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All Things Canada
Vid-E Writing Lessons in Structure and Style for Primary Elementary Grades
by Bev & Bryan Rempel
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Table of Contents Scope and Sequence ____________________________________________ 4 Introduction __________________________________________________ 5
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Unit I - Key Word Outlining / Oral Reports Lesson 1 _______________________________________________ 7
Unit II - Writing from Key Words Lesson 2 _______________________________________________ 15 Lesson 3 _______________________________________________ 29 Lesson 4 _______________________________________________ 37 Lesson 5 _______________________________________________ 43 Unit III – Narrative Stories Lesson 6 _______________________________________________ 49 Lesson 7 _______________________________________________ 57 Lesson 8 _______________________________________________ 63 Lesson 9 _______________________________________________ 71 Poetry Lesson 10 ______________________________________________ 77
Unit IV – Summarizing References Lesson 11 _______________________________________________ 79 Lesson 12 _______________________________________________ 85 Lesson 13 _______________________________________________ 93 Lesson 14 ______________________________________________ 99
Unit V – Writing from Pictures Lesson 15 _______________________________________________ 101 Lesson 16 _______________________________________________ 107 Unit VI – Multiple Source Reports Lesson 17 _______________________________________________ 113 Lesson 18 _______________________________________________ 119 Lesson 19 _______________________________________________ 125 Lesson 20 _______________________________________________ 131
Unit VII Creative Writing from the Brain Lesson 21_______________________________________________ 133 Vocabulary Cards All Things Canada © 2011 EXCELLENT RESOURCES INC www.excellentresources.net
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All Things Canada Writing Lessons - Scope and Sequence Lesson
Skills
Style
Subject
1
Unit I Key Word Outlines Oral Reports
Sentence #1 Subject
Canada, Beavers, Snow Warm
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eh?, Loonie, The Flag Strong Verbs ‘ly’ Banned Verbs
The Great One
Quality Adjective
Tim Hortons
5
Encounter, solemn
RCMP
6
#3 ‘ly’
Goose that Laid Golden Egg
3 4
7 8
Unit II Writing for Outlines Creating Titles
Unit III Narrative Stories
9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
19
Banned Verbs
Winnie the Pooh stories
Appalled, elated
Poetry
Unit IV Topic /Clinchers 3 Paragraph Report Introductory Sentence Concluding Sentence
Unit V Writing from Pictures
17 18
Who/Which clause
Five Sense Poem
Canada
Transfixed, persevere
Canadian Inventors Alexander Graham Bell Olivia Poole
#6 vss
James Naismith
Contemplate, inevitable
fishing
because
sledding
Prominent, adept
Unit VI Research Reports
#2 prepositional
Unit VII Creative Writing from the Brain
Elated, coax Banned Verb & Adjective
Warily, diligent
Loons
20 21
Favourite Activity
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INTRODUCTION:
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ALL THINGS CANADA has been written with Grades 2/3 students in mind. Most reading sources will be at these grade levels. However, each student is different. Please gauge your speed through the course according to your student.
Lessons should be completed as a student is able. At the beginning, lessons are easier and you may want to complete more than one a week. As the lessons progress through the Units, students will be learning and incorporating more and more skills. You may find in some cases a lesson may take longer than a week. Ideally students should write every day. Using the skills learned in ALL THINGS CANADA, they should transfer these skills to the other content curriculums.
Vid-E-Book
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Each lesson will have a teaching video to instruct you and your student with the content of each lesson. Before beginning each lesson, you should watch this online video. Extra videos may also be included with the lesson for additional material and background support. When extra help sheets are required, these will be supplied along with the teaching video. The link to the master video page is shown above. Whenever you see the small square screen in a lesson, find the link to the corresponding video for that lesson on the Master Video page. Helpful Hint:
It will be a helpful option to take this workbook, three- hole punch it and insert it into a threering binder. Working copies of assignments along with the Final copies can be kept together to build a writing portfolio.
