Categories
French Sciences

La science en français – French Science

Listed below are selected resources for French learners relating to science.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection de ressources scientifiques pour les apprenants de français.

Ressources pour les enseignantes (Teacher Resources)

Relever des défis scientifiques et technologiques : des expériences pour les 8 ans et plus

de Marcel Thouin

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 3 – 8

Les expériences du présent ouvrage de recettes par le fait qu’elles sont des activités de résolution de problème qui permettent une véritable expérimentation par les jeunes. Ces défis, visent à faire évoluer leurs conceptions non scientifiques fréquentes, comportent tous plusieurs solutions ou approches possibles et impliquent une plus grande créativité et une plus grande initiative que de simples activités de manipulation. Ces modules portent sur la structure de la matière, les forces et les mouvements, la chaleur et la pression, le magnétisme et l’électricité, la lumière et le son, les produits chimiques, les planètes et les étoiles, la Terre et l’atmosphère, les champignons et les végétaux, les micro-organismes et les animaux, le corps humain, l’environnement, les techniques de la construction, les techniques du mouvement, les techniques de la lumière, du son et des communications ainsi que les techniques de l’alimentation et du vêtement.

Manuels scolaires (Textbooks)

l’encyclopedi@ de sciences

de Fran Baines

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 6 – 8

En plus de 150 doubles pages thématiques réparties sous 8 rubriques (matière et matériaux, forces et énergie, électricité et magnétisme, l’espace, la Terre, les plantes, les animaux et le corps humain), cette encyclopédie abondamment illustrée de photographies, schémas et dessins propose une initiation fort bien structurée au monde des sciences.

Sciences 7, Colombie-Britannique

de Adrienne Mason, et. al.

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 7

Les manuels présentent des photographies, des contextes, des modèles de comportement et des carrières propres à cette province. De plus, ils offrent un contenu autochtone original. La présentation est adaptée à l’âge des élèves et favorise ainsi l’acquisition de compétences scientifiques. Une grande variété d’activités pratiques stimulantes, des éléments visuels attrayants ainsi que des liens Internet font de ces manuels des outils pratiques et efficaces.

Sciences 10, Colombie-Britanique

de Lionel Sandner, et. al.

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 10

Une grande variété d’activités pratiques stimulantes, des éléments visuels attrayants ainsi que des liens Internet font de ces manuels des outils pratiques et efficaces. Ce livre couvre des sujets tels que la génétique et l’hérédité, les réactions chimiques, la transformation de l’énergie et la formation de l’univers.

Non-fiction

Les 10 forces de la nature les plus redoutables

de Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 – 8

De nombreuses forces de la nature frappent la Terre. Des forces telles que les seismes, les ouragans et les eruptions volcaniques, entre autres, sont si puissantes qu’elles font trembler le sol et en modifient la surface. Certaines forces peuvent engloutir des pates de maisons et meme des villages. D’autres peuvent assecher le sol. Et d’autres encore peuvent inonder de vastes regions ou consumer des forets entieres. Nous te presentons ici les 10 forces de la nature qui, selon nous, sont les plus redoutables.

Les 10 roches et mineraux les plus remarquables

de Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 – 8

Peux-tu imaginer un monde sans roches ni minereaux? La vie y serait presque impossible puisque les roches et les mineraux entrent dans la composition de tant d’objets que nous utilisons chaque jour. Sans les roches et les mineraux, nous n’aurions ni voitures, ni routes, ni ordinateurs. Sans compter que de petites quantites de nombreux mineraux sont essentielles a notre sante. Dans ce livre, nous te presentons les 10 roches et mineraux qui, selon nous, sont les plus remarquables.

Les 10 ecosystemes les plus fascinants

de Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 – 8

Un ecosysteme est une communaute d’organismes vivants. Ces organismes interagissent avec les elements non biologiques de leur milieu, tels que le sol, la lumiere solaire et l’eau. Chaque aspect d’un ecosysteme joue un role essentiel dans la survie de ce dernier. Tous ses elements sont interdependants. Les animaux et les plantes qui vivent dans l’ecosysteme dependent les uns des autres pour leur survie. Ils dependent aussi de leur milieu. Dans ce livre, nous te presentons les 10 ecosystemes que nous jugeons les plus fascinants.

