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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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Types: PDF, Slides
19 file(s) 2.28 MB
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Putting Words to Pictures

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.

Levels: Elementary, Elementary, Cycle 2, Elementary, Cycle 3
Topics: Reading, Talk
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Types: PDF, Slides
8 file(s) 5.55 MB
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Building Literacy and Understanding About the Holocaust Through Learning Stations

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.

Levels: Secondary, Secondary, Cycle 1
Topics: Listening, Reading, Writing/Production
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9 file(s) 33.82 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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Photographic Narrative Writing

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!

Levels: Elementary, Elementary, Cycle 2, Elementary, Cycle 3
Topics: Reading, Writing/Production
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3 file(s) 2.56 MB
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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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10 file(s) 1.33 MB
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