English Language Arts Support Resources

• Picture Books and Illustrator Studies
  This site explains this strategy and its purpose, how it can be done in the classroom, adapting it,
  extending the viewing purpose, assessment and evaluation considerations and teacher resources.

• Medieval Dream
  This unit is in response to the grade 7 required language arts unit The Winds of Change, exploring
  Medieval times through fiction and non-fiction.

• Forbidden City
  A concluding activity for the William Bell novel "Forbidden City"

• Supporting the Renewed ELA 1-5 Curriculum through Technology
  Grade 1 - Illustrators - Parading Through Pictures (In this unit, students will explore four types of illustrations)
  Grade 2 - Voyage of Vocabulary (In this unit, students explore how language sounds, how language can affect their emotions and how language can form pictures in their minds.)
  Grade 3 - Soaring and Searching Space (In this unit, students will learn to use the six steps of Big6, an information problem-solving model designed by Eisenberg & Berkowitz)
  Grade 4 - Saskatchewan Script 'N Sketches (This unit is designed to help students understand the process involved in illustrating and writing.)
  Grade 5 - Journey Through Mysterious Canada (This unit will use literature circles to challenge the students to get involved in reading and discussing Eric Wilson mystery novels)

• English Language Arts Grade 4 and 5
  Grade 4 - Humour Sample Unit
  Grade 5 - Heroism Sample Unit

• Hero Central
  Activities in this site support Grade 5 - Heroes, Grade 7 - Pushed to the Limit: Surviving
  Life's Challenges

• Learning Module for ELA Grade 7
  Grade 7 - A Taste of Saskatchewan
  Contexts: Personal, Social, Environmental, Imaginative, Historical

• Saskatchewan Children's Authors Theme Box
  This resource to support the classroom teacher when doing Saskatchewan author studies or incorporating Saskatchewan literature into the English Language Arts Curriculum.
  - Grades 1-5 Sample Author/Illustrator/Genre Study
  - Sample Unit Framework: Author Study-Middle Years

• Positive Role Models in Our World
  The activities were designed to complement the English Language Arts Middle Level
  Curriculum Grade Eight sample unit, Growing Up Around the World.

• Dancing Feathers

  Dancing Feathers
  Stewart Resource Center novel study

  Integrating Aboriginal Content Online Resources

• Underground to Canada

  Novel Study Guides for the Classroom (Ontario)
  A student study guide.

  Underground to Canada Novel Study
  A set of lessons for this novel.

  The National Geographic site on the Underground Railroad
  Take a virtual tour of the underground railroad to imagine what it was like trying to escape to Canada.
  
  Underground Railroad
  This is a site with an already created interactive project called ' A journey on the Underground Railroad'.
  
  Underground Railway WebQuest
  A webquest to supplement this novel.
  
  Underground Railway: Stairway to Freedom
  A webquest to supplement this novel.
  
  Underground to Canada Novel Study Reading and Writing Project
  Responding to this novel in a variety of ways.
  
  To Be A Slave
  Stewart Resource Center novel study.
  Visual art, music and drama activities are also included and students are given opportunities to conduct research on the world wide web.

• Biographies

  Saskatchewan's Own
  Saskatchewan's Own 2
  Saskatchewan's Own 3
  
  People of Saskatchewan
  
  Famous Canadians
  The ABC of Famous Canadians
  
  Famous Canadians
  An inquiry based webquest

  A list of Important People in Canadian History
  
  The Biography Maker
  
  Writing Biographies
  
  Biography Writers' Workshop
  Students learn how to research and write a biographical sketch, including research and writing strategies.

  Building on Biographies
  Two online biography resources and 10 ways to teach biography

  How to Write a Biography
  Use this outline to have your students write a biography. They can practice this skill by interviewing family members and collecting the requisite data, as outlined here.

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