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AIM will donate 20% of the Jean-Michel – Acrobate reader sales to the Haitian relief fund on an on-going basis.
Additionally, AIM Language Learning will contribute 10% of sales revenues of the Je m'appelle Christian reader to the CINE Institute in Haiti and the author, Mary Anne Alton, is donating all of her royalties from this reader to the NPH orphanage St. Helenes in Haiti
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Award-winning French-language teacher/author Jacqueline Kelly, multi-talented educator and songwriter Matt Maxwell, Wendy Maxwell, creator/author of the AIM, and David Cameron teamed-up to design a series of readers for core-french and immersion students that complement any FSL curriculum. These readers – designed for shared and guided reading – help students develop their language and literacy skills. All of the readers seamlessly incorporate cultural and thematic elements in their simple but captivating narratives. These stories emphasize the utmost importance of treating each other and the Earth with kindness and respect. Some readers are accompanied by a Blackline-Master book which contains over 40 language-manipulation activities that encourage higher-order thinking skills, and develop syntactical and morphological knowledge. These activities help students to learn to think creatively while they improve their oral and written fluency.
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Level One Readers - Rudimentary Fluency
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Jamais A darling family pet loves its owner and would do anything to protect her, or at least in its mind it would. This comical tale entertains but tugs at the heart with its story about belief in oneself.
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Une aventure d'Halloween ! On Halloween evening, Claire wanders into a haunted house where she encounters some very strange characters. This fun-filled adventure is about a young girl who thinks that she is a very brave person but discovers that ghosts can be more of a challenge than she first imagined!
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André et sa famille This story takes place in Québec in the early 18th century. A family of pioneers are settling into rural life. One day the family goes off into the woods to pick berries. Seven-year-old André gets separated from his older sister and his parents. A young Huron boy finds him and returns him to his thankful family. Suitable for all elementary students with a basic fluency.
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AIM will donate 20% of the Jean-Michel – Acrobate reader sales to the Haitian relief fund on an on-going basis. Jean-Michel – Acrobate Jean-Michel is a 12-year-old boy who lives in the slums of Cap-Haïtien in Haïti. This talented young fellow uses his acrobatic skills to earn money with which he buys his mother a birthday present. This story can used as a point de départ for a whole range of activities, including ones that focus on Caribbean francophone culture, and on poverty and social-justice issues. As well as language-manipulation activities based on the story, the Blackline Masters contain a cultural unit and language activities about sports and athletics.
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L'aventure de Stephanie Stéphanie is an 11-year-old girl who is a resident of a small town in northern Quebec. The town folk decide to put on a Festival du Voyageur. Stéphanie becomes bored with the cultural activities – the singing and dancing, the costumes, the sugaring off – and wanders down to the riverside, where she gets in one of the voyageurs' canoes. The canoe gets caught in the rapids; only the heroic actions of a young villager save the day. Stéphanie comes away from her adventure infinitely more appreciative of the community of which she is a part. The Blackline Masters have many activities based on the story, and contain a cultural unit on the life of the voyageurs in Quebec, and activities based on a simple description of a North American river eco-system. |
Level Two Readers - Developing Fluency
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Je m'appelle Christian This book tells the true story of a young man, Christian, who has spent most of his life at St. Helene's orphanage in Haiti. Christian was born with many physical handicaps and his mother died when he was two years old. At the orphanage, he was surrounded with love and a great deal medical support, and nowadays he is a true inspiration to all who know him. Author Mary Anne Alton did volunteer work at St. Helene's orphanage, and was able to experience true joy in spending time with Christian. The author, Mary Anne Alton, is donating all of her royalties to the NPH orphanage St. Helenes in Haiti. In addition, AIM Language Learning contributes 4% of sales revenues of this book to Doctors Without Borders to help their work in Haiti.
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34 avenue du Park A fairy has lost its ability to be the free spirit that it was. But, with the help of a friend, she is able to turn things around. The story shows the importance of friendship and that we do not need to be perfect to help each other.
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Zolo Zilli le jongleur The Zilli family is famous for their circus performances. Zolo Zilli, a young juggler wants to juggle eight bananas on a unicycle. It will not be easy but Zolo wants to beat the world record. When his sister Zozi laughs at him and says that he won't be able to do this, he starts believing that he isn't capable of doing so. This story shows that if you really want to do something and you try hard enough, you can achieve success.
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Manigan le geant Manigan is a gentle giant and steward of the Earth who uses his bounty to aid those in need. He helps a couple of people who unfortunately take advantage of his kindness and eat up his stores of food. When the giant becomes weak, the couple realize that they have to give back to the one who has given them so much– they nurture Manigan back to health. This tale, which evokes First Nations wisdom, is a parable that reminds us of the need to treat our world with respect, and not just as something to be viewed as a resource for human consumption. As well as exercises based on the story, the Blackline Masters have a unit on pre-Columbian Mi'kmaq culture, and activities exploring ecological awareness and sustainability practices.
