Celebrate Canada: Where Am I? (Gr 1)
9780134691015
Where Am I? is a report that gives the First Nations and Inuit origins of many place names across Canada. For example Kamloops, British Columbia gets its name from a Secwepemstsin word meeting “the meeting of waters” because two rivers meet at that spot. For each place name, a sidebar table gives the name of the nation and language that inspired the place name. The style is conversational and informative.
Mostly simple sentences are used. The text is supported directly by headings, sidebars, tables, boldface and italic type, and pronunciation guides.
Interest words include languages, beautiful, and thousands. The verbs named, means, and describe are used. The adjectives deep, shallow, and yummy are used.
