4. WHY P-HACKERS ?
P-HACKERS denotes
PROBLEM HACKERS. A
hacker is generally a problem
maker. But we create problem
to problems. So we are the
P-HACKERS
5. p- problem solving
h- hardworking
a- active
c- candid
k- keen
e- energetic
r- revolutionary
s- smart
ACRONYM
P - 5
P-HACKERS
6. ms. s. usha
s. theyjusvini
k. krithi
m. soundhar
s. b. harshinee
r. m. kamala
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Facilitator :
members :
7. DATE OF INCEPTION : 15.7.10
DATE OF COMPLETION : 10.01.10
FREQUENCY OF MEETING: Twice a Week
VENUE : 7- C CLASSROOM
TIME : 3.00 PM TO 4.30 PM (On Tuesdays)
3.00 PM TO 4.30 PM (On Thursdays)
ATTENDANCE : 95%
AVERAGE AGE : 12 YEARS
9. OUR OBJECTIVES
1.To improve interpersonal relationships.
2.To make school a better place.
3.To create a healthy social environment.
4.To create awareness and sensitize
students about the pleasure of
reading.
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13. 1) Lack of conversation in English.
2) Poor performance in cycle test.
3) Lack of concentration.
4) Lack of punctuality.
5) Screaming in classes.
6) Wastage of paper.
7) Negative peer pressure
8) Improper usage of plastic covers.
9) Improper usage school properties.
10) Lack of proper exposure to students.
11) Lack of participation in extra curricular activities.
12) Improper maintenance of books.
13) Lack physical hygiene.
14) Irregular submission of homework.
15) Commenting the
teachers.
16) Lack of cleanliness.
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14. 24) Wastage of electricity.
25) Wastage of water.
26) Rush in canteen.
27) Using slang language.
28) Late submission.
29) Noise pollution.
30) Lack of attention.
31) Lack of concentration.
32) Stealing others things.
33) Lack of ethical values.
34) Inefficient usage of play grounds.
35) Inefficient learning process.
36) Lack of nutrition.
37) Lack of self confidence.
38) Usage of polyethylene bags.
39) Lack of executive skills.
40) Lack of responsibility.
41) Carelessness in laboratories.
42) Lack of reading skills.
43) Lack of life oriented skills.
44) Not replacing the plates in canteen.
45) Poor performance in exams.
46) Copying in exams.
47) Lack of time duration in exams.
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Less Urgent
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CLASSIFICATION
OF PROBLEMS
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T– THEYJUSVINI KK – K. KRITHI S -SOUNDHAR
H - HARSHINEE K - KAMALA
19. DEFINITION OF OUR PROBLEM
READING SKILL IS A SKILL BY WHICH WE
UNDERSTAND , ASSIMILATE AND RETAIN
STORIES & IDEAS OF A WRITTEN WORD.
BUT NOWADAYS STUDENTS HAVE A
LACKADAISICAL ATTITUDE AND SHOW A
DISINTEREST TOWARDS READING.
THIS IS CALLED ‘ LACK OF READING SKILLS’.
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20. REASONS FOR SELECTION
The students’ performance in exams, especially in
English exams was slowly declining.
They had started to speak more in their native
language. So their vocabulary was very poor.
Visual media was a major culprit in luring the
students away from reading.
The English teachers and the librarian gave an
opinion about the students’ lack of interest in
reading.
So we decided to choose
‘Lack of reading
skills’ as our problem
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22. 1.Fish Bone
2.Pareto Graph
3.Pie chart
4.Comparative bar graph
5.Questionnaire
6.Brain Storming
7.Activity Plan Matrix
8.P D C A
9.Radar chart
10.Bar graph
TOOLS AND
TECHNIQUES
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25. PARENTS
ENCOURAGE CDS TO BOOKS
DON’T ENCOURAGE TO READ
RAT RACE FOR MARKS
LACK OF READING AMONG PARENTS
DON’T SPEAK TO THEIR WARDS ABOUT THE
VALUE OF READING
DON’T BUY BOOKS AS GIFTS
THEY THEMSELVES ARE GLUED TO THE TV/
LAPTOP/ HOUSEHOLD CHORES
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26. STUDENTS
GOSSIPING NATURE
MORE TALKS ON CINEMA
NO HEALTHY DISCUSSION ON BOOKS
INTERESTED IN SEEING THE PICTURES IN THE
BOOKS
KNOWLEDGE IS CONFINED WITHIN THE LIMIT OF
TEXT BOOKS
LAZY TO READ BOOKS
SPEND MORE TIME FOR ACADEMICS
LACK IN DEPTH OF LANGUAGE
THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF VOCABULARY IS LIMITED
DEPEND MORE ON VISUAL MEDIA
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27. TEACHERS
PRIORITY TO SYLLABUS
LESS TIME TO SHARE ABOUT BOOKS OTHER
THAN TEXT BOOKS
THEY THEMSELVES DON’T KNOW THE VALUE
OF BOOKS
THEY DON’T SERVE AS ROLE MODELS
THEY USE THE LIBRARY ONLY FOR
REFERENCE PURPOSES
THEY ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS TO READ.
BUT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO KEEP A CHECK
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28. DATA COLLECTION
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Through:
Questionnaire
Library record
Record provided by English teacher
A survey
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31. Students who are not at all interested in reading (17%)
Students who have minimum interest in reading (43%)
Students who are mediocre (30%)
Students who are really interested in reading (10%)
PIE
CHART
At the beginning
stage of data
collection
STUDENTS
45. QUIZ
STEP 2
They became more competitive and started
reading more books and learning about
authors
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Outcome:
46. Who is the author of :
1) Robin Hood
2) Heidi
3) Coral Island
4) Story of Rip Van Winkle
5) The Secret Garden
6) Swiss Family Robinson
7) Anne of Green Gables
8) Peter Pan
9) Tom Brown’s School Days
10) Mill on The Floss
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47. 1) Howard Pyle
2) Johanna Spyri
3) R.M. Ballantyne
4) Washington Irving
5) Frances Hodgeson Barnette
6) Johann David
7) L.M. Montgomery
8) J.M. Barrie
9) Thomas Hughes
10) George Eliot
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48. Questions
Where was Oliver Twist born ?
Answer : local poorhouse
What is the name of the Beadle ?
Answer : Mr. Bumble
Who is the 1st person in the robber gang to talk to
Oliver?
Answer : Artful Dodger
What is the name of the girl with Bill Skies ?
Answer : Nancy
Who is the head of the robber gang ?
Answer: Fagin
What is the name of the undertaker ?
Answer: Sowerberry
Oliver Twist
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49. Questions
By which old man was Oliver charged for
thieving ?
Answer: Mr. Brownlow
Name the two women at Chertsey ?
Answer : Mrs & Rose Maylie
Who helped Fagin in robbing Chertsey ?
Answer : Toby Craekit
When Brownlow took Oliver , he saw
something and fainted ?
Answer : Portrait of Agnes Fleming
Who’s portrait ?
Answer : Agnes Fleming ( his mom )
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50. QUIZ TEAMS
.1 SEVEN HEROES
.2 STORY GATHERERS
.3 GLITTER GIRLS
.4 CHANGE MAKERS
.5 FIVE STARS
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53. STEP 3
A SPEECH BY
OUR VICE PRINCIPAL
MRS. SHANTHI MOHAN
Outcome: They came to know the importance of
reading skills.
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54. Our vice principal gave a very illuminating speech.
She told that there are 4 skills in a language.
1.Reading skill
2.Writing skill
3.Listening skill
4.Speaking skill
Any one who listens well can speak well.
Any one who reads well can write well.
Through this we understand how much important
reading is.
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55. STEP 4
WE CIRCULATED BOOKS
AMONG THE STUDENTS
Outcome: They started reading more books.
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56. STEP 5
WE STUCK POSTERS REGARDING
' WORLD BOOK DAY '
IN ALL THE Vl STANDARD CLASSES
CARD FOLLOWS . . .
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58. STEP 6
Mrs. Lizu Verghese speaks
Outcome: It kindled their interest to take up
reading as a serious hobby.
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59. Reading is to the mind as exercise is to the body.
A child who spends 3600 minutes a year in reading tends to add
one million words to his / her vocabulary
It is enough if you read 20 minutes a day to reach this one million
words milestone.
A 100 year old lady was found to be as active & brisk in brain as
she was when she was young. She told that she managed this
only because of reading books. She set an example by telling so.
• READING TRANSPORTS YOU TO A DIFFERENT WORLD.
• READING REDUCES YOUR ANGER.
• READING INCREASES YOUR SELF ESTEEM.
WORDS OF MS. LIZU VERGHESE
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60. WE CONDUCTED
A WORKSHOP
ON READING
STEP 7
Outcome: The students were
very enthusiastic and
participated with zeal.
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66. STEP 13
CAMPAIGN CHARTS
PUT UP IN THE
LIBRARY FOR
READERS
TO ENDORSE
Outcome: They showed their interest by signing on
the chart.
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67. WE PINNED UP A CAMPAIGN CHART
REGARDING READING IN THE
6-E CLASSROOM
STEP 14
Outcome: They endorsed on the campaign chart &
took a resolution to read.
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68. OUR THEME FONT
TIMES NEW ROMAN
WE CREATED A BLOG
problem-hackers.blogspot.com
WE CREATED AN EMAIL ID
prhackers@gmail.com
STEP 15
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69. WE TOOK THE
STUDENTS TO THE
TALKING LIBRARY
VIZHIYAHAM
STEP 16
Outcome: The students realized how gifted they
were to see and read.
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70. WE IDENTIFIED VORACIOUS READERS
AND GAVE THEM PRIZES
STEP 17
Outcome: This was an incentive and the others
were also motivated to read.
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71. WE ORDERED STICKERS
TO STICK ON THE
ID CARDS
STEP 18
Outcome: They were proud that
they were part of P-HACKERS
and they were motivated to read
books.
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72. THE STUDENTS TOOK
A PLEDGE
ON READING
STEP 19
Outcome: They were inspired
by the pledge & also followed
the words of the pledge
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73. WE PUT UP QUOTES
FROM VARIOUS BOOKS
STEP 20
Outcome: The students were eager to read those
books.
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75. WE MAINTAINED A
CLASS - LIBRARY FOR
THE VI-E STUDENTS
STEP 22
Outcome: The students got a
chance to read a lot of books
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76. STEP 23
WE STARTED A
CLASS MAGAZINE
Outcome: We realized that the quality of their
work improved as time passed by.
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77. WE GAVE BOOK REVIEWS
SO THAT THEY
READ THE BOOKS
STEP 24
Outcome: They came to
know about many books and
authors.
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78. WE SPOKE TO THE STUDENTS
ABOUT AUTHORS
STEP 25
Outcome: They went to the library demanding
those author’s books.
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79. TACKLED ROOT CAUSE :
LACK OF INTEREST IN READING
THE LIBRARIAN WAS DELIGHTED AND TOLD
THAT THE STUDENTS WERE BORROWING
BOOKS FREQUENTLY
DURING THE COURSE OF OUR INTERACTION
WITH THEM, WE FOUND THAT THEY HAD
BECOME MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
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83. STEP 28
Outcome: They enjoyed writing their own poems.
WE CONDUCTED A
POETRY COMPETITION
ON READING
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84. WE CONDUCTED GAMES
ON READING &
VOCABULARY
STEP 29
Outcome: The students were
interested in the vocabulary
games we conducted &
performed well.
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85. WE MADE THE STUDENTS
FORM MEANINGFUL SENTENCES
FOR THE GIVEN WORDS
STEP 30
Outcome: They formed thought provoking
sentences.
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86. WE HAD A SESSION FOR
READING COMPREHENSION
STEP 31
Outcome: They became more
focused & came up with prompt
answers.
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87. WE CONDUCTED
ELOCUTION COMPETITION
AND EXTEMPORES
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Outcome: They became more
confident and developed their
reading skills which in turn
improved their speaking skills.
88. WE IMPROVED THEIR VOCABULARY
BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO
FIND MEANINGS FOR WORDS
STEP 33
Outcome: They came across many new words &
tried to infer the meanings.
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89. TACKLED ROOT CAUSE :
LIMITED VOCABULARY
THE ENGLISH TEACHER GAVE US A FEEDBACK THAT
THEY WERE USING A LOT OF NEW WORDS AND
PHRASES IN CLASS ACTIVITIES
WE FOUND A LOT OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
WITH ZEAL AND CONFIDENCE IN LEVELWISE &
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THEY CAME UP WITH PROMPT ANSWERS IN THE
ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY US
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91. WE HAD A LECTURE BY
THE LIBRARIAN ABOUT THE
CORRECT WAY TO
USE THE LIBRARY
STEP 34
Outcome: They started using the library in a
beneficial way.
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94. OUTCOM
E
Q 1. Let me start with a basic question, Sir.
What do you define reading as?
Ans. Well! According to me reading is a
meditative activity. And I define it that way
Q 2. Sir, why should someone read at all?
We should all read for pleasure and also to understand things better.
Q 3. Sir, can you suggest some books for the 6th grade students?
All classics can be read by 6th grade students.
Q 4. What is a classic, sir ?
Any literary work is a classic. Some classics for the 6th students are Oliver
Twist, David Copperfield, and Black Beauty.
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95. WE INTRODUCED SOME NEGLECTED
BOOKS TO THE STUDENTS
STEP 36
Outcome: They learnt not to neglect books, seeing
their appearance.
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96. WE CALLED A WRITER
TO DELIVER A SPEECH
STEP 37
Outcome: He told the students how to improve
their writing skills. He also told the students that it
is essential to read many books in order to improve
their creative skills.
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97. WE TOOK THE STUDENTS TO
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY FOR
AWARENESS ABOUT READIN
STEP 38
Outcome: It gave them an
insight about the world of
books.
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98. WE GOT A LIST OF LIBRARIES
IN MADURAI AND LET
THE STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT THEM
STEP 39
Outcome: They were impressed knowing that there
were so many libraries in Madurai.
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99. STEP 40
WE GAVE CIRCULARS
TO PARENTS
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Outcome: The parents started
encouraging their wards.
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100. STEP 41
WE HAD A TELEPHONIC TALK
WITH THE PARENTS
Outcome: The parents started encouraging their
wards.
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101. WE CONDUCTED A DEBAT
BOOKS vs TV
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STEP 42
Outcome: The students
learnt that a book is more
advantageous than visual
media.
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102. WE ENACTED SKITS
FROM BOOKS
Outcome: The students were curious to read the
books.
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103. WE CONDUCTED A
PARENTING SESSION
ON READING
Outcome: The parents started encouraging their
wards to read.
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104. WE GAVE A TALK
IN RADIO MIRCHI
ON READING
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105. WE TAUGHT THE STUDENTS
THE POSTURES SUITABLE
FOR READING
STEP 46 P-HACKERS
106. WE SHOWED THE STUDENTS
A SLIDE SHOW TO
TEST THEIR LANGUAGE
Outcome: The students came up with correct
answers
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107. TACKLED ROOT CAUSE :
DON’T KNOW THE VALUE OF READING
WE INTRODUCED SEVERAL STRATEGIES TO
MAKE THE READING PROCESS
PURPOSEFUL.
WE PROBED THE STUDENTS BY
CONDUCTING A ONE TO ONE INTERVIEW.
THE STUDENTS GAVE US A FEEDBACK OF
HOW USEFUL OUR PROJECT WAS.
WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE RESULT.
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109. P-HACKERS Quiz
Who is the author of :
1) Don Quixote
2) The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
3) Treasure Island
4) Oliver Twist
5) Tom Brown’s School Days
6) Jane Eyre
7) Malory Towers
8) Prisoner Of Zenda
9) Mill on The Floss
10) Three Men In A Boat
110. Answers
1) Miguel de Servantes
2) Mark Twain
3) R. L. Stevenson
4) Charles Dickens
5) Thomas Hughes
6) Charlotte Bronte
7) Enid Blyton
8) Anthony
9) George Eliot
10) Jerome K Jerome
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112. PIE
CHART
At the time of re-data
collection
Students who have minimum interest in reading (30%)
Students who are mediocre (50%)
Students who are very interested in reading (20%)
113. AREAS TO
IMPROVE
After the redata collection, we noticed that
the students had to be further moulded in
order to reach their goal.
Parental guidance was also needed in this
respect.
So the students were continuously
counselled and guided.
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114. CAUSES FREQUENCY CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY
FREQUENCY % CUMULATIVE
FREQUENCY %
Lack of
interest in
reading
65 65 36 % 36 %
Limited
vocabulary
48 113 27 % 63 %
Don’t know
the value of
books
32 145 18 % 81 %
Parents don’t
spend quality
time with
wards
20 165 11 % 92 %
Teachers –
Priority to
syllabus
15 180 8 % 100 %
TOTAL 180 100 %
116. Key
Before Q.C
After Q.C
1 2 3 4
Causes
Causes
1. Students who are not at all
interested
2. Students who have minimum
interest
3. Students who are mediocre
4. Students who are very interested
No.ofstudents
25
30
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15
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15
10
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118. •
Standardization
• Lectures on
the importance
of reading
To improve
the reading
skills of
students
• Redata collection
• Physical observation
• Data collection
• Stuck posters
• Competitions
• Circulated books
120. The students have developed a keen
interest in reading.
The students have come to know about
many new authors.
There is a marked improvement their
writing skills.
They visit the library more often than
before.
Even the parents feel that their wards
have developed their interest in reading.
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122. 0
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50
60
70
80
90
100
Don't serve as role models
Don't know the value of
reading
Priorityto syllabus
No time to share about
books
Not able to keep a check
Use libraryonlyfo referance
purposes
Series1
Series2
RADAR CHART - TEACHERS
124. We have become more responsible.
We have developed quality time
management.
We are able to find solution to simple
problems.
There were many ups & downs in our
path. But as a team we worked together.
We developed our self confidence.
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126. WE SHOULD HAVE A SEAL ON EACH LIBRARY BOOK
DENOTING THE DEADLINE TO RETURN THE BOOK.
WE SHOULD GIVE AN ANNUAL PRIZE FOR VORACIOUS
READERS ON ANNUAL DAY.
WE SHOULD START A READERS CLUB.
WE SHOULD HAVE A BOOK LOG TO KEEP A RECORD OF THE
BOOKS READ BY THE STUDENTS – RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
ENGLISH TEACHERS.
WE SHOULD HAVE A FULL-DAY READING WORKSHOP EVERY
YEAR FOR THE 6TH GRADE STUDENTS.
WE SUGGESTED TO HAVE A SET OF MOTIVATING SLOGANS IN
THE DIARIES.
WE SHOULD HAVE A CLASS MAGAZINE FOR EVERY 6TH
GRADE CLASS.
WE SHOULD CELEBRATE DICTIONARY DAY, LIBRARY WEEK
,WORLD BOOK DAY EVERY YEAR.
127. OUR HEARTFUL
THANKS TO
OUR LIBRARIAN
MR. SURESH
LIBRARY TEACHER
MRS. CHITHRA
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
MR. KANNAN
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