READING TEXT
Different family types
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Original fictional learning scenario. People, dialogue and personal experiences are created for language practice.
Our teacher asked us to draw a family tree, but the usual form did not work for everyone. One classmate lived with her grandparents, another had two homes, and a third wanted to include a foster carer. The teacher replaced the form with a blank page and invited us to show the people who supported us. Some drawings looked like trees; others looked like circles or maps.
We could explain as much or as little as we wanted. The activity became a discussion about care rather than a competition to fit one pattern. I realised that even two families with the same number of people could organise their lives very differently. A useful classroom task needed space for those differences.
