Meet The Author

Dear Parents,

As a part of the ongoing Literary Week, the school has organised an interactive book reading session with Sakshi Singh, author of children’s books, on Thursday 19th July 2018. Ms. Singh has authored books like ‘Jalebi Jingles’ and ‘If I could teach my teacher’.

You can check out her books through the following links.

Jalebi Jingles: Rs 360

If I could teach my teacher: Rs. 330

These books will be available on sale. If you would like to buy an autographed copy of the book, kindly send the exact amount in a sealed and labelled envelope to the class teacher by Thursday, 19th July, 2018.

A hard copy of the form has been given to your ward.

Poetry For Pleasure

Dear Parents,

In our continuous endeavour to improve the spoken English of our students, we are delighted to introduce ‘Poetry For Pleasure.’
Choral plus individual recitation will help to improve the students’ diction and pronunciation enhancing their vocabulary as well.
For this purpose, we have compiled a bank of grade appropriate poems. The teacher will introduce a poem and the poet to the class at regular intervals.
The poems are mainly for recitation, not critical appreciation or comprehension. Therefore these will not be assessed in the written examinations.
These poems will be uploaded on the intra-site shortly, so extend the pleasure of these poems to you.

Literary Week – Grades 1 to 10

Dear Parents,

The much awaited event of the year is round the corner. The Literary Week, from 16th to 20th July, is that time of the year when students can take part and showcase their literary talents.

Competitions and events are specially designed to bring out the students’ latent inspirations and capabilities.

Given below is the events scheduled for the week:

Grades

Date / Day

Event

Description

III-V

16/7/18

Monday

Book Buffet

Using the template given, the students have to review a book of their choice.

VI-X

16/7/18

Monday

Book Buffet

The students should review a book of their choice. The review should include:

the description of the protagonist

few lines from the book that are most interesting and explain why

summary of the story.

Judging criteria – Grade appropriate vocabulary, Grammar-Spelling-Punctuation, Overall impact.

I-X

17/7/18

Tuesday

Poetry Slam

A poetry recitation competition in English. Approximately 1 to 2 minutes. The students can prepare a poem of a poet that they select from the list given below.

Judging criteria – Diction, Pronunciation, Clarity, Voice modulation and Overall impact.

III-X

18/7/18

Wednesday

Speak-Up (English)

Speak-Up (Hindi)

An elocution competition in English. The students should speak for 2-3 mins on any one topic from the list given below.

An elocution competition in Hindi. The students should speak for 2-3 mins on any one topic from the list given below.

Judging criteria – Diction, Pronunciation, Clarity, Voice modulation, Content and Overall impact.

III-V

VI-X

19/7/18

Thursday

19/7/18

Thursday

Tiny Tales

Tiny Tales

A competition where the students have to write a 100 word story based on the criteria given.

A competition where the students have to write a 50 word story based on the criteria given.

Judging criteria – Creativity, Imagery, Title, Punctuation and Meeting the criteria

V-VII

20/7/18

Friday

Short and Sweet

A competition where the students will be given 2 topics on the spot to compose Haikus.

Judging criteria – Correct number of syllables used, Title, Creativity, Imagery.

Attached – List of poets, Speak-Up topics)

List of Poets

Primary

(Grades 1-4)

Secondary

(Grades 5 to 10)

Roald Dahl

Robert Frost

Ken Nesbitt

Maya Angelou

Edward Lear

Sarojini Naidu

R. L. Stevenson

Thomas Hardy

Emily Dickson

Rabindranath Tagore

Chirstina Rosetti

William Wordsworth

A. A. Milne

William Shakespeare

Walter de la Mare

Ted Hughes

Quentin Blake

Gwendolyn Brooks

Dr. Seuss

Sarah Kay

List of Topics for Speak-Up (English)

Grades

Topics

3 – 4

Let’s preserve mother earth.

My sporting hero.

If I had a superpower…

5 – 6

Kindness is contagious.

Pitch the plastic.

A letter to a bully.

7 – 8

If conservation of natural resources goes wrong, nothing else will be right.

How do we ensure safe drinking water for every Indian?

How can you lead a stress free life?

9 – 10

Behtar India.

Gaming Can Be Addictive.

Teenage Angst About Body Image.

List of Topics for Speak-Up (Hindi)

Grades

Topics

3 – 4

मित्र की विशेषताएँ

माँ की ममता

समय का मोल

5 – 6

पेड़ हमारे मित्र

देश के बच्चे

दूसरो की मदद

7 – 8

स्वच्छता अभियान

फुटबॉल फीवर

सकारात्मक सोच

9 – 10

बेटी बचाओ बेटी पढ़ाओ

आज की नारी सब पर भारी

यंत्रो का महत्व

वीडियो गेम – नशा या सजा

We hope that you will encourage your ward to participate in the Literary week activities and events with great enthusiasm.

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