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Title: Sadiki School

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The literacy challenge
The literacy challenge

Sadiki School
Tunisia
Teacher
Salima Baltagi

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The group
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The literacy challenge
This project was proposed by my students to other
students who live in the city of Chennai, the
capital of the South Indian state of Tamilnadu.
Others from Milton, Vermont, USA and
Radas students from the Republic of Macedonia.
This project was a fabulous chance to explore,
develop and expand my technical skills through an
interactive class while collaborating with other
teachers from all over the world. I would say the
most valuable reward has been watching the high
school students that I teach interacting with and
learning from other ones all over the world.
Before this online course I had been conducting
projects for my students but I always felt
frustrated due to the barriers that we had
shared. Now I feel very confident and have a
strong understanding of PBL (project based
learning). It was really a healthy and wealthy
experience to know how people in different parts
of the world work and how they resolve their
issues. It gives a feeling that wherever you are
all teachers have somewhat the same kind of
concerns and issues.
Special thanks to Murali ,Rada ,Barry and Minoo
for their help and guidance, I feel myself
connected to the whole world.

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The ABCS Of How You Can Help The Literacy cause

Always read to your children at home
Books are important but they are not the only way
to read.Have your children read things like
street signs,t-shirts and words on TV
Commit yourself to read with your children at
home
Dont lose your time in stupid things
Encourage children and teens to read

Find time to read as a family-five minutes of
reading a day are not enough but they are
efficient
Give your time to read aloud to your child
Help illiterate adults to read and write
Improve your reading skills by just reading
Join an association to fight illiteracy
Keep teens reading .give them books,newspapers
about things that interest them music/movies TV
and computers.

Literacy can kill the virus of illiteracy.
Make everyday a learning day.
Never underestimate the power of reading aloud to
a child.
Offer help to illiterate persons.
Participate in any reading session.
Quit watching so much TV . Make television time
a reading time(reading introduces a quality of
language rarely heard on TV).
Read whenever you have time and remember that
children learn by example if you recognize the
value of readind your child will too!
Start early! Its never too early to read to your
children.

Try to write stories from your imagination-Remembe
r reading stretches your attention span and
stimulates your imagination.
Use your new vocabulary dont store it.
Volunteer your time to the literacy cause.
Write a letter ,an e-mail -remember that the more
you read the better you write.
X-ercise your mind! Literacy is like a muscle
which needs exercise so Use it or Lose it .
You should know that the more you read, the more
you know and the more you know the smarter you
grow.
Zap low literacy skills by Reading,
Reading,Reading.

The consequences illiteracy may have on
HealthPeople who cannot read their doctors
presciption may avoid going to the doctors or
make mistakes when they take medication
EmploymentIt must be very difficult to get a job
when you cannot read very well.Reading and
understanding the job offers is the first
obstacle.
SalaryIt must be difficult for people with low
literacy skills to get a job, so we can imagine
they cannot really move up the social
ladder,because doing so means having to cope with
some paper work. As a result, they will earn low
wages all their lives.
Self-esteempeople who cannot read are often
ashamed of themselves, and certainly tend to stay
at home to avoid getting into trouble and having
to reveal their secret to other people .As
aresult they feel inferior.

SafetyIf some important labels for toxic
products, or some road signs are misread, the
consequences could be fatal.
Social assistance filling a form must be very
difficult, so people who could not write or read
very well will avoid doing so , even if it means
they do not get some money they were entitled to.
Child care (home work,medicine,etc) Parents with
low literacy skills are unable to help their
children do their homework,as a result, it could
be difficult for the children to succeed and they
may become like their parents./if the parents do
not understand the doctors prescription for a
baby, for example, they could make mistakes.
Shoppingpeople who cannot read food labels
sometimes buy things they do not want and are
afraid to return them to the shop.they also miss
special discounts because they cannot read the
ads.

Find definitions for the following types of
literacy
Media literacy Theability to find information
and to question what journalists tell you
Computer literacy the ability to use a computer
Map literacy the ability to read a map
Numeracythe ability to count fairly quickly and
accurately
Environmental literacy being aware of
environmental problems(using less water trying
to pollute less, etc.)
Critical literacy the ability to criticise what
you hear and see,to express disagreement
Oral literacywhen people understand what you say
when you talk to them.
Visual literacythe ability to understand and
interpret pictures(road signs,labels,etc)

Discuss the following statements
A- Going to school is the only way to become
literate.
PROS
The school system gives an education to all
children ,whoever they are .
-most parents cannot or do not have the time to
teach their children how to read and count.
Many people became illiterate because they did
not go to school or drpped out of school.

CONS
Some people never went to school,and did not
become illiterate
The school system sometimes fails to increase
literacy levels some 12-year-olds cannot read
eventhough they spent more than 8 years at school
If school did not exist,children would learn to
read and count with their parents.

B-The definition of literacy should not be the
same in developing countries as in developed
countries .
PROS
People in developing countries do not need to
have the same literacy skills as others.they
often do not use computers which is not the case
in Tunisia although it is a developing country
We could use low standards nows ,and be more
demanding as each country develops

CONS
There should not be a double standardthe same
rules should apply everywhere ,so we can really
compare the literacy levels.
Having a softer definition of literacy in poor
countries would be a lack of ambition, it would
mean they could not achieve a high literacy
level.

Answered by Students of veerasavarkar schools
Learning circle 3
j.prakash(ixstd), yuvaraj(viiistd),Balkrishnan(ixs
td),gowtham(viiistd), Obeithullah(viiistd)
March 24th 2006
A Among all, Educational wealth cannot be
destroyed
B Bring all the children to school.
C Catch them young, to learn.
D Doubts go away after knowledge come in
E Extraordinary things are done by ordinary
when they become literate.
F First things first, Reading books is best.
G Gain more by reading and learning.
H Health is good when a man exercises his
body likewise the mind needs Good Books for
mental health
I Imagination is kindled by reading books
J Jump a quantum leap ahead of others by
literacy
H Honour of the self can saved by learning
and world knowledge.
K Kings and Queens Bow before the Leaned
People

L Literacy is Life illiteracy is death.
M Money can buy you luxury but Knowledge can
only be earned
N Nothing can stop a learned person other
than himself
O Open mind is a garden of knowledge
P Power comes naturally to person with
greater knowledge Perseverance is the first step
to gain knowledge.
Q Question every doubt and every question will
lead to clarity of mind.
R Robbers can rob everything except the
learned knowledge
S Success attracts success, knowledge creates
success made to order
T Teacher is one who eradicates the darkness
of ignorance with the Light of knowledge
U Ultimate power is knowledge,which comes
through reading more books.
V Vision for the future is created by
planning
W Winning in life is easy with a clear goal
X Xmas is God created but Wisdom is gained
from books
Z Zeal for knowledge is starting point of
Victorious life