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UNIT II Writing from Outlines The Great One Lesson 3 Using KWO (key word outlines) write paragraphs in your own words. Begin using Dress-ups in writing. Create more SOPHISTICATED writing.
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GOALS:
DRESS-UPS
VERB – an action word
“ly” - adverb
STRONG Verb – gives a clear picture in your mind of the action.
Gives a verb MORE POWER!
Fits this rule:
I
Find a verb, put an „ly‟ word from the list IN FRONT of the verb.
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(I run, I jump, I skate, I eat, I dream)
VIEW LESSON 3 K.W.O.
“The Great One”
TELL BACK:
“The Great One” using your KWO.
WRITE:
the paragraph in your own words. Use complete sentences. Remember to capitalize the first word in each sentence. Each sentence must end with punctuation.
EDIT:
Underline a STRONG VERB in your paragraph. Underline an ‘ly’ word in your paragraph. Is your ‘ly’ word IN FRONT of a verb?
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VERB – a word that shows action. It is the action performed by the subject of the sentence. Fits this rule: I__________________________
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Circle the verbs in these sentences Now insert an ‘ly’ word in front of the verb. Use your ‘ly’ list. 1. Sarah watched a movie with her friends. …….ly
2. The tired children waited for the bus.
3. The policeman grabbed the thief by the arm.
4. The boys played hockey on the street.
5. Our family journeyed across Canada for our vacation.
6. The children played in the park.
7. Our dog chased the cat down the street.
8. Each day my mother cooks supper.
9. My baby brother crawled through the mud.
10. John laughed when the clown fell off the ladder.
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The Great One! The crowds cheered as the buzzer sounded! The Oilers
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had won the Stanley Cup! For the first time, Wayne Gretzy had experienced the thrill of winning the famous cup. When Wayne was just two years old, his dad put him in skates. Each winter, his dad would flood the backyard so Wayne and his family could skate.
His dad installed lights on the
backyard rink so they could practise at night. By the time Wayne was five, he was a local attraction. All his hard work paid off. He became the Great One to all Canadians.
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Key Word Outline “The Great One”
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I. ___________________________________________________
1. _______________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________ 6. _______________________________________________ 7. _______________________________________________ 8. _______________________________________________
*Test your outline by telling the paragraph to someone using just your outline.
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“The Great One” Use this space to write your paragraph. Use the following checklist to make sure you have everything in your paragraph.
Checklist for “The Great One”
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Double spaced
2
Dress-ups marked with an underline
2
Title is underlined and name is on paper
2
Dress-Ups Strong verb
2
“ly” word
2
No Banned Words (-1 for each banned word used)
10
TOTAL
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BANNED VERBS Go/Went (Come/Came) observe find spot gaze glare peer check out inspect explore rummage hunt for study inspect
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bounce bound burst cartwheel tumble leap crawl trample scamper sweep hustle wander
See/Look
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UNIT III Narrative Stories The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg Learn to write stories using a story sequence outline Begin using #3 Sentence Opener when writing Title – comes from last sentence in the story; create creative titles
Lesson 6
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GOALS:
VIEW LESSON 6 SENTENCE OPENER:
#3 –ly Begin a sentence with an –ly word.
When you use a # 3 sentence opener,
identify it by writing the number 3 in the
left hand margin. 3
The goose continued to lay the awful golden eggs. Greedily, the old man grabbed the egg each morning.
STORY SEQUENCE OUTLINE CHART:
Create outline for story following the story sequence chart and questions.
TELL BACK:
“Goose that laid the Golden Egg” using your Story Sequence outline.
WRITE:
Story in your own words in one paragraph. Use complete sentences. Remember to capitalize the first word in each sentence. Each sentence must end with punctuation.
EDIT:
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Story Sequence Outline: A story must follow a sequence for a reader to follow. If you follow this story sequence chart you will have an outline to write your story. To create this outline, you will answer questions with
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Key Words.
Setting
Stories begin by telling the reader the time and place of a story.
Where?
