by boot | Mar 6, 2025
Ask students to imagine a place — in real life or in their imagination — where they feel at home. What does that place look and feel like? Who else is there with them? Why do they feel at home in this place? Have they ever been to this place before? Now instruct...
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
Africville is about home in many ways. In the story, the Africville that the young girl visits is much different than it was many years ago. We don’t know if she has ever been there before, yet it still seems like a place where she feels at home. Ask students what...
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
This book was translated from French into English. Often we overlook the role a translator plays in the experience we have in reading a book. Locate a passage in electronic form from a suitable work written in a foreign language, perhaps coordinating with a foreign...
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
The title of this book draws the reader’s attention to the connection between the fox and Jane Eyre. One way to read this story is to see the encounter with the fox as a parallel with Jane’s encounters with Rochester. A wild, colorful creature enters the life of a...
by boot | Mar 6, 2025
One theme of Jane, the Fox and Me is Hélène’s love for the book Jane Eyre. Have students independently review the sections of the graphic novel that illustrate Jane Eyre and come to class ready to discuss them. Encourage students to analyze all elements of the...
