Webpages tagged with «Factual text»
Themes: Cross-curricular, Factual text, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about bees contributes to developing young learners’ knowledge of nature. Furthermore, it gives inspiration to talk about the content of different types of texts. The book has rhyming text which encourages work with the rhythm and pronunciation of the English language.
Themes: Factual text, Language work, Seasons
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book presents the four seasons of a year, and it provides inspiration to talk about the typical features of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In addition, it has rhyming text which encourages work with the rhythm and pronunciation of the English language.
Themes: Animals, Factual text, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book provides knowledge about Cyprus and, hence, contributes to developing students’ understanding of other peoples’ ways of living.
Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Factual text
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can provide an exploratory approach to language, communication patterns, lifestyles, ways of thinking and social conditions open for new perspectives on the world and ourselves. The book can develop the pupils’ understanding that their views of the world are culture-dependent.
Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Diversity, Factual text
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This factual text about the USA helps students to gain insight into a society in the English-speaking world.
Themes: Art and crafts, Cross-curricular, Factual text
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages students to read factual texts and write and talk about the content.
Themes: Diversity, Factual text, Health and life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Democracy and citizenship
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages students to talk about diversity and can provide new perspectives on the pupils’ own way of life and that of others. Hence, this book can contribute to developing the students’ intercultural competence.
Themes: Factual text, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book helps students to gain experience of reading factual texts and to talk and write about the content. Furthermore, this Scottish tale gives students knowledge about Scottish history and, hence, contributes to developing their intercultural competence.
Themes: Art and crafts, Cross-curricular, Factual text, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This factual book about the artist Frida Kahlo is an inspiration to work cross-curricular. Furthermore, it provides students with useful knowledge and vocabulary helping them communicating with others about a variety of topics.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Diversity, Factual text, Identity, Intercultural competence, Seasons
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book introduces young learners to Ramadan and its traditions. Hence, this story can encourage young people to explore different cultures and develop their intercultural competence.
Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Factual text, Friendship, Intercultural competence, Racism
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about apartheid in South Africa provides students with knowledge about different societies and culture in the English speaking world.
Themes: Factual text, Family, Health and life skills, Identity, Intercultural competence, Language work, Refugees, War and peace
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This diary of a refugee contributes to developing the understanding of refugees’ background and provide new perspectives on other peoples’ way of life. It can also help refugees to share their experiences with others. Furthermore, it can serve as a model text for writing a diary.
Themes: Animals, Cross-curricular, Factual text
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about wolves in the Yukon Territory in Canada provides learners with knowledge about wild animals and inspires learners to read and present content from various types of texts.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Environment, Factual text, Health and life skills, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book presents 10 small changes in lifestyle everybody can do to improve the environment. The book can serve as a model text to inspire young learners to start writing simple sentences.
Themes: Democracy and citizenship, Factual text, Racism
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This factual book about the civil rights activist Rosa Parks is an inspiration to work cross-curricular and learn about the development of the American society. Furthermore, it provides students with useful knowledge and vocabulary helping them communicating with others about a variety of topics.
Themes: Factual text, Intercultural competence
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book helps students to gain experience of reading factual texts and to talk and write about the content. Furthermore, this Scottish tale gives students knowledge about Scottish history and, hence, contributes to developing their intercultural competence.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Factual text, Intercultural competence, Music
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This colourful and expressive picture book encourages students to explore different cultural forms of expression: in this case, jazz music.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Democracy and citizenship, Factual text, Intercultural competence, Racism
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about Malala can inspire students to explore diversity and describe different ways of living and thinking and hence, contributes to developing their intercultural competence. Furthermore, this book can be used to work with interdisciplinary topics.
Themes: Amusement, Intercultural competence, Factual text
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book can provide an exploratory approach to language, communication patterns, lifestyles, ways of thinking and social conditions open for new perspectives on the world and ourselves. The book can develop the pupils’ understanding that their views of the world are culture-dependent.
Themes: Cross-curricular, Environment, Factual text, Language work
Connections to the Curriculum in English: This factual text about the role of plastic encourages talk about the environment and how everyone can contribute to make the world a better place. In addition, the book provides the students with useful vocabulary enabling them to express themselves about environmental issues.