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UNIT 1: Future Considerations

Shape of Things to Come—from miscellaneoussources (list)

The Fun They Had—Isaac Asimov (short story)Supertoys Last All Summer Long—Brian Aldiss

(short story)Which One is Yours?—Ben Wicks (cartoon)A Clone of Our Own—Gunjan Sinha (interview)Stem Cells Q & A—Amina Ali and Owen Wood

(Web site article)Smart Shirt—Priya Giri (magazine article)Risk—Joanna Ross (short story)When Cars Drive You—Keith Naughton

(magazine article)Logged On to the Guy Next Door—Scott

McKeen (newspaper article)

There Will Come Soft Rains—Ray Bradbury(short story)

Fire and Ice—Robert Frost (poem)Simple Ways You Can Help Save the Earth—

Earthworks Group (magazine feature)Zoo—Edward D. Hoch (short short story)Reflecting On the Unit

Unit 2: The World of Work

Zits (I Like to Do My homework)—Jerry Scottand Jim Borgman (cartoon)

Deportation at Breakfast—Larry Fondation(short short story)

Sporting That Strangely Piercing Look—Sharon Lindores (newspaper article)

Four Minutes That Get You Hired—ConnieBrown Glasser and Barbara Steinberg Smalley(book excerpt)

The Far Side (OK, Mr. Hook)—Gary Larson(cartoon)

Warren Pryor—Alden Nowlan (poem)The Hidden Songs of a Secret Soul—Bob

Greene (essay)Assembly Line—Shu Ting (poem)For Laurie, Truck Driving Paved Her Road to

Freedom—Danielle Bochove (profile)The World of the Stay-at-Home Dad—Andrew

Olscher (essay)Weird, Odd, and Unusual Jobs and the

People Who Love Them—Charlene Rooke(Internet article)

Cold Missouri Waters—James Keelaghan (lyrics)When Choosing Your Path, Follow Your

Heart—Elizabeth Newton (newspaper article)The Dignity of Work—Charles Finn (essay)Reflecting On the Unit

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A multi-genre, thematically organized anthology that explorespopular themes and provides opportunities for studentsto discover the world around them.

Literature selections were

extensively researched and selected

by grade 12 English teachers.

Selections are appealing, topical,

real-life, and reflect relationships

among family and friends.

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230 Memorable Moments and Influences NEL

We knew we were the luckiest kids in the world.

A Son’s Eulogy for His Fatherby Jus t in Trudeau

Before you read, as aclass, define “eulogy” anddiscuss what purposeeulogies serve.

As you read, imaginethe emotion felt by themourners, by the millionsof Canadians watching ontelevision, and by JustinTrudeau himself as he gavehis speech.

Note sPierre Elliott Trudeau (1919–2000) was born inMontreal and was Prime Minister of Canada from1968 to 1979, and 1980 to 1984. He is perhapsbest remembered for the Official Languages Act(1969), the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, andthe Constitution Act (1982), which gave Canadaits independence from Great Britain.

Justin Trudeau is the eldest son of Pierre ElliottTrudeau and Margaret Sinclair.

Complete text of the eulogy given by Justin Trudeauat his father’s funeral in Montreal.

Friends, Romans, countrymen …

I was about six years old when I went on myfirst official trip. I was going with my father andmy grandpa Sinclair to the North Pole.

It was a very glamorous destination. But thebest thing about it is that I was going to bespending lots of time with my dad because inOttawa he just worked so hard.

One day, we were in Alert, Canada’snorthernmost point, a scientific military

installation that seemed to consist entirely oflow shed-like buildings and warehouses.

Let’s be honest. I was six. There were nobrothers around to play with and I was getting alittle bored because dad still somehow had a lotof work to do.

SPEECH

Justin Trudeau delivers a eulogy for his late fatherduring the state funeral at the Notre-DameBasilica in Montreal on October 3, 2000.

UNIT 3: Leisure, Dreams, and Happiness

Slam, Dunk, & Hook—Yusef Komunyakaa (poem)Runyan’s Vision? To Inspire the Best in

Others—Tom Barrett (profile)The Hockey Song—Stompin’ Tom Connors (lyrics)Herman (Are They Playing Overtime?)—Jim

Unger (cartoon)Just Once—Thomas J. Dygard (short story)Pow Wow—Vickie Sears (poem)On the Right Track—Dorothy Chisholm (short

story)Field of Dreams a Real-Life Gem—Wayne

Coffey (newspaper article)Dreams—Langston Hughes (poem)Why Don’t You Carve Other Animals?—

Yvonne Vera (short story)Triumph on Mount Everest—Stacy Allison

(memoir)

Out of this World—Chris Hadfield (memoir)Four Who Make a Difference—Jennifer Burke

Crump (profiles)Coyote’s Morning Cry—Sharon Butala (memoir)Reflecting On the Unit

UNIT 4: Media & Technology

Dilbert (Press “One”)—Scott Adams (cartoon)Cellphones—Rex Murphy (TV editorial)Not Like the Movies: Hollywood and

Tragedy—Fred Topel (Web page article)The Far Side (Don’t Worry, Jimmy)—Gary

Larson (cartoon)Finding Forrester—Sebastien Pharand (online

movie review)Pearl Harbor, Al, Apollo 13 Movie Posters—

various agencies (movie posters)

Sony Clie, Forest Stewardship Council, LycosAdvertisements—various agencies (print ads)

Yonge Street, Willowdale, #4, 1995—RobinCollyer (colour photograph)

Buy Nothing Day Provokes Pause forThought—Liane Faulder (newspaper column)

Television’s Child—Glen Kirkland (poem)Calvin and Hobbes (It Says Here)—Bill

Watterson (cartoon)What Colour Is a Rose?—Drew Hayden Taylor

(essay)Zits (My Dad is Low-Tech)—Jerry Scott and Jim

Borgman (cartoon)Turning the Generations Upside Down—Ellen

Goodman (newspaper column)Be Specific When Searching the Web—Andy

Walker (technology column)Reflecting On the Unit

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Each theme unit opener begins

with a collage to draw the

student into the readings.

Questions help students focus on

the reading and literary quotes

complement the topic.

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Technology evolves so muchfaster than wisdom.

– Jennifer Stone

Other than life experience,nothing left a deeper imprint onmy formative self [than media].

– Letty Cottin Pogrebin

You can tell the ideals of anation by its advertisements.

– Norman Douglas

As you read the selectionsand examine the visualsin this unit, think aboutthe following:

1) How do media,technology, andadvertising affect our values and qualityof life?

2) What are some of theissues and concernsraised about our “bravenew world”?

3) What are some of thebenefits brought aboutby media andtechnology?

We l ive in a t echnology -cent red wor ld , cons tant ly

responding to new innovations and media images.

The quotation by journalist Jennifer Stone suggests that

there may be a time lag between the introduction of new

technologies and our adjustment to them; it may take time for

us to understand how they affect us.

Columnist Letty Cottin Pogrebin suggests that media, such

as movies and television, affect us significantly and change our

values and the way we see ourselves, others, and the world.

As you look at the advertisements in this unit, think about

British writer Norman Douglas’s words and the influence of

advertising on Canadians’ ideals and personal values.

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