Contents
Unit 3 — Turning Points
6
Unit Opener
Let’s Talk About It
1
2
Focus on Reading
4
Monitor Comprehension
Summarize
Third Man Theory
6
Newspaper Article by Nancy J. White
East
10
Personal Anecdote by Erika Kwee
Take Only What You Need
12
Personal Essay by Xavier Kataquapit
In the Land of Smiles
15
Magazine Article by Tara Henley
from Hello! Canada magazine
10
Focus on Genre
18
Identify Elements of Short Stories
Lather and Nothing Else
20
Short Story by Hernando Téllez
The Cake Princess
26
Short Story by Mar’ce Merrell
© Robert Curran & Happy Hearts Fund
Isabelle
32
Short Story by Beverley Terrell-Deutsch
15
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Doing Time
34
Short Story by Christine Harris
NEL
Focus on Media
42
Analyze Media Elements: Ads and Public Service
Announcements
Superman
44
Public Service Announcement from
Historica Minutes
Boutique
44
48
Public Service Announcement from
Concerned Children’s Advertisers
Focus on Writing
50
Improve Voice and Word Choice
Surfergrrl
52
Personal Anecdote by Elaine Marshall
Pots and Pans
56
Personal Anecdote by Zulay Regalado
If and The Paradoxical Commandments
60
52
Poems by Rudyard Kipling and Kent M. Keith
Focus on Listening & Speaking
62
Listen Critically
Speak with Appropriate Voice
Don’t Worry
64
Dialogue by Erica Fabian
Unit 3 Wrap Up
66
56
NEL
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Unit 4 — Planet You
72
Unit Opener
Let’s Talk About It
67
68
Focus on Reading
70
Synthesize
Evaluate
Guy Things
72
Opinion Essay by Gordon Korman
So I’m Told, They Said, Musical Therapy, 76
Paint Me Like I Am
Poems by various authors
Cool It
80
Informational Text by Sean Covey
Words on a Page
84
Excerpts from a Screenplay by Keith Leckie
Based on a Story Idea by Daniel Moses
80
Focus on Form
92
Identify the Elements of a Report
Teens and Online Social Networking
94
Report by Eileen Qubti
No Smoking? No Kidding
98
Feature News Story by Allison McPhail
from Grip magazine
Racing to Find the Right Runner
94
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Consumer Report by Sahar Aker
NEL
A Place for Teens
102
Newspaper Report adapted from the
Ottawa Citizen by Maria Bohuslawsky
Focus on Media
104
Evaluate Media Texts
In Real Life
106
106
Media Texts from various sources
The Bar War
110
Wrappers from various sources
Akina Shirt: Singer and Athlete
112
Online Interview by Dale Shirt and
Jean Cardinal from SAY Magazine,
2007 Special Edition
Focus on Writing
114
Improve Fluency
Blind Ambition
116
116
Magazine Article by Justin Tejada
Goalie
120
Short Story by Rudy Thauberger
Focus on Speaking & Listening
126
Deliver Oral Presentations
Evaluate Oral Presentations
Can Video Games Be Good for You?
128
Multi-Media Presentation by Kelly Cochrane
Unit 4 Wrap Up
NEL
128
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