“The English Literary/Theatre club is about liberating yourself, opening your mind, body, and sharing positive vibes with a blend of creativity & enlightenment.”

For the academic year 2015-16 the Literary / Theatre Club was organized for the students of Grade VI to IX to unleash their potentials through various activities designed scientifically to showcase their talents.

The Literary Club conducted meeting on regular basis with all the members of the club – teachers as well as students.Within theallotted time period, the Literary Club was fortunate enough to conduct two activities.

1.D.E.A.R (Drop Everything and Read)

2.Role Play

1. D.E.A.R (Drop Everything and Read)

Imaginative and touchy stories unveiled themselves during this session. The audience opined on the subject matter and language. Story ‘The little girl’ was based on a parent–child relation with a personal touch to the ones that centered on contemporary issues. Literary Club gave its members a suitable platform to hone their literary talents with productive suggestions, healthy criticism and heartfelt appreciation. It introduced them to the wider horizons of literature, the way author had presented it. The Club gave them a sense of belonging in a group where their individuality and talents were respected and instilled in them a sense of confidence to speak out. Thus, Literary Club triggered conducive thoughts into the young minds, encouraged them to express and inspired them to hone up reading skills. To continue with what they have absorbed in Reading hour, students have presented their thoughts with Graffiti to showcase their perspectives of the same.

2. Role Play

The club tried to give its students a new experience and opportunity to excel in their theatre skills. Here students were given fair chance to deliver the dialogue with proper intonations, expressions, fluency, and involvement towards the assigned role with confidence. This first-hand experience gave a new vista to the juveniles to present themselves in the best possible way. The ideas behind the above two activities was to provide opportunities to every students and explore themselves.

Razia Sultan [IC]