Les 10 experiences spatiales les plus bizarres

de Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 5 – 8

Pense a ce que tu fais les jours, comme jouer a un jeu, manger un sandwich ou te brosser les dents. Maintenant, imagine ce que ce serait de faire ces activites dans l’espace, sans gravite. Pourrais-tu les faire de la meme facon? Si non, pourrais-tu trouver d’autres facons de t’y prendre? Dans ce livre, nous tes presentons les 10 experiences spatiales qui, a notre avis, ont ete les plus bizarres.

Les livres d’images (Picture Books)

Protéger la Terre

texte de (writer) Louise Spilsbury; illustrations de (illustrator) Hanane Kai

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 6

La planète bleue. Gaia. Terra. Voici quelques-uns des surnoms de notre belle planète. Malgré ces nombreuses appellations, il n’y a qu’une seule Terre. Des minuscules insectes que l’on rencontre en forêt aux énormes baleines nageant dans l’océan, elle apporte à tous ses habitants les ressources nécessaires à la vie. Mais notre planète est en danger, et nous devons la sauver! Dans cet album informatif et d’actualité, les jeunes lecteurs seront fascinés par l’abondance de faits captivants sur notre planète. Grâce à un glossaire et à des suggestions de lecture, les enfants, les enseignants et les parents pourront tous en apprendre davantage sur le réchauffement climatique.


Trouver d’autres ressources

Voici quelques conseils pour trouver d’autres ressources dans ce domaine :

  • Sur la page principale du site de la bibliothèque de l’UBC, utilisez la boîte de recherche générale pour rechercher des matériaux à travers toutes les succursales de la bibliothèque de l’UBC.
  • Pour limiter vos résultats aux matériels disponibles à la Bibliothèque de l’éducation, visitez le site web de la Bibliothèque de l’éducation et effectuez une recherche à l’aide de la case “Search Education Resources” située dans la bande à gauche de l’écran.
  • Remarque : les ressources étant principalement cataloguées en anglais, les termes ci-dessous donnent généralement plus de résultats que les recherches effectuées en français. Vous pouvez filtrer votre liste de résultats par langue dans la barre latérale de gauche.
  • Utilisez des termes de recherche spécifiques, tels que
    • “scientific thinking”, “water cycle”, “geology”, “energy”, “biomes”, “science-study and teaching”, etc.
  • Pour trouver des plans de cours, incluez “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” dans vos termes de recherche.

Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
  • Use specific search terms, such as
    • “scientific thinking”, “water cycle”, “geology”, “energy”, “biomes”, “science-study and teaching”, etc.
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
Categories
French Inclusive Classroom Social Studies

Études sociales en français – French Social Studies

Listed below are selected resources for French learners relating to social studies.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous une sélection de ressources pour les apprenants de français dans le domaine des études sociales.

Les livres d’images (Picture Books)

Le bus de Rosa

de Fabrizio Silei et Maurizio A.C. Quarello

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 2 – 5

Assis dans un vieux bus, le grand-père de Ben lui raconte la ségrégation raciale dans l’Amérique de sa jeunesse : à l’école, dans les bars, dans le bus. Il lui raconte aussi comment, le 1er décembre 1955, une femme, Rosa Parks, refusa de céder sa place dans le bus à un Blanc, lançant le mouvement pour les droits civiques des Noirs aux États-Unis. Une histoire que le grand-père connaît bien : il se trouvait lui aussi dans le bus, ce jour-là. Assis à côté de Rosa. Mais il n’a pas eu son courage…

Voici Viola Desmond

de Elizabeth Mcleod

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 3 – 6

Par un jour pluvieux de novembre 1946, Viola Davis, de passage à Glasgow en Nouvelle-Écosse, décide d’aller au cinéma. Elle s’installe dans la section officieusement réservée aux Blancs, mais l’ouvreuse lui demande de changer de place. Viola refuse, car elle sait que c’est à cause de la couleur de sa peau. La police l’emmène de force. Viola est emprisonnée, jugée et déclarée coupable. Cela ne l’empêche pas, avec l’aide de ses partisans, de continuer à se battre pour la justice sociale.

Mustafa

de Marie-Louise Gay

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 2 – 5

Mustafa et sa famille ont voyagé très longtemps avant d’arriver dans leur nouveau pays. Certains soirs, Mustafa rêve du pays qu’il a quitté, le pays d’avant. Des rêves remplis de fumée, de feu et de grands bruits. Tous les jours, Mustafa se rend au parc. Il voit des fleurs pareilles à des langues de dragon, des insectes rouges à points noirs, un caillou moucheté. Et aussi des enfants qui ne lui prêtent pas attention. Est-il devenu invisible? Peut-être pas aux yeux de la fille-au-chat.

