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EasyStories People PDF
EasyStories People PDF
EasyStories People PDF
Joan Acosta
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joan@joanacosta.ca
Copyright 2013
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Contents
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Susan Aglukark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Jonathan Cheechoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Alix works at a garden centre. . . . . . . . . . . 10
Honor has a radio show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A family farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mei Yu is a cartoon artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Hannahs pennies help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Leo helps Sarah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Swedish twins are hockey players . . . . . . . 25
Joannie is an Olympic athlete. . . . . . . . . . . 27
Josh is a Paralympic athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Answers for exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Welcome
This e-book is part of a series
called Best of The Reader. The stories
in the e-books are from The Westcoast
Reader. It is a newspaper for adults
who are improving their English
reading skills.
To the teacher
Reading level
Acknowledgements
The author gratefully acknowledges the financial
support of Capilano University for this project.
A special thank you to the learners and teachers
who helped choose the articles for this book.
To the reader
Credits
Photos
Illustrations
Page 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30: Guy Parsons;
Page 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 (map),16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25: Nola Johnston:
Page 8: (logo) Moose Cree First Nation
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Susan Aglukark
Did you know?
n Nunavut is a territory
of Canada.
Nunavut
n About 80 percent
of the people in Nunavut
are Inuit.
n Most Inuit
speak Inuktitut.
A stop sign
in Inuktitut
and English
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Is it a or b?
1. A
__lberta
2. __ritish __olumbia
3. __anitoba
b. Nunavut
3. Susan sings in English and ___.
a. Portuguese
b. Inuktitut
4. __ew __runswick
7. __ntario
b. sold
5. ___ is a territory of Canada.
a. Ontario
b. Nunavut
6. Most people in Nunavut
are ___
b. Inuit
Provinces
b. nurse
a. Haida
Canada
9. __uebec
10. __askatchewan
Territories
1. __orthwest __erritories
2. __unavut
3. __ukon
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Map of Canada
Write the missing letters on the blanks.
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r h e t
N__
o __t__w__s__
T __r__i__
e r t __r__
__
o i __
e __
s
Yukon
Alberta
__ __b__ __d__ __
Nunavut
Manitoba
__r__ __i__h
Quebec
__ __ __a__ __o
Prince
Edward
Island
N__ __a
__ __ __t__a
5
__ __w
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Jonathan Cheechoo
Jonathan Cheechoo
is a hockey player.
He has played for two teams
in the National Hockey League
(NHL).
Jonathan is from Ontario.
He is from
the Moose Cree First Nation.
Hudson
Bay
Ontario
Moose Factory
Quebec
James Bay
Jonathan Cheechoo
was born in Moose Factory.
It is a small community
on James Bay.
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Singular
1. moose
2.
3. mouse
4. bird
5.
6. tiger
7. goose
Plural
moose
beavers
Singular
8. fox
9.
10. salmon
Plural
deer
11. monkey
sheep
12.
13. cow
wolves
14. calf
Moose
n Moose live in most parts
of Canada.
n In the summer, moose live
near lakes and marshes.
They eat water plants.
n An adult male moose
is about two metres high.
antlers
pruning shears
pruning shears
gardening
gloves
trowel
watering can
The Westcoast Reader 9/2005 Adapted from The Province
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1. works
centre
garden
at
Alix
2. her
Alix
job
likes
_____________________________________________________________
3. busy
is
always
Alix
_____________________________________________________________
Gardening
t__
r __
o __
w __l
e
w__ __ __r__ __ __
__ __n
__ __ __d__ __ __n__
__ __o__ __ __
p__ __ __ i__ g
__h__ __ __s
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Honor says,
We have lots of immigrants
from Africa in Canada.
They like to hear news
from their homeland.
How do you say it?
Honor (say: on-oh-reh)
Gbedze (say: beh-jeh)
Togo (say: toh-goh)
Honor Gbedze
Togo
Africa
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Match each word on the left with a word on the right. Then write the new
word on the line.
1. home
ball
homeland
_____________________________
2. news
land
______________________________
4. down
room
______________________________
6. bed
town
______________________________
3. base
5. rain
coat
paper
______________________________
______________________________
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A family farm
Len
Gerda
Vancouver
Fraser Riv
er
Chilliwack
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1. family
farm
Kooyman
has
The
2. Chilliwack
near
3. have
2,000
The
is
farm
______________________________________________________________
The
Kooymans
cows
______________________________________________________________
Baby animals
Animal sounds
1. cow ___
g
a. kitten
1. cows ___
f
a. quack
3. sheep ___
c. fawn
3. ducks ___
c. buzz
2. dog ___
b. lamb
4. cat ___
d. gosling
6. deer ___
f. chick
5. hen ___
7. bear ___
8. goose ___
e. puppy
g. calf
h. cub
2. dogs ___
4. lions ___
5. bees ___
6. pigs ___
7. frogs ___
8. snakes ___
b. oink
d. hiss
e. bark
f. moo
g. roar
h. croak
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_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
eyebrow
4.
5.
2.
6.
7.
3.
tail
ear
eyebrow
leg
nose
mouth
eye
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pennies
Hannah
More on page 20
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money
1. Hannah Newbury collects __________________
to help homeless people.
yemon
2. Hannah uses the money to buy ___________________.
dofo
Number ____
Number ____
Number ____
1
Number ____
Number ____
Number ____
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button for
walk signal
More on page 23
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1. _____________________________________________________________
Turn on the lights. OR Turn off the lights.
2. _____________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________
Can you think of two other ways Leo can help Sarah? Write your answers
on the lines.
1. _____________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________
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Won award
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skate
1.
helmet
puck
hockey stick
2.
3.
4.
twins
years
Vancou
ver
hockey
Swede
n
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Many people
will remember Joannie.
Her mother died
during the Olympics.
Joannie was brave.
She skated and won
a bronze medal.
bronze
medal
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e
1. bobsleigh (bobsled) ______
a
b
4. hockey _____
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sit-ski
alpine skiing
wheelchair
curling
Update
Josh won a silver medal at
the 2010 Paralympic Winter
Games in Vancouver.
He won a gold medal and
a silver medal at the 2014
Paralympic Games in Sochi,
Russia.
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b
1. biathlon ______
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Find it
Look through this e-book to find these pictures. Each one is part
of a larger picture. Write the title of the story that goes with each one.
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1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________________
5. ______________________________________________________________
6. ______________________________________________________________
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Canada (p 6)
Provinces: 1. Alberta 2. British Columbia
3. Manitoba 4. New Brunswick
5. Newfoundland and Labrador
6. Nova Scotia 7. Ontario
8. Prince Edward Island 9. Quebec
10. Saskatchewan
Territories: 1. Northwest Territories
2. Nunavut 3. Yukon
Map of Canada (p 7)
1. Northwest Territories 2. British Columbia
3. Saskatchewan
4. Ontario
5. New Brunswick
6. Nova Scotia
7. Newfoundland and Labrador
Gardening (p 11)
1. trowel
2. gardening gloves
3. watering can
4. pruning shears
Whats the word? (p 13)
1. Togo
2. Canada
4. Africa
5. music
3. radio
3. mother
3. twins
Find it (p 34)
1. Alix works at a garden centre
2. Mei Yu is a cartoon artist
3. Leo helps Sarah
4. Susan Aglukark
5. A family farm
6. Jonathan Cheechoo
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