English Language Arts 8
Becoming Myself
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R026532
Crossroads 8. Student Edition
This integrated resource offers a broad range of Canadian selections complemented by a variety of First Nations, Métis and Inuit and multicultural perspectives. It provides a variety of opportunities for students to experience the six language strands and to use them across the disciplines. The student anthology contains a main table of contents organized thematically and an alternate table of contents organized around broad topics. The activity-based anthology is organized into six main units: Personal Focus, Science and Technology, Media Perspectives, Issues and two genre units: Short Stories and Essays. Each unit features a unit-at-a-glance page that identifies key learning outcomes and provides end-of-unit reflection activities that form the basis for formative evaluation. There are cross-curricular links throughout.
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Crossroads 8. Teacher's Guide (WNCP ed.)
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$74.50
Record posted/updated:
November 1, 2019
R010729
For Angela
Starring Tina Keeper and Tiffany Peters, this production presents a re-enactment of a racial assault on Rhonda Gordon and her daughter Angela. When confronted and verbally abused by a group of youths on a bus, Rhonda worries that the incident will cause Angela to reject her Aboriginal heritage. In a meeting with the leader of the youths, Rhonda allows the boy to see the consequences of his action and to express his regret.
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Video
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Free
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R048703
Never to Be Told
Asia has lived with Ira and Maddy for as long as she can remember. She loves the farm at Cold Creek. When Ira suffers a heart attack, Asia and Maddy rush him to the hospital. Ira's son Harry arrives and is determined to have Ira and Maddy move to California to live with him and locate Asia's real family.
Asia roams the farm and senses someone or something is near. It is a ghost named Miranda and only Asia can see and hear her. Harry locates Asia's family and she is sent to live with Beth, her grandmother in West Vancouver. Asia solves the mystery of Miranda and her mother's disappearance.
Asia roams the farm and senses someone or something is near. It is a ghost named Miranda and only Asia can see and hear her. Harry locates Asia's family and she is sent to live with Beth, her grandmother in West Vancouver. Asia solves the mystery of Miranda and her mother's disappearance.
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Book
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$8.95
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July 8, 2024
R036730
Stitches
Travis lives with his aunt and uncle in a trailer court while his mother travels around as a country-and-western singer. Travis loves to sew and he is often bullied because he is different. Travis and his best friend, a physically challenged girl named Chantelle, are encouraged by two teachers to accept new challenges that foster their creativity. The bullying, however, reaches a deplorable level.
A winner of the Governor General's Award in 2003, this story addresses issues relevant to many young students.
A winner of the Governor General's Award in 2003, this story addresses issues relevant to many young students.
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Book
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$9.95
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R040852
Sam's Light
Cole Fennety wants to buy a new bike, so he looks for a summer job. The problem is that Cole is only 14 years old and very few people will hire him as he is too young. Cole accepts a position at Sam's shop. Sam Kerrigan, the owner, is a cantankerous old man who does not talk much. Cole and Sam eventually develop a good working relationship. Unfortunately, Sam becomes ill and decides to retire, not only from work, but also from life. In the past, Sam was there for Cole, so now Cole feels he should provide support to Sam. Cole's best friend, Wayne, gets him into trouble and Cole realizes that Wayne is not a very good friend at all.
The Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Willow Awards Committee nominated this book for the Snow Willow Award in 2005.
The Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Willow Awards Committee nominated this book for the Snow Willow Award in 2005.
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Book
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$12.99
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R038193
Throwaway Daughter
Dong-Mei, an abandoned Chinese orphan, is adopted as an infant by a Canadian couple and becomes known as Grace Parker. The Chinese government has a very strict one-child policy and there is a cultural preference for male children to carry on the family name. Throwaway Daughter follows Grace's quest to learn more about her birth, culture and family. Grace's adoptive mother, Jane, is sensitive to her adopted daughter's culture, but she has difficulty when Grace wants to go back to China to explore her Chinese heritage.
The Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Willow Awards Committee nominated Throwaway Daughter for a 2004 Snow Willow award.
The Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice Willow Awards Committee nominated Throwaway Daughter for a 2004 Snow Willow award.
