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Adult education writing resources for Easel Assessments

Preview of THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY -- Matt Haig

THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY -- Matt Haig

Which regret stands out? Which decision would you like to Undo? Which life would you like to try on? ~Matt HaigGreetings,Is this the novel and resource for you and your students? Let me ask several questions to help you arrive at an answer. Everyone has regrets. Agreed? Everyone would like an Undo on some life choice. Agreed? Everyone has at least one, ‘What would have happened if I had taken the other fork in the road moment.’ Agreed? Nora Seed, the protagonist, in Matt Haig’s, The Midnight L
Preview of FIVE LITTLE INDIANS -- Michelle Good

FIVE LITTLE INDIANS -- Michelle Good

If we abandon hope then where will our energies be fired from? ~Michelle GoodMany fine novels have been written in recent years about residential schools and the harm inflicted upon generations of aboriginal people in Canada and the United States. Michelle Good’s, Five Little Indians, is one of the best. She is well-qualified (Cree lawyer and writer) to write such a story. And the novel has received many awards and much praise. Five Little Indians is a great story -- a story full of substance
Preview of KEEPER 'N ME -- Richard Wagamese

KEEPER 'N ME -- Richard Wagamese

Boy’s got some stories he wants to tell. ~KeeperGreetings,Welcome to Richard Wagamese’s Keeper ‘N Me. I love the book and this 193-page resource gives you and your students a number of tested options that you can use in and adapt to your situation. It puts students in the centre of the action and learning. It enables you to do what teachers do best -- spend time and energy with the students to inform, inspire, ignite. The 56-page Student Workbook on Book One and Book Two of the novel, and the
Preview of FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER -- Angeline Boulley

FIREKEEPER'S DAUGHTER -- Angeline Boulley

Greetings,If you like a page-turner mystery that explores questions of “identity, loss, and injustice, and also love, joy, connection, friendship, hope, and laughter,” then Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter is here for you and your students. The characters and questions raised, insights and inspirations received will stay with you long after you close the novel. This 232-page resource covers all four strands: reading, writing, oral, and media. It develops your students’ critical thinking,
Preview of Motorcycles & Sweetgrass -- Drew Hayden Taylor

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass -- Drew Hayden Taylor

Greetings,Drew Hayden Taylor’s novel, Motorcycles & Sweetgrass, is a delightful story featuring a famous Indigenous Trickster character -- Nanabush. The story revolves around thirteen-year old Virgil Second, his grandmother, mother, uncle and others on the Otter Lake Reserve. Humour, suspense, mystery, mischief and misdirection abound, along with empathy, grace, wonder and wisdom.This 216-page resource covers all four strands: reading, writing, oral, and media. It develops your students’ cri
Preview of THE SUNFLOWER -- Simon Wiesenthal (Non-Fiction)

THE SUNFLOWER -- Simon Wiesenthal (Non-Fiction)

Greetings,The Sunflower is the most important book I teach, and it is more relevant than ever with rampant anti-Semitism. far-right extremists, racism, and intolerance.https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/03/02/anti-semitic-graffiti-toronto-schools/ The Sunflower poses an existential question to the reader: You are a Jewish prisoner in a German concentration camp. A dying Nazi soldier asks for your forgiveness. What would you do? Simon Wiesenthal tells the story of his WWII concentration camp exp
Preview of MEDICINE WALK -- Richard Wagamese

MEDICINE WALK -- Richard Wagamese

There are a thousand ways to say no — but I can’t, it’s impossible, it’s too late — but there’s only one way to say yes: with your whole being. When you do that, you chose that word, it becomes the most spiritual word in the universe and your world can change. ~Richard WagameseGreetings,What kind of medicine do you take for your well being? Running was my medicine for years, but when the knees started to seize up, I switched to walking. Indeed, my wife and I have walked across England twice, an
Preview of The Night Wanderer -- Drew Hayden Taylor

The Night Wanderer -- Drew Hayden Taylor

Greetings,Drew Hayden Taylor’s novel, The Night Wanderer, explores rich themes (redemption, identity, family) and relevant issues (racism, bullying, suicide) as it combines a bumpy coming-of-age story with a Native Gothic tale. The story revolves around sixteen-year old Tiffany Hunter, her father and grandmother, and the mysterious Pierre L’Errant. Something is odd and dangerous about their nocturnal lodger, and don’t get a paper cut flipping the pages.This 155-page resource covers all four stra
Preview of SMALL GREAT THINGS -- Jodi Picoult

