THE BRIDGE-HELPFUL READING LITERACY STRATEGIES

Reading Literacy
for the second time, and if the pictures helped.
The answer to these questions is, of course, yes.
The teacher gives further instructions as to how to go about narrating the story by
paraphrasing:
‘’Let's now paraphrase. I will start narrating the story and you will help me: This is a story
about a young mother and her newborn baby. The father goes to work in the woods while
they stay at home alone. Suddenly – a bear comes. The young mother is terrified. But the
bear only needs help – a thorn is stuck in his paw. The young mother decides to help him.
She pulls the thorn from his paw and saves the bear. To show his gratitude, he takes the
cradle and comes back with the cradle full of pears.’’
2. Writing
Instructions:
The teacher invites the pupils to write a short message to the bear by asking them what
they would like to tell him. The teacher elicits the story’s ideas from the pupils through
brainstorming, asking questions, discussing the content.
Those pupils who find writing in Slovenian difficult, are invited to write in their first
language. The pupils’ messages are written on A4 paper and later read out loud to the
class.
We can definitely imagine how difficult it is for migrant children to understand a new
language. Pictures, however, can really help them. To make the transition from Slovenian
(L2) to their first language easier, another activity they can do is translate the Slovenian
fairy-tale into their mother tongue. This gives them the opportunity to talk and express
their feelings about a Slovenian story in their first language.
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