APIEWriting: Children's Rights and School for All
Children's rights and school for all
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📌 How to use this lesson
👩🏫 Teacher Guide:
- Monitor students for 25 minutes as they learn vocabulary and practice exercises.
- Check answers after each section and review any tricky words together in class.
🧑🎓 Learner Guide:
- Read the word cards carefully to learn the new words and their simple examples.
- Complete the 4 quick practice tasks below to test your understanding.
📘 Module 1: Words for Children's Rights
Learn key words about children's rights, rules, and school before you start writing.
Pattern Example
"Every child needs things like food and a safe home."
💡 Key Words to Learn
Something every person should have or be able to do.
"Going to school is a basic child right."
An official rule made by a government to protect people.
"The law says all children must go to school."
The power to act, speak, or live without unfair limits.
"Children need the freedom to play and learn."
What you think or feel about a topic.
"Students can express their opinion in class."
To let someone do something.
"Good schools allow kids to ask questions."
To make someone suffer because they did something wrong.
"Teachers should not punish children unfairly."
To give someone something they need.
"Parents provide food and clothes for kids."
Having very little money.
"Free school helps poor children learn."
Not right, not equal, or not treating everyone well.
"It is unfair when some kids cannot study."
Having lived for only a short time; not old.
"Very young children need love and care."
✏️ Task (a): Word Order
Put the words in the right order to form a correct sentence.
1. Mixed words:
Write the correct sentence below:
____2. Mixed words:
Write the correct sentence below:
____3. Mixed words:
Write the correct sentence below:
____4. Mixed words:
Write the correct sentence below:
____📝 Task (b): Fill in the Blanks
Choose the right word from the bank to complete each sentence.
Word Bank:
5. Every student should feel free to share their ____ in class.
6. Adults must not ____ children in a harmful way.
7. Some families are very ____ and need free school books.
8. Teachers should ____ students to ask questions anytime.
9. A baby is very ____ and needs special care and attention.
🔘 Task (c): Choose the Correct Word
Select the best option (a, b, c, or d) for each sentence.
10. Every child has the _____ to go to school and learn.
11. The government makes a new _____ to keep all schools safe.
12. Good schools _____ children with clean water and learning tools.
13. It is _____ if some kids cannot play just because they are poor.
🔗 Task (d): Match Question to Answer
Read each question and choose the answer that fits best.
14. Question: "What should a good school provide?"
15. Question: "What happens when a rule is unfair?"
16. Question: "Why do children need rights?"
✍️ Module 2: Write Your Message
Write a short message to a friend about children's rights, needs, school, and activities.
📝 Task Instructions
Write a short message to a friend about what children need and what rights they have. Say which things children need at home, which things they learn at school, and which activities they enjoy.
Length: 60–80 words💬 Useful Sentence Starters
Use these exact starters to frame your message:
- • Children have rights such as ...
- • Every child needs things like ...
- • At school, children learn subjects such as ...
- • Some children cannot ... . For example, ...
- • Children also enjoy activities like ...
- • I think rights like these are ...
✅ Checklist Before You Write
- ____ Write at least 5 sentences in total.
- ____ Include at least 2 sentences with "such as".
- ____ Include at least 2 sentences with "like".
- ____ Include 1 sentence starting with "For example," followed by a full sentence.
- ____ Use nouns or lists of nouns after "such as" and "like" (no full sentence after them).
- ____ In lists, use a comma between examples and put "and" before the last one.
🌟 Module 3: Model Answer & Useful Phrases
Read this open example message to see how to use all the sentence starters and useful phrases correctly.
📄 Model Message (73 words)
Open Model Answer💡 Useful Phrases & Plain Notes
Note: Use "such as" to give examples. Always write a noun or a list of nouns after it.
Note: Use "like" to name examples easily. Follow it with nouns, not a full sentence.
Note: Put "For example," at the start of a sentence with a comma. Follow it with a complete sentence.
Note: Use this phrase to show that something is necessary or good for a person.
Note: This means to get older and bigger, changing from a young child into an adult.
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