Activity 1: New Words

Target audience

  • Cycle 3

Duration

  • 30 minutes

Text

  • Letter from Daniel

Type of text

  • Letter

Pedagogical objective

  • To become familiar with the letter format and identify its elements.

Specific objective based on Progression of learning

  • To identify new words in context and give them meaning by using several clues and sources of information.

Teaching avenues

  • Before reading, invite students to review the text and understand how it is organized.
  • While reading, draw attention to the punctuation of the sentences and to the fact that the letter is addressed to a recipient.
  • After reading:
    • Have the students say what strategies they used to understand new words in the Aboriginal language.
    • Do the activity.

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Activity 2: The First Nations

Target audience

  • Cycle 3

Duration

  • 45 minutes

Text

  • The Powwow

Type of text

  • Story

Pedagogical objective

  • To acquire knowledge about Iroquoian and Algonquian cultures.

Specific objective based on Progression of learning

  • To establish connections between distant elements of information.

Teaching avenues

  • Before reading, look at the objects in the Museum’s collection which are related to the story. As needed, do a quick search on the Internet to see images of Iroquoian and Algonquian cultural objects.
  • While reading, discuss with students the cultural objects they have seen.
  • After reading:
    • Go back to the list of objects in the collection related to the story or search the Internet to look at images and content related to elements in the story.
    • Do the activity.

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