Nelson Literacy 8a - Student Textbook is one of the 3 books set, 
which is: 
Nelson Literacy 8a - Student Textbook, 
Nelson Literacy 8b - Student Textbook, 
Nelson Literacy 8c - Student Textbook.

The set is approved by the Ontario Ministry of Education for the Grade 8 English Language course.

Author Team: Karen Hume, Brad Ledgerwood, Jennette MacKenzie

Nelson Literacy 8a - Student Textbook presents a rich variety of literature, informational articles, and media texts from Canada and aroung the world.  Throughout the book, the student will learn the strategies on reading, writing, speaking, listening and media literacy, and trying out these strategies.

Unit 1: Global Citizens - What kind of global citizen are you?
In this unit, the student will:
- make connections while reading;
- develop ideas in writing;
- listen effectively;
- recognize purpose and audience of media texts;
- identify sequence text pattern;
- transfer his or her learned strategies to an article in geography.

Unit 2: Tech Then and Now - How have changes in technology impacted our world?
In this unit, the student will:
- question text to increase understanding;
- organize ideas in writing;
- deliver oral presentations;
- ask questions to evaluate media texts;
- analyze narrative text pattern;
- transfer his or her learned strategies to an article in mathematics.

Full colors, 120 pages.