A Raisin in the Sun and Related ReadingsA Raisin in the Sun and Related ReadingsRationales for Challenged BooksRationales for Teaching Young Adult LiteratureThe Raven and Other PoemsRe-Viewing EnglishRead It Aloud!: Using Literature in the Secondary Content ClassroomReading and Writing for SuccessReading Response Logs: Inviting Students to Explore Novels, Short Stories, Plays, Poetry and MoreReading Their World: The Young Adult Novel in the Classroom. 2nd ed.Reading, Thinking, and Concept Development: A Professional Development SeriesReclaiming the Vision Past, Present, and Future: Native Voices for the Eighth GenerationReel Conversations: Reading Films With Young AdultsReflections in Fiction and Non-Fiction SeriesReflections on Assessment: Its Purposes, Methods, and Effects on LearningReinventing Ourselves as Teachers: Beyond NostalgiaRelating: Video PackageRelationships and Responsibility: Exploring Fiction, Poetry, and Non-fictionRemember MeRemember: Helen's StoryThe Research Paper and the World Wide WebResourceLines 9/10The ReturnRiel CountryRoget's II: The New Thesaurus. 3rd ed.Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and Related ReadingsRose BlancheRose Daughter. 1st ed.This anthology contains the play A Raisin in the Sun, as well as poems and short stories dealing with the themes of racism and identity. There is a teacher sourcebook that includes discussion starters, reproducible masters for students, and writing activities. The source book also suggests ways to customize instruction for less proficient readers, gifted and talented students, and English as second language students.
Suggested Use: Equality
This anthology contains the play A Raisin in the Sun, as well as poems and short stories dealing with the themes of racism and identity.
There is a teacher sourcebook that includes discussion starters, reproducible masters for students and writing activities. The sourcebook also suggests ways to customize instruction for less proficient readers, gifted and talented students and English as another language students.
Suggested Use: Equality
(WCP) This resource is intended to help teachers deal with challenge(s) to works they are teaching. It provides rationales in support of challenged books teachers believe to be appropriate for individual programming choices and students. The CD-ROM features 200 rationales for 170 books that have been challenged. Most of the rationales address books used from the middle years to Grade 10; however, rationales for books used in the primary grades are also included. The rationales include: plot summaries, potential objections, advice on how to deal with challenges, lists of reviews, awards received (if any), and, in some cases, suggestions for teaching. The objectives of the resource are to highlight and protect the fundamental rights of learning and teaching. The text does not recommend the books it discusses, acknowledging that the primary responsibility for selecting novels rests with teachers. Note: The majority of books featured are American, but because many are taught at schools across North America, the CD-ROM is a useful and apt resource for teachers in Canadian classrooms. The CD-ROM requires a compatible Internet browser (new versions of browsers are recommended), but does not require a modem connection.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(WCP) This resource provides recommendations for using literature of high interest to adolescents. Rationales for dealing with controversial issues such as self-identity, homosexuality and racism are included. The text contains summaries of the 22 books examined, sample excerpts, brief author biographies, activities and objectives for teaching the books plus listings of alternatives and related works. Note: The content is American, but the selections and issues are relevant to Canadian students. Teacher mediation and a certain level of student maturity are important in order to facilitate a better appreciation of content and discussion of various controversial issues.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(Video). (Edgar Allan Poe: The Principal Works Series). Films for the Humanities & Sciences Inc. (FFH), 1991. 19 min. Order no. ABB1699 ($89.95 U.S. ).
Dressed as Poe, actor Conrad Pomerleau reads and recites The Raven, Annabel Lee, and The Dream Within a Dream. The production is designed to resemble a stage reading by the author himself.
Suggested Use: The Unknown
(WCP) Re-Viewing English guides teachers to an understanding of curriculum change as an evolutionary process that continually adapts to new knowledge and global development. This collection of 27 essays provides a comprehensive historical survey of English language arts instruction over the past 40 years and shows the relevance of past practices to today. s classrooms. Theoretical and practical information helps teachers develop an informed rationale to guide their current teaching practice. The book invites teachers to look at the major advances in English language arts instruction and to explore the more recent developments in pedagogy. Section topics include writing texts, oracy and drama, language acquisition, assessment and Aboriginal perspectives. Teachers using this book will be affirmed by the positive tone of the pedagogical content and enthused by the synthesis of ideas and strategies. The book. s discussion of Aboriginal perspectives in the Australian curriculum has universal application.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(WCP) This resource presents a rationale for reading aloud to secondary students in all subject areas. Using examples from contemporary literature genres, the author introduces the strategy of using literature as a starting point for discussion in subjects as diverse as English language arts, mathematics, music and physical education. Each chapter features a content area and includes read-aloud excerpts along with suggested assignments. The book contains an appendix listing subject-specific titles suitable for reading aloud, an appendix of related journal articles written by the author, a list of references and a comprehensive index of topics authors and titles. Note: The book provides a brief list of titles for specific curricula, rather than a comprehensive bibliography of subject-related literature. One chapter of the book is devoted to reading aloud for second language learners.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(WCP) Numerous strategies for developing skills and competencies in the reading and writing processes while integrating the six English language arts are provided in the student text. Objectives are clearly stated and consistently integrated. Opportunities for a variety of learning approaches are presented in a well-organized, readable form. Please note that some students may find the graphics unappealing, as they appear to be intended for younger students. No First Nations content is included.
The accompanying teacher. s guide provides additional support and teaching ideas, reproducible pages and some practical assessment suggestions. This easily read resource would be useful for educators instructing students for whom English is a second language.
Suggested Use: Language Resource; Teacher Reference
(CAN, WCP) This resource provides practical advice for teaching and assessing through a reader response approach. It gives suggestions for encouraging written and oral response to short stories, novels, poems and plays. The book concludes with a sample thematic unit that illustrates the integration of reader response in a theme that involves activity in several genres. Included are a detailed table of contents and an index.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(WCP) This collection of essays advocates developing a community of readers who are engaged in exploratory talk, reader response and critical thinking. The essays focus on choice of reading materials, authors of young adult novels and teaching the young adult novel. The resource also contains additional essays on literacy response and interpretation, censorship, gender, multicultural concerns and the uses of the young adult novel to address matters of visual literacy. Each essay concludes with an extensive list of works cited.
Although most of the texts mentioned are American, the philosophy and ideas could be adapted to Canadian classrooms.
A companion CD-ROM features nearly 2 000 critiques and synopses of books for young adults. Please note that the CD has not been reviewed through the WCP evaluation process.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Video). Films for the Humanities & Sciences Inc. (IRA), 1992. Order no. 662-827 ($295.00 U.S. ).
The titles in this set include:
Improving Comprehension: The Pursuit of Ideas (47 min.)
Cognitive Coaching: A Process for Teaching and Learning (39 min.)
Comprehending, Composing, and Communicating (37 min.)
Integrating Instruction and Assessment (42 min.)
Integrating Thinking, Reading, and Writing Across the Curriculum (30 min.)
A Cry From the Edge (58 min.)
Hal Herber and Dorothy Strickland discuss teaching and assessment strategies that will help students learn to construct meaning, apply ideas, and think critically. Following each conversation, short video clips present interviews with teachers and classroom activity to illustrate the topic. These are excellent resources for teachers in classrooms from kindergarten to grade 12.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(Print-Anthology). Bruchac, James, and Francis, Lee, eds. Greenfield Review Press (GRE), 1996. 153 p. ISBN 0-87886-140-8 ($15.95 U.S. pbk.).
(I/M) The first section of this book is a compilation of the presentations at a 1992 workshop of Aboriginal writers. The second section contains a sampling of prose and poetry that has emerged as a result of that workshop. The book contains a table of contents giving authors and their nations, and brief biographic notes on the contributors.
Suggested Use: Short Prose
(WCP) This resource is a useful reference handbook for both experienced and inexperienced teachers to guide the processes of viewing and representing. The first section provides background information and a framework for viewing. It also includes useful assessment templates that teachers may use or adapt for their students' particular needs. The second section contains several thematic units that integrate viewing and representing. This resource develops students' abilities to be reflective and critical thinkers in response to viewing experiences that extend beyond the classroom into the reel/real world. A table of contents, extension activities, lists of films cited in each chapter, an annotated list of films organized by theme and a corresponding list of novels are included.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9; English Language Arts 20
(Print-Anthology). Please refer to the title: Voices Under One Sky: Contemporary Native Literature.
Reflections in Literature Series (Print-Anthology). Please refer to the titles: Coast to Coast: Canadian Stories, Departures, More Strawberries, Poetry, Non-Fiction & Drama, Themes on the Journey, Three-Way Mirror, and Viewpoints: Reflections in Non-Fiction.
(WCP) This resource provides teachers with a comprehensive view of assessment, from definitions and history to practical suggestions and political implications. It encourages a reflective approach that questions traditionally accepted assessment and evaluation strategies. The authors encourage teachers to examine their own practices and adopt more authentic assessment strategies consistent with student-centred learning. Based on current research, this resource includes the following chapters: "Assessment Drives Instruction," "Strategies for Assessment and Evaluation," "Portfolios," "Grading: The Square Peg in the Round Hole," "Teachers Aren. t the Only Players," and "Standards and Standardization: The Politics of Assessment and Evaluation." An index is included.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference
(WCP) This resource helps teachers to reflect on and to evaluate their practice through a "pedagogy of reinvention." Teachers are encouraged to revisit past teaching experiences from present perspectives in order to enhance future practice. The book moves beyond encouraging self-reflection and includes ideas on the steps that teachers might implement for change. Acknowledging that teaching experiences vary for each individual and for each situation, the authors promote use of a variety of forms, such as photography, memoirs and videos to assist teachers in exploring their personal and professional selves. The book is divided into seven chapters and contains a detailed list of references, as well as a subject and author index. The table of contents lists figures and boxes that provide questions or directions as aids to self-reflection. Five case studies and many personal examples are included.
Suggested Use: Teacher Reference/Professional Development
(Video). (MultiSource Series). National Film Board of Canada (PRN), 1994. ISBN 0-13-137316-1 ($170.82).
(CAN, I/M) This collection contains the three videos annotated below.
The Man Who Planted Trees (30 min.) In this animated film, shepherd Elzéard Bouffier single-handedly creates a forest by planting acorns in a barren region of the French Alps. The narrator comes upon him by accident, and having befriended this quiet, wise man, returns year after year to admire the beautiful, once-desolate landscape.
The Nature of Things: Face Value (33 min.) Facial expressions may conceal or communicate a person's thoughts and feelings. Face Value, from the series The Nature of Things, explores the universality of facial expressions and the research of psychologist Paul Ekman, who claims that facial expressions reveal whether people are telling the truth or hiding their emotions.
Doctor, Lawyer, Aboriginal Chief (29 min.) In this National Film Board film, five Aboriginal women discuss the non-traditional work they do and the obstacles they have overcome. The women speak about how their traditional religions and their feelings of belonging to a culture are sources of their success.
Suggested Use: Challenges
(Print-Anthology). Roy, Ken. (Insights Series). Harcourt Brace & Company Canada Ltd. (LRDC), 1995. 154 p. Order no. 8018 ($13.55 pbk.). Teacher's Guide - Order no. 8019 ($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: Canadian Frontiers and Homeland; Decisions; Equality; Challenges; Multigenre
(SK) In this powerful account of physical and emotional struggle, a concentration camp survivor moves to Canada, where she faces further challenges. Helen struggles to support her family and retain a positive attitude following the death of her first husband and the tragic circumstances of her second husband's death.
