Anthologies and Stand Alone Collections
Thistledown’s Grade 12 curriculum resources include novels, short stories, essays, drama, and poetry. The fiction includes a wide range of writing styles from traditional narratives such as science fiction, allegorical and satirical to more complex styles such as stream of consciousness, magic realism and other postmodern forms. The poetry includes models of narrative, blank verse, free verse, and lyric, as well as more eclectic traditional forms such as ghazal, villanelle, sonnet and ode. Thistledown teacher guides are available for many of these titles.
Key Anthologies For Grade 12
Thistledown Anthologies were built for student reading and study. They reflect the most dominant themes found in Grade12 teaching. Most are accompanied by Student Resource Guides that assist teaching activities. Thistledown anthologies facilitate immediate curricular activities and provide significant variety for reading and response. The works marked “Enriched” have language and content that will challenge students with vulnerable reading skills.
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| The Last Map Is The Heart forty-two short fictions by well-known Canadian writers |
Under NeWest Eyes twenty regionally-diverse Canadian short stories |
In The Clear 296 page poetry anthology encompassing geographical, ecological and social concerns highlighted in Grade 12 core themes — a definitive high school collection |
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| Fire Beneath The Cauldron twenty-two stories of fierce imagination Enriched |
The Eye In the Thicket Contemporary essays on nature and the environment Enriched |
Single author collections that provide a wide cross-reference of Grade 12 themes
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Mennonites Don’t Dance |
A Traveller Came By stories on death and dying Enriched |
Boundary Country stories about immigrants and Rockies mountain people Enriched |
The Secret Of The Northern Lights humorous stories on First Nations life |
Japanese Baseball stories of tragic, comic, and mystical baseball |
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| All In Together Girls stories that celebrate the vitality of young women |
Interwoven Wild essays on nature and ecology Enriched |
Phantom Limb essays on nature and family Enriched |
Journey Without A Map essays on Italian family life |
The Crow Who Tampered With Time essays on nature and the spirit Enriched |