SMALL GREAT THINGS -- Jodi Picoult

Not everything that is faced can be changed.But nothing can be changed until it is faced.~James BaldwinFeel awkward talking about racism, or looking for ways to increase your awareness and that of your students? Wanting to become an ally for change?Good news. Jodi Picoult's Small Great Things is insightful and inspiring, honest and hopeful. An engaging novel with plot twists, nasty turns, and memorable characters confronted with one of the biggest issues of our time, and perhaps the root of so m
Preview of HUNTING BY STARS -- Cherie Dimaline

HUNTING BY STARS -- Cherie Dimaline

They never stopped dreaming. ~Cherie DimalineGreetings,Once again, Cherie Dimaline has written a winner. Hunting By Stars, while connected with The Marrow Thieves, is independent and stands on its own as an engaging read and exciting study, full of action, colourful characters, challenging issues, and enduring lessons. And I love the 2021 edition for the welcoming layout and text font size. A pleasure to hold and behold.The 93-page Student Workbook and the Multiple Intelligences Presentations a
Preview of CHASING PAINTED HORSES -- Drew Hayden Taylor

CHASING PAINTED HORSES -- Drew Hayden Taylor

Greetings,I love sports: playing, coaching, watching. A baseball highlight is relevant here. One season playing shortstop, the second baseman and I turned a phenomenal number of double plays to the delight of fans and teammates. We were poetry in motion. Drew Hayden Taylor’s novel, Chasing Painted Horses, provides you and your students with the opportunity to turn an even better double or even triple play. Why? Because of its heritage. It began as a short story, morphed into a one-act pla
Preview of THE AGONY OF BUN O'KEEFE -- Heather Smith

THE AGONY OF BUN O'KEEFE -- Heather Smith

Greetings,I lived and worked in Newfoundland and Labrador for almost a decade, and a finer place and nicer people would be hard to find. So, ‘stay where you’re to, and I’ll come where you’re at’ with a delightful novel -- The Agony of Bun O’Keefe. It will introduce you and your students to a captivating story of a young girl leaving her house and finding a home, in a community of courageous characters you will never forget. You’ll laugh and cry and celebrate.While the novel is an easy read, it
Preview of FROM THE ASHES Jesse Thistle (Non-Fiction)

FROM THE ASHES Jesse Thistle (Non-Fiction)

Every step is a gift, every one is sacred, and each, in its own little way, is a prayer for me. ~Jesse ThistleGreetings,Jesse Thistle's From the Ashes is like a Swiss Army knife. It's sharp non-fiction. It reads like good fiction with each chapter being a short story in itself. It contains high drama. It is full of poetry and poetic writing. Four genres in one! Quite an accomplishment, Jesse. Well done.Three smart people recommended the book: my wife, a teacher colleague, and bookstore clerk.
Preview of INDIAN HORSE -- Richard Wagamese

INDIAN HORSE -- Richard Wagamese

Every encounter has within it the power of enchantment, if we're willing to look for it.~Richard WagameseI love many things in life. Two of them are hockey and stories. I played and coached hockey for years and have always taken delight in hearing or telling a good story. Imagine my delight when I found Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse. He is a well-known Indigenous writer of numerous books for which he has received praise and awards. His novels tackle tough issues and always introduce readers t
Preview of FIFTEEN DOGS -- Andre Alexis

FIFTEEN DOGS -- Andre Alexis

If you asked a human to choose between a wonderful life with a terrible death, or a miserable life with a wonderful death, which do you think it would choose? (155) Greetings, You would not be reading this page if a dog had not awakened my mother’s family to a fire. The dog, a mutt appropriately named, Guard, detected smoke early and alerted the family to danger and near-certain death. Hence, this resource is dedicated to Guard. Other dog rescue stories circulate in our family and perhaps yours
Preview of CROW WINTER -- Karen McBride

CROW WINTER -- Karen McBride

Kindness is the truest form of strength. ~Audrey McBride (Author's mother)Greetings,Can Hazel, a young Algonquin woman, and an old, Trickster crow named Nanabush prevent a cataclysmic disaster that will sever Earth and the Spirit World? Karen McBride’s novel, Winter Crow, has been well-received and reviewed with its story exploration of a variety of relatable topics and themes: family, identity, community, friendship, courage, loss, grief, healing,. It’s a mystery within the mystery of Indigen
Preview of DAUGHTERS OF THE DEER -- Danielle Daniel