Pimithaagansa/Les libellules cerfs-volant,

Les langues(Languages):Cree and French

texte de Tomson Highway; illustrations de Julie Flett

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 3

Taansi ka-itooteetay keespin iga meetawagaana kee-ayaa-in a-tie-igamigook oochi? Kapagawa-teetay naa? Maw weethawow Joe igwa ooseem’sa Cody. Maw m’tanaw-gaach. Ooseetaawuk taapoo-poogoo oomeetawaa-ganawaawa weethawow tipitoot, igwa kapee meetaweewuk, kapee m’choogee taawuk. Mamaskaach, chee-i?

Que ferais-tu n’avais aucun jouet, aucun jeu et aucun appareil electronique avec lesquels t’amuser? Est-ce que tu trouverais le temps long? Les freres Joe et Cody font tout sauf s’eenuyer. Ils inventent, creent et suivent leurs reves et ne s’ennuient jamais. Il suffit d’imaginer!

Kepmite’taqney Ktapekiaqn/Le chant d’honneur/The Honour Song,

Les langues(Languages):Mi’kmaq, French and English

texte de Gregory Paul; illustrations de Loretta Gould; traduction de Barbara Sylliboy & Hélène Devarennes

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 3 – 8

Lors de nombreux évènements officiels ou cérémonies spirituelles chez les Premières Nations du pays, un chant est entonné par les participants. Ce chant a vu le jour dans le coeur et la tête de George Paul, un Mi’kmaw de Metepenagiag, après un parcours ardu. Cet album illustré raconte la naissance de ce chant et l’importance qu’il revêt pour les Premières Nations.

Kisimi Taimaippaktut Angirrarijarani/ᑭᓯᒥ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᑉᐸᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᕋᓂ/Only in My Hometown,

Les langues(Languages):Inuktitut, Inuktitut Roman Orthography and English

titiraqtuq(writer) Ipiksaut Vuriisan(Arnakuluk Vuriisan);titiqtugaqtuq(illustrator) Ippiksaut Friesen(Angnakuluk Friesen)

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Kindergarten – 2 (K-2)

Qanuippa piruqsabluni mikijumi nunalingmi ukiuqtaqtumi? Nukariik Arnakuluk Vuriisan ammalu Ipiksaut Vuriisan uqaqatigiiktuuk tagvuuna unipkaaliakkut nutaraublutik qanuiqattalaurmangaarmiik Inuit nunaqutingaani Nunavumi. Aqsarniquakkaujumi arnaillu katillutik mikigaqtuqpaklutik, ammalu Inuit tamarmik qatanngutigiigunnaqlutik.

Comment se passe l’enfance dans une petite ville du Nord ? Les sœurs Angnakuluk Friesen et Ippiksaut Friesen collaborent à ce récit de leur enfance dans une communauté inuite du Nunavut, où brillent les aurores boréales, où les femmes se réunissent pour manger de la viande de caribou crue et où tout le monde peut faire partie de la famille.

Discovering People,

Les langues(Languages):Cree, French and English

de Neepin Auger

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): Préscolaire – Kindergarten (PreK-K)

Le quatrième livre de la série À la découverte qui présente vingt-deux mots de base en anglais, en français et en cri qui se rapportent aux gens de la maison et à ceux qui existent dans la communauté autour de votre enfant.

La culture et la diversité

de Marie Murray

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 2 – 5

Votre maison… À quoi ressemble-t-elle? Avec quels matériaux a-t-elle été construite? Alors que votre aménagement intérieur peut vous sembler tout à fait normal, mais il ne l’est pas nécessairement pour une personne issue d’une culture différente. Ce splendide documentaire aidera les jeunes lecteurs à en savoir plus sur la diversité culturelle et ses richesses.

Les droits et l’égalité

de Marie Murray

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 2 – 5

Comment s’assurer que chaque être humain est traité avec équité et qu’il possède tout ce dont il a besoin pour vivre? La réponse peut sembler difficile, mais si on prend le temps d’étudier les droits de la personne, cela devient plus facile! Chacun d’entre nous a le droit de vivre dans un environnement où ses droits sont honorés et respectés .Êtes-vous prêts à découvrir ce que cela implique? Cet album informatif et d’actualité explique les droits de la personne et tout ce qu’ils englobent de façon simple et claire. Il comprend également un glossaire ainsi que des recommandations de livres et de sites Web pour faire davantage de recherches sur ce sujet important.

