INVITE INTERESTING SPEAKERS SUCH AS

• An unusual visitor from a foreign country or culture who can introduce learners to his/her culture using costumes, literature, and cultural objects
• A celebrity who features in a biography (e.g. sports star, singer, musician, etc.) to address the school
• An environmentalist who, using books, can discuss the importance of being "green".

SPREAD THE JOY OF READING

• Encourage senior classes to visit junior classes and take a storybook with them so that they can each read a story to a younger learner.
• Undertake a "round robin" story-writing exercise. Each member of a class adds two sentences to an incremental story.
• Allow each child to read out a favourite poem, or write a haiku about his/her favourite book character (e.g. Harry Potter).

CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROMOTION OF READING

• Organise a treasure hunt in which literary clues are hidden throughout the classroom or school library for learners to find.
• Encourage learners to make bookmarks, banners, posters and bumper stickers with the words,"Reading: a non-stop journey"
• Show the film version of a well-known book and encourage learners to compare and contrast the book with the film.
• Invite learners to design and make colourful book covers to replace tattered and/or unexciting covers.
• Play "musical books" like "musical chairs". Place a book on every chair in the classroom. When the music stops, give learners 5 minutes to read or browse through the book they are holding. Repeat the activity several times - but do not remove any chairs.

READING TOGETHER SPEEDS UP THE READING JOURNEY

• Send out a circular to parents to inform them of the World Book Day projects and other projects throughout that week, and ask for their co-operation.
• Request parents to read to their children every evening.

Compiled by EDULIS (WCED Education Library and Information Service)

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