Earth Magic, Sky Magic: North American Aboriginal StoriesEarth-Shattering Poems. 1st ed.EchohawkEdgar Allan Poe: The Principal Works SeriesEdgar Allan Poe: Terror of the SoulEducating Everybody's Children: Diverse Teaching Strategies for Diverse LearnersEight Science Fiction PlaysEleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's GermanyEMC Masterpiece SeriesThe En'owkin Journal of First North American PeoplesEnder's Game
English JournalThe English Language Arts Handbook: Classroom Strategies for Teachers. 2nd ed.The English Programme SeriesThe English Teacher's Companion: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the ProfessionThe Environment: Exploring Fiction, Poetry, and Non-fictionEnvisioning Literature: Literary Understanding and Literature InstructionEssay Essentials. 2nd ed.Essay Writing Made Easy: Presenting Ideas in all Subject AreasEva: Changes Novel PackEvaluating Writing: The Role of Teachers' Knowledge About Text, Learning, and CultureExplorations in the Teaching of English. 3rd ed.Exploring GenresExploring PerspectivesExpressions: Stories and Poems(Print-Anthology). Kerven, Rosalind. Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1991. 79 p. ISBN 0-521-36806-5 ($9.95 U.S. pbk.).
(I/M) This is a compilation of several legends, largely of American Aboriginal origin. Organized around themes of the sky, Spider Woman, Coyote, and strange events, the stories are easily read and written in a style that reflects the oral tradition of storytelling.
Suggested Use: The Unknown; Short Stories
This intensely serious anthology of poems, classic and contemporary, American and global will hit adolescent readers with immediacy and passion. Rosenberg says in her introduction, "People often turn to poetry in peak moments. moments of extreme joy or sorrow, or confusion," and these poems speak powerfully to "our most intense experiences and emotions." The collection contains works from Japanese masters of the haiku, the eighteenth and nineteenth century English poets, contemporary poets from around the world and many Americans. The choices are highly personal, and along with the biographical notes on the individual poets, the lists of suggested readings and the indexes of both authors and first lines make this a particularly useful resource.
Suggested Use: Poetry
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(I/M) This historically accurate novel is set in the Hudson River Valley in the early eighteenth century. Echohawk was very young when he was taken from his white family and adopted by the Mohicans. He has become part of the Mohican community; he speaks and thinks in the Mohican language, and he is an expert hunter who is facing the prospect of his coming-of-age vision quest. Echohawk. s earliest memories begin to resurface when he is sent to an English settlement for schooling. Echohawk finds himself facing a choice between the world he knows and the world he came from. a choice all the more difficult because the Mohican way of life may be disappearing forever.
Suggested Use: Decisions
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Video). Please refer to the titles: The Raven and Other Poems, and The Tell-Tale Heart.
(Video). PBS Video (VEC), 1995. 60 min. Order no. EAPO000 ($270.00).
This biography of the master of mystery and the macabre portrays the writer as a creative genius haunted by personal tragedy and hampered by eccentric behavior. Included are dramatic recreations of scenes from Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado.
Suggested Use: The Unknown
This book is written as a guide to developing school programs that meet the needs of students from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The book offers a range of instructional strategies for teaching oracy, literacy, and mathematics. Each strategy is supported by rationale, classroom examples, and references. The book contains a table of contents and bibliography.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Anthology). Please refer to the title: Literature and the Language Arts: Understanding Literature.
(Print-Anthology). Please refer to the titles: Gatherings Volume II, Gatherings Volume III, Gatherings Volume IV, Gatherings Volume V, and Gatherings Volume VI.
(Print-Fiction). Card, Orson Scott. Tor Bks. (LRDC), 1994. 256 p. Order no. 8183 ($6.50 pbk.).
In this science fiction adventure, a young man's training as a military cadet includes hours spent on simulation games. When aliens attack the planet, Ender's simulation games are played for high stakes. This is an exciting novel. Note: This book contains coarse language.
Suggested Use: The Unknown
This journal contains articles, literature selections, and reviews of interest to Secondary Level language arts teachers.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(WCP) Based on theories of oral and written communication and artistic representation, this resource presents innovative and practical teaching strategies. The authors use an integrated approach to discuss the six language arts: listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and representing. Each chapter presents a language art and includes a variety of suggestions for student-centred reflection and practice in individual and group settings. The learning activities engage students in research and in expository and creative writing. The book also includes a list of major professional American organizations and publications, an extensive bibliography and an index.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(Video). Please refer to the title: Alfred, Lord Tennyson: "The Lady of Shalott."
(WCP) The English Teacher. s Companion integrates insightful current theory with practical application to the language arts classroom. The resource reflects an integrated philosophy and provides a systematic and strategic application of that philosophy. Chapters of the book present clearly organized, step-by-step discussions on topics such as assessment and evaluation, digital literacy, media literacy, gender, ethics, the politics of education, language development, writing, speaking, listening, thinking and composing curricula. Assessment strategies are integrated throughout the resource. The text includes current information on integrating computer and media literacy into the curriculum. Although the context of this book is American, the content offers a global perspective.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(Print-Anthology). Saliani, Dom. (Insights Series). Harcourt Brace & Company Canada Ltd. (LRDC), 1995. 145 p. Order no. 8006 ($13.55 pbk.). Teacher's Guide - Order no. 8007 ($26.15 pbk.).
