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THE HILL Karen Bass
THE HILL Karen Bass GRADES 7+ / ENGLISH THEMES Survival • Racial Tensions • Cree Legend • Fear Friendship • Changing Perspectives THE STORY WEB RESOURCES “Karen Bass draws on the Cree legend of the Wîhtiko for her • Author Website: http://www.karenbass.ca/ latest YA novel, which blends adventure, horror, and some good • Publisher Website - Book: old-fashioned coming-of-age wisdom….The dynamic between the http://pajamapress.ca/book/the_hill/ boys is the best part of the narrative, and will open many readers’ • Publisher Website - author: eyes to the issues of race, class, and privilege.” http://pajamapress.ca/author/karen_bass/ —Quill & Quire Editor’s Choice ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BOOK SUMMARY • Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre’s “Oral Tradition: The Beginning of The Cree World” Jared’s plane has crashed in the Alberta wilderness, and Kyle http://www.sicc.sk.ca/archive/heritage/ ethnography/cree/origin/oral.html is first on the scene. When Jared insists on hiking up the highest hill in search of cell phone reception, Kyle hesitates; his Cree • The Canadian Encyclopedia’s “Cree” http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/ grandmother has always forbidden him to go near it. article/cree/ • The Canadian Encyclopedia’s “Social Conditions of Aboriginal People” http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/ AUTHOR PROFILE article/native-people-social-conditions/ • Centre for Social Justice’s “Aboriginal KAREN BASS is a multi-award-winning author Issues” http://www.socialjustice.org/index. of novels for young adult readers. Graffiti Knight php?page=aboriginal-issues won the CLA Young Adult Book Award, the • Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada’s Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction “The Learning Circle: Classroom Activities for Young People, the R. -
2013 Summer Reading List
SUMMER READING LIST 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 MIDDLE SCHOOL Grades 6 and 7 3 Grade 8 11 UPPER SCHOOL General Requirements 16 New International Students 17 Literature and Composition I Required 18 Literature and Composition I Recommended 19 Literature and Composition II Required 26 Literature and Composition II Recommended 26 Grades 11 and 12 Required 35 Literature and Composition III 35 AP English Language 37 The Short Story: Read It and Write It 38 The Tradition of the Novel 38 Found Voices 39 AP English Literature 39 Grades 11 and 12 Recommended 40 Language Books 57 Social Studies Books 60 INTRODUCTION ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• All students at Dana Hall are required to complete summer reading. The books you read will be used in your English class during the first few weeks of the first trimester. As you read, we urge you to remember that the art of reading is a creative act, a collaboration between reader and writer. Hold a dialogue with these books: question, argue, disagree; underline those passages that exhilarate you as well as those that infuriate you. Keep a notebook to jot down your imme- diate responses to each of these works and write questions that you want to discuss in your English classes. Encourage your family and friends to join you in these reading experiences. A number of the books on this list have been made into movies, many of them wonderful in their own right. Seeing a movie instead of reading the book, however, will not prepare you for your teacher’s assignment related to that book, nor will it replace the unique experience of interacting with a specific text. -
Winners Announced for the 2014 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards
Winners Announced for the 2014 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Awards $135,000 in prize money awarded to Canadian children’s authors and illustrators FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto (November 7, 2014) – The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) is thrilled to announce the winners of its six English-language children’s book awards. The TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award was given to author Kathy Stinson and illustrator Dušan Petričić, who took home the $30,000 prize for their picture book, The Man with the Violin (Annick Press); an additional $12,500 was divided between the winning book’s publisher and the other four nominees. Five other awards were given out: How To by Julie Morstad won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) The Last Train: A Holocaust Story by Rona Arato won the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction ($10,000) Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction For Young People ($5,000) Who I’m Not by Ted Staunton won the John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000) Sorrow’s Knot by Erin Bow won the Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy ($5,000) The winners were announced last night at a gala event, hosted by the CBC’s Shelagh Rogers, at The Carlu in Toronto. The event marked the 10th anniversary of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards, and a total of $92,500 was given out. At a gala event in Montreal last week, the CCBC also awarded the $30,000 Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse to Andrée Poulin for La plus grosse poutine du monde (Bayard Canada), with another $12,500 divided between Poulin’s publisher and four other nominees. -
2021 – 23Rd Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival
Press Release Springtime and literature at the Blue Metropolis Festival Pure joy! Montreal, April 7, 2021 – for immediate release Starting April 24, 2021, the spring programming of the 23rd Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will be in full swing. Online or outdoors, more than 50 events with 200 artists will delight the eyes and mind around the theme “The Challenges of Our Times.” When literature rhymes with pleasure, literacy with discovery, books with hooked (sort of), you know the Blue Metropolis Literary Festival is about to start. Here’s a preview. First, there are 7 literary prizes to be awarded: • the Words to Change Prize to novelist Nathacha Appanah (France/Mauritius); • the First Peoples’ Prize to writer Richard Van Camp (Canada); • the Sciences and Literature Prize to economist Thomas Piketty (France); • the Violet Prize to writer André Roy (Quebec); • the 2020 Azul Prize to novelist Gioconda Belli (Nicaragua), • the 2021 Azul Prize to novelist Javier Cercas (Spain); • and the Blue Metropolis / Conseil des arts de Montréal Diversity Prize goes to writer Nicholas Dawson (Quebec/Chile). Next, we have the introduction of a new series of special events, Eight Headlining Events, that will bring together internationally-renowned authors to take on a wide variety of issues: • African philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Senegal/France/US) on post- colonial memories; • novelist David Grossman (Israel) on the threat posed to democracies by racism, fundamentalism and other forces weighing on our democracies; • journalist and essayist Carl Honoré (Canada) on the new paces of slowness; • novelists Hanan Al-Shaykh and Hoda Barakat reflect on their wounded Lebanon; • through Hervé Guibert, author Mathieu Lindon (France) ponders writers who’ve passed on… or not; • Indigenous authors Kim Scott (Australia), Gregory Scofield (Canada) and Devon A. -
A Chat with a Translator How to Successfully Pitch to Book Bloggers Writing Through Mental Illness
WRITE THE MAGAZINE OF THE WRITERS’ UNION OF VOLUME 47 NUMBER 4 CANADA WINTER 2020 A Chat with a Translator 7 How to Successfully Pitch to Book Bloggers 8 Writing Through Mental Illness 17 WRITE AD 2020 Spring_Layout 1 20-01-09 1:08 PM Page 1 THE EXCELSIS GROUP A CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT /CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION ADVANCING CREATIVE EXCELLENCE AND ENGAGEMENT IN THE LITERARY AND VISUAL ARTS WE ARE ALSO THE NEW PUBLISHERS OF EXILE QUARTERLY ABOUT WHICH JOYCE CAROL OATES RECENTLY TWEETED “ONE OF THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN LITERARY MAGAZINES” AND WE ADMINISTER THE FOLLOWING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES: WRITER MENTORING AND WORKSHOPS / AWARDS AND COMPETITIONS EXILE QUARTERLY IN THE CLASSROOM / THE ARTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION REQUEST A FREE INTRODUCTORY SUBSCRIPTION, AND FIND OUT ALL ABOUT US AT TheExcelsisGroup.org From the Chair By Anita Daher Early this morning, I gave the cats their cookies, poured my tea, and opened my email. TWUC member Arthur Slade’s monthly note was there, along with too many “Act now!” “Huge Discount!” and “You are eligible for” messages. I deleted the spam and settled in to read Art’s personable update. We know from reports and personal anecdote that Canadians are That he finds time for a monthly letter astounds me, but even interested in reading Canadian stories, whether set in this country more impressive is his mastery. He begins with a grin and ends or elsewhere, whether rooted in history or current physical, with a respectful: “Thanks for being a reader.” political, and social landscapes. -
Aboriginal Stories — New Voices, Many Voices JACQUELINE GUEST EMPOWERS and INSPIRES PLUS: LEADING KIDS to the CLASSICS
$4.95 FALL 2012 VOL. 35 NO. 4 RECOMMENDED BOOKS + OPINIONS + PROFILES + NEWS + REVIEWS Aboriginal Stories — new voices, many voices JACQUELINE GUEST EMPOWERS AND INSPIRES PLUS: LEADING KIDS TO THE CLASSICS + 30 04 7125274 86123 .ASO !S=N@O 2AREASO !QPDKN )HHQOPN=PKN $ENA?PKNU !J@IKNA If you love Canadian kids’ books, go to the source: bookcentre.ca The Canadian Children’s Book Centre CONTENTS THISI ISSUE booknews Fall 2012 Volume 35 No. 4 7 Seen at... Fall brings a harvest of literary celebrations. Richard Scrimger (Ink Me) Editorr Gillian O’Reilly entertains his audience at the Telling Tales Festival held in Hamilton Copy Editor and Proofreaderr Shannon Howe Barnes Design Perna Siegrist Design in September. For more literary festivities, see page 7. Advertising Michael Wile Editorial Committee Peter Carver, Brenda Halliday, Merle Harris, Diane Kerner, Cora Lee, Carol McDougall, Liza Morrison, Shelley Stagg Peterson, Charlotte Teeple, Gail Winskill This informative magazine published quarterly by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre is available by yearly subscription. Single subscription — $24.95 plus sales tax (includes 2 issues of Best Books for Kids & Teens) Contact the CCBC for bulk subscriptions and for US or overseas subscription rates. Fall 2012 (November 2012) Canadian Publication Mail Product Sales Agreement 40010217 Published by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre ISSN 1705 – 7809 For change of address, subscriptions, or return of undeliverable copies, contact: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre 40 Orchard View Blvd., Suite 217 Toronto, ON M4R 1B9 Tel 416.975.0010 Fax 416.975.8970 Email [email protected] Website www.bookcentre.ca Review copies, catalogues and press releases should be sent to the Editor at: [email protected] am ngh or to Gillian O’Reilly c/o the above address. -
Talking Book Topics January-February 2017
Talking Book Topics January–February 2017 Volume 83, Number 1 About Talking Book Topics Talking Book Topics is published bimonthly in audio, large-print, and online formats and distributed at no cost to participants in the Library of Congress reading program for people who are blind or have a physical disability. An abridged version is distributed in braille. This periodical lists digital talking books and magazines available through a network of cooperating libraries and carries news of developments and activities in services to people who are blind, visually impaired, or cannot read standard print material because of an organic physical disability. The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles recently added to the national collection, which contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including bestsellers, classics, biographies, romance novels, mysteries, and how-to guides. Some books in Spanish are also available. To explore the wide range of books in the national collection, visit the NLS Union Catalog online at www.loc.gov/nls or contact your local cooperating library. Talking Book Topics is also available in large print from your local cooperating library and in downloadable audio files on the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) site at https://nlsbard.loc.gov. An abridged version is available to subscribers of Braille Book Review. Library of Congress, Washington 2017 Catalog Card Number 60-46157 ISSN 0039-9183 About BARD Most books and magazines listed in Talking Book Topics are available to eligible readers for download. To use BARD, contact your cooperating library or visit https://nlsbard.loc.gov for more information. -
First Page 2019
Writing the first page of a novel: Tips from Canadian writers 2019 TEACHER GUIDE – Grades 7 to 12 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 1 Key Concepts ............................................................................................................................ 3 Exo by Fonda Lee: Suggested Discussion Questions………………………………………………..6 Escape by Linwood Barclay: Suggested Discussion Questions…………………………………….7 American War by Omar El Akkad: Suggested Discussion Questions………………………………8 Super by Jennifer Chen: Suggested Discussion Questions…………………………………………9 The Break by Katherena Vermette: Suggested Discussion Questions ......................................10 Nostalgia by M.G. Vassanji: Suggested Discussion Questions ................................................11 The Winnowing by Vikki VanSickle: Suggested discussion questions .......................................12 The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline: Suggested discussion questions ..............................13 The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow: Suggested discussion questions ..........................................14 Nameless by Sari Warshawksy………………………………………………………………………..15 Taxidermied by Stella Xia………………………………………………………………………………17 Greater Than or Equal To by Peter Ola Paul………………………………………………………...19 Student Writing Challenge – Possible writing topics ..................................................................21 Introduction Canada has come -
J'veux UN TOUTOU Dans Ce Charmant Conte Anime, La Jeune Marie Desire Un Chien Plus Que Tout Au Monde
C9202 133 I D'APRE•S LE LIVRE DE DAYAL KAUR KHALSA «Un triomphe!» -May Cutler, Fondatrice de Tundra Books J'VEUX UN TOUTOU Dans ce charmant conte anime, la jeune Marie desire un chien plus que tout au monde. Marie ne r&ve que de chiens. Elle en parle, lit a leur sujet et tapisse les murs de sa chambre de photos de chiens. Mais chaque fois qu'elle demande un chiot a ses parents, eile se fait repondre d'attendre d'etre plus grande. Toutes ses tentatives se soldent par un NON retentissant. Lorsqu' elle apprenait a faire du patin a roues aligrees, Marie se rappelle que son pere luidisait: «Si tu ne reussis pas du premier coup, il faut essayer de nouveau.» Elle decide done de suivre ce conseil paternel et trouve une idee g£niale pour persuader papa et maman. Amusante et originate, cette histotre sur les espoirs et les reves d'une fillette enchantera les petits et leurs parents. Accompagne de fantaisistes chreurs doo-wop, J'veux an toutou s'inspire d'un livre de la reputge Dayal Kaur Khalsa. Realisateur: Sheldon Cohen Productrice: Marcy Page 10 min 9 s No C9202 133 § Sous-litres pour les malentendanls. Un decodeur est requis. i Pour commander d'autres films de I'ONF : 1 800 267-7710 (au Canada) 1 800 542-2164 (aux Etats-Unis) 514- 283-9450 (ventes a I'etranger) UNE PRODUCTION DE Lie ^ KOjlliSt pOtT ID* repT^UXlraV t^^ L'OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA sJl'ciiw^nviillgul^mlRlxisPSim^btillff^ ooo DU d'un diilribulftir autatt ont fc droK dc tine da repn^enbd'oiK gtaliiilcs MI pubic, c 2003 OlrkE mlkinul 1u dilin du G inprinlt: ju CinJdj Realisation SHELDON COHEN ACT1VITES EN CLASSE Narration CLAUDIA LAURIE Decrivez ce chien Version frangaise CLAUDE DIONNE Parlez des caracteristiques propres 3 divers types de chiens. -
Primary—The Hockey Sweater Study Guide
16 Primary 17 Study Guide The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Student Concerts are generously supported by Mrs. Gert Wharton and an anonymous donor. Table of Contents Concert Overview Concert Preparation Program Notes 3 4 - 6 7 - 17 Lesson Plans Artist Biographies Musical Terms Glossary 18 - 27 28 - 29 30 - 31 Instruments in Musicians Teacher & Student the Orchestra of the TSO Evaluation Forms 32 - 43 44 - 47 48 - 49 The Toronto Symphony Orchestra gratefully acknowledges Robin Malach for preparing the lesson plans included in this guide Concert Overview The Hockey Sweater Primary: Suitable for students in grades K–4 Alain Trudel, conductor Roch Carrier, narrator Christopher Gongos, horn Abigail Richardson-Schulte, host The beloved Canadian story The Hockey Sweater is brought to life through music in the TSO co-commissioned work of the same name. Just in time for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs, this charming winter classic will be narrated by author Roch Carrier. Program to include excerpts from*: Abigail Richardson-Schulte The Hockey Sweater Howard Cable Regatta Day in St. John's André Jutras Suite Fantastique Howard Cable "Point Pelee" from Ontario Pictures Traditional , arr. Marc Bélanger Chicken Reel Douglas Schmidt Rush! Traditional, arr. Mitch Clarke Way Up the Yucletaw (Sing-Along) John Estacio Borealis Dolores Claman, arr. Howard Cable Hockey Night in Canada *Program subject to change 3 Concert Preparation Let's Get Ready! Your class is coming to Roy Thomson Hall to see and hear the Toronto Symphony Orchestra! Here are some suggestions -
The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, Illustrated by Sheldon Cohen
NAC ORCHESTRA 2013-2014 STUDENT MATINEE CONCERTS season Teacher Study Guide Kindergarten to Grade 8 Illustration: From The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, illustrated by Sheldon Cohen. Illustration Copyright © 1984 Sheldon Cohen. Reprinted by permission of Tundra Books. Peter Herrndorf, president and CEO │ Naonal Arts Centre Pinchas Zukerman, Music Director │ NAC Orchestra Teacher Study Guide 2 The Hockey Sweater Table of Contents About this Guide 4 Curriculum Expectations 5 Concert Program 7 Program Notes 8 Audience Participation: Sing Along at the Concert! 14 How to Purchase The Hockey Sweater 15 Classroom Activities 16 Bibliography of Resources Available at the Ottawa Public Library 24 Listening Guide 26 NACMusicBox.ca TIMELINE 27 About the National Arts Centre and the performers 28 What is the NAC Orchestra made up of? 33 Map of the NAC Orchestra Sections 36 Know Before You Go 37 Audience Participation We invite you and your students to sing along with the NAC Orchestra during the concert. The piece we have selected for your participation, found on page 14 of this guide, is an arrangement of O Canada. The conductor will announce when it is time to sing. The Music Education Office of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra is pleased to partner with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in the development of this study guide. Special thanks to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Robert Markow and Pamela Jones for the written text, Jane Wamsley for the curriculum expectations, Jessica Roy and the Ottawa Public Library for the bibliography, Sheldon Cohen and Tundra Books for the illustrations, and Kelly Abercrombie from the NAC Music Education Office for editorial direction. -
Inside the Perimeter Is Published by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
the Perimeter spring - summer 2014 Waiter, There’s a Black Hole in My Condensed Matter ... A Eureka Moment at the Bistro A New Window to the Big Bang? Five Years of PSI-entific Excellence PI Kids ask: Why is Rubber Stretchy? Editor-in-Chief Natasha Waxman [email protected] Contributing Authors Graphic Design Emily Adlam Gabriela Secara Erin Bow Mike Brown Photographers & Artists Phil Froklage Liz Goheen Colin Hunter Colin Hunter Katharine Tuerke Jens Langen Natasha Waxman Scott Norsworthy Gabriela Secara Copy Editors Erin Bow Mike Brown Phil Froklage Colin Hunter Inside the Perimeter is published by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. www.perimeterinstitute.ca On the Cover: To subscribe, email us at [email protected]. The black hole visualization inside the 31 Caroline Street North, soup bowl is courtesy of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada the European Southern p: 519.569.7600 Observatory (ESO). f: 519.569.7611 02 IN THIS ISSUE 04/ Particles 06/ Particle Physics Without Colliders: A Chat with Asimina Arvanitaki, Erin Bow 08/ Fellowship Fuels Big Ideas, Colin Hunter 09/ Krembil Foundation Invests in Pioneering Science, Colin Hunter 10/ Five Years of PSI-entific Excellence,Mike Brown 14/ Conference Reports 18/ A New Window to the Big Bang?, Colin Hunter 20/ Zooming Out, Erin Bow 22/ A New Spin on Long-range Forces, Erin Bow 24/ A Constellation of Stars 26/ A Eureka Moment at the Bistro, Katharine Tuerke, Colin Hunter 27/ Stranger than Science Fiction, Emily Adlam 28/ Waiter, There’s a Black Hole in my Condensed