DAUGHTERS OF THE DEER -- Danielle Daniel

It’s not how long we live…, but how well we served our brothers and sisters. ~SachemWelcome to Daniel Danielle’s Daughters of the Deer. It's an engaging story set in the early period of Indigenous-French contact and follows a Weskarini-French family seeking to navigate the prejudices and perils of their time and place. Students will not only learn some history soaked in the Doctrine of Discovery, but more importantly have the opportunity to learn valuable life lessons for their own life storie
Preview of MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW -- Waubgeshig Rice

MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW -- Waubgeshig Rice

It's a dystopia that's already here, I could draw the personal experience of growing up in a community like this. ~Waubgeshig RiceGreetings,I first came across Waubgeshig Rice when he began reporting news on the CBC. He did an excellent job and has since moved on to writing fulltime. His latest work, Moon of the Crusted Snow is a dystopian tale set in the future and on an isolated northern Indigenous rez. Eden Robinson called it “chilling in the best way possible.” I agree – engaging, instruc
Preview of EVERY DAY -- David Levithan

EVERY DAY -- David Levithan

Greetings,How would you like to wake up in a different body every day? That's the challenge 'A' faces daily, and he is resigned to it until one day, he meets and falls in love with Rhiannon, and then life becomes a lot more complicated. Will true love find a way? Every Day tells that intriguing, challenging, page-turner tale, and it will stretch your mind and heart.Someday continues the tale and poses an even bigger question. Can 'A' have a life without abusing his superpower? There's an antago
Preview of Finish the Proverb / Saying. - Sentence Builder. Idioms. ESL. EFL.

Finish the Proverb / Saying. - Sentence Builder. Idioms. ESL. EFL.

A great activity for all ages and learners. You'll get a laugh at some of the responses.3 worksheets with answer keys where students finish the saying/proverb/idiom. Do they know them? Then as a group compare with the answers and share some of the comical responses/guesses. *Also includes a full 20-page glossary of common English proverbs! Also, a good exercise to use with students whose L1 isn't English. You'll see that most of these translate into their language but with big differences. A ni
Preview of ORPHAN TRAIN -- Kristina Baker Kline

ORPHAN TRAIN -- Kristina Baker Kline

Greetings,Orphan Train has been a winner as the novel study in grade 9. My youngest daughter, my wife, my mother-in-law all recommended it to me, and they are all avid readers. That's intergenerational endorsement you can trust. Then, there are the memorable and relatable characters whose lives, though full of hardship, are also full of hope. If you are looking for an excellent novel for grade 9, look no further. Niamh and Molly won't let you down.The 157-page resource covers all four stran
Preview of RAGGED COMPANY -- Richard Wagamese

RAGGED COMPANY -- Richard Wagamese

We are not the things we accumulate. We are not the things we deem important. We are story. All of us. ~Richard WagameseRichard Wagamese slept in a Nativity scene when he was homeless and in the grip of alcoholism, so he writes from first-hand experience. He is a well-known Indigenous writer of numerous books for which he has received praise and awards. His novels tackle tough issues and introduce readers to a fine cast of colourful characters. In this novel, you will get to know four rough and
Preview of A QUALITY OF LIGHT -- Richard Wagamese

A QUALITY OF LIGHT -- Richard Wagamese

Welcome to Richard Wagamese’s A Quality of Light.I love sports. Played all kinds, indoors and outdoors, and one of my favorites was baseball. So, Richard Wagamese’s A Quality of Light immediately captivated me with its two central characters -- two boys who invented baseball. But, even more so, these two boys, one white and the other Ojibway, are searching for something far more than baseball -- a true identity of a real warrior: mind, heart, and spirit. Their friendship and journey of becoming
Preview of THE BOOK THIEF -- Markus Zusak

THE BOOK THIEF -- Markus Zusak

A Last Note from Your Narrator: "I am haunted by humans."Some books are a delight at any time, and especially relevant at certain times. The Book Thief is both.Set in war time Germany, the story's narrator -- Death -- is fascinated with the paradoxical qualities of us humans: "so ugly and glorious" with "words and stories so damning and brilliant." Sounds like the nightly news.The Book Thief has an outstanding cast of characters. I would love to have Liesel and Rudy, and Hans and Rosa, and Max
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