Passages 11

Web Links

Unit 1 Genre Focus: Adventure

Song (traditional poem translated by W.E. Calvert)

• Sea Kayaking Information
  Students can also visit this Web site for information for their report. Everything for the kayaking enthusiast is here, for example, articles, maps, and links to other sites of interest. This site also provides great visuals.

• James Houston
  Students can visit the National Library of Canada's Web site for information on this artist, sculptor, and author.

• Margaret Walker
  This site includes an archive of Margaret Walker's poetry, a bibliography, and biography. Plus, there is an insightful question and answer link to her work. Before they read the biography on this site, students can locate and read the poems "I Want to Write" and "Sorrow Home." They can then write a paragraph describing who they think Margaret Walker is and where she is from based on these two poems. Read the biography together and discuss how accurate their paragraphs were.

• Mario Carreno
  Check this site for a brief profile of Mario Carreno, the artist who created the visual that accompanies "Lineage." Students will need to scroll through the other profiles to find the profile on Carreno. Ask them to consider the following statement from the site in light of the example of Carreno's work in Passages 11: "His earliest work focused on exotic Caribbean themes that became increasingly geometric in style during the 1950s."

• Hugh Garner
  This site offers students a brief insight into the author of "One Mile of Ice." After students have read the information on this site, discuss as a class the characters and adventure Garner created in "One Mile of Ice," and Garner's own character.
• Surviving Hypothermia
  Students can find out more about hypothermia at this winter camping site. Invite students to read one of the articles archived at this site, and report back to the class on its subject.

• Gagnon Painting 1 , Gagnon Painting 2
  Have the students visit the two Web pages above to see other examples of Gagnon's work. Discuss how these paintings have a similar style to the one in the story. The above pages are part of a much larger art archive at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Web site. Students could access other Canadian artists represented in the Virtual Exhibition of this Web site and locate an image that they think represents the story. For example, "Sleigh Race Across the Ice," by Cornelius Krieghoff.

• History of Photography
  This site is a reference site with many links to relevant sites about the history of photography.
• Photo Exhibitions
  At this site students can examine a number of the photos from past exhibitions. They can compare these photos with Mattie Gunterman's photo essay. How are the photos and the images they capture similar or different? How has photography changed in the past 100 years?

• Around Alone Race 2002
  For reference, this is the official site of the Around Alone race, 2002-with details for competitors and an archive of media reports.
• Giovanni Soldini
  In order to access Soldini's profile, click on "Team Fila" located at the left-hand side bar. Then click on "open" next to Personal Profile: Giovanni Soldini. Students can read Soldini's personal profile and then write a series of journal entries of his adventures in his Around Alone voyage.

• William Stafford
  This personal perspective of Stafford's life reveals his close bond to his parents. Students can read this piece and reflect on how Stafford's parents influenced him and how his personal life was intertwined in his work. They can also reflect on how their own personal life and families influence their dreams, goals, and future aspirations.
• Works by Stafford
  For reference, here is a full bibliography of William Stafford's work with a link to his Web site.

• Beothuk Background
  Students can use the information on this detailed site to write an imaginary interview with a member of the Beothuk tribe. The topic of this interview could be "A Day in the Life of a Beothuk".

• Paul Fleishchman
  This is an interesting interview in which Fleischman explains what motivates him to write and how his family influenced his writing. Students may find this interesting to read before or after studying the poem.
• Butterfly Quiz
  Use the quiz at this site to introduce the poem. Students can take this quiz to determine how much they know about caterpillars and butterflies. (In order to get the answers, click BACK at the bottom of the quiz and then click on ANSWERS FOR BUTTERLY QUIZ.)