Where does the story take place?
When?
When is the story happening?
Characters
Who are the main people or characters in the story?
Who?
What are they like?
Problem
What problem do the characters have? What do they need? or want?
What?
What actions, thoughts or feelings do the characters do/have as
Do/say/think/feel they try to solve their problem?
Climax
What is the turning point, the most exciting point of the story?
Solution
How is the problem solved?
How?
Moral/Lesson
What lesson did the characters learn?
TITLE
Comes from the last sentence in the story.
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The Goose with the Golden Eggs
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One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found an egg all yellow and glittering. When he picked it up it was as heavy as lead. He was going to throw it away because he thought a trick had been played on him. However, he took it home and was delighted to find it was an egg of pure gold.
Every morning the same thing
happened. He became very rich selling his eggs
As he
grew rich, he grew greedy. Thinking he could get all the gold at once the Goose could give, he killed it. When he opened the Goose he found nothing. Sadly, greed often over-reaches itself.
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Story Sequence Chart Outline “Goose that laid the Golden Egg” Setting
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Where? When?
Characters Who?
Problem What?
Do/say/think/feel
Climax
Solution How?
Moral/Lesson
TITLE
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Checklist for “Goose that laid the Golden Egg”
2
Dress-ups marked with an underline and Sentence Opener is marked in the left hand margin
2
Title is underlined and name is on paper
5
Story follows Story Sequence Chart
5
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Double spaced
Dress-Ups
2
Strong verb
2
“ly” word
2
quality adjective
Sentence Openers #1 Subject
2
#3 –ly
2
Vocabulary Words – use 2 in your paragraph
4
No Banned Words (-1 for each banned word used)
28
TOTAL
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Poetry Canada, Thanksgiving, or Christmas
To write poems rather than paragraphs using five senses words
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GOALS:
Lesson 10
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BRAINSTORM:
Things you associate with Canada, 5 senses about Canada
WRITE:
Write one of the two poems. Use quality adjectives, strong verbs, and ‘ly’ words.
ILLUSTRATE:
Add a picture. Share your poem.
Types of Poems:
Acronym: CANADA
Write the word CANADA down the paper in CAPITAL letters. The first word of each line of your poem will begin with the capital letter. Here is an example:
Craggy mountains overlook Abundant fields of flowing grain Northern lights Ablaze in the night sky Descending from a mighty cedar An eagle soars across the land
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Five Senses Poem The five senses poem does not need to rhyme but you may want to try writing it in rhyming pairs called couplets. You may wish to write your poem about Christmas, or Thanksgiving or Canada.
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Here is an example:
Brilliant lights sparkle in the night,
Festively decorating every home in sight.
Shouts of good cheer echo down the street, As carollers hand out scrumptious treats.
Brainstorm:
Think of things you associate with Christmas, Thanksgiving or Canada (depending on the topic you choose).
What things do you see? (use quality adjectives or strong verbs to tell what they look like)
What things do you hear? (use quality adjectives or strong verbs to tell what they sound like)
What things do you feel? – emotions or sense of touch
What do you smell? Describe the smell.
What things would you taste? Describe how they taste.
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UNIT IV Summarizing References CANADIAN INVENTORS: Alexander Graham Bell Outline using key words from facts Write 1 paragraph on 1 topic Use TOPIC/CLINCHER rule.
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GOALS:
Lesson 11
Must repeat or reflect 2 – 3 Key Words
VOCABULARY:
TOPIC SENTENCE
CLINCHER SENTENCE
Add 2 new words to vocabulary. transfixed, persevere
VIEW LESSON 11
CUT:
Vocabulary cards
OUTLINE :
“Alexander Graham Bell”
TELL BACK:
“The Telephone” using your outline.
WRITE:
Paragraph in your own words. Write your topic sentence first. Use complete sentences. Write your clincher sentence at the end of your paragraph.
