL c)
Comics: Special Earth Day
Edition (LA – Literacy)
Cyber Comics (LA – Media)
Decoding Radio (NL c)
Networld: Explore the Virtual
World (LA – Media)
Straight to the Heart (ID)
102
From Glenn to Glenn (SL)
Messages Are Everywhere (SL)
The Protected Areas Vision (SL)
Visions of the Future
(LA – Literacy)
English Language Arts 8
Possible Unit
Topics and
Themes
An Eye on Our Natural and
Technological Environment
Survival
Creating Turning Points
(Environmental and Technological
Context)
Is It Fair? – In Search of
Justice
Adventure and Adventurers
(Model Unit)
Building a Better World
Multigenre Thematic
(Social, Cultural, and Historical Heroic Ways (ID)
(Social, Cultural, and Historical
Context)
Context)
Literary Texts
Major Integrated
Resources
Crossroads 8 (CR)
Identities 8 (ID)
Nelson Literacy 8 (NL)
Pearson Literacy in Action 8 (LA)
Sightlines 8 (SL)
Digital Media
(includes ROVER …)
Severn Cullis-Suzuki,
Environmental Children’s
Organization: UNCED Earth
Summit, Plenary June 11, 1992
U-Turn
Hana’s Suitcase (ROVER)
Essays
The Earth Charter (FI)
Learn with BOOK (CR)
Preserving a Culture: A
Conversation with Leah Otak(CR)
A Report on the Museum
Incident (LA - Literacy)
Unknown Solider: Symbol or
Hero (LA – Media)
Against Great Odds: Emily
Jennings Stowe (NL b)
Embracing the Unknown (NL b)
Why Canada Has to Beat Its
Literacy Problem (SL)
Choose selections from
the following: Nelson MiniAnthologies – Mystery Maze, Spirit
of Adventure, and Where in the
World
Literary Texts (e.g., full Albert Einstein: A Life Genius
length, …)
Alexander Graham Bell: An
Inventive Life
Escape from Memory
The Kayak (LA – Information)
Skybreaker
English Language Arts 8
Among the Barons
And in the Morning
Bifocal
The Bone Collector’s Son
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
The Diary of a Young Girl:
Anne Frank (The Definitive
Ed.)
Flames of the Tiger
Hana’s Suitcase: A True Story
Iqbal: A Novel
Last Chance Bay
Nobody’s Child
The Peacekeepers
Run, Boy, Run: A Novel
The War Within
Airborn
Ann and Seamus
The Breadwinner (LA – Media)
Esther
Extraordinary Women Explorers
Flight of the Tiger Moth
The Freedom of Jenny
Heart of a Samurai
Jenny’s Quest (LA – Information)
The Legends of the Lake on the
Mountain: An Early Adventure of
John A. Macdonald
Magellan and the First Voyage
around the World
Silken Laumann’s Courageous
Comeback (NL b)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Tales of Don Quixote
Theo: Shadows on a Sword
(ID – three excerpts)
When the War Is Over
The Wreckers
103
Possible Unit
Topics and
Themes
An Eye on Our Natural and
Technological Environment
Is It Fair? – In Search of
Justice
Adventure and Adventurers
Oral Texts / Narratives
Can Machines Learn? (NL a)
My Superheroes (NL a)
Who Owns the Land? (NL a)
How the Opossum Stole Fire (SL)
Paul Revere’s Ride
The Water of Life (CR)
Lucille Teasdale (NL a)
Weird Kid (ID)
Julius Caesar (SL)
Pitching a Show (NL b)
Plays (includes scripts
…)
Poetry (includes lyrics
…)
The Elders Are Watching (CR)
Light Bulb and My Fluorescent
Flow (NL a)
The Path of Our Sorrow (CR)
Ride Forever (CR)
The Water Trader’s Dream
(LA – Information)
The Ballad of Frank Slide
The Wreck of the Edmund
Fitzgerald
It Takes a Village (NL a)
Evangeline
À l’île blance (At White Island (SL)
An Evening Walk (SL)
Black Patent Leather Shoes (SL)
Empty Fears (CR)
Harlem (CR)
It’s Different Now (SL)
My Hero Mandela (SL)
The Nine Days Queen
(ID – two exerpts)
Poet (for Irina Ratushinskaya)(SL)
A Science Mission Specialist: Mae
Jemison, MD: September 1992
(NL b)
Song of the Voyageurs (CR)
When I Was a Little Girl (SL)
While I Was Looking at the
Background You Walked Out of
the Picture (SL)
You Have Two Voices
(LA – Information)
Short Stories
Across Three Millenia (NL a)
A Close Match (CR)
The Monarch (ID)
The Zarg Tyranny (NL a)
Bullied: Student Tickled Pink
by Schoolmates’ T-shirt
Campaign (LA – Media)
Mother and Daughter
The Tiniest Guitar in the World
(ID)
Adventures and Adventurers
Carrying the Running-aways (SL)
Higher Ground (SL)
Looking Beyond (SL)
No Matter What (CR)
The Stolen Party (SL)
Trails to Adventure (CR)
The Way of a Winner (ID)
Visual Texts
Future Scrapes (NL a)
Grassoline (NL a)
The Marketing Game (CTV)
Calvin and Hobbes (JS)
Two Islands (NL a)
Canoe Manned by Voyageurs
Passing a Waterfall (SL)
Clues in the Attic
(LA – Information)
Lady Jane Grey: Before the
Execution (ID)
Lady Jane Grey: The Execution (ID)
The Pirate Meets the Queen
Theo: Becoming a Knight (ID)
Theo: A First Battle (ID)
Theo: The Battles Continue (ID)
The Ukrainian Pioneer #3 (SL)
104
English Language Arts 8
Possible Unit
Topics and
Themes
An Eye on Our Natural and
Technological Environment
Is It Fair? – In Search of
Justice
Adventure and Adventurers
Informational Texts
Includes full-length informational texts; posters, brochures; magazine and newspaper articles; podcasts, websites; public service
announcements, social commentary; documentaries, television and radio news broadcasts; digital media; oral texts.
