Lady RancherThe Land of My UndoingLandmarks: Selection GuideLanguage and Literacy SeriesLanguage Arts and Science: Teaching Strategies for Integrating Two Solitudes: A Reference Manual of Teaching Strategies That Really WorkLanguage Arts JournalLanguage Arts: Learning Processes and Teaching Practices. 2nd ed.The Language PackThe Last Defender of CamelotLast of the CurlewsThe Last Pendragon: A NovelThe Last RoundupLaws of EmotionLearning the Landscape: Inquiry-Based Activities for Comprehending and ComposingLegendary Canadian WomenLegends of Hockey: The Official Book of the Hockey Hall of FameA Legion of HonorLessons to Share on Teaching Grammar in ContextThe Lie That Had to BeThe Life and Death of Crazy Horse. 1st ed.Life Without FearListening: Attitudes, Principles, & SkillsLiterary Experiences: Volume ILiterary Experiences: Volume IILiterary Terms: A Practical GlossaryLiterature & Media 10Literature and Language: Blue LevelLiterature and the Language Arts: Understanding LiteratureLiterature Circles: Voice and Choice in the Student-Centered ClassroomLiterature in the Language Classroom: A Resource Book of Ideas and ActivitiesLittle X: Growing Up in the Nation of Islam. 1st ed.Locked in TimeLong RiverLongman Classics Series. Stage 4Longman Critical EssaysLongman Literature Shakespeare SeriesLooking for HenryLost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13The Lost Patrol: The Mounties' Yukon TragedyThe Low Life: Five Great Tales From Up and Down the River(Print-Non-Fiction). Roger, Gertrude Minor. Hancock House Publishers Ltd. (HCH), 1979. 182 p. ISBN 0-88839-099-8 ($12.95 pbk.).
(SK) Gertrude Roger's reminiscences chronicle her gradual understanding of ranching life. The author describes her marriage to John Minor, her early years spent raising their family, and the increasingly important role she played in the daily operations of the ranch. This is a very interesting account of Saskatchewan rural life. Note: This book contains earthy language.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland
(SK) Each of the poems included in this anthology deals with a concern or issue relevant to people whom live or have lived on the prairies. The original poems are easily read, and provide topics that should encourage response.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; Poetry
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(Print-Anthology). ITP Nelson Canada (NEL), 1996. Order no. P648L96009.
This selection package offers 100 stories from which schools may choose literature to create their own anthology. Each story is accompanied by a short introduction and biographical information about the author. Further information about pricing is available from the publisher upon request.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; The Unknown; Environment and Technology; Equality; Challenges; Short Stories
(Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the title: Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice.
(CAN, WCP) As the title suggests, this resource presents teaching strategies for bringing together the "two solitudes" of language arts and science. Individual chapters are devoted to the following topics: philosophical statements about integration; integrating English language arts with science; classroom creativity and visualization; constructivism; mind mapping; inductive thinking and categorizing; and mnemonics and other strategies. While this resource emphasizes science projects and activities, it also stresses and integrates the skills and conventions developed in English language arts. This resource includes numerous reproducible blackline masters for students and parents, a bibliography and an index. Suggestions for integrating language arts and science for ESL students are provided.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use:> English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Periodical). National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), n.d. ISSN 0360-9170. Published 8 times a year September through April. Cost is $56.00 U.S./non-member and $40.00 U.S./member. Formerly called Elementary English (ISBN 0013-5968).
This journal contains articles, literature selections, and reviews. Although the journal is of primary interest to Elementary and Middle Level teachers, Secondary Level teachers will find articles, such as "Understanding Literature" by J.A. Langer of special interest. This article is available in the December, 1990 issue.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(Print-Non-Fiction). Gillet, Jean Wallace and Temple, Charles. HarperCollins Canada Ltd. (LRDC), 1989. 472 p. Order no. 7588 ($67.10 hdc.).
This comprehensive text provides guidelines, activities, and strategies for the language arts domains in kindergarten to grade 12 classrooms. Included are a table of contents, an appendix of word origins and an index.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(CD-ROM). Merriam-Webster (LRDC), n.d. Order no. 8114 ($24.45).
This reference provides the complete text of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition, and the Harbrace College Handbook, 12th edition. The program provides wildcard, Boolean, and proximity searches, links between the two books, adjustable fronts, and ready access from Word for Windows.
Suggested Use: Language Resource
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Audiocassette). Zelazny, Roger. Durkin Hayes Publishing Ltd. (DHP), 1995. 85 min. ISBN 0-88646-737-3 ($4.99 cassette).