Lecteurs faciles (Easy Readers)

 L’Asie

de Bobbie Kalman

Niveau scolaire (Grade level): 1 – 3

Ce livre facile à lire présente aux enfants la diversité du continent asiatique, le plus grand continent de la Terre. Des photographies en couleurs et des cartes détaillées mettent en évidence les principales régions, les étendues d’eau, les reliefs, les forêts, les steppes et les déserts de l’Asie.


Trouver d’autres ressources

Voici quelques conseils pour trouver d’autres ressources dans ce domaine :

  • Sur la page principale du site de la bibliothèque de l’UBC, utilisez la boîte de recherche générale pour rechercher des matériaux à travers toutes les succursales de la bibliothèque de l’UBC.
  • Pour limiter vos résultats aux matériels disponibles à la Bibliothèque de l’éducation, visitez le site web de la Bibliothèque de l’éducation et effectuez une recherche à l’aide de la case “Search Education Resources” située dans la bande à gauche de l’écran.
  • Remarque : les ressources étant principalement cataloguées en anglais, les termes ci-dessous donnent généralement plus de résultats que les recherches effectuées en français. Vous pouvez filtrer votre liste de résultats par langue dans la barre latérale de gauche.
  • Utilisez des termes de recherche spécifiques, tels que
    • “media literacy”, “social studies–study and teaching”, “mapping”, “immigrant”, etc.
  • Pour trouver des plans de cours, incluez “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” dans vos termes de recherche.

Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to physical materials in the Education Library.
  • Use specific search terms, such as
    • “media literacy”, “social studies–study and teaching”, “mapping”, “immigrant”, etc.
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.
Categories
English

Procedural Texts

Listed below are selected teacher resources, picture books, fiction, and non-fiction related to procedural texts.

Teacher Resources

Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy

by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

Grades: 3-6

The authors explore six essential components of a literacy program: breakthrough to literacy, independent reading, guided reading, literature study, teaching for comprehension and word analysis, and the reading and writing connection.

Genre study: teaching with fiction and non-fiction books, grades K-8+

by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

Grades: K-8

This book uses an inquiry approach to engage students in exploring texts so that they can notice and name the characteristics of each genre and construct a working definition that guides their thinking of reading and writing.

Stimulating non-fiction writing!: Inspiring children aged 7-11

by Emma Hughes-Evans and Simon Brownhill

Grades: 2-6

This book offers ways to engage children in non-fiction writing, giving teachers the confidence and practical advice that they need to support children in producing quality non-fiction texts in the classroom. Types of texts explored include instructions, persuasive texts, reports, and correspondence. (E-book only)

Nonfiction writing power: Teaching information writing with intent and purpose

by Adrienne Gear

Grades: K-6

This book is designed to help teachers develop a writing program that will enable their students to harness all of their nonfiction writing powers: to describe, to instruct, to compare, to persuade, to explain, and to report. It illustrates ways to encourage students to write because they have something to say, and to recognize that writing well means considering intent and purpose, and choosing the best form of expression.

Marvelous minilessons for teaching: Nonfiction writing K-3

by Lori Jamison Rog

Grades: K-3

This book shows that even the youngest writers can consider audience and purpose as they use nonfiction writing to document their ideas and share those ideas with others. Forty minilessons offer strategies for writing informational, persuasive and procedural text. Each lesson starts with a learning goal and follows an “I do, We do, You do” format.

Learning to write with purpose: Effective instruction in grades 4-8

by Karen Kuelthau Allan et al.

Grades: 4-8

Communicating ideas and information is what makes writing meaningful, yet many students write without considering the aims of their writing or the needs of their readers. This book shares techniques to promote the skills and strategies need to write and revise effectively in a range of genres, including persuasive, expository and procedural writing; narratives; and poetry.

Picture Books Related to Procedural Texts

How to

by Julie Morstad

This imaginative ‘how to’ book explores whimsical ways of doing a host of different tasks, including ‘how to wonder’, ‘how to see the breeze’, and ‘how to be brave’.

