BOOK: “Stolen Words”
– B1-C1 (intermediate to advanced) –
Practice Your Listening Comprehension
Practice Your Reading Comprehension
“Stolen Words” by Melanie Florence is a beautiful yet sad story about a young girl learning about her grandfather’s childhood in Canada.
WHAT TO LEARN
By reading this important children’s book, both kids and adults can practice and learn many things in the English language, including:
reading comprehension
Canadian English
descriptive language
past simple
gerund (lots of examples!)
question structures
nominal sentence structures
complements
vocabulary related to:
Cree culture in Canada
Indigenous condition
residential school system in Canada
memory
feelings and emotions (e.g., curiosity, confusion, hurt, connection, etc.)
and much more…!