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Book
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$9.99
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R040040
Alma
After her father dies, Alma and her mother face difficult times that include leaving the farm and moving to town. Alma finds comfort in the books that she reads and the short story that she writes. She longs for the day when she can be a real writer like her favourite author, R. R. Hawkins. Alma's handwriting prompts her teacher to recommend her for a job writing letters for a reclusive old lady,
Miss Lily. Alma and Miss Lily's mutual love of reading leads to friendship and trust. Miss Lily shares her books with Alma and encourages her to write stories.
Miss Lily. Alma and Miss Lily's mutual love of reading leads to friendship and trust. Miss Lily shares her books with Alma and encourages her to write stories.
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Book
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$7.99
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July 8, 2024
R050892
Small Steps
In this sequel to Holes, Armpit is trying to turn his life around in Austin, Texas. It does not help that Armpit has a record and everyone expects the worst from him. The only person who believes in Armpit is his next door neighbour, Ginny. Together, they take small steps as they try to move forward. Former Camp Green Lake resident, X-Ray, shows up with a get-rich-quick scheme.
Armpit agrees to X-Ray's scheme to sell concert tickets at an inflated price. With two tickets left over, Armpit takes Ginny to the concert. It is discovered that the tickets are counterfeit and Armpit is beaten and handcuffed by the police. Teen pop sensation, Kaira DeLeon, invites Ginny and Armpit to view the concert from backstage.
Surrounding Kaira are her management team who abuse her finances and her manager, who is plotting to kill Kaira. Armpit must learn to overcome obstacles that keep him from reaching his goals in life.
Armpit agrees to X-Ray's scheme to sell concert tickets at an inflated price. With two tickets left over, Armpit takes Ginny to the concert. It is discovered that the tickets are counterfeit and Armpit is beaten and handcuffed by the police. Teen pop sensation, Kaira DeLeon, invites Ginny and Armpit to view the concert from backstage.
Surrounding Kaira are her management team who abuse her finances and her manager, who is plotting to kill Kaira. Armpit must learn to overcome obstacles that keep him from reaching his goals in life.
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Book
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$12.95
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R049961
Dog Tracks
Abby has lived most of her life with her grandparents in town. Choom, her grandfather, falls ill and Abby must leave her friends, her pink bedroom and adjust to living with her mom, a new father and a half-brother on the reserve. Life on the reserve is more traditional than what Abby is used to. Helping Abby with her journey is Paulie, the reserve's Chief and a puppy, Ki-Moot. Abby rediscovers her culture, the Anishinawbe traditions and history through the teachings of the community Elders.
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Book
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$14.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R055597
Seeds of Time
In this prequel to Secret of Light, 13-year-old Darrell Connor is spending her summer at Eagle Glen Alternative School, a boarding school where she can study art. Darrell is still haunted by a motorcycle accident that took her father's life three years ago and resulted in the amputation of part of her leg. Darrell makes friends with a dog, Delaney, who leads her to a cave that takes her back in time to Scotland during the Black Plague.
Darrell is able to help people with the Black Plague, but she is not able to travel back to the time of the motorcycle accident and prevent her father's death. Gradually, she becomes more accepting of her losses. A subplot, set in the present day, involves smuggling of computer parts and software. Darrell makes friends over the course of the summer and comes to enjoy the school, but Conrad Kennedy, a local bully, harasses her.
Darrell is able to help people with the Black Plague, but she is not able to travel back to the time of the motorcycle accident and prevent her father's death. Gradually, she becomes more accepting of her losses. A subplot, set in the present day, involves smuggling of computer parts and software. Darrell makes friends over the course of the summer and comes to enjoy the school, but Conrad Kennedy, a local bully, harasses her.
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Book
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$12.99
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R049542
Nelson Literacy 8
Nelson Literacy 8 provides support for the three curriculum goals: comprehend and respond, compose and create and assess and reflect on language abilities. It also addresses the six strands: reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing.
Included in the resource is a variety of formats to support resource-based learning. Instructional strategies are explained and differentiating instruction is included to assist teachers with the diversity within the classrooms. The Release of Responsibility model has students demonstrating and applying their knowledge in a variety of ways.
A comprehensive approach is used to teach the cues and conventions and they are incorporated into the framework of the lesson plans. There is integration with social studies, science and health.