My dadima wears a sari

written by Kashmira Sheth, illustrated by Yoshiko Jaeggi

Rupa wonders why her grandmother always wears a sari, rather than other clothes. When her grandmother tells her all the things a sari can do – like being an umbrella in a rainstorm or a pouch for shells collected at the beach – Rupa thinks she’d like to wear one too. Includes instructions on wrapping a sari.

Press here

by Hervé Tullet, translated by Christopher Franceschelli

Press the yellow dot on the cover of this book, follow the instructions within, and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, and see what happens next.

Pie in the sky

by Lois Ehlert

A father and child wait through the seasons for the cherries on their tree to be ripe, so they can make a cherry pie together. Includes a cherry pie recipe.

How to read a story,

written by Kate Messner, illustrated by Mark Siegel

It’s easy to read a story: just follow the steps. Step one: find a story. Step two: find a buddy. Step three: find a reading spot. Step four: read!

How to talk to your dog

written by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Sue Truesdell

How do you say hello and good-bye in dog talk? Most importantly, how do you tell your dog that you’re the boss and have him or her adore you? Learn what different tail positions and facial expressions mean — and much more!

Non-Fiction Books Related to or Demonstrating Procedural Texts

You can write cool poems

by Jennifer Fandel

Grades: 1-3

Through examples and exercises, this book shows how young writers can make readers smile, give them goosebumps or the giggles, or even make them cry, all through poetry.

How to code in 10 easy lessons

by Sean McManus

Grades: 6-8

This book starts by asking the question, “What is coding?” and shows what coding skills are. Then readers get to see how to use Scratch coding software to write simple code, use loops, and debug, to create a webpage, and even make a computer game. Includes easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step graphics.

How to write a drama

by Megan Kopp

Grades: 3-6

A drama is a story that is experienced by an audience as a performance. Readers will explore acts, dialogue, stage direction, and other elements that define this genre. Mentor texts and writing prompts guide readers as they compose their own dramas. Part of the Text styles series.

Basketball basics: How to play like the pros

written by Jay Triano, foreword by Steve Nash

Grades: 4-8

Focusing on the core areas – Conditioning, Offense, Defense, Rebounds, and Plays That Make a Difference – Triano provides step-by-step instructions for everything from balance and stretching to dribbling and passing, from shooting to catching to lay-ups and free throws. The book includes instructional photos on every page, as well as full-color action photos of international and NBA stars.

Be an active citizen at your school

by Helen Mason

Grades: K-3

Young readers will discover ways to practice democratic principles in their schools and classrooms. Accessible, child-centered examples demonstrate key skills and practices including active listening, consensus-building, and voting procedures. Readers will also learn ways to clearly communicate their own points of view while showing respect for others’ perspectives.

Starting from scratch: What you should know about food and cooking,

written by Sarah Elton, illustrated by Jeff Kulak

Grades: 5-12

This book demystifies food and cooking by boiling it down to the basics. Kids will be able to make sense of recipes, measure and substitute ingredients, and stock a pantry, but they’ll also discover that food is more than just a prepackaged meal. Includes several tasty recipes.

Online safety for coders

written by Heather Lyons and Elizabeth Tweedale, illustrated by Alex Westgate

Grades: K-3

How can you stay safe while surfing the Internet? You need to be an Internet superhero! The internet is an exciting world, but there are things you should be careful of as well. Find out how information is used online and how Internet superheroes protect their identities. Then use the link in this book to try fun activities that will boost your superhero skills.

First Nations recipes: A selection from coast to coast

by Greg Lepine

Grades: 7-12

The recipes in this book feature ingredients at the foundation of Aboriginal culture, such as salmon, venison, bison, fiddleheads, wild rice and berries, and include brief descriptions of their historic relationship with that food. First Nations cuisine draws on millennia of evolution and deserves a lifetime of study. The recipes here represent a selection of favourites from various cultures across the country, and combine historic and currently available ingredients to reflect a contemporary, modern taste.


Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
  • Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “English language–composition and exercises–study and teaching” or “composition (language arts)”. Or, search for books with things like “how to” or “recipes” in their titles.
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.

For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.

Categories
English

Expository Texts

Listed below are selected teacher resources, picture books, and non-fiction related to or demonstrating expository texts and writing.

Teacher Resources

Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy

by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

Grades: 3-6

The authors explore six essential components of a literacy program: breakthrough to literacy, independent reading, guided reading, literature study, teaching for comprehension and word analysis, and the reading and writing connection.

