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Student Vote

Student Vote is a parallel election for students under the voting age, coinciding with federal, provincial, territorial and municipal elections. The purpose is to provide young Canadians with an opportunity to experience the voting process firsthand and build the habits of informed and engaged citizenship. The program is open to all schools and there is no cost to participate. Registered schools are supplied with free pedagogical materials, posters and election supplies.

Student Vote

Visual Writing Prompts

Interesting pictures with captions to prompt writing, organized by division, subject or genre.

Visual Writing Prompts

Step-by-step Forms of Poetry Worksheets

This website lists 17 different types of poems. Each worksheet first walks you through writing a poem in a certain style followed by prompts to writing your own poem in the same format.

Step-by-step Forms of Poetry Worksheets

Beyond Images – Media Literacy Lesson Plans

These  20 plus media literacy lesson plans for grades 4 through 8 include activities about appearance-based bullying, negative stereotypes, body image and self-esteem as well as why media messages are constructed. Registration is required.

Beyond Images – Media Literacy Lesson Plans

Media Smarts: Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy

Find lesson plans, tip sheets and other resources on various media topics.

Media Smarts: Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy

Poetry Unit

This twenty-three hour unit includes lessons on poetry exploration, imagery, and sonnets. The unit is designed to allow students to “read, enjoy, interpret, and write poetry.” Students create a poetry anthology as a culminating task.

Poetry Unit

Think Literacy Language, Grades 7-9, 2004

This document outlines reading and writing strategies for teaching language.

Think Literacy Language, Grades 7-9, 2004

A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 4 Oral Language (2008)

Volume Four, “Oral Language”, builds on the research findings and best practices in Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario. It provides a framework to support the implementation of learning activities that address the expectations in the Oral Communication strand of the Language curriculum.

Additionally, it provides in-depth discussions of the various forms of oral language that are used in classroom instruction and learning.

A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 4 Oral Language

A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 5 Reading (2008)

Volume Five, “Reading”, builds on and extends the research findings and best practices in Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario. It provides a framework to support the implementation of learning activities that address the expectations in the reading strand of the revised 2006 Language curriculum. In addition, it provides in-depth discussion of reading theory and practice as used in classroom instruction and learning in the junior grades.

A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 5 Reading

A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 6 Writing (2008)

Volume 6, “Writing”, builds on and extends the research findings and best practices in Literacy for Learning: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy in Grades 4 to 6 in Ontario. It provides a framework to support the implementation of learning activities that address the expectations in the Writing strand of the Language curriculum (revised, 2006). In addition, it provides in-depth discussion of writing theory and practice as used in classroom instruction and learning in the junior grades.

A Guide to Effective Literacy Instruction (Grades 4 – 6) Volume 6 Writing