Activity 1

My friends Felix and Sarah

Target audience

  • Cycle 1

Duration

  • Less than 45 minutes

Type of text

  • Story

Pedagogical objective

  • To differentiate between members of the First Nations and the Inuit.

Specific objective based on Progression of learning

  • To extract explicit and implicit information from a text.

Teaching avenues

  • Before reading, lead a discussion with students about their knowledge of Aboriginal people of the past and present.
  • While reading, draw their attention to the cultural objects mentioned, and past and present ways of life.
  • After reading:
    • Invite students to participate in the categorization activity. This activity works very well with a group using a IDB and a keyboard;
    • Do the activity.

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Activity 2

The first inhabitants

Target audience

  • Cycle 1

Duration

  • 45 – 60 minutes

Type of text

  • Story

Pedagogical objective

  • To get to know the characters in the story.

Specific objective based on Progression of learning

  • To identify character traits.

Teaching avenues

  • Before reading, invite the students to pay attention to the different characters, what they like, their favourite activities, etc.
  • While reading, ask students about the content of the illustrations and story as it relates to the characters.
  • After reading:
    • Do a group brainstorm about the character traits identified for each character;
    • Do the activity.

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