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Prince Veut-tout Prince Albert has been brought up in the lap of luxury. The more material goods he has, the less satisfied he feels; because of his greedy nature, he becomes known as Prince Veut-Tout. One day, while speeding on his motorbike, he almost runs over an old man; this event triggers a sense of remorse in him and causes him to re-evaluate his life. One night, looking up at the stars, Prince Albert decides to become a space explorer. He heads off into the heavens in his spaceship. Years later, he returns to his home with his new-found alien friends.
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Simon le grincheux Simon is a somewhat peculiar boy who loves rain, snow, sleet and wind, and despises sunny, pleasant weather. One day he is swept up into the air by a ferocious hurricane. As he is flying through the sky, he notices a baby that has also been caught up in the wind. Risking his own safety, he rescues the child and returns him to his mother. He is heralded by the villagers as a hero. Simon le grincheux becomes Simon le généreux ! This book is written in verse. Blackline Masters written by AIM teacher/presenter Jacqueline Kelly.
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Ali et la pluie Ali lives in a North African village with his wife, Nadia. One day he decides to clean his water tank, a job that he has not done for ten years (during which time his waistline has expanded considerably). His problems start when he has trouble fitting through the opening at the top of the tank; then he is attacked by mosquitoes and finally, when rain starts to fill the tank, he remembers that he does not know how to swim. Nadia has been practising her dance routine during this time so has not heard his cries for help, but eventually she arrives and rescues him from drowning.
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En vacances ! Two teenagers, Marie and her friend Suzanne, are on a trip from their home in Montréal to Martinique during their holiday. A series of amusing events takes place after Marie bumps into a young man named Pierre at the airport. Marie's initial reaction to Pierre is not very positive, nor does her second impression of him improve when he accidentally spills water on her during some turbulence on the plane. However, he redeems himself at the end of the story during a scuba-diving excursion. The Blackline Masters contain language manipulation activities that focus on vocabulary-building as well as grammar, appropriate to the junior high or beginning high school level. There is also a cultural unit on Martinique and a unit discussing the Caribbean rainforest ecosystem.
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Renée et les Algonquins The story begins the morning of a school field trip to the former sit of an Algonquin settlement near Ottawa. As a teenage girl named Renée is preparing to leave, she and her mother argue over her lack of responsibility and Renée is frustrated by her mother's comments. Renée is not interested in this field trip and makes it very clear that she would rather be at the mall with her friends. During the field trip, Renée trips and falls in the forest. Suddenly things change and she finds herself among the Algonquins. is this real or just a dream? This story deals with relationships between adolescents and adults in our time and compares them with the relationships between people of different ages in native societies. Respect and awareness of the environment is another subject that is important in this story.
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Une beau jour Two teenagers, Marie and Pierre, met in the story En vacances !
during a trip to Martinique. We travel with them again through
Europe in this story, Un beau jour. At the beginning of the
story, Marie decides that she no longer wants to allow Pierre
to make all the plans, and sets out on her own. The two decide
to meet in Paris in a couple of days at the Arc de Triomphe.
Unfortunately, neither Marie nor Pierre realizes that this day is
not a good choice if you want to find someone in this location,
as it is the celebration of Le jour de l’Armistice!
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Level Three Readers - Working Fluency
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Une visite à Montreal This is the story of a family separated by an ocean: one family lives in France and the other in Quebec. The children of the French family visit their two Quebecois cousins and discover several differences, both in their language and their culture. They also find that they are jealous of each other. However something happens to them that shows them that family bonds overcome all obstacles.
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Les océans The world's oceans play many important roles in our lives: they give us the air we breathe, the water we drink, our planetary climate. In this book, students will be able to explore the wondrous mysteries of oceanic life.
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Rozène : La fille qui n'était pas contente This is a traditional Iroquois story about a teenage girl named Rozène from the Iroquois nation. Rozène daydreams of meeting a tall, young man who will sweep her off her feet. Although her family wants her to marry Orenda, the young man from her village who loves her very much, Rozène wants more. One day, a strong, well-dressed young man arrives at her house and offers to take her away from the village. This is a story about decisions that young people must face as they grow up. It is a story that contains elements of fantasy, adventure and romance, while also giving insight into First Nations culture.
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Françoise la folle This is a touching story about an intergenerational relationship between a young girl and a very old woman who lives in a dump.
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Ce monde Ce monde provides a poetic description of our planet, placing it in its larger astronomical context and exploring the marvel and wonder of life in the sea, in the air and on the land. The poem points out that we are not passive bystanders but active participants in the unfolding ecology of our planet.
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Les loups Les loups gives an overview of the mythology, genealogy and ecology of wolves. This reader explores the life and hunting habits of wolves packs, and looks at the challenges that they face in the 21st century.
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Nuit Blanche In this touching story of a family required by financial circumstances to give up their home and live in a tent city, a boy has to grapple with the decision on whether or not to live with his now-homeless immediate family, or to live far away with relatives.
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Chez moi ! Laura and Matthew have returned from a long trip to Europe. Although they arrived at the airport late at night, Laura was so happy to be back home she insisted that she show Matthew the house where she grew up. They entered the house quietly to avoid waking her parents, but discovered very quickly that something had changed ...
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