Between the Lines 12 - Nelson School Central

Between the Lines 12
Before you read, in
small groups, discuss the
career you dreamed of
when you were a young
child and indicate whether
those initial plans have
changed.
As you read,
decide which of the
unconventional jobs
profiled would suit your
skills and personality best.
She discovered a knack for sword swallowing.
Weird, Odd, and
Unusual Jobs and the
People Who Love Them
by Charlene Rooke
Before you read
INTERNET ARTICLE
Before you read, think
pre-reading strategies and
seriously about whether
you’d like to go into space.
In your journal, explain
why or why not.
As you read reading
As you read, consider
techniques support the
whether anything Hadfield
has to say in this memoir
influences your attitude to
travelling in space.
reader.
Notes
raised eyebrows and quizzical looks they get
when explaining what they do for a living.
Take Rion White, for example. As a kid
growing up in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, his
primary fascination was with animals As a
Out of
This World
Charlene Rooke is an Alberta author who has
published books and edited the alumni magazine
for the University of Alberta. Her writing has also
appeared in Re lm the Fin nci l Post and various
Starting our spacewalk,
I was the first one at
the door.
Memoir by Chris Hadfield
Before you read, in a
small group, discuss what
Entering the vacuum of space for the first time is a form of rebirth. You
you were doing and how
push your head out
the space
airus
lock,
coming
Noof
special
effectshuttle’s
can make
feeland
the it’s
waylike
it felt
to see the
you reacted
when you
Chris Hadfield
(1959– ),
out of a womb into
the Trade
world.Center
After years
of training
and simulation,
World
collapse
on live TV.
the effects of
a colonel first
in thesaw
Canadian
you are there. You’re outside, and the vista is just
Armed Forces,
grew up attacksuddenly
the terrorist
on
overwhelming. I am absolutely slapped in the face with an incredibly
on a cornthe
farm
in Milton,
World
Trade Center
vivid
view
of the International Space Station and the world below from
She could be a millionaire by theOntario.
time sheHis
turns
25.
work
with
and the Pentagon on
out-of-control
F/A-18 11, 2001.
horizon to horizon. It’s as stunning a juxtaposition as you can imagine.
September
Notes
Before you read, ask
yourself if you consider
yourself careful—or
carefree—with your money.
As you read, think
about your own spending
patterns. Do you earn your
own spending money? Do
you have a bank account?
Could you save $1000 to
begin an investment
portfolio?
Teen Financier Gets
Oprah’s Attention
planes did not go
Not Like the Movies:
Hollywood and Tragedy
I had some tasks in the vicinity of the air lock that I had to do right
As you read, think
about your own initial
reactions to the tragedy.
by Fred Topel
by Colette Derworiz
WEB PAGE ARTICLE
PROFILE
Notes
equities: amounts of money that a business is
worth beyond what is owed on it
Notes
Fred Topel is an entertainment writer, writing
online for the Daily Radar and for newspapers
such as The Palisadian Post and Entertainment
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mutual fund: a financial fund that invests the
pooled capital of its members in diversified
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UNIT 5: Memorable Moments and Influences
My Old Newcastle—David Adams Richards
(memoir)
The Still-Boiling Water—Chrystia Chomiak
(memoir)
Lilacs—Michael Crummey (poem)
A Son’s Eulogy for His Father—Justin Trudeau
(speech)
To a Daughter Leaving Home—Linda Pastan
(poem)
Garson—Wayson Choy (memoir)
Home Sweet Home—Jennifer Aubrey Burhart
(memoir)
Moved—Leona Gom (poem)
Between Ourselves: Letters Between Mothers
and Daughters—Unknown author (letter)
Departure—Glen Kirkland (poem)
Long, Long After School—Ernest Buckler (short
story)
The Last Lullaby—Marie Moser (short story)
Strangely Fresh—Kuroda Saburo (poem)
The Spring of Youth—Ulivfak (poem)
Reflecting On the Unit
UNIT 6: Values, Beliefs, and Choices
Zits (I Have My Room)—Jerry Scott and Jim
Borgman (cartoon)
Desiderata—Max Ehrmann (poem)
Because You Waited—Joan Bond (poem)
Dogs and Books—Christie Blatchford
(newspaper column/personal essay)
Fox Hunt—Lensey Namoika (short story)
A Forgotten Yesterday—Jacqueline Oker
(poem)
Nonsexist Child Rearing: The New Parent
Trap?—Lisa Wilson Strick (magazine column)
The Chaser—John Collier (short story)
The White Knight—Eric Nicol (fairy tale)
Two Fisherman—Morley Callaghan (short story)
A Matter of Ethics—Douglas Todd (selfevaluation)
Death Watch—Thomas Fields-Meyer (profile)
Lest We Forget Our Capacity to Kill—Stephen
Hume (newspaper column)
Thankful Just to Be—Rick Connell (editorial)
Christopher Reeve’s Decision—Christopher
Reeve (autobiography)
Reflecting On the Unit
Pictures, illustrations, and graphic
Before you read, in a
organizers make the text selections highly
class discussion, share
what you know about the
1941 military attack on
Pearl Harbor.
As you read, decide what
movie genre you would
expect Pearl Harbor to be.
accessible to read and comprehend.
Pearl Harbor
Movie Poster
Before
you
read,
discuss
Before
you
read,
discuss
with
your
classmates
how
with
your
classmates
how
important
it is
dress
thethe
important
it to
is to
dress
“right”
way.
“right” way.
AsAs
you
read,
decide
you
read,
decide
whether
thethe
characters
whether
characters
and
situation
areare
realistic.
and
situation
realistic.
Zits
Zits
Cartoon
byby
Jerry
Scott
and
JimJim
Borgman
Cartoon
Jerry
Scott
and
Borgman
Before you read, as a
class, share your opinions
about what makes a movie
“great.”
As you read, pay
attention to tone and
diction, and consider what
these might reveal about
the reviewer.
Finding Forrester
by Sebastien Pharand
Notes
Notes
Zits,
thethe
popular
comic
strip
about
thethe
lifelife
and
Zits,
popular
comic
strip
about
and
times
of of
15-year-old
Jeremy
Duncan,
began
in in
times
15-year-old
Jeremy
Duncan,
began
1997
and
runs
in in
over
1000
newspapers
1997
and
runs
over
1000
newspapers
worldwide.
It has
been
voted
thethe
Best
Comic
worldwide.
It has
been
voted
Best
Comic
Strip
twice
byby
thethe
National
Cartoonists
Society.
Strip
twice
National
Cartoonists
Society.
ONLINE MOVIE REVIEW
Notes
Sebastien Pharand is a film student and writer
living in Toronto and Ottawa. He has contributed
several reviews to Moviefan Online
(www.moviefanonline.com). This review was
posted on January 7, 2001.
T
This holiday season has been pretty bad for
movies, exactly like the rest of the year. There
were not many movies to go crazy about this
year, but I can finally add another one to the
list. Finding Forrester is one of the most evenly
composed and to ching films of the year This
Jim Borgman, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist,
was raised in blue-collar neighbourhoods of
Cincinnati. He was hired by the Cincinnati
Enquirer one week after graduation to start work
cartooning.
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UNIT 8: Out in the World
The Far Side(Yoo-hoo!)—Gary Larson (cartoon)
Ten Commandments of How to Get Along
with People—Ann Landers (list/advice column)
The Top 10 Best Ideas for Setting Goals—
Hilton Johnson (list/advice)
Teen Financier Gets Oprah’s Attention—
Colette Derworiz (profile)
How to Make Yourself Save—Investor
Learning Centre (tips)
Banking and Saving—Citizenship and
Immigration (Web site article)
E-Commerce: What’s in It for Me as a
Consumer?—Canadian Bankers Association
(informational booklet)
Looking for Work Is a Search Campaign—
Janis Foord Kirk (Web page article)
In Search of Work—Sally and Richard Greenhill
(photograph)
Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott
Zits
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The Job Hunt Preparation Checklist—Human
Resources Development Canada (self-help
questionnaire)
Your Résumé—Human Resources Development
Canada (information résumé)
Covering Letters—hastingscounty.com (Web
page/covering letter)
Herman (The Man We’re Looking for)—Jim
Unger (cartoon)
Methods of Complaining—Alberta Consumer
and Corporate Affairs (information/complaint
letter)
What Kind of Driver Are You?—U.S.
Department of Transportation National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (questionnaire)
Lemons for Sale—Hal Karp (magazine article)
How to Inspect an Apartment—Sandra
Clockedile (instructions/list)
Reflecting On the Unit
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UNIT 7: Individuals and Society
Drum Major—Alfred Eisenstaedt (photograph)
Zits (My Folks Never)—Jerry Scott and Jim
Borgman (cartoon)
Still Me Inside—Mai Goda (narrative essay)
The Pose—Anwer Khan (short story)
Mules—Brian Fawcett (short story)
A Small Cheese Pizza—Rachel Svea Bottino
(memoir)
Helping Others Best Cure for Loneliness—
Grant Nicol (memoir)
Reach Out and Touch—Maxine Tynes (poem)
No Man Is an Island—John Donne (poem)
I Am a Rock—Paul Simon (lyrics)
The Carved Table—Mary Peterson (short story)
Social Security—Norah Holmgren (short story)
Grandfather—Norah C. Augustine (poem)
After Baba’s Funeral—Ted Galay (play exerpt)
Reflecting On the Unit
Jerry
Scott,
writer
and
co-creator
of of
Zits,
began
Jerry
Scott,
writer
and
co-creator
Zits,
began
hishis
career
byby
taking
over
thethe
Nancy
strip.
HeHe
career
taking
over
Nancy
strip.
then
th co-createdt Baby
d B bBlues
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( hi ish based
i b on
d
his experiences with his second daughter) before
going on to do Zits.
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