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Mental Health Matters: Using Literature Circles In The Grade 7 classroom To Talk About Hard Topics

Activity provided by Coralie Beghuin

This unit consists of students learning about mental health through a text of their choice (among 6 choices). Students are placed in a literature circle group in which they are to read and discuss their chosen book. Each text has some aspect of mental health (death, grief, Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, etc.). Other than… Read More »Mental Health Matters: Using Literature Circles In The Grade 7 classroom To Talk About Hard Topics

Levels: Secondary, Secondary, Cycle 1, Secondary, Cycle 2
Topics: Listening, Reading, Talk, Writing/Production
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19 file(s) 2.28 MB
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Reading Graphic Novels Through Critical Lenses to Recognize Power Imbalances and Discrimination

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?

Levels: Secondary, Cycle 2
Topics: Media, Reading, Talk
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3 file(s) 15.19 MB
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Let’s Get Graphic

Activity provided by Cecilia Anne Coyne

Wanting to move away from “I like it” or “I didn’t like it” when her students were responding to a text, this project is designed to help students to become more confident expressing their own opinions, ideas and observations about texts without teacher prompting, and to learn to evaluate what texts mean to them for themselves.

Levels: Secondary, Secondary, Cycle 2
Topics: Reading, Talk, Writing/Production
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10 file(s) 820.90 KB
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Flipped—An English Classroom

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.

Levels: Secondary, Secondary, Cycle 2
Topics: Reading, Talk, Writing/Production
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Types: PDF
10 file(s) 1.33 MB
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Silver Birch Award Reading Program

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.

Levels: Elementary, Elementary, Cycle 2, Elementary, Cycle 3
Topics: Reading, Writing/Production
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Types: PDF, Slides, Video
13 file(s) 31.00 MB
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