Includes a glossary, reading activity, as well as discussion and writing activities.

"A companion piece to the popular Classics Canada series, this reading and listening text by Brian John Busby and Patricia Brock joins Prentice Hall Canada's collection of Canadian literature for students of English as a Second or Foreign Language.

High-interest authentic texts at an intermediate to advanced level feature exciting young Canadian authors who have already made a significant impact on the current literary scene. Selections include short stories, poems, essays, a one-act play, and an excerpt from a diary [...].

Features:
literary quality - the selections provide reading pleasure and interest
relevance - contemporary Canadian content echoes students' own life experience
student appeal - the writers are from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds and are equally divided by gender
Canadian background - writers come from across Canada
language learning activities - foster reading comprehension, discussion, and writing skills
helpful pedagogy - key words and expressions are defined in context." (Book Cover)

CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Three Hearts / Deborah Joy Corey

2. Poems About Love / George Elliot To Pablo To Say, "I Love You" April in Paris

3. Runaway (March 22-28, 1986) / Evelyn Lau

4. Poems About Identity / George Scofield Thinking of Father on this Day
Taste of Hatred
Between Sides

5. You Can't Be Too Strong / Michelle Alfano

6. The Last Moon / Eufemia Fatetti

7. Voices Over Water / Catherine Bush

8. Poems About People and Places / Steven Heighton To Our Eyes the Blind Man English Cemetery, Gaspésie Inukshuk

9. My Dad / Robert Edison Sandiforth In the Face of Death, Courage

10. Poems From Western Canada / Sally Ito Frogs in the Rain Barrel Chinese Oldtimer Night in Prospector's Valley

11. Going to the Moon / Nino Ricci

Map of Canada