Genre study: teaching with fiction and non-fiction books, grades K-8+

by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

Grades: K-8

This book uses an inquiry approach to engage students in exploring texts so that they can notice and name the characteristics of each genre and construct a working definition that guides their thinking of reading and writing.

The informational writing toolkit: Using mentor texts in grades 3-5

by Sean Ruday

Grades: 3-5

The author demonstrates how to help students analyze the qualities of effective informational texts using mentor texts, and then help students think of those qualities as tools to improve their own writing. The book covers all aspects of informational writing, including introducing and developing a topic; grouping related information together; adding features that aid comprehension; linking ideas; and using precise language and domain-specific vocabulary. (E-book only)

Nonfiction mentor texts: Teaching informational writing through children’s literature, K-8

by Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Cappelli

Grades: K-8

The authors identifying a wide range of mentor texts and show how these models illustrate the key features of good writing.The book guides teachers through a variety of projects, samples, and classroom anecdotes that demonstrate how teachers can help students become more effective writers of good nonfiction.

Stimulating non-fiction writing!: Inspiring children aged 7-11

by Emma Hughes-Evans and Simon Brownhill

Grades: 2-6

This book offers ways to engage children in non-fiction writing, giving teachers the confidence and practical advice that they need to support children in producing quality non-fiction texts in the classroom. Types of texts explored include instructions, persuasive texts, reports, and correspondence. (E-book only)

Nonfiction writing power: Teaching information writing with intent and purpose

by Adrienne Gear

Grades: K-6

This book is designed to help teachers develop a writing program that will enable their students to harness all of their nonfiction writing powers: to describe, to instruct, to compare, to persuade, to explain, and to report. It illustrates ways to encourage students to write because they have something to say, and to recognize that writing well means considering intent and purpose, and choosing the best form of expression.

Marvelous minilessons for teaching: Nonfiction writing K-3

by Lori Jamison Rog

Grades: K-3

This book shows that even the youngest writers can consider audience and purpose as they use nonfiction writing to document their ideas and share those ideas with others. Forty minilessons offer strategies for writing informational, persuasive and procedural text. Each lesson starts with a learning goal and follows an “I do, We do, You do” format.

Learning to write with purpose: Effective instruction in grades 4-8

by Karen Kuelthau Allan et al.

Grades: 4-8

Communicating ideas and information is what makes writing meaningful, yet many students write without considering the aims of their writing or the needs of their readers. This book shares techniques to promote the skills and strategies need to write and revise effectively in a range of genres, including persuasive, expository and procedural writing; narratives; and poetry.

Beyond the five-paragraph essay

by Kimberley Hill Campbell and Kristi Latimer

Grades: 9-12

The authors demonstrate how to create a program that encourages thoughtful writing in response to literature. They provide numerous strategies that stimulate student thinking, value unique insight, and encourage lively, personal writing, including close reading, low-stakes writing options, a focus on process, and the use of model texts.

The story of my thinking: Expository writing activities for 13 teaching situations

by Gretchen S. Bernabei and Dorothy P. Hall

Grades: 7-12

The authors offer options for teaching expository writing that more realistically match the way readers actually think and writers actually write. Their goal is to help teachers take their students through the various stages of the writing process – from generating ideas to publication – in a way that helps them produce vibrant nonfiction with voice and conviction.

100 writing lessons: Narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive

by Tara McCarthy

Grades: 4-8

This collection of quick writing lessons and activities will help teachers to find exactly what they need for teaching writing, whether it’s a lesson on using exact words, writing an essay, developing a plot, or organizing a report. The author shares dozens of ideas for teaching students the persuasive, narrative, descriptive, and expository writing skills they need.

Picture Books Demonstrating Expository Writing

An egg is quiet

written by Diana Hutts Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long

From tiny hummingbird eggs to giant ostrich eggs, oval ladybug eggs to tubular dogfish eggs, gooey frog eggs to fossilized dinosaur eggs, this book demonstrates the incredible variety of eggs and celebrates their beauty and wonder.

 A butterfly is patient

written by Diana Hutts Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long

From the world’s tiniest butterfly (Western Pygmy Blue) to the largest (Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing), and throughout their complex life cycle, an incredible variety of butterflies are shown and described here in all of their magnificence.

Long night moon

written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Mark Siegel

The 12 full moons throughout the year are given names inspired by Indigenous American traditions, each reflecting the time of year and the seasons in which they are seen.

Whose house?

written by Barbara Seuling, illustrated by Kay Chorao

A young boy explores the homes of many different animals before deciding that his own house is the best home for him.

