Webpages tagged with «Family»

Themes: Family, Friendship, Identity 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book can inspire talk about the generation gap and help learners express their feelings and become confident users of English so they can participate in communication on different topics. 

Themes: Family, Intercultural competence, Language work 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This picture book portraits life and culture in a small Mexican village and hence, contributes to developing students’ intercultural competence. It is also a book about family relations, solidarity, and sacrifice. The language is sprinkled with Spanish words throughout the book. 

Themes: Family, Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This uplifting story about split families encourages young learners to express their feelings and see that there are different ways of living.  

Themes: Cross-curricular, Family, Feelings, Health and life skills 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book will help students to express their feelings about loss and bereavement.  

Themes: Diversity, Family, Health and life skills, Identity  

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book is an inspiration for students to share and express their thoughts and opinions on their own way of life and help them develop a positive and a secure identity.

Themes: Family, Feelings 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages talk about feelings and family life.  

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:  Family, Fairy tales, Intercultural competence

Connections to the Curriculum in English: By reflecting on, interpreting and critically assessing different types of texts in English, the pupils shall acquire language and knowledge of culture and society. 

Themes: Family, Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book about a split African family in England provides new perspectives on students’ own way of life and that of others. Furthermore, the story can contribute to reflections on identity and cultural belonging. 

Themes: Animals, Environment, Family 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book helps the students to talk about relationships. Furthermore, it encourages children to be curious about what surrounds them and ask questions. 

Themes: Diversity, Family, Feelings, Health and life skills, Identity 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book allows children to talk about diversity in society in the sense that some children are late bloomers. Working with this book will help students seeing their own and others’ identity. 

Themes: Family, Feelings, Health and life skills 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book encourages talk about feelings of loss and bereavement. It can be used cross-curricular as a starting point for talking about these complex feelings

Themes: Cross-curricular, Family, Feelings, Health and life skills  

Connections to the  Curriculum in English: This book allows children to talk about loss and bereavement. It can be used in other subjects as a starting point for talking about death and how to cope with death. 

Themes: Cross-curricular, Family, Friendship, Health and life skills 

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book investigates ways of living and it encourages talk about family life and how different families can be.     

Themes: Cross-curricular, Family, Health and life skills

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book is an excellent starting point for talking about some aspects of different ways of living.    

Themes: Family, Intercultural competence

Connections to the Curriculum in English: This book is an inspiration to investigate ways of living and traditions in different societies in the English-speaking world and reflect on identity and cultural belonging.