Heroes Around Us
This activity combines reading, reflection, and international collaboration through mini-reading activities, class discussion, and a forum debate.
📖 Mini-Reading Activity
For this activity, all partner schools agreed to work with the same chapter from our common book The Lightning Thief in order to support meaningful international discussion.
We have chosen Chapter 3: “Grover Unexpectedly Loses His Pants”.
In this chapter, Percy begins to discover that the world around him is not what he thought. Grover reveals his true identity, and Percy, his mother, and Grover must act quickly to escape a dangerous situation. The chapter explores key values such as protection, trust, courage, identity, friendship, family, and making decisions in moments of fear.
Students read this chapter in their own classrooms, guided by their teachers. After the reading, teachers help students identify:
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key heroic qualities,
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moments of courage or kindness,
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connections between the story and real-life heroes.
This shared reading prepares students for the next step: international collaboration in mixed groups through the forum debate.
💬 International Forum Debate
After the classroom work, students join international mixed groups created by the teachers and take part in an online debate in the eTwinning Forum:
How it works:
Each teacher posts one discussion question in the forum (one per school).
Students from different countries respond in mixed groups, not only with their classmates.
Teachers moderate and guide the discussion to ensure active participation and respectful communication.
Through this activity, students practise English in a real context, exchange ideas with peers from other countries, and discover how heroism and values are understood across cultures.
This collaborative step marks an important moment in our project, strengthening both learning and connection among our students. ✨
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