Children's Literature in English Language Teaching for Primary Students in Hong Kong (CLELT)

Index by primary level

Primary level 1

Found in Hong Kong

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

Primary level 2

Socks Heaven

Teacher's Pet

Primary level 3

Celebrate Hong Kong!

Primary level 4

One Tree

The Shadow in the Moon

Primary level 5

Chopsticks

Twinkle Toes

Primary level 6

Three Years and Eight Months

Index by book level (Lexile*)

* Estimated Lexile measure

300L - 400L

Found in Hong Kong (340L*)

400L - 500L

500L - 600L

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter (520L*)

One Tree (540L*)

Socks Heaven (570L*)

Teacher's Pet (540L*)

600L - 700L

Twinkle Toes (600L*)

Celebrate Hong Kong! (680L*)

700L - 800L

Three Years and Eight Months (770L*)

800L - 900L

The Shadow in the Moon (840L*)

Chopsticks (810L*)

Index by General Studies Strand

Health and Living

Teacher's Pet

Science and Technology in Everyday Life

Teacher's Pet

People and Environment

One Tree

Socks Heaven

Community and Citizenship

Chopsticks

Found in Hong Kong

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

One Tree

Teacher's Pet

The Shadow in the Moon

Three Years and Eight Months

Twinkle Toes

National identity and Chinese Culture

The Shadow in the Moon

Three Years and Eight Months

Global Understanding and the Information Era

Celebrate Hong Kong!

Index by skills

Reading

Celebrate Hong Kong!

L6 (Cheung Chau Bun Festival)

L10 (Boardgame)

Chopsticks

L3 (Jumbo Floating Restaurant)

L10 (Boardgame)

Found in Hong Kong

L2 (Fireflies)

L6 (Pandas)

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

L4 (Timetable)

L7 (Firefighters)

L10 (Broadgame)

One Tree

L1 (Character description)

L4 (Order of events)

L8 (Narrative structure)

L10 (Boardgame)

Socks Heaven

L9 (Socks)

L10 (Boardgame)

Teacher's Pet

L5 (Water Shortage)

L10 (Boardgame)

The Shadow in the Moon

L9 (Mid-Autumn Festival customs)

L10 (Boardgame)

Three Years and Eight Months

L1 (Book setting)

L2 ( Inferring characters’ thoughts)

L3 (Foreshadowing)

L10 (Boardgame)

Twinkle Toes (Cat Soup and other short stories)

L4 (Smugglers in Hong Kong)

Writing

Celebrate Hong Kong!

L1 (Inferencing)

L3 (Speech verbs)

L7 (Designing a festival part 1)

L8 (Designing a festival part 2)

L9 (Dictogloss)

L10 (Boardgame)

Chopsticks

L1 (Present participle as an adjective)

L2 (Cohesion)

L10 (Boardgame)

Found in Hong Kong

L10 (Photo caption)

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

L3 (Chores)

L5 (Connective - and, but)

L9 (Phonics)

L10 (Broadgame)

One Tree

L5 (Comparison with past and present tense)

L6 (My neighbours)

Socks Heaven

L2 (Lost notices)

L8 (Writing story endings part 2 – dialogue writing)

L10 (Boardgame)

Teacher's Pet

L1 (School rules)

L3 (Subjects)

The Shadow in the Moon

L3 (Speech verbs)

L6 (Narrative writing)

L7 (Chinese lanterns)

Three Years and Eight Months

L7 (Book Report (character))

L8 (Dictogloss)

L9 (A response letter)

Twinkle Toes (Cat Soup and other short stories)

L9 (A play script 1)

Listening

Celebrate Hong Kong!

L9 (Dictogloss)

Chopsticks

L3 (Jumbo Floating Restaurant)

L7 (Dragons)

L9 (Paper cup dragons)

Found in Hong Kong

L5 (Numbers)

L9 (Plural/Singular 3)

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

L2 (Collage)

L8 (Fire safety)

L9 (Phonics)

One Tree

L7 (Air pollution)

L9 (Yum cha)

Socks Heaven

L6 (A sock caterpillar)

Teacher's Pet

L6 (Being Hygienic)

The Shadow in the Moon

L7 (Chinese lanterns)

Three Years and Eight Months

L5 (War announcement)

L8 (Dictogloss)

Twinkle Toes (Cat Soup and other short stories)

L7 (Lion dance)

Speaking

Celebrate Hong Kong!

L5 (Festivals)

L8 (Designing a festival part 2)

L10 (Boardgame)

Chopsticks

L5 (Present perfect tense)

L10 (Boardgame)

Found in Hong Kong

L1 (Transport)

L9 (Plural/Singular 3)

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

L4 (Timetable)

L9 (Phonics)

L10 (Broadgame)

One Tree

L6 (My neighbours)

L9 (Yum cha)

L10 (Boardgame)

Socks Heaven

L3 (Shapes)

L4 (Hobbies and interests)

L10 (Boardgame)

Teacher's Pet

L3 (Subjects)

L4 (Numeral Adverbs)

The Shadow in the Moon

L2 (Mooncakes)

Three Years and Eight Months

L6 (Campus TV)

L8 (Dictogloss)

L10 (Boardgame)

Twinkle Toes (Cat Soup and other short stories)

L5 (Animal rescue)

L6 (Filial piety)

L10 (A play script 2)

Grammar

Celebrate Hong Kong!

L2 (Relative pronouns ‘who’ ‘whose’)

Chopsticks

L1 (Present participle as an adjective)

L4 (Present perfect tense)

L5 (Present perfect tense)

Found in Hong Kong

L7 (Plural/Singular)

L8 (Plural/Singular 2)

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

L5 (Connective - and, but)

One Tree

L2 (Old and New Days)

Socks Heaven

L5 (Prepositions of place)

Teacher's Pet

L4 (Numeral Adverbs)

Three Years and Eight Months

L4 (Cause and effect)

L8 (Dictogloss)

Vocabulary

Celebrate Hong Kong!

L7 (Designing a festival part 1)

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

L1 (Firefighter vocabulary)

Socks Heaven

L3 (Shapes)

L4 (Hobbies and interests)

Teacher's Pet

L7 (Housework)

The Shadow in the Moon

L2 (Mooncakes)

Three Years and Eight Months

L2 (Inferring characters’ thoughts)

Twinkle Toes (Cat Soup and other short stories)

L1 (Ponies vocabulary)

Literature

Celebrate Hong Kong!

L4 (Character description)

Chopsticks

L4 (Present perfect tense)

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

L6 (Character traits)

Socks Heaven

L7 (Writing story endings - part 1 - Narrative writing)

Teacher's Pet

L8 (Character Description)

The Shadow in the Moon

L4 (Character description)

L5 (Narrative structure)

L8 (Chinese myths)

Literary Devices

Chopsticks

L6 (Literature)

Found in Hong Kong

L4 (Rhymes)

Socks Heaven

L1 (Personification)

Teacher's Pet

L2 (Onomatopoeia)

The Shadow in the Moon

L1 (Smiles)

Twinkle Toes (Cat Soup and other short stories)

L2 (Similes)

Culture

Chopsticks

L8 (Chinese auspicious symbols)

Teacher's Pet

L9 (Chinese Calligraphy)

Twinkle Toes (Cat Soup and other short stories)

L8 (Cultural differences)

Visual Literacy

Chopsticks

L9 (Paper cup dragons)

Found in Hong Kong

L3 (Paper lanterns)

Oliver the Quiet Firefighter

L2 (Collage)

One Tree

L1 (Character description)

Socks Heaven

L6 (A sock caterpillar)

Teacher's Pet

L2 (Onomatopoeia)

Activities

One Tree

L3 (Plants)

Keyword list (KWL)

Chopsticks

L7 (Dragons)

Civic education

Twinkle Toes (Cat Soup and other short stories)

L3 (Disability awareness)