Articles (e.g.,
magazine articles …)
Beneath the Surface
(LA – Information)
Down the Drain (LA – Information)
Future Visions: Yesterday Versus
Today (NL a)
Harvesting Water
(LA – Information)
How to Create a Personal Website
(CR)
Instant Messaging (CR)
Nano Doctors on Call (NL a)
Navigating Your Way through
Cyberspace (CR)
On the Trail to a Greener Future
(CR)
Road Dust and Writing (NL a)
Rubber Shortage Leads to Silly
Putty (NL a)
Talking Trash (LA – Information)
Tidal Power (LA – Information)
Water Pressure (LA – Information)
Water Rising (LA – Information)
Water Solutions (LA – Information)
Whose Water (LA – Information)
Your Water Footprint
(LA – Information)
Articles (e.g.,
magazine articles …)
English Language Arts 8
Child Slavery Protester
Murdered (NL a)
A Global Citizen Is … (NL a)
Kids Encouraged to Build
Peace (NL a)
What Is Child Labour? (NL a)
Adrenalin: Your Book in Gear (NL b)
Are You a Risk-taker? (NL b)
British Home Children
(LA – Information)
Bullied Student Tickled Pink by
Schoolmates’ T-shirt Campaign
(LA – Media)
Celebrities as Social Activists: Do
They Really Make a Difference
(LA – Media)
A Closed Door? (LA – Information)
Elizabeth Eckford: Only a Media
Hero (LA – Media)
Heroes Among Us (LA – Media)
How the Fiddle Flows
(LA – Information)
Hungarian Revolution Refugees
(LA – Information)
Iron Trails to Adventure (CR)
Jewish War Orphans Project
(LA – Information)
The Kielburgers: Modern-day
Heroes? (LA – Media)
Knut: Hero or Victim? (LA – Media)
The Komagata Maru
(LA – Information)
Mandela (SL)
Nelly: Celebrity or Hero?
(LA – Media)
Oscar’s Olympic Dream Dashed
(NL b)
Out of This World (CR)
Privacy?: What Privacy? The Public
Lives of Public Figures
(LA – Media)
The Somali Experience
(LA – Information)
Uncovering the Rose (SL)
Unknown Soldier: Symbol or Hero?
(LA – Media)
Vietnamese Boat People
(LA – Information)
What I Learned from Raoul
Wallenberg (SL)
105
Possible Unit
Topics and
Themes
An Eye on Our Natural and
Technological Environment
Oral Texts (e.g.,
interviews …)
Personal Accounts
(e.g., memoirs …)
106
A Desk for My Daughter (CR)
Inspired to Invent: Rachel
Zimmerman Invents the
Blissymbol Printer (NL a)
A Mysterious Contraption (CR)
Paving from Plastic: Young Gina
Gallant Brings New Life to
Garbage (NL a)
Is It Fair? – In Search of
Justice
Adventure and Adventurers
Hana’s Suitcase (search CBC
The Sunday Edition)
Motivation and the Power of Not
Giving Up (NL b)
Perfecting Performance: Evie Mark
Speaks about Throat Singing
(NL b)
Search for “Severn Cullis Suzuki”
Tell the World: A Young
Environmentalist Speaks Out (ID)
Global Kitchens (NL a)
Love the Planet (NL a)
Selling Change (NL a)
Messages are Everywhere (SL)
Moving On … (LA – Information)
People on the Move
(LA – Information)
Read all About … Who? How
Tabloids Create a “Celebrity”
(LA – Media)
Who Are Your Heroes? (LA – Media)
English Language Arts 8