EDIT:
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The Telephone Alexander Graham Bell made the telephone in 1876. Bell was
born in Scotland. As a young boy, Bell became interested in sounds and speech. He only went school for 5 years but always liked learning. Slowly his mother became deaf. To talk with her, he created a finger language. His father taught deaf people to speak. When Bell was 23, he moved with his family to Canada.
Dr. Watson helped Bell build the first telephone.
One day
Watson accidentally plucked a wire. A sound came over the wire. That sound inspired Bell to change his telephone. The next day Bell used his invention to phone Watson.
His first words on the
telephone have become famous. He said, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!” Did you know he needed Mr. Watson because he had spilled acid on his pants?
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Key Word Outline
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“The Telephone”
I. Topic Sentence: Bell, telephone, _________________________
1. _______________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________
Choose
4-5 facts
3. _______________________________________________
Use max 3
words/fact
4. _______________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________
Clincher: ______________________________________________
*Test your outline by telling the paragraph to someone using just your outline.
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Brainstorm: Strong verbs
-ly words
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made telephone went school said
Quality adjectives: find some nouns in the paragraph you can describe with a quality adjective.
mother: ______________________________________________ sound: _______________________________________________
(any other nouns)
_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ who/which clause: (where would be a place to write a w/w clause)
_____________________________________________________
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Checklist for “The Telephone”
Double spaced
2
Dress-ups marked with an underline
2
Title is underlined and name is on paper
2
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STRUCTURE Topic Sentence (hi-lite key words)
5
Clincher Sentence (words repeated from topic sentence are hi-lited)
5
STYLE
Dress-Ups
2
Strong verb
2
“ly” word
quality adjective
2
who/which clause
2
Sentence Openers #1 Subject
2
#3 -ly
2
Vocabulary Words (use at least 2)
4
No Banned Words (-1 for each banned word used)
32
TOTAL
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UNIT V
Writing from Pictures
GOALS:
To learn to write from a series of pictures.
VOCABULARY:
contemplate, inevitable
Lesson 15
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VIEW LESSON 15
CENTRAL FACT:
What is happening in the picture
OUTLINE : WRITE:
“Fishing” 3 Paragraphs in your own words. Write a topic sentence first for each paragraph. Use complete sentences. Write a clincher sentence at the end of each paragraph.
EDIT:
Hi-lite the key words in topic sentence and clincher sentence. Add vocabulary words. In the left hand margin mark VOC on the line where you used the vocabulary word. Underline one of each of the Dress-ups. Number the Sentence Openers in the left hand margin.
Questions for Writing from Pictures: Characters:
What are they doing? What are they thinking? Why? How are they feeling? Why? Setting:
Where is the event happening?
What would you see? hear? or feel?
What happened before this picture?
What is happening around this picture? (not in the picture) What happens after this picture?
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Key Word Outline I. Central Fact: ______________________________ 1. ______________________________________ ______________________________________
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Repeat or 2. reflect 2 – 3 key words3.
______________________________________
4. ______________________________________
Clincher: __________________________________
II. Central Fact: ______________________________ 1. ______________________________________
Repeat or 2. reflect 2 – 3 key words
______________________________________
3. ______________________________________ 4. ______________________________________
Clincher: __________________________________
III. Central Fact: _____________________________ 1. ______________________________________
Repeat or 2. reflect 2 – 3 key words
______________________________________
3. ______________________________________ 4. ______________________________________
Clincher: __________________________________
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Brainstorm: Quality Adjectives:
Describe the people and how they might be feeling. Describe the things in the picture. What is happening in the picture? What are the people or things doing?
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Strong Verbs: “ly”
What would be an appropriate ‘ly’ word for the verbs you chose?