Included in the resource is a variety of formats to support resource-based learning. Instructional strategies are explained and differentiating instruction is included to assist teachers with the diversity within the classrooms. The Release of Responsibility model has students demonstrating and applying their knowledge in a variety of ways.
A comprehensive approach is used to teach the cues and conventions and they are incorporated into the framework of the lesson plans. There is integration with social studies, science and health.
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Nelson Literacy 8. Magazine Add-To Pack
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Nelson Literacy 8. Magazines for Independent and Guided Practice
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Nelson Literacy 8. Media Package
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Nelson Literacy 8. Modelling and Shared Reading Package
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Nelson Literacy 8. Student Book 8A
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Nelson Literacy 8. Student Book 8B
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Nelson Literacy 8. Student Book 8C
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Nelson Literacy 8. Teacher's Resource Box
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Book
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Free
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R036605
Search of the Moon King's Daughter
Search of the Moon King's Daughter is a historical novel set in industrial England in the 1830s. Emmaline Roke enjoys life with her family in Maidenfern. However, her world changes when Emmaline's father dies from cholera and the family moves to a factory town to work in the mill. When Emmaline is 15, her mother is injured in an industrial accident and becomes addicted to laudanum. In order to support her addiction, Mrs. Roke sells her deaf son Tommy into slavery as a chimney sweep. Emmaline travels to London to work as a maid and to rescue her brother from the cruelty of the chimney sweeps. Holeman has written a novel by juxtaposing the difficult lives of the working class struggling to survive in contrast to the opulent existence of those who have built the economy on human industry.
This book won the Mr. Christie's Book Award in 2003.
This book won the Mr. Christie's Book Award in 2003.
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Book
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$12.99
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R054519
Pearson Literacy in Action 8
This integrated resource provides support for the three curriculum goals: comprehend and respond, compose and create and assess and reflect on language abilities. It also addresses the six stands: reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing. Included in the resource is a variety of formats to support resource-based learning. Topics included address current issues of concern, provide opportunities for deep discussion and allow students to continue to develop their skills in the six strands of the English language arts.
Instructional strategies are explained and differentiating instruction is addressed to assist teachers with the diversity within the classrooms. Assessment opportunities support students in their growth as self-directed learners. There are a number of assessment tools (diagnostic, formative and summative) to inform teaching.
Instructional strategies are explained and differentiating instruction is addressed to assist teachers with the diversity within the classrooms. Assessment opportunities support students in their growth as self-directed learners. There are a number of assessment tools (diagnostic, formative and summative) to inform teaching.
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Audio CD Package (Grade 8)
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Complete Teacher Resource (Grade 8)
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Cyber Sense. Magazine
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Cyber Sense. Teacher Resource
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Heroes and Idols. Magazine
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Heroes and Idols. Teacher Resource
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Heroes and Idols/Cyber Sense. Student Edition
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Magazine Teacher Resource (Grade 8)
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On the Edge. Teacher Resource
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On the Move. Magazine
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On the Move. Teacher Resource
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On the Move/Water Wise. Student Edition
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Pearson Media Literacy 8 DVD Package
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Time Will Tell. Teacher Resource
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Time Will Tell/On the Edge. Student Edition
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Water Wise. Magazine
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Water Wise. Teacher Resource
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Book
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Free
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R070680
Grind
Phillip is a fearless skateboarder. He is always eager to try a new move, even if it means a fall and a trip to the hospital. Phillip, his skateboarding friends Lisa and Wally, and computer whiz Nevin set up a website showing their skateboarding moves. It attracts a sponsor who is willing to pay one cent for every hit on the website. It seems like an easy way to attain fortune and fame, but the group wants more. When Wally is badly hurt trying a move he has almost mastered, Phillip decides it is time to re-evaluate what matters most in life.
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Book
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$9.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R046369
Flight of the Tiger Moth
It is 1943 and the war has turned many prairie towns upside down. British men have come to Canada to train at a base near Moose Jaw. Jack is too young to enlist in the war, but his sister's boyfriend takes him up in an airplane and he secretly learns to fly. When a friend's plane comes down on the prairie, Jack has no choice but to make his first solo flight to save his friend's life. The story also provides a glimpse into Canadian life during World War II.