(CAN) This anthology of prose and poetry represents literature from Canada and abroad. An introductory section contains eight pages of images related to the theme. Included are chapter-end activities, a table of contents, biographies, and an index by nationality. The teacher's guide provides teaching and assessment strategies, alternate thematic groupings, a list of related literature, and tips for using the visual unit.
Suggested Use: Environment and Technology; Multigenre
Using narratives from practising teachers, this book sets forth the instructional goals and practices for literature instruction in classrooms. Langer describes the complex interactions among text, reader, and the classroom environment, and suggests strategies for teaching and assessing students of varied backgrounds and abilities. The book contains a table of contents, references, and index.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(Print-Non-Fiction). Green, Brian and Norton, Sarah. Harcourt Brace & Company Canada Ltd. (HBJ), 1995. 481 p. ISBN 0-7747-3280-6 ($31.95 pbk.).
(CAN) Using a practical, step-by-step approach to essay writing, this manual provides information, examples, and exercises to aid understanding of the writing process, formatting the essay, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The book includes a table of contents, appendixes giving information about word processing and grammatical terms, and an index.
Suggested Use: Language Resource
(Print-Non-Fiction). Birch, Ann. Pembroke Publishers Limited (SCH), 1993. 101 p. ISBN 1-55138-016-1 ($9.99 pbk.).
Written in a clear, practical style, this resource provides teachers and students with ideas and examples to illustrate effective writing of personal, persuasive, and literary essays. Included are suggestions for each stage in the writing process, from researching to revising and editing. The book contains a table of contents and appendix of model essays.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference; Language Resource
(Print-Fiction). Dickinson, Peter. (MultiSource Series). Doubleday Canada Limited (PRN/DOU), 1988. 219 p. (PRN) Multisource Novel Pack (5) - ISBN 0-13-702409-6 ($73.17 pbk.). (DOU) - ISBN 0-440-20766-5 ($4.99 pbk.).
Eva is a young girl who has been critically injured in a traffic accident. When she regains consciousness, she discovers the drastic measures her parents have taken to keep her alive. This story probes the ethical and practical issues involved in transplants, and presents a dramatic science fiction novel in which there are no perfect solutions.
Suggested Use: Environment and Technology
The 17 essays collected in this resource are intended to speak to the questions all educators have asked at one time or another: Should there be frequent evaluation of student writing, or are teachers even capable of evaluating writing? These essays represent a variety of approaches to evaluation, but underlying all of them are some common beliefs about what is fundamentally important to the teaching of writing. The essays assume that teachers need to distinguish between assessment and evaluation, develop the ability to describe students. writing, connect teaching and evaluation and continually re-examine the assumptions and practices that guide the evaluation of student writing. Although the examples contained in this text are largely American in content, Saskatchewan teachers will find good examples of secondary school students. writing and background information regarding the evaluation of writing. Chapters 4 and 5 deal with syntax and coherence and will be of particular interest to teachers.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts 20; English Language Arts 30
(Print-Non-Fiction). Mitchell, Diana and Tchudi, Stephen. HarperCollins Canada Ltd. (LRDC), 1989. 430 p. Order no. 7641 ($53.60 hdc.).
This is a clear, easily read resource for Secondary Level language arts teachers who are generalists. It contains practical ideas for teaching and assessment of reading, writing, oracy, mass media, and classroom drama. Included are a detailed table of contents, glossary, and bibliography.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
In a lighthearted fashion, this video addresses the concept of genres in literature. A detective named Scoop visits different genres to solve a mystery. The video explores the reasons for different genres and the components that characterize each one. The rap at the end of the video could provide motivation for writing similar ones.
An excellent teacher. s guide with follow-up activities is included.
Suggested Use: Multigenre
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Anthology). Graham, Neil. McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited (MHR), 1991. 225 p. ISBN 0-07-549876-6 ($22.65 pbk.). Teacher's Resource Book - ISBN 0-07-551108-8 ($22.65 pbk.).
(CAN) For each of the nine topics or issues in this resource, several short selections provide varied viewpoints that are designed to promote critical thinking and discussion. The sections are accompanied by pre-, during and post-reading information and suggested activities. Included are a table of contents and concluding notes about strategies such as response journals and collaborative thinking. The teacher's guide provides additional general and specific suggestions for teaching and assessment.
Suggested Use: Short Prose
The 20 stories and poems in this American collection are very easily read selections supported by explanation of unfamiliar vocabulary, a pre-reading focus, post-reading reflection, and writing activity. The book offers a table of contents and black and white reproductions of art works. The teacher's guide contains general guidance in teaching an integrated language-based course, lesson plans, plot summaries, and additional suggestions for activity.
Suggested Use: Challenges; Decisions; Multigenre