Plant secrets

written by Emily Goodman, illustrated by Phyllis Limbacher Tildes

Plants come in all shapes and sizes, but they go through the same stages as they grow. Using four common plants, young readers learn about a plant’s life cycles: from seed to plant to flower to fruit and back again.

Fiction showing Expository Writing

These are my words: The residential school diary of Violet Pesheens

by Ruby Slipperjack

Violet is struggling to adjust to her new life at residential school. She misses her Grandma; she has run-ins with Cree girls; at her “white” school, everyone just stares; and everything she brought has been taken from her, including her name-she is now just a number. But worst of all, she has a fear. A fear of forgetting the things she treasures most, and a fear of forgetting who she was. Her notebook is the one place she can record all of her worries, and heartbreaks, and memories. (Also available in French.)

Non-Fiction Related to or Demonstrating Expository Writing

Expository paragraphs: Canadian Aboriginal art and culture,

by Frances Purslow

Grades: 3-7

For more books in the “Learning to Write” series, click here.

Space mysteries revealed

by James Bow

Grades: 3-6

This book explores and begins to explain many space-related questions, like “How did the universe all begin and where might it end?”, “Will we ever travel in time?”, “What would happen if you were sucked into a black hole?”, and “How can you drive on the Moon?” Part of the Mysteries revealed series.

The Chinese head tax and anti-Chinese immigration policies in the twentieth century

by Arlene Chan

Grades: 6-12

Through historical photographs, documents, and first-person narratives from Chinese Canadians who experienced the Head Tax or who were children of Head Tax payers, this book offers a full account of the injustice of this period in Canadian history. Part of the Righting Canada’s wrongs series.

How does GPS work?

by Leon Gray

Grades: 4-6

When taking a road trip today, some sort of GPS device is essential. It may be built into the car’s dashboard, or perhaps it’s just an app on a smartphone. But GPS is used for more than just finding your way! Readers will be fascinated by its many uses, such as catching criminals, predicting earthquakes, and creating maps.

Tomboy: a graphic memoir

by Liz Prince

Grades: 7-12

A memoir told anecdotally, Tomboy follows author and zine artist Liz Prince through her early childhood into adulthood and explores her ever-evolving struggles and wishes regarding what it means to “be a girl.” It’s about refusing gender boundaries, yet unwittingly embracing gender stereotypes at the same time, and realizing later in life that you can be just as much of a girl in jeans and a T-shirt as you can in a pink tutu.

Speaking our truth: a journey of reconciliation

by Monique Gray Smith

Grades: 4-8

Guided by acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith, readers will learn about the lives of residential school survivors and listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action. (Teacher’s guide also available.)


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Persuasive Texts

Listed below are selected teacher resources, picture books, fiction, and non-fiction related to persuasive texts.

Teacher Resources

Guiding readers and writers, grades 3-6: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy

by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

Grades: 3-6

The authors explore six essential components of a literacy program: breakthrough to literacy, independent reading, guided reading, literature study, teaching for comprehension and word analysis, and the reading and writing connection.

Genre study: teaching with fiction and non-fiction books, grades K-8+

by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

Grades: K-8

This book uses an inquiry approach to engage students in exploring texts so that they can notice and name the characteristics of each genre and construct a working definition that guides their thinking of reading and writing.

The argument writing toolkit: Using mentor texts in grades 6-8

by Sean Ruday

Grades: 6-8

The author explores how teach students to analyze the qualities of effective arguments using mentor texts, and then use those qualities as tools to improve their own writing. The book describes how to introduce high-interest topics to students to get them engaged in argument writing; teach students to look at multiple sides of an issue and critically evaluate evidence to construct informed, defensible arguments; and make argument writing an interactive, student-driven exercise. (E-book only)

Stimulating non-fiction writing!: Inspiring children aged 7-11

by Emma Hughes-Evans and Simon Brownhill

Grades: 2-6

This book offers ways to engage children in non-fiction writing, giving teachers the confidence and practical advice that they need to support children in producing quality non-fiction texts in the classroom. Types of texts explored include instructions, persuasive texts, reports, and correspondence. (E-book only)

Nonfiction writing power: Teaching information writing with intent and purpose

by Adrienne Gear

Grades: K-6

This book is designed to help teachers develop a writing program that will enable their students to harness all of their nonfiction writing powers: to describe, to instruct, to compare, to persuade, to explain, and to report. It illustrates ways to encourage students to write because they have something to say, and to recognize that writing well means considering intent and purpose, and choosing the best form of expression.

