Reading house

      Theme: Buildings and lifestyles, personal taste.
      Lexical area: Buildings, features of buildings and decoration
      Cross curricular links: History, Geography, Art.

      Toys, fads and fashion

      Theme: Toys, fashions and consumerism
      Lexical area: Toys, definitions
      Cross curricular links: History, social science, economics.

      Vegetarianism

       Theme: Vegetarianism as a growing trend in the UK
      Lexical area: Food
      Cross curricular links: Home economics, health studies

      Tattoos

      Theme: Tattoos
      Lexical area: Tattoo designs and body parts.

      Shopping Nation

       Theme: Shopping. Has the UK become a nation of shopaholics?
      Lexical area: Types of shops and ways of shopping
      Cross curricular links: Sociology

      Gadgets

      Lexical area: Inventions and technology
      Cross curricular links: Science and technology

      A fizzy drink and a bag of crisps

      Theme: Talking about healthy eating and eating habits. The poor dietary habits of children in the UK and recent reports on child obesity.
      Lexical area: food and drink, nutritional content of foods
      Cross curricular links: Personal and social education, biology and the science of nutrition.

      Reality TV

      Theme: Reality TV programmes, the types of TV programmes in the UK, Interactive TV
      Lexical area:Television, Types of programmes, Tastes
      Cross curricular links: Media Studies

      Cool Brands UK

       Theme: What’s cool and what’s not
      Lexical area: Fashions and branding

      Pocket money and pester power

      Theme: Young people’s spending habits in the UK, teenagers working.
      Lexical area: Money, earnings, saving, consumer goods, quantity and numbers.
      Cross curricular links: Citizenship, economics, social science.

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