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They were done only to help my students who have difficulty reading by themselves, to promote their autonomy. If you are signed in, your score will be saved and you can keep track of your. Practice questions free page 10 canadian citizenship test. Our comprehensive resource saves time with useful and detailed activities in a range of styles, from vocabulary, multiple choice and short answer. Practice questions free page 20 canadian citizenship test. This is one of the quizzes from the internet tesl journals selfstudy quizzes for esl students. The teachers section provides a summary of the story along. The storys main narrative, set in the southern united states during the slavery era the early 1800s, is introduced and occasionally interrupted.
Underground to canada is a complete 55 page novel study guide. The main character julilly goes through some much hardship and pain trying to get to canada to be free, but in the end it was all worth it. The guide is presented chapterbychapter and includes the following distinct sections. Livres canada books invites you to exhibit on the canada stand at the frankfurt book fair october 1418, 2020 the canada stand will be exhibiting in hall 6. Play canada quizzes on sporcle, the worlds largest quiz community.
The protagonist of underground to canada is a twelveyearold slave girl, julilly. She won multiple awards for her work, including the vicky metcalf award, the canada council childrens literature prize, and. Only three canadians in one hundred answered 15 or more questions correctly. Canada by richard ford canada is an unusual book, not least in its title.
Underground to canada grades 4 to 7 ebook lesson plan. This is a quiz for students of english as a second language. Puffin classics edition by barbara smucker at indigo. This canadian quiz book is an exciting, interesting, and often surprising way to discover how canada is embedded in history and pop culture both at home and abroad. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Even though nunavut is the largest of canada s provinces and territories, the real challenge is trying to identify it on the map. The book also contains information on the author, a list of the main people involved in the underground railroad, things to do and things to think about. Rewrite the story with a third child taken on the journey. Underground to canada was recognized by the childrens book center as one of the 50 best books of all time in canada.
Our canada quiz will test your canadian knowledge with questions on everything about canada, from montreal to the mounties. Barbara smucker was one of canadas bestknown and bestloved authors of fiction for children and young adults. There is only one brief reference to canada in part one and the action does not move to canada until part two, by which time you are half way through the book. If it werent for canada, we might not have the pieintheface gag, basketball, time zones, or the dotted white line on the middle of highways. All you have to do is select the type of places youd like to include restaurants, museums, etc. Underground to canada is the historical story of freedom and survival told through the eyes of two young girls. Help children enjoy good books and learn foundational reading and literature skills with this literature kit from classroom complete press. After 30 days, get 1 credit a month, good for any audiobook regardless of price. Throughout her career, she was profoundly affected by civil rights issues, which informed works such as days of terror, white mist, and underground to canada. Topics covered in these books are history of canada, canadian politics, biography of canadian people, and other fictions and non fictions written by canadian.
Underground to canada barbara smucker mariehelen goyetche. Students are asked to use various reading strategies, as well as many other skills, as they immerse themselves. Underground to canada novel study guide grades 5 to 6. We are in regular discussion with the book fair to secure the best possible location for the canada stand, providing maximum visibility for participating publishers and read more. This book is a wonderful story of a 12 year old girl who escapes to canada. This canadian geography trivia game will put your knowledge to the test and familiarize you with the worlds second largest countries by territory. The canadian citizenship test is the last step before the grant of canadian citizenship. Identify which character said the provided statements.
I have included a movie trailer for those who are interested. Grade 56 vocabulary from barbara smuckers book underground to canada learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Mar 16, 2014 free ebook sites are so common now that they are not just a dime a dozen, theyre a dime a gross. Underground to canada barbara smucker read book online.
Literature opens new insights into life and language. Vocabulary words from underground to canada chapters 1119 learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. To celebrate, ray lee created a fun quiz to test how much you know about canada. Canada has given the world the real winnie the pooh, the phrase beatlemania, and the man who invented the academy awards.
Weather underground local weather forecast, news and. When youre done, you can download your canada travel guide to your phone or tablet, or print it as a pdf. Free canada ebooks free ebooks library download pdf. Play ontario quizzes on sporcle, the worlds largest quiz community. Several titles with specific information about aspects of canada are listed on other subject pages. Then a man from canada comes to the plantion saying that hes looking at birds and ask massa riley. The strange thing about canada is that the book is not about canada at all. Which is canada s largest city in area, spanning 1200 square miles. I have included an audio version of the novel for those students who have difficulty reading on their own. The book also tells about how some people died trying to get to the land of the free, canada. Smuckers books have been published in 16 countries and translated into french, german, japanese, swedish, spanish, dutch, and danish. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Become familiar with julilly and her family with true or false questions. Canadian society, canadian history, canadian geography, canadian trivia, and reference books.
The story surrounds julilly and liza, who with their friends, lester and adam, escape from a life of slavery on a cotton plantation in the deep south. You scored % this beats or equals % of test takers also scored 100%. Underground to canada chapters 1119 flashcards quizlet. Canada geography quiz geography quiz just click on the map to answer the questions about the provinces and territories in canada. Underground to canada by barbara smucker overdrive. You can take this quiz and then check your answers right away. It was a television movie created in 1994, but it includes many of the same characters and themes of underground to canada. Six sites with truly free ebooks the digital reader. From its humble beginnings, internet archive canada has worked with more 250 institutions, in providing their unique materials with open access and sharing these. Be sure to download your copy with included answer key. A movie adaptation of the book can be found online. Before you read, vocabulary, comprehension questions including many higherlevel thinking questions. Every day that she spends huddled in the slave traders wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land. Kevin was born in new york, educated in toronto, and spends a great deal of his time travelling back and forth between the two.
Underground to canada literature unit by coachs corner tpt. Which is canadas largest city in area, spanning 1200 square miles. Where is the big apple, a restaurant with petting zoo, miniputt, and a giantsized apple. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. This underground to canada literature unit, based on the novel by barbara smucker, is intended to help students delve deeply into the lives of the two young main characters, julilly and liza, as they attempt to escape from slavery using the underground railroad of the 19th century. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide. Free pub quiz delivers some great free canada trivia. Canada geography quiz geography quiz just click on the map to answer the questions about the provinces and territories in canada become a supporter to remove 3rd party ads. Click on an area on the map to answer the questions.
From sports and celebrities to interesting inventions and facts, this quiz has it all. Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Jan 01, 1978 the book was pretty good its about a slave whos seperated from her mammy and makes a friend name liza and theres three men who were seperated from there familys to there names were lester adam and ben and they go to this bad plantation were the cslaves are treated really bad and only fed poorly. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or good guy. From its humble beginnings, internet archive canada has worked with more 250 institutions, in providing their unique materials with open access and sharing these collections the world over. Mar 06, 2018 these videos are in no way professionally made. Underground to canada vocabulary flashcards quizlet. We learned quite a bit about the underground railroad.
Online maps also provide a great visual aid for teaching. No matter what age you should read this book, you wont regret it. Underground to canada by barbara smucker chapter 1 before you read the chapter. Then a man from canada comes to the plantion saying that hes looking at birds and ask massa.
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