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Integrated Resource (MIR)
- The
Day Before - Students will create a magazine that captures what life was
like just before a great event of the 20th century.
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Novel Sets Available from the Curriculum Materials Centre
- Walk
Two Moons
by Sharon Creech - After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old
Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along
the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
- No
Signature
by William Bell - Ten years after last seeing his father, Wick receives a
postcard stamped with only the word DAD. Although Wick feels that the impersonal
stamp symbolizes his father’s indifference, its appearance precipitates
a search for a father whom Wick barely remembers. Wick is shocked to discover
that his father’s continued attempts to maintain contact have been thwarted
by his mother. Wick also learns that, although his father has obviously cultured
musical tastes, his inability to read has cost him his marriage and access
to his son, and has required his father to find ingenious strategies for surviving
in a literate world. And when Wick’s homosexual friend commits suicide,
it is Wick’s father who provides the wisdom and support to comfort the
adolescent.
- Absolutely
Invincible!
by William Bell - Originally entitled The Cripples' Club, this is the story
of four friends who form a club to support each other and to find ways to
cope with their disabilities. A challenging trip to a wilderness area of Algonquin
Park cements their friendship. Note: This novel contains derogatory terms
and realistic conversation that may be considered offensive.
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