English Language Arts 7
Finding the Courage
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R005129
The River
In this sequel to Hatchet, Brian returns to the forested area where he had previously been stranded. This time he is accompanied by a government psychologist who will study Brian's survival techniques to provide advice in future emergencies. Instead, a freak storm incapacitates his companion and Brian finds himself responsible for getting the man to medical help by transporting him downriver on a raft.
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$10.99
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R052065
Pearson Literacy in Action 7
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 strands: 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 i...
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Audio CD Package (Grade 7)
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Complete Teacher Resource (Grade 7)
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EcoZone. Action Magazine
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EcoZone. Teacher Resource
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Find Your Own Path. Teacher Resource
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Find Your Own Path/My Choice, My Voice. Student Edition
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Magazine Teacher Resource (Grade 7)
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My Choice, My Voice. Teacher Resource
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Pearson Media Literacy 7 DVD Package
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Persuade Me. Action Magazine
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Persuade Me. Teacher Resource
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Persuade Me/Speak Out! Student Edition
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Speak Out! Action Magazine
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Speak Out! Teacher Resource
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Survive! Action Magazine
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Survive! Teacher Resource
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Survive!/EcoZone. Student Edition
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October 18, 2020
R045442
My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary
It is June 6, 1995, and the first day of the seige of Sarajevo. Twelve-year-old Nadja Halilbegovich's life changes forever. Constant tank and sniper fire forces the people of Sarajevo to live in fear. Sarajevo is blockaded and has no reliable electricity, water or medical supplies. As with all Sarajevians, Nadja must scrounge for basic necessities.
Written in diary format, the book tells of Nadja's teenage years during a time of war. The book includes black-and-white photographs of Nadja, he...
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$9.95
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November 22, 2018
R037737
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
A companion novel to Silent to the Bone, Konigsburg gives us a glimpse of camp life for 12-year-old Margaret Kane. Margaret is tormented by her cabin mates and refuses to be intimidated by the rigid camp director. Rescued by her elderly uncles and taken to their home, Margaret is appalled to discover that the city has ordered that the artistic towers her uncles have created in the backyard over the past 45 years are to be taken down because they do not adhere to the new guidelines for the now...
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$10.99
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November 22, 2018
R036150
Run
A blend of fact and fiction, this novel highlights Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope's ability to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. A young, troubled boy accompanies his newspaper-columnist father to the marathon. Inspired by the Canadian hero's courage and determination, the young boy quickly befriends Fox. The boy's newfound friendship is then threatened by his father's exploitive article.
Endorsed by the Terry Fox Foundation, this drama enlightens readers to one of Canada's unforg...
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$12.99
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November 22, 2018
R033028
Clara's War
Clara and her family leave their home in Prague and the privileged life they enjoyed before the war broke out, simply because they are Jewish. They are taken to the city of Terezen, a concentration camp. The Nazi guards force the people to stand outside in the cold and rain. This is not a typical concentration camp. Some of the inmates are quite well known in their fields of art, poetry and music, and they decide to produce a children's opera called Brundibar to offer some hope to the childre...
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$8.95
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November 22, 2018
R026533
Crossroads 7. 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 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-gl...
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Crossroads 7. Teacher's Guide
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$74.50
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October 20, 2019
R032725
Camp X
The setting is Whitby, Ontario in the summer 1943. Two brothers, 12-year-old George and 14-year-old Jack, are left on their own a lot while their father fights overseas and their mother works in a munitions plant. As the boys explore the town they have moved to, they play war games. One game brings them to what looks like a military base. They are escorted home and ordered to stay away, but curiosity brings them back to Camp X. The boys become involved in the work of the top-secret spy camp a...
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$11.99
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November 22, 2018
R070653
The Gravesavers
In the wake of a family tragedy, Minn Hotchkiss is sent to spend the summer with her sour grandmother in the seaside town of Boulder Basin, Nova Scotia. Almost as soon as she arrives, Minn discovers the skull of a human child on the beach. She becomes fixated in a mystery that reaches back more than a century, to the aftermath of the most tragic shipwreck in Maritime history before the Titanic.
Over the course of the summer, Minn will discover romance with a boy who turns out to be much more...
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$12.99
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November 22, 2018
R070664
Peril at Pier Nine
Jack lives to sail, have adventures and get in trouble. When the "Noronic" docks at Ward Island, Jack and his friends gather to admire it, but an invitation is needed from one of the passengers to come on board. Jack spots Henry and talks him into inviting Jack and his group to tour the ship. The Noronic is everything Jack has dreamt about and vows one day he will captain this ship.
Jack cannot sleep that night and looks out towards the pier. Jack sees that the ship is on fire and without th...
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$8.95
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November 22, 2018
R037143
The Perilous Year
A sequel to The Hungry Year finds the O'Carr family living in Upper Canada for 10 years. The boys, Alex and Ryan, are looking for more adventure than just working for their father on the farm. Their father brings home a new wife and their older sister, Kate, marries and moves away. Alex gets involved with a group of pirates and his family presumes he has drowned until he walks into his own funeral. The boys are not prepared when the pirates return to the farm and want their help to recover th...
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$12.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R023416
SightLines 7
SightLines 7 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 7. Student Anthology
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SightLines 7. Teacher Guide
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Record posted/updated:
October 27, 2019
R050753
Libertad
Told in free verse, Libertad, Julio, and his mother eke out a living near the Guatemala City dump. Their father has left for the United States to find work. After their mother is killed in a freak accident, Libertad realizes they will not have any hope for the future if they stay in Guatemala. Working as street musicians, the boys travel to the Rio Grand River, where they must find a way to cross into the United States to find their father.
The text is based on a young boy named Mariano and ...
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$12.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018