Every year Darla school observes
Reading Week, and this year too, the reading week commenced from 12th to 17th
September. The school organized a-week long series of activities to enhance
reading and to understand the importance of reading and the infinite benefits
it facilitates in their growth in academics as a student and as a better human
in their individual and social life. The theme of this year’s reading was “Dream
Big, Read More.” During the week some special reading activities like
readers’ theatre, selected reading, random reading, mass reading, etc were initiated
so as to facilitate opportunity for more students to take part in the reading
activities and thereby develop and inculcate the interest in reading within
them. Some activities carried out as a part of reading activities are described
below:
Readers’ Theatre
Readers’ theatre was conducted as
a competition item between the sections of grade PP-III. It was interesting to see the tiny tots of
our school presenting themselves as little narrators and various fanciful
characters in their creative costumes and attire as kings, queens, butterflies,
birds, etc. Their babbling speeches and sing-song narrations did create an effective ambiance and were appreciated by everyone. The presentations were evaluated based on creativity and coordination and prizes were awarded accordingly.
Random Reading
This reading activity was
conducted for students of classes VII – X to check their ability to read
Dzongkha and English fluently and their preparedness and confidence to speak
before an audience. They were instructed
beforehand to be ready with two passages, in English and Dzongkha, and read it
out as the coordinator of the day randomly called out their roll numbers in the
assembly. The activity went well as we
planned and had the desired result.
Selected Reading
This activity was for the
students from classes IV-VI. Some of
the students who were identified by the teachers were concerned readout either
pieces of news or interesting information they wanted to share with their
fellow students in the assembly. This activity was also successful though many
of the students who came forward couldn’t be permitted to present their reading
due to time constraints in the assembly.
Quiz
A mini-quiz of two questions related
to books and reading was also initiated to evaluate the students’ awareness of
popular books, writers, and some common literary terms. And prizes were awarded instantly to the
winners.
Book Talk
As on every Friday, two students
presented reviews of an English and a Dzongkha book. The reviews are helping the students to get
acquainted with the interesting books in the library and rouse their curiosity
to read them.
Mass Reading
To facilitate more time for
general reading, an hour was created, on Thursday, by deducting five minutes
from each period. So, after the
instructional hours all the students and teachers came out to the open, settled
in conducive places and read books of their choice for an hour.
We are very happy to note here
that all the activities we had envisaged went well, leading this year’s Reading
Week into a grand success. It is hoped
that our plans for such activities in the future will also meet with the same
grandeur and success. Some stills of the reading week:
