Another chance encounter over coffee

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(Another) chance encounter over coffee
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Sue what novels would you recommend for my
grade six students?
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Which ones were selected by children?
What do we have?
Which ones won books awards?
Assessment idea? Curriculum?
YIKES! Shes asking me because she thinks I know
all the GOOD ones!
Uh tried true? (easier to find teaching
resources)

• Who cares?
• National Library of Canada
• Ontario Library Association

Sue what novels would you recommend for my
grade six students?
Specific theme? Canadian? Reading interests?
Special considerations?
ESL tried and true? (movies)
Uhno. Uhsounds good. UhI dont know!
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• A little while later

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A theme?

• Familiessame, different, difficult challenges
• lots of reasons we dont feel comfortable talking
  about our families as we start to compare our
  family to those of our peers
• Link to schools Character Education program?

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• The Remarkable Maria / Patti McIntosh
• Mama loves me from away / Pat Brisson
• Emmas Story / Deborah Hodge
• Fly away home/ Eve Bunting

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• Odd Man Out / Sarah Ellis
• The girl on Evangeline Beach / Anne Carter
• Crazy Man / Pamela Porter
• Born to Rock / Gordon Korman
• The way to Schenectady / Richard Scrimger
• Sarah and the Magic Science Project / Hazel
  Hutchins
• Dear Mr. Henshaw / Beverly Cleary
• The Path through the Trees / Peggy Dymond Leavey
• Ingrid and the Wolf / Andre Alexis
• Margit a friend in need / Kathy Kacer
• Doll People / Ann Martin Laura Godwin
• Wild Orchid / Beverley Brenna
• Abby Hayes / Anne Mazer

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• How are YOU like someone in the family?
• Dear author
• If you didnt like reading aboutyou would still
  enjoy this book because
• Heres a hook!
• One of the people in the story demonstrates the
  character trait
• A poetic response
• The critical review
• It was a problem from the main characters point
  of viewbut from another characters point of
  view
• What STYLE! This sure helped me understand
• To sum things up

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