Why use novels as part of hockey practices and science classes?

Have you ever seen 6th graders walking around with their field hockey sticks under one arm and their novels under the other? Did you know that 8th graders invent telegraphs to facilitate conversations between Lizzy and Éléna, who live in two parallel worlds? For several years now, we've been carrying out research aimed at building a positive relationship with language among young people and developing a taste for reading. We do this especially for young people living in minority language contexts, who rarely have the opportunity to experience language in French. At this conference, we demonstrate how our strategies also support learning in all subjects. We show that even in field hockey, reading counts!