Marvelous minilessons for teaching: Nonfiction writing K-3

by Lori Jamison Rog

Grades: K-3

This book shows that even the youngest writers can consider audience and purpose as they use nonfiction writing to document their ideas and share those ideas with others. Forty minilessons offer strategies for writing informational, persuasive and procedural text. Each lesson starts with a learning goal and follows an “I do, We do, You do” format.

Argument in the real world: Teaching adolescents to read and write using digital texts

by Kristin Hawley Turner and Troy Hicks

Grades: 9-12

Digital texts influence what students buy, who they vote for, and what they believe about themselves and their world. In this book, the authors draw from real world texts and samples of student work to share insights and practical strategies in teaching students the logic of argument, whether those arguments are streaming in through a Twitter feed, a viral videos, or internet memes.

Nonfiction mentor texts: Teaching informational writing through children’s literature, K-8

by Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Cappelli

Grades: K-8

The authors identifying a wide range of mentor texts and show how these models illustrate the key features of good writing.The book guides teachers through a variety of projects, samples, and classroom anecdotes that demonstrate how teachers can help students become more effective writers of good nonfiction.

Learning to write with purpose: Effective instruction in grades 4-8

by Karen Kuelthau Allan et al.

Grades: 4-8

Communicating ideas and information is what makes writing meaningful, yet many students write without considering the aims of their writing or the needs of their readers. This book shares techniques to promote the skills and strategies need to write and revise effectively in a range of genres, including persuasive, expository and procedural writing; narratives; and poetry.

100 writing lessons: Narrative, descriptive, expository, persuasive

by Tara McCarthy

Grades: 4-8

This collection of quick writing lessons and activities will help teachers to find exactly what they need for teaching writing, whether it’s a lesson on using exact words, writing an essay, developing a plot, or organizing a report. The author shares dozens of ideas for teaching students the persuasive, narrative, descriptive, and expository writing skills they need.

Picture Books Demonstrating Persuasive Writing

Click, clack, moo: Cows that type

written by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin

Farmer Brown’s cows have found a typewriter in their barn, so they start typing out what they’d like the farmer to change about how the farm works. When he refuses to meet their demands, the cows go on strike.

The day the crayons quit

written by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

Duncan opens his box of crayons and finds…only letters! The crayons are fed up, and they’ve all quit. What can Duncan do to make them all happy, so he can get back to colouring?

 I wanna iguana

written by Karen Kaufman Orloff, illustrated by David Catrow

Alex wants an iguana. His mother doesn’t think that’s such a great idea. The two write an increasingly dramatic (and funny) series of notes back and forth explaining their positions on the issue.

Duck! Rabbit!

written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

Sometimes it’s hard to give up your side of an argument – especially when it’s over the age-old illusion of whether this picture is a duck or a rabbit.

Have I got a book for you!

by Mélanie Watt

Al Foxword wants to sell you a book. A great book – not one of those books that leave you bored and uninspired. Not convinced? Just let Al persuade you…

Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!

by Mo Willems

When the bus driver needs to take a break, a pigeon volunteers to take over. But can he persuade you that he can do it?

Non-Fiction Related to or Demonstrating Persuasive Writing

Persuasive paragraphs: Immigrants and settlers

by Frances Purslow

Grades: 3-7

For more books in the “Learning to Write” series, click here.

Can we save the tiger?

written by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Vicky White

Grades: K-3

The tiger is just one of thousands of animals — including the ground iguana, the white-rumped vulture, and the partula snail — currently in danger of becoming extinct. This book looks at the ways human behaviour can either threaten or conserve the amazing animals that share our planet.


Finding More Resources

To find more resources in this area, try the following:

  • Search using the General tab on the UBC Library website to look for material in all UBC Library branches.
  • Search using “Search Education Resources” box in the left hand bar on the Education Library website to limit your results to materials in the Education Library.
  • Use specific search terms to narrow your results, such as “persuasive texts”, “English language – composition and exercises”, “persuasion (rhetoric) – study and teaching”, or “composition (language arts)”.
  • To find lesson plans, include “lesson plans”, “lesson planning”, or “activity programs” in your search terms.

For more help with searching, please visit the Library Service Desk or e-mail ed.lib@ubc.ca.

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