1. JOYFUL ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVING READING,SCIENCE
ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVING READING, SCIENCE & MATHS LITERACY FOR PISA
ACTIVITIES FOR IMPROVING READING, SCIENCE & MATHS LITERACY FOR PISA
JOYFUL ACTIVITIES
FOR IMPROVING
READING,SCIENCE
& MATHS LITERACY FOR PISA
Sh U.N.Khaware
Additional Commissioner (Acad.)

2. With a view to prepare students for PISA 2021, a few activities
(VIII to X ) will be administered in all the concerned schools across the length and breadth of India, throughout the session

3. Month Activity Fun with Words July 2019 Puzzles & Riddles August 2019
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
August 2019
Puzzles & Riddles
September 2019
Gift of Gab
November 2019
Let’s Find and Analyse
December 2019
Interpret the Data
January 2020
Reading Skills
February 2020
Test on PISA Like Items
Week 1- PISA Test items based on proficiency levels 1& 2
Week 2- PISA Test items based on proficiency levels 3 & 4
Week 3- PISA Test items based on proficiency levels 5 & 6

4. ACTION PLAN
To administer activities that are designed to develop the requisite competencies to confidently ace PISA 2021
When and where-- Target Schools
Session
Every Monday.

5. Improving Articulateness
Fun with Words
Improving Articulateness
Question Types
Dictation
Antonyms/Synonyms
Homonyms
Spell Bee
jumbled words
One Word Substitutions
At Three Levels
In ascending order of difficulty

6. LEVEL – 1
Types of Activities: Easy and familiar words
(Words used in text books )
LEVEL – 2
Types of Activities:
Words beyond text books (words from different sources like newspapers, magazines, media & other books)
LEVEL – 3
words beyond text books with difficulty level higher than level 2

7. Improving Logical Thinking Ability
Puzzles and Riddles
Improving Logical Thinking Ability
Question/
Activity Types
Sudoku
Kakuro
Crosswords
Word Search
At Three Levels
In ascending order of difficulty

8. LEVEL – 1
The activities in this level are with many clues so that they are easy to solve. The words in Word Search are interdisciplinary (based on Mathematics, Science and English), and textbook based.
LEVEL – 2
The activities in this level are interdisciplinary, comparatively more difficult, and with fewer hints. The grids of Sudoku and Kakuro are slightly more complex and challenging. Crosswords take place of word search.
LEVEL – 3
The grids of Sudoku and Kakuro are complex, with minimal hints. It aims at making children adept at solving puzzles requiring high order thinking skills. Crossword also becomes more challenging at this level.

9. Enhancing Communication/Oratorical skills, Fluency and Self-Confidence
Gift of the Gab
Enhancing Communication/Oratorical skills, Fluency and Self-Confidence
Activity Types
Level 1- Elocution
Level 2- Debate and Group Discussion
Level 3- Just a Minute Sessions (JAM)

10. LEVEL – 1
Elocution (topics which require some research/ collection of facts etc.) Topics have been provided in the booklet and have to be given to the students 2 days in advance.
LEVEL – 2
Debate / Group discussion on topics related to current events, social issues, solutions etc.
LEVEL – 3
Extempore – Just a minute ( JAM)- 60 sec to prepare & 60 seconds to present

11. Let’s Find and Analyze Task Types Enhancing Skills of Communication
Level 1- