Activity provided by Vicki Fraser
Elementary students explore, enjoy and work with wordless picture books! It encourages them to create a well-written story incorporating figurative language and reminds them of the important relation between pictures and the carefully chosen words that accompany them.
Activity provided by Laura Leblanc
In this project, a partnership of two teachers work to build a unit that teaches students about the Holocaust, while at the same time raising literacy levels and encouraging critical thinking. Importantly, materials and activities are differentiated through the use of learning stations.
Activity provided by Alison Holloway
The overarching concept that guides this unit is “who is on the inside, and who is on the outside?” Students will explore stereotypes, media portrayals, biases, privilege, intersectionality, and race/gender/ability as a social construction. Two essential questions that inform this unit are: 1) What is discrimination? and 2) How does discrimination persist in contemporary society?
Activity provided by Tracey Blonder
Students find that stories become more interesting when there are illustrations as these make the stories alive and feed children's imaginations. Use wordless picture books in your classroom to get students thinking AND writing!
Activity provided by Kimberly Hardy
Follow one teacher’s use of “book tasting” and student-teacher conferencing to encourage and develop her Secondary One (Grade Eight) students to develop a personal reading profile that reflects their own tastes and interests as readers.
Activity provided by Melanie Beaudin
This unit concentrates on helping students to express their preferences, viewpoints, ideas and opinions about the novels they read. The genre of science fiction provides the content and book clubs/literature circles provide the context.
Activity provided by Layla Barroca
Join a Cycle Three (Elementary) class as they perfect their skills as readers who can respond to a literary text from a variety of roles that readers use to understand a text.
Activity provided by Kathy Panek
With the help of academic conversation cards and bookmarks, students engage in group discussions about their books, working together to apply different reading strategies when encountering challenging passages.
Activity provided by Patricia Morissette, Amber Coones
This unit addresses the issue of mental health, specifically depression and anxiety, through the use of film and text. Students will develop their reading, talk, and production skills through a variety of activities and projects.
Activity provided by Jennifer Clark
The school bought a Silver Birch membership so that students could participate and select an award winner over the course of the project. Unit activities included making a book trailer, reading and writing book reviews, author visits, and voting for a favourite book among those read during the program.