Read by Rene Auberjonois, this short story recounts the struggle of Launcelot and Morgan LeFay as they battle with Merlin in present-day England. These two have been kept alive magically for a thousand years, they now realize, for one purpose: to ensure that when Merlin awakes from his enforced sleep, they will be prepared to protect the world from his insanity. Also included on the cassette is the brief story, Horses of Lir, telling about the generations of men charged with the care of the god Lir's majestic horses. This is challenging material for mature students.
Suggested Use: The Unknown; Challenges
(Print-Fiction). Bodsworth, Fred. (New Canadian Library). McClelland & Stewart Limited (LRDC), 1991. 127 p. Order no. 1553 ($4.85 pbk.).
This is the moving story of one Eskimo curlew's flight from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again. The death of his mate humanizes and dramatically illustrates the threats by hunters and by the changing environment that are factors in the bird's near-extinction.
Suggested Use: Environment and Technology
(Print-Fiction). Rice, Robert. Walker & Co. (ALL), 1991. 209 p. ISBN 0-8027-1180-4 ($30.95 hdc.).
Years after the death of King Arthur and the decay of the kingdom under brutal Saxon rule, Arthur's grandson, Irion, tries to organize warriors for battle to reinstate the kingdom. Aided by Bedwyr, the last of Arthur's knights, Irion hopes to succeed, not only in fighting the Saxons, but also in battling the distrust that his soldiers feel for him as the son of Medraut. This is an interesting but challenging version of the Arthurian legend. It is suitable for mature students.
Suggested Use: Challenges
(Print-Non-Fiction). Graber, Stan. Fifth House Publishers (FIF), 1995. 125 p. ISBN 1-895618-54-1 ($12.95 pbk.).
(SK) In 1921, the Matador Land and Cattle Company closed its operation in the Coteau Hills of Saskatchewan and herded its cattle south. Graber's memories of his years as a young cowboy on the ranch include the daily and seasonal work of the cowboys, the camaraderie that developed among wranglers, and his experiences during the ranch's last cattle drive. The book includes maps, sketches, archival photographs, a cow country dictionary, and interesting inserts that include a last will and testament, an obituary, and a sourdough recipe. This is an easily read resource.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland
(Print-Anthology). Lohans, Alison. Thistledown Press Ltd. (THI), 1993. 207 p. ISBN 1-895449-07-3 ($7.95 pbk.).
(SK) Centering on emotions in contexts such as isolation and loss, giving birth, attraction, and victory, the 11 short stories in this collection explore the complexity of young people's lives.
Suggested Use: Equality; Challenges; Short Stories
(Print-Non-Fiction). McLeod, Carol. Lancelot Press (NIM), 1983. 110 p. ISBN 0-88999-215-0 ($8.95 pbk.).
The ten women profiled in this collection represent celebrated Canadians who have excelled in the arts, sport, medicine, and politics. Included are Emily Carr, E. Pauline Johnson, Maude Abbott, Laura Secord, Mary Pickford, Judy LaMarsh, Karen Kain, L. M. Montgomery, Mazo de la Roche, and Barbara Ann Scott. The book offers a table of contents, an eight-page photograph insert, and a bibliography.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; Equality; Challenges; Short Prose
(Print-Non-Fiction). Penguin Books Canada Limited (PBC), 1996. 192 p. ISBN 0-670-87174-5 ($50.00 hdc.).
(CAN) This is a large format pictorial tribute to hockey players from the late 1800s to the present. It is also a portrait of sport as a unifying force in the early days of Canadian nationhood and an illustration of the sport's evolution from national to international status. Containing numerous photographs and easily read text, this is a high interest resource suitable for reluctant readers. Included are a table of contents, members' honour roll (giving statistics), and an index.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; Challenges; Short Prose
(Print-Fiction). Horton, David. Scripture Pr. Pubs., Inc. (LRDC), 1995. 339 p. Order no. 8192 ($9.99 U.S. pbk.).
Isabelle is a young Jewish woman who has fled Paris following the arrest of her husband during the mass arrests of Jews in 1942. Marcel is a young man working against the Vichy government to hide Jews. Alternating chapters in this book that describe the events in these two French people's struggle against an evil government provide a moving portrayal of the serious decisions faced by many young civilians during the occupation of France.
