Nelson Literacy 8b - 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 8b - 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.
 

(Units 1, 2 are in Nelson Literacy 8a - Student Textbook)

Unit 3: Secrets - What are some good reasons for keeping secrets?
In this unit, the student will:
- make inferences while reading;
- make inferences while listening;
- add voice to informational writing;
- create comics;
- analyze generalization text pattern;
- transfer his or her learned strategies to an article in science and technology.

Unit 4: No Limits - What does it mean to test your limits?
In this unit, the student will:
- summarize important ideas while reading;
- improve word choice while writing;
- improve understanding while listening;
- identify point of view in media texts;
- analyze nonfictoin recount text pattern;
- transfer his or her learned strategies to an article in health.

Full colors, 120 pages.