Week+9


 * Week 9: Lois Lowry's The Giver & Nonfiction: Hana's Suitcase **


 * Introduction to this Week**

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 * Tasks for This Week**
 * read and post your responses to this week's books to the eClass discussion site: //The Giver// & //Hana's Suitcase//
 * submit your trailfire assignment by the due date. Please post your reflective paper to the eClass discussion site (make sure that the URL for your trailfire is on the top of the paper) AND post the link to your trailfire in the body of your message on eClass. I would encourage you to add the URL to your trailfire to the course wiki so that we can all learn from one another. Click here to get to the page for the trailfire links.
 * Read the information below on the two books for this week, including the handout on information texts to support our reading of //Hana's Suitcase//.


 * The Giver by Lois Lowry**

Lois Lowry's Blog: [|http://loislowry.typepad.com/]

Lois Lowry's Website: []

The Giver (Wikipedia): [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giver]

The Giver is now a stage play: []

TeachingBooks.net: []


 * Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine**


 * There's a new movie out based on the book. Check out the website: [] **


 * From the original radio documentary Hana's Suitcase that inspired the book:[] **


 * Website created by the Brady Family: [|http://www.hanassuitcase.ca/] **


 * The Passionate Eye (CBC Television) aired a documentary based on the book:[|__http://www.cbc.ca/passionateeyemonday/feature_081104.html__] **

When we talk about Hana's Suitcase in class, we also need to think about nonfiction resources and informational texts for children. Below are some web resources that are included on the handout about informational texts.

Great (NEW) article about nonfiction from Booklist: []

Blogs: Reviewing Journals Selected Awards & Best Lists NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children ([] ) Cybils: Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards ([] ) Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Nonfiction ([] ) National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Notable Trade Books for the Social Studies:[] National Science Teachers’ Association Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12:[]
 * Where to find out about nonfiction texts: **
 * INK (Interesting Nonfiction for Kids) blog: []
 * <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Nonfiction Matters by Marc Aronson: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">School Library Journal (<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|www.slj.com] )
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Horn Book (<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[] )
 * <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Resource Links (<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|www.resourcelinksmagazine.ca] )