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Book
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$10.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R039636
Secret of Light
In this sequel to the Seeds of Time, Darrell Connor is back at Eagle Glen School and she is shocked to find out that her old adversary, Conrad Kennedy, is also a student. Kate and her dog Delaney discover an abandoned lighthouse will take them back in time to Italy during the Renaissance. There she meets Leonardo da Vinci and other artists of the period. As in Seeds of Time, Darrell tries unsuccessfully to go back in time to prevent the motorcycle accident that cost her father's life and resulted in the amputation of part of her leg.
The story will be easier to understand if students have already read Seeds of Time, since there are numerous references to events that have previously occurred.
The story will be easier to understand if students have already read Seeds of Time, since there are numerous references to events that have previously occurred.
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Book
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$12.99
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R036850
Milkweed
Spinelli has written a story about survival on the streets of Nazi-occupied Warsaw during World War II. The irony makes this story compelling as a Jewish boy Misha does not understand the severity of the situation because of his age. Uri befriends Misha and makes up a story about his gypsy background to protect him. The story of Misha and his band of orphans has a Dickensian quality where the children were struggling to survive on the streets. Misha helps Janina and her family survive in the ghetto because of his street experience.
This book won the Golden Kite Award in 2003.
This book won the Golden Kite Award in 2003.
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$10.99
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July 8, 2024
R047998
Bifocal
The issues of Bifocal include a student arrested on suspicion of terrorism and a high school torn apart by racism. The story is told from two different points of view. Haroon is devoted to his family and his grandparents emigrated from Afghanistan. Jay is a football star devoted to his team and is Caucasian.
One day their high school is on lockdown and the police arrest a Muslim student on suspicion of terrorist affiliations. The entire student body fragments along racial lines and both Haroon and Jay find that their differences initially put them at odds. The Muslim students become targets, while Jay and his teammates believe they have been set up to look like racists.
One day their high school is on lockdown and the police arrest a Muslim student on suspicion of terrorist affiliations. The entire student body fragments along racial lines and both Haroon and Jay find that their differences initially put them at odds. The Muslim students become targets, while Jay and his teammates believe they have been set up to look like racists.
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Book
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$12.95
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R070943
SightLines 8
SightLines 8 offers a wide range of contemporary materials that support outcome-based teaching and learning. This integrated resource, consisting of both student and teacher materials, provides a variety of opportunities to learn how to use the six language strands.
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SightLines 8. Student Anthology
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SightLines 8. Teacher Guide
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Book
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Free
Record posted/updated:
October 27, 2019
R033696
Firewing
In Firewing, the third book of the Silverwing Series, Oppel continues the adventures of Shade and Griffin in the Underworld setting. Griffin tries to steal fire from the humans to try to live up to his father's reputation. In the process, his friend Luna gets badly burned. Firewing is a darker story than its prequels, but the images can be interpreted as religious allusions, such as the Underworld, a kind of purgatory where everything appears beautiful, but is really false. The story of the bat family in crisis could be paralleled with human life choices and decisions.
Firewing won the Mr. Christie's Book Award in 2002.
Firewing won the Mr. Christie's Book Award in 2002.
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Book
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$9.99
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R049647
Shimmerdogs
Mike's mother, Master Corporal Alice Mackelwain, serves in the army as a peacekeeper. She is in Bosnia and Mike worries about her safety. Mike and his sister, Nellie, also get caught up with his mother's stories about children living in Bosnia during the war. Mike struggles to make sense of the world and to overcome his fears and unanswered questions.
During a visit to the library, Mike comes across a book that describes a belief that dogs guard the doorways to death. He decides that dogs bring people back to life from the dead and he calls them shimmerdogs. When Merit, Mike's dog, disappears, he deduces that Merit is on a peacekeeping mission like his mother. As Mike's life gets more stressful, he meets his own personal shimmerdog.
During a visit to the library, Mike comes across a book that describes a belief that dogs guard the doorways to death. He decides that dogs bring people back to life from the dead and he calls them shimmerdogs. When Merit, Mike's dog, disappears, he deduces that Merit is on a peacekeeping mission like his mother. As Mike's life gets more stressful, he meets his own personal shimmerdog.
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Book
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$10.95
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024