Quality Adjective
Strong Verb
‘ly”
Picture One:
sitting fishing
Picture Two:
Catching the big one
Picture Three: the boot
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Checklist for “Fishing”
Double spaced, name is on paper
2
Title is underlined and comes from the last sentence
5
I
II III
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STRUCTURE
Topic Sentence (hi-lite key words)
15
Clincher Sentence (words repeated from topic sentence are hi-lited)
15
STYLE: Dress-Ups
6
Strong verb
6
“ly” word
quality adjective
6
who/which clause
6
STYLE: Sentence Openers #1 Subject
6
#3 -ly
6
#6 vss (2-5 words)
6
Vocabulary Words (use at least 4)
4
No Banned Words (-1 for each banned word used)
83
TOTAL
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UNIT VI Research Reports GOALS:
To continue learning to use multiple sources of information to write a report
Lesson 19
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VIEW LESSON 19
VOCABULARY:
2 new words warily diligent
OUTLINE :
2 sources – Loon
FUSED OUTLINE: WRITE:
Paragraph in your own words. Write your topic sentence first. Use complete sentences. Write your clincher sentence at the end of your paragraph.
EDIT:
Hi-lite the key words in TOPIC sentence and CLINCHER sentence. Add vocabulary words. In the left hand margin mark VOC on the line where you used the vocabulary word. Underline the Dress-ups in your paragraph Indicate your Sentence Openers in the left hand margin with the number
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Mates
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Some loons mate for life. After courting and mating, the
loons look for a suitable nesting site. The female loon lays two olive brown eggs and protects them carefully.
The
parents share incubation duties. Obviously, they believe in co-operative parenting because they share equally. Not only do loons come together to breed, often their partnerships last for a lifetime. They are faithful mates. Share Duties
Loons begin mating by nodding to each other. There is no
elaborate courting ceremony. After choosing, the pair swim about together in search of a nesting place. When a suitable spot is found, the eggs are laid. Incubating the eggs is shared by both mates. Like true mates, loons share duties of nesting and parenting.
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Fo r am R e pl vie e w Pa O ge n l s y LOONS – 3rd
Topic - Mates
Mates
Share Duties
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I.
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
5.
5.
FUSED OUTLINE 1st Topic
I.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Write your paragraph on the Mates of the Loon using your Fused Outline. Use the checklist on the next page. ___________________________________________________________________
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Checklist for “Loons – Mates”
2
Double spaced
STRUCTURE 5
Clincher Sentence (words repeated from topic sentence are hi-lited)
5
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Topic Sentence (hi-lite key words)
STYLE Dress-Ups (underline in paragraph) Strong verb
2
“ly” word
2
quality adjective
2
who/which clause
2
because clause
2
Sentence Openers #1 Subject
2
#2 Prepositional
2
#3 -ly
2
#6 vss (2-5 words)
2
Vocabulary Words (use at least 2)
4
No Banned Words (-1 for each banned word used)
TOTAL
34
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UNIT VII Creative Writing from the Brain My Favourite Activity Lesson 21 To be able to create an outline and write a paragraph with information from the brain
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GOALS:
VIEW LESSON 21
.
BANNED VERBS & ADJECTIVES : like, fun VOCABULARY WORDS:
elated
coax
OUTLINE:
10 favourite activities. Choose three you know the most about. Choose the one you would like to share with your family. Use questions to brainstorm ideas for your outline
WRITE:
Your paragraph using the outline and the checklist
Helpful Hint: This basic ‘Writing from the Brain’ exercise will be useful when writing about a special person or a special day.
A Special Person
Who do you admire? Why? What does he/she do? What character traits do you admire? (kindness, gentle, determination, …) How does he/she show these traits? What is the best thing about this person?
A Special Day
What day is special to you? When is it? Why is it special? How do/did you feel on this day? What is the best thing about this day? Why?
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CONGRATULATIONS! You have finished the ALL THINGS CANADA
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What is next?
This writing program is not meant to remain just a writing program. The skills taught, practised and learned throughout this book should be continued in all writing.
To continue practising and learning new skills order: Student Writing Intensive A
Student Intensive Continuation Course A Canadian History Writing Lessons
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The “Canada Series” of Writing Lessons
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continues with
The History of Canada for grades 3-4-5 and
Canada; Neighbours with a Difference for grades 5-6-7
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