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1 W w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c aEasy stories : PeopleJoan Acostaw w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c 2013 Best of the Reader series of books by Joan Acosta is licensed undera Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No DerivativeWorks Canada w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c aContentsWelcome .. 4 Susan Aglukark .. 5 Jonathan Cheechoo .. 8 Alix works at a garden centre.. 10 Honor has a radio show .. 12A family farm .. 14 Mei Yu is a cartoon artist .. 16 Hannah s pennies help .. 19 Leo helps Sarah.. 22 Swedish twins are hockey players .. 25 Joannie is an Olympic athlete.

2 27 Josh is a Paralympic athlete .. 29 Find it .. 31 Answers for exercises .. 323w w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c aWelcomeThis e-book is part of a seriescalled Best of The Reader . The storiesin the e-books are from The WestcoastReader. It is a newspaper for adultswho are improving their Englishreading stories : PeopleThis e-book is a collectionof stories from other e-booksin this series. These storiesare at the lowest reading level. You can use this bookin a classroom, with a tutor,or on your own. Each story has exercises to gowith it. These exercises can helpyou improve your english andreading skills.

3 You can check your answersat the end of the is a Teachers Guideon this website. The guide has ideasand suggestions on how to use thee-books with author gratefully acknowledges the financialsupport of Capilano University for this special thank you to the learners and teacherswho helped choose the articles for this of the material in this book first appeared inThe Westcoast Reader (1982 to 2009). Some of thearticles have been updated. Most of the exercisesand activities for learners are based on material fromThe Westcoast Reader Teachers Notes (1982 to 2009).To the readerTo the teacherReading level4 PhotosFront cover: Rochette, Gbedze, Yu, Sedins: The Vancouver Sun;Giffin: The ProvincePage 5: Aglukark: The Vancouver Sun; sign: Sebastien Lapointe; Page 8: IvaMakarov; Page 9: Canada Post; Page 10: The Province; Pages 12, 14, 16, 19, 22,25, 27, 29: The Vancouver SunIllustrationsPage 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 28, 29, 30: Guy Parsons;Page 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 (map),16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25: Nola Johnston:Page 8: (logo) Moose Cree First NationLevel 1 Most of the e-books in this serieshave three reading levels.

4 This bookhas only one level:How do you say it?w w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c a5 Susan AglukarkDid you know? Nunavut is a territoryof Canada. About 80 percent of the People in Nunavut are Inuit. Most Inuit speak (say: ah-GLEW-kark)Nunavut (say: NEW-nah-voot)Inuktitut (say: in-NOOK-ti-tootInuit (say: IN-you-it)NunavutSusan Aglukark is a grew up in sings in english and has won many awardsfor her stop signin Inuktitutand EnglishThe Westcoast Reader5/1995w w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c aIs it a or b?CanadaProvincesTerritoriesHere is a list of Canada s 10provinces and three in the missing (capital) __lberta2.)

5 __ritish __olumbia3. __anitoba4. __ew __runswick5. __ewfoundland and __abrador6. __ova __cotia7. __ntario8. __rince __dward __sland9. __uebec10. __askatchewan1. __orthwest __erritories2. __unavut3. __ukonACircle the correct Susan Aglukark is a ___. a. singer b. nurse2. Susan grew up in ___. a. Yukon b. Nunavut3. Susan sings in english and ___. a. Portuguese b. Inuktitut4. Susan has ___ many awards. a. won b. sold5. ___ is a territory of Canada. a. Ontario b. Nunavut6. Most People in Nunavut are ___ a. Haida b.

6 Inuitw w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c a7 AlbertaYukonNunavutManitobaQuebecPrinceE dwardIsland Fill in the names of the missing provinces and __k__t__ __ __w__ __ __ __ __a__ __o__r__ __i__hC__ __u__ __ __a__ __wB__ __n__ __ __c__N__ __t__w__s____ __r__i__ __r__ __ __ N__w__ __ __n__l__ __d and__ __b__ __d__ __N__ __a__ __ __t__aMap of Canadaw w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c a8 Jonathan CheechooJonathan Cheechoois a hockey has played for two teamsin the National Hockey League(NHL).Jonathan is from is fromthe Moose Cree First Cheechoowas born in Moose is a small communityon James weather in Moose Factoryis very cold in the learned to skateon a frozen Cheechoo playedfor the San Jose Sharkshockey team for seven years.

7 OntarioHudsonBayJames BayQuebecMoose Factoryw w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c a9 Moose Moose live in most partsof Canada. In the summer, moose livenear lakes and eat water plants. An adult male moose is about two metres high. Male moose have the chartWrite the singular or plural for each Plural1. mouse4. Plural6. tiger7. goose10. salmon8. cow14. calfantlersAlix Giffin worksat a garden likes her says, I am always busy. Alix works at a garden centrew w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c apruning shearsAlix uses these at workpruning shearswatering cangardeningglovesWhat does Alix do?

8 Alix waters plants. She moves plants. She helps plant needa lot ofsun?trowelThe Westcoast Reader9/2005 Adapted from The ProvinceAlix uses pruning shearsto cut off dead the wordsPut the words in the right order to make in the blanks to finish the works centre garden at Alix a _____2. her Alix job likes _____3. busy is always Alix _____w w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c aw__ __ __r__ __ ____ __n__ __ __d__ __ __n____ __o__ __ __ t__ __ __ __lp__ __ __ i__ g__h__ __ __s132411 Alix works at a garden o w eHonor Gbedze is from came to Canada in has a radio has news about also has African says, We have lots of immigrantsfrom Africa in like to hear newsfrom their homeland.

9 Honor has a radio showw w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c a Togo is a small countryon the west coast of Africa. The official language of Togois French. Many People in Togoalso speak one or more Africanlanguages. More than 34,000 immigrantsfrom Africa live in BC. Mostof these People live in theVancouver GbedzeHow do you say it?Honor (say: on-oh-reh)Gbedze (say: beh-jeh)Togo (say: toh-goh)Did you know?12 The Westcoast Reader9/2008 Adapted from The Vancouver Sun Two words in oneWhat s the word?w w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c aMatch each word on the left with a word on the right.

10 Then write the newword on the the letters and write the words on the homeball_____2. newsland_____3. base coat_____4. downroom_____5. rainpaper_____6. bedtown_____1. Honor Gbedze is from _____. goTo2. He came to _____ in 2000. anCdaa3. Honor has a _____ show. doair4. The radio show has news about _____. rifAca5. The show also has African _____. ucmsi13homelandw w w . b e s t o f t h e r e a d e r . c a14 The Westcoast Reader 5/2002 Adapted from The Vancouver SunLen and Gerda Kooyman and their seven sonsLen and Gerda Kooymanhave a farm near Kooymans have seven in the familyhelps on the Kooymans have 2,000 milk the cows every family farmVancouverChilliwackFraser RiverChilliwack is 100 kilometreseast of is near the Fraser animalsAnimal soundsw w w.