{"id":1237,"date":"2021-12-08T08:49:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/?page_id=1237"},"modified":"2025-09-13T10:09:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:09:15","slug":"unit-9-novel-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/english-first-peoples-12\/unit-9-novel-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 9: Novel Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-4gbudh-85152a72a3407b05dc7aa7bc3e5b9292 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1237'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-216eud-fd47313fc9064d33da03d39daf4833a9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" >\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1237'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-39epdh-820cb5e1f1c3a667023d2f908ed3501f av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kwqsqdk8-3d6fa63d298224d0cc346e73732bbc56 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 class=\"entry-title\">Unit 9: Novel Study<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You\u2019re nearly finished English First Peoples 12! Well done! All that\u2019s left is the novel study. Lucky for you, we have a FANTASTIC collection of novels by Indigenous authors. Talk to a staff member for ideas, or browse our Indigenous Library in the quiet room.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none;\">\n<tbody style=\"border: none;\">\n<tr style=\"border: none;\">\n<td style=\"border: none;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1239 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/12\/johnny-appleseed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"435\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1240 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/12\/the-marrow-thieves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"436\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1241 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/12\/the-night-wanderer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/12\/the-night-wanderer.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/12\/the-night-wanderer-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; vertical-align: top;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1242 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2021\/12\/son-of-a-trickster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"438\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>These are the guidelines for your novel study: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2022\/04\/Novel-Study-Guidelines.pdf\">Novel Study Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some novels to consider (these are all available at Nala\u2019atsi):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Indian Horse \u2013<\/em> Richard Wagamese<\/li>\n<li><em>Monkey Beach \u2013<\/em> Eden Robinson<\/li>\n<li><em>The Marrow Thieves \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Cherie Dimaline<\/li>\n<li><em>Kiss of the Fur Queen \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Tomson Highway<\/li>\n<li><em>Keeper\u2019n Me \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Richard Wagamese<\/li>\n<li><em>Halfbreed \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Maria Campbell<\/li>\n<li><em>There There \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Tommy Orange<\/li>\n<li><em>Secret of the Stars \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Gitz Crazyboy<\/li>\n<li><em>Moon of the Crusted Snow \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Waubgeshig Rice<\/li>\n<li><em>The Night Wanderer \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Drew Hayden Taylor<\/li>\n<li><em>Motorcycles &amp; Sweetgrass \u2013<\/em> Drew Hayden Taylor<\/li>\n<li><em>Son of a Trickster \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Eden Robinson<\/li>\n<li><em>On the Back of the Turtle \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Thomas King<\/li>\n<li><em>Medicine Walk \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Richard Wagamese<\/li>\n<li><em>Birdie \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Tracey Lindberg<\/li>\n<li><em>Raven\u2019s Song \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Lee Maracle<\/li>\n<li><em>Reservation Blues \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Sherman Alexie<\/li>\n<li><em>Fire Song \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Adam Garnet Jones<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It will probably help to take notes about the novel as you read (not exhaustive notes, just something to help you remember what you\u2019ve read when you get to the assignment).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations, you\u2019ve finished English First Peoples 12!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":1141,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 09:02:07","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1237"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1237\/revisions\/2365"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comoxvalleyschools.ca\/nalaatsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}