Suggested Use: Challenges; Equality
This resource is full of practical writing assignments that will provide students with strategies for conducting research on the Internet. The text demonstrates how to use libraries on the Internet. Suggestions on how to evaluate websites, how to bookmark sites and how to organize information are included. A detailed table of contents, a glossary of computer jargon and an index help to make this resource very user friendly. A homepage at http://www.prenhall.com/rodrigues has links to resources as well as chapter updates, review questions and chat areas.
Suggested Use: Student/Teacher Reference
(WCP) ResourceLines 9/10 contains strategies for learning and using all six language arts processes in authentic contexts. They also include a chapter on researching and a language handbook addressing usage, grammar, spelling, and style. These student resources are designed for both teacher-directed instruction and independent student work (individual and group work).
Suggested Use: Grade 10
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
(Print-Fiction). Levitin, Sonia. Fawcett Bk., Group (RAN), 1987. 181 p. ISBN 0-449-70280-4 ($4.99 pbk.).
Dester, her brother, and younger sister represent the thousands of Jewish Ethiopians who fled persecution by undertaking the dangerous journey from their homeland to the safety of Israel. Part of Operation Moses in 1984 and 1985, they walked from their mountain village in Ethiopia to a refugee camp in the Sudan, and then were airlifted secretly to Jerusalem. Along the way, Dester and her sister relied on their faith to sustain them as they watched their brother shot by bandits, endured weeks of hunger and thirst, and fought illness and despair in the refugee camps. Included are a map and glossary of Amharic words. This is an informative and inspiring novel of the Beta Yisrael, the Ethiopian Jews.
Suggested Use: Equality
(CAN, I/M) Students from two Winnipeg neighbourhoods, and a variety of cultures, create a collective drama about cultural issues in order to raise awareness about discrimination. They discuss their roots and issues facing Canadian society today, including racism and ways to promote reconciliation. The program contains a few instances of coarse language.
Suggested Use: Equality
Other Use: Arts Education: Secondary Level; Canadian Studies
(Print-Non-Fiction). Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Houghton Mifflin Co. (LRDC), 1995. 1200 p. Order no. 7937 ($31.40 hdc.).
In this tabbed edition, entries appear in alphabetical order and are identified by part of speech. Included are definitions, idioms, and cross-references. As well, each entry is cross-referenced to a category index that allows users ready access to related terms and antonyms.
Suggested Use: Language Resource
(Print-Fiction). Taylor, Mildred D. Puffin Bks. (PBC), 1997. 276 p. ISBN 0-14-038451-0 ($5.99 pbk.).
In southern United States during the 1930s, Black landowners and sharecroppers were often targets of injustice at the hands of their white neighbours. This book describes the effects of racism on a young African-American and her family. This is an easily read novel suitable for reluctant readers.
Suggested Use: Equality
Other Use: English Language Arts: Grades 6 to 9
In the southern United States during the 1930s, black landowners and sharecroppers were often targets of injustice at the hands of their white neighbours. This Newbery Medal book describes the effects of racism on a young Black woman and her family. The book also contains short stories, poems, a nonfiction selection, and an article containing autobiographies of black women.
A teacher’s sourcebook is available for this anthology. It contains activities for discussion starters, reproducible masters for students, and writing activities. Suggestions are also given for adapting the book to individual students’ needs.
Suggested Use: Equality
(Print-Fiction). Innocenti, Roberto. Creative Education Inc. (SBC), 1985. 32 p. ISBN 0-87191-944-X ($25.95 hdc.).
This picture book illustrates the grim changes in Nazi Germany as seen through the eyes of a young girl. Rose's red hair ribbon and red swastika symbolize contrasting signs of innocence and hatred. Rose's name recalls "The White Rose," an organization of young Germans who protested the war.
Suggested Use: Equality
This novel re-tells the story of Beauty and the Beast. It contains all the elements of a fairy tale, including sorcery, monsters, magic, and love. The story centres on Beauty’s love of roses and the wicked spell cast around the Beast. Although the descriptions can be fairly slow going, the lavish imaginings take the traditional tale to a satisfactory conclusion.
Suggested Use: The Unknown