by boot | Mar 5, 2025
What is the most important message that the author shares with readers? How do students know?
by boot | Mar 5, 2025
Make a list of the ways living in Toronto is different from living in rural Saskatchewan using students’ input. Are there any similarities? What is the most significant difference? Ask students to compare life where they are with both Toronto and rural...
by boot | Mar 5, 2025
How does the illustration on pages 11–12 help students understand the difference between “there” and “here”? Why do they think the illustrator created one picture and not two?
by boot | Mar 5, 2025
What is the author’s purpose in repeating the words “there” and “here” while telling the story?
by boot | Mar 5, 2025
What words and phrases are particularly vivid in describing living in the city? Living on the prairies? Is either place familiar to someplace students know? Where would students rather live? Write a paragraph explaining their choice.
