Get ready to learn by thinking about this:

Forming meaningful connections is the cornerstone of society. 

How do people develop essential relationships with the people and world around them?

What effect do these connections have on the kind of person one will become?

Overview of Lessons:

1. Read a novel.

2. Complete the activities in the learning guide and submit.

3. Complete a reading project.

4. In the writer's workshop, you will write a literary essay with a focus on discussing meaningful connections.

    Learning Targets

In this unit, you will be challenged to:                    

• use your reading strategies
• apply appropriate strategies to comprehend written, oral and visual texts, guide inquiry, and extend thinking
• think critically, creatively, reflectively to explore ideas within, between, and beyond texts
• recognize and appreciate the role of story, narrative, and oral tradition in expressing First Peoples' perspectives, values, beliefs, and points of view
• employ metacognitive strategies
• take part in the writing process to plan, draft, and revise a literary essay.