Live Ink - Engagement through Critical Thinking

Coming March 2010

Live Ink is an exciting and bold new resource that engages students through critical thinking. Each of the eight units is built upon a highly engaging inquiry question.

Each of the 8 Live Ink units:

• helps prepare Ontario students for the OSSLT
• directly supports all curriculum strands
• includes assessment 'for' and 'of' learning
• provides metacognitive opportunities
• offers reading/writing connections

Live Ink has two different types of modules that provide maximum flexibility and support different teaching needs.

One set is organized around topics that allow teachers to extend the enduring topics in the novels and plays that are typically taught in Grades 9 and 10.

• Stereotypes
• Heroes and Zeros
• Conflict
• Identity

The second set is genre-based and includes the following topics which allow teachers to focus on a particular curriculum strand.

• Media
• Oral Communication
• Poetry
• Non-fiction

Here is what students are saying about samples of LIVE INK

Hello, my name is Megan. I've read your magazine over and over again, and I find it amazing because I'm also a person who wishes Labelling would just STOP! People that first meet me, classify me as "scene", or "emo". Their reasoning is because I have piercings, tattoos, wear dark makeup, dye my hair all the time and wear tight pants (skinny jeans). But really, that's just me. Since I was thirteen I've been classified as a "dark child" from my above reasonings and the music I listen to.

Anyways, I love the magazine overall, but a few things you could change are; first, make the important issues/articles/information much brighter/eye catching then the less important. For example, the two different looking articles, but both the same reading articles, (pg. 20-21 & 36-37) "Not a Guys Guy". The most eye catching was pg. 20-21. Secondly, less writing is easier and funnier, but a little extra explanations help some understand a bit better. Lastly, the table of contents shouldn't be as bolded as the rest of the magazine and should have more explanations. Other then those issues I had, this magazine is wonderful and got straight to the point!
Megan

It seems organized with cool designs and the options are right there in front of you.
Vivian

The title of the book, 'Don't Label Me!', really grabs my attention. I would read this book with plenty of interest.
Valerie

The selection I liked best was the labelling selection. It fits in perfectly for high school students.
Kourtneii