Suggested Use: Decisions
(WCP) This comprehensive resource takes an integrated approach to teaching grammar in the context of reading and writing processes. It provides the theoretical underpinnings of teaching and learning grammar, as well as listing the important grammar concepts to be taught for maximum benefit. Accompanied by practical mini-lessons and ready-to-use examples, the resource focuses on teaching grammar through conferences in the revision and editing stages of the writing process. It also includes chapters on the development of style, sentence combining, meeting the needs of ESL learners and the use of computers in the writing process. The resource is thoroughly referenced and contains both an author and subject index. Although the content is predominantly American, this does not detract from its usefulness in Canadian classrooms.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Elementary Level; English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9; English Language Arts 30
(SK) Rennie is a ten-year-old Italian girl whose parents own a popular bakery in Nova Scotia. When her father is sent away as an Italian detainee during World War II, Rennie is dismayed by the community's change in attitude to her family. This easily read novel depicts the underlying racism that caused wartime hysteria to disrupt the lives of many Canadians who belonged to ethnic minorities.
Suggested Use: Equality
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Freedman, Russell. Holiday House, Inc. (ALL), 1996. 166 p. ISBN 0-8234-1219-9 ($29.95 hdc.).
(I/M) Our Strange One, or Crazy Horse as history has named him, was a shy, sensitive boy who grew up to lead his people in a futile struggle to save their hunting grounds and way of life. This is an easily read, eloquent biography describing his youth, incidents of his courage and idealism, the battles which he led, and the treachery that finally led to Crazy Horse's death in 1877. Included are numerous black and white reproductions of illustrations from the ledger book of Amos Bad Heart Bull. The book contains a table of contents, chronology, selective bibliography, and an index. This is an excellent resource.
Suggested Use: Equality
(Video). Pettigrew Productions (PTG), 1991. 20 min. No order number is required. ($99.00).
(CAN) Commissioned by the British Columbia Teachers' Federation, this video uses interviews with teachers, students, and experts to discuss racism in schools. Topics dealt with include denial of racism, the harmful impact of stereotyping, inter-racial dating, the history of racism in British Columbia, racism in the media, and challenges to ESL students for whom language is an additional barrier.
Suggested Use: Equality
(Print-Non-Fiction). Brownell, Judi. Allyn & Bacon Canada (LRDC), 1996. unp. Order no. 7602 ($45.60 pbk.).
This is a well-organized overview of theoretical and practical information about listening as an important component in communication. The book provides suggestions for understanding and improving the strategies necessary for comprehension, memory, interpretation, evaluation, and response to the spoken word. Included are a table of contents and index.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Anthology). Oster, John E, Iveson, Margaret L., and McClay, Jill Kedersha, eds. Prentice Hall Ginn Canada (LRDC), 1989. 494 p. Order no. 6372 ($25.05 pbk.). Teacher's Guide - Order no. 6373 ($39.35 pbk.).
(CAN) This is a collection of prose, poetry, and drama of Canadian and international authorship from 1800 to the present. The book includes a table of contents, brief author biographies as well as indexes of titles, authors, selections by genre, theme, and author's nationality. The teacher's guide includes suggestions for teaching and oral or written extension.
Suggested Use: The Unknown; Environment and Technology; Equality; Multigenre
(CAN) This is a collection of prose, poetry, and drama of Canadian and international authorship. The book contains a table of contents, brief author biographies, and indexes of titles, authors, and selections by genre, theme, and author’s nationality. The teacher’s guide includes suggestions for teaching and oral or written extension.
Suggested Use: Decisions; Environment and Technology; Equality; Multigenre
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(I/M, WCP) Nelson English: Literature & Media 10 consists of a student anthology with an accompanying teacher. s guide as well as a video with an accompanying teacher. s guide.
The student anthology consists of a wide variety of written and visual texts by Canadian and international authors and producers representing a wide variety of cultures and voices. Many of the selections are Canadian, including some First Nations texts. The anthology consists of five units organized by genre. Each text selection is accompanied by a series of activities. A thematic index is included.
The teacher. s guide to the student anthology includes a lesson plan for each anthology selection, an alternative thematic index of selections and an appendix of assessment tools.
The video, which connects directly to the Media unit in the student anthology, includes seven segments: a documentary excerpt; a movie trailer; public service announcements, an investigative documentary, a music video, a political satire and an interview with author Timothy Findley.
The teacher. s guide for the video provides strategies and suggestions for using the video with the Media unit of the student anthology. It includes a lesson plan for each video segment. Caution: Teachers should preview video segments prior to screening with students.
Suggested Use: Media Studies; Multigenre
(Print-Anthology). Boone, Robert S., ed. McDougal, Littell/Houghton Mifflin (LRDC), 1994. 990 p. Order no. 8031 ($69.65 hdc.). Teacher's Edition - Order no. 8032 ($127.05 hdc.).
This American resource contains selections of largely British or American origin and models a process approach to English Language Arts, with literature serving as a starting point for instruction in the writing process. The book presents examples and exercises related to grammar, usage, and mechanics. Included are a detailed table of contents, reader's handbook, and index of skills.
Suggested Use: Language Resource; The Unknown; Decisions; Equality; Challenges; Multigenre
(Print-Anthology). (EMC Masterpiece Series). EMC/Paradigm Publishing (IRW), 1996. 976 p. ISBN 0-8219-1268-2 ($78.00 hdc.).
This American anthology contains selections of largely British or American origin, as well as information about a process approach to writing, and a grammar, usage, and mechanics handbook. Concluding chapters focus on oracy skills, research and study skills, and writing in a business context. Included are a table of contents, handbook of literary terms, glossary, and indexes of titles and authors, skills, and art works. The following titles are listed in the index:
Excerpt from King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Excerpt from Le Morte D'Arthur
Adventures of the Speckled Band
The Pedestrian
The Gift of Cochise
Suggested Use: The Unknown; Challenges; Multigenre
(Print-Non-Fiction). Daniels, Harvey. Pembroke Publishers Limited (LRDC), 1994. 200 p. Order no. 7592 ($19.90 pbk.).
(CAN) This resource provides practical advice for creating and managing literature circles in the classroom. The book gives a rationale and suggestions for independent reading and collaborative learning experiences in language arts classes and across the curriculum. Included are a table of contents and reference list.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Non-Fiction). Collie, Joanne and Slater, Stephen. Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1987. 266 p. ISBN 0-521-31224-8 ($25.95 pbk.).
This manual provides suggestions for analysis, response, and extension activity in the literature curriculum. Included are sections dealing with aims and objectives of literature instruction, a resource bank of ideas for teaching several genres, and examination of activities suited to specific works, such as Lord of the Flies and Romeo and Juliet. The book contains a table of contents, an index, and an appendix of titles suitable for literature instruction.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Sonsyrea Tate, who is now an award-winning journalist, chronicles her upbringing as a member of the "Nation of Islam" led by Elijah Muhammed. Her total dedication to the beliefs and culture of the Muslim religion and her gradual questioning of the oppression of women and cult-like practices reflect a little-understood part of America’s history and heritage.
Suggested Use: Equality
(Print-Fiction). Duncan, Lois. Doubleday Canada Limited (DOU), 1986. 210 p. ISBN 0-440-94942-4 ($5.99 pbk.).
When Nora Robbins meets her new stepfamily at their old estate near Baton Rouge, she senses something odd. Gradually, she realizes that Lisette and her two children are very old. Through voodoo witchcraft, they have been Locked in Time, thus dooming the two children to live as teens forever. This is an easily read, suspenseful novel suitable for reluctant readers.
Suggested Use: The Unknown
(Print-Anthology). Please refer to the title: Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
(Print-Non-Fiction). Please refer to the title: Macbeth.
(Print-Fiction). Please refer to the titles: The Merchant of Venice, and Macbeth.
(CAN, I/M) The Plains Aboriginal tradition of looking for common ancestors and common memories occurred when one family came unexpectedly upon another during the nomadic season. Similarly, Clive Doucet. s search for "missing" Métis painter Henry Letendre and the resulting poem sequence, Looking for Henry, becomes a search for self, for history and for the intricate weave of Métis, Acadien and Micmac destinies and dispossessions. The book is divided into four parts, with an introductory prose selection that helps to set the tone for reading.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland
(Print-Non-Fiction). Kluger, Jeffrey and Lovell, Jim. Houghton Mifflin Co. (ALL), 1994. 378 p. ISBN 0-395-67029-2 ($32.95 hdc.).
This is a riveting third person account of the Apollo 13 space flight, from pre-flight training exercises to splashdown. The book is framed by chapters describing previous Apollo missions and the final flights of the Apollo space program. Included are photographs of the Apollo flight, an index, and appendixes giving timelines, personnel, and brief data about the Apollo missions. See also: Apollo 13, the book's new title.
Suggested Use: Challenges
(Print-Non-Fiction). North, Dick. Raincoast Books Distribution Ltd. (RAI), 1995. 147 p. ISBN 1-895714-70-2 ($13.95 pbk.).
(CAN) In 1910 a Royal North-West Mounted Police patrol left Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories on a 475-mile trek to Dawson City, Yukon Territory. They never arrived. This book chronicles the probable chain of events that contributed to the patrol's mysterious and tragic end. Also included is information about members of the mission, as well as about the life and work of the police force in the North during that era.
Suggested Use: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland