Dear All, I am happy to inform you that we have launched a Library Project titled as "Face a Book: The Reading Challenge" recently. ABOUT THE PROJECT 'Face a Book (FaB) Challenge' is a summer reading programme to promote reading habit during the summer holidays, followed by year-long activities to evaluate its effectiveness. OBJECTIVES The basic objectives of the project are, -to help the students to enjoy reading more and motivate them to read for pleasure -to develop critical reading skills like comprehension, speed, note taking and referencing -to encourage critical thinking, innovation and creativity -to make the students lifelong readers and learners PROJECT PLANNING Stage-1 Fifty (50) students, divided in to two groups (Age 11-14 and Age 15-17), are selected for the Project as 'FaB Challengers'. They have registered on the project website. Fifty Books were selected from the Library based on their content and the age of the reader. Each FaB Challenger has been given with a Book. Stage-2 Each FaB Challenger has to prepare a scrap book titled as “My Little Book on_______”, with a review of the selected book, author profile, bibliography (list of books by the author or written on the book), character sketches, new words/phrases, drawings, paintings, quizzes, quotations, images, comments, references, etc. The scrap book shall be submitted at the time of reopening for evaluation. There will be an exhibition of the scrap books. The FaB Challengers will be provided access to the project blog, where they can post contents like reviews, comments, critical analysis, notes, studies and recommendations A one minute video of the FaB Challenger will be shot in which he/she has to present a review of the book. The videos will be uploaded on to the project website. The FaB Challengers have to present an item on the book in the School Assembly. Stage-3 A FaB Challenger will act as an authority of the particular book and the author. All FaB Challengers will be honoured with ‘Fab Challenger’ badges and participation certificates. Stage-4 All FaB Challengers will be evaluated throughout the Project period and graded accordingly. Based on the performance they will be awarded at the end of the project. STATUS Now the Project is at its Second Stage. You may visit the Project website www.faceabook.info to see all the FaB Challengers and what they are doing. PROJECT WEBSITE www.faceabook.info Thanks and regards S.L.Faisal Librarian Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom Thiruvananthapuram-695 004 Kerala, India Ph.09447699724 http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com www.slfaisal.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.