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C r o s s - c u r r i c u l a r r e a d i n g s t r a t e g i e s w i t h i n t h e s c h o o l l i b r a r y
acquainted with the Slovenian short story genre. The group consisted of students from
Osnovna šola Pivka aged 6 to 9, and three female pupils from a school in Italy. (These sample
lessons were carried out in Slovenian, but can also be prepared in English or any other
language of communication).
The lesson plan:
Lessons 1 and 2
a) Pupils read the short story Peter Klepec by France Bevk in groups.
The story revolves around a boy who hasn’t always been endowed with great strength. At
first, he appears as just a weak little shepherd exposed to violence at the hands of str