Just a Walk
by Jordan Wheeler & Christoper Auchter
Description:
Publisher's description (Theytus Books, 2009):
In Just a Walk, a young boy named Chuck goes for a simple walk that turns into a day of wild adventure. Chuck encounters animals, fish and birds that lead him on a wild journey through their various habitats.
Author biography (Theytus Books, 2009):
Jordan Wheeler is the renowned Cree writer of Brothers in Arms and Just A Walk. He has also written numerous scripts for the APTN and the CBC. He received a Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series for his work on renegadepress.com.
Resource format: Picturebook
Age recommendation: Kindergarten - Grade 2
Keywords: wild, adventure, nature, animals, walking, land, forest, Cree, Haida, onomatoepia, rhyme, simile, braids, funny, humour, mother, family
Year of publication: 2009
Publisher information: Theytus Books
Teaching and Learning Ideas
Our team collaborated with new teachers, alumni of the Werklund School of Education’s Bachelor of Education program, to create teaching and learning plans for texts in this website. With audiences ranging from Pre-Kindergarten to Post-Secondary, lesson plans across this resource address a wide range of school subject areas, inclusive approaches, and Indigenous education topics, such as the revitalization of Indigenous languages. As this website was designed with Undergraduate Programs in Education instructors, as well as teachers in mind, connections to UPE courses have been flagged on each lesson plan. These lessons are intended as a starting place for educators, to help you envision ways in which you might bring Indigenous literatures, as well as ways of knowing, being, and doing, into your teaching contexts. Please adapt, use, and share these lessons in ways that are generative for your teaching practice. We offer our sincere thanks to the dozens of new teachers who gifted us with these creative ideas!
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