School Price: $53.95

Format:
Paperback 322 pp.
7.75" x 9"

ISBN-10:
0195410203

ISBN-13:
9780195410204

Publication date:
February 1994

Imprint: OUP Canada

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On Common Ground

Book 3

Jerry George, Don Stone and Faye Ward

On Common Ground is a collection of outstanding reading material that appeals to the common experience of young people. The selections, from a wealth of sources both traditional and contemporary, and in a variety of fictional and non-fictional forms, have been carefully chosen for their strong narrative lines and for their reflection of the shared interests and concerns of students of varying abiliities needs, and backgrounds. Students are thereby encouraged to read, reflect, and respond as individuals, and together as members of an active learning group. An accompanying Teacher's Resource provides suggestions of activities for each of the selections, a bank of generic ideas and strategies for the classroom, and a range of innovative and manageable approaches to assessment and evaluation.

The Me You See
1. Elizabeth Ellis: Flowers and Freckle Cream (short story)
2. Delia Ephron and Edward Koren: How to Hide an Pimple (cartoons)
3. Mary Walters Riskin: I Want To Be Beautiful So Bad, It Makes Me Sick (article)
4. Mary Fong: How Much Does It Cost? (poem)
5. Graham Greene: The Case for the Defence (short story)
6. Carol Farley: Lose Now, Pay Later (science fiction)
7. Moira Kerr and John Bennett: Echo and Narcissus (myth)
8. Langston Hughes: Thank You, M'am (short story)
9. Roch Carrier: The Boxing Champion (short story)
10. Jenny Joseph: Warning (poem)
11. Peg Kehret: Bald is Beautiful (dramatic monologue)
12. Michael Parent: The Pinch-Hitter (short story)
13. Suzanne Chazin: Another Shot at Life (article)
14. Richard Peck: Priscilla and the Wimps (short story)
15. Ray Mather: Remember Me? (poem)
16. Hans Christian Andersen: The Ugly Duckling (fable)
On the Inside
17. Peter D. Sieruta: 25 Good Reasons for Hating My Brother Todd (short story)
18. Christopher Shulgan: What Cool Is (drama)
19. Naomi C. Powell: Being Comfortable with Being `Weird' (article)
20. Roberta Beecroft: Ending the Blame Game (article)
21. Christy Brown: A Look at Pity (autobiography)
22. Frank Davey: The Piano (poem)
23. Judie Angell: Dear Marsha (letters)
24. Lois Simmie: A Sliver of Liver (poem)
25. Donna Douglas: Sonam...Serenity and Concentration, Soccer and Video Games (article)
26. Joy Kogawa: What Do I Remember of the Evacuation? (poem)
27. Budge Wilson: The Metaphor (short story)
28. Yvonne Chang: A New World (article)
29. Douglas Nepinak: Grandmother (poem)
30. Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse: Dances with History (article)
31. Edward Field: The Sleeper (poem)
32. Arnold Lobel: The Camel Dances (fable)
Side by Side
33. Susan Beth Pfeffer: As It Is With Strangers (short story)
34. Michael Ondaatje: To a Sad Daughter (poem)
35. Saki: The Open Window (short story)
36. Sadhu Binning: Neighbour (poem)
37. Anne Tyler: Teenage Wasteland (short story)
38. Hummarah Quddoos: A Tanned Version (poem)
39. Martha Brooks: What I Want to Be When I Grow Up (short story)
40. Alice French: My Name is Masak (autobiography)
41. W.D. Valgardson: A Matter of Balance (short story)
42. Jim Wong-Chu: Equal Opportunity (poem)
43. Leah Eskin: Teens Make Their Own Peace (article)
44. Val R. Cheatham: Sherwood Forest Revisited (drama)
45. Jane Yolen: Happy Dens or A Day in the Old Wolves' Home (folk tale)
46. Kiakshuk: The Giant Bear (poem)
47. Basil H. Johnston: The "Close Your Eyes" Dance (legend)
Our World
48. Barbara Girion: With a Little Gold Pencil (short story)
49. Don Cayo: Televising the Three R's in New Glasgow, N.S. (article)
50. Jeni Couzyn: Specimen 2001, Probably 21 C (poem)
51. Elizabeth Keyishian: He Came from The Far Side (article/cartoon)
52. Brianna Politzer: Virtual Reality (article)
53. Dionne Brand: Market Day (poem)
54. from Canada Prospects: Self Employment: A Dream That Can Become a Reality (article)
55. Bill Watterson: Calvin and Hobbes (cartoon)
56. Markoosie: Wings of Mercy (article)
57. Edwin A. Hoey: Foul Shot (poem)
58. Mervyn Morris: The Pond (poem)
59. Jeffrey Reed: Can We Make Basketball Canada's National Sport? (article)
60. Scott Steele: A Dream in Gold (profile)
61. Valerie Wyatt: James Naismith (profile)
62. Ray Bradbury: A Sound of Thunder (science fiction)
63. Adrian Raeside: Environmental Cartoons
64. Annie Dillard: In the Jungle (article)
65. Jean Little: Plenty (poem)
66. Karen Benoit and Emmanuelle Rousseau: What's The Youth? (cartoon)
67. Donna Douglas: Growing Up Touareg (article)
68. Gable, Barron, and Norris: Canadian Cartoons
69. M.C.O. Morris: The Enchanted Apple-tree (folk tale)

Teacher's Resource

Don Stone is with the Windsor Board of Education. Faye Ward is with the Halton Board of Education.

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Special Features

  • Combines traditional literature in the form of myths, legends, folktales and long-established writers with the best of contemporary writing
  • Class-tested selection carefully chosen from a variety of genres and cultures touch the shared adolescence of Grade 9 students, encouraging them to respond creatively as individuals and to explore actively together what they have in common with one another
  • Four open-ended thematic units offer students opportunities to deal with such topics as self-esteem; personal identity and values; family and other relationships; and the wider world of social issues, work, leisure, the environment, media, and technology
  • Storytelling characterizes virtually all selections inviting active reading and listening to stories and story creation
  • Many selections provide links to other curriculum areas such as social studies, the arts, and science and technology, encouraging a holistic integrated view of the world
  • A strong, practical assessment and evaluation strand suggests a range of flexible and manageable ways to link assessment with learning and teaching, inlcuding strategies for student self-assessment
  • Contemporary, eye-catching design and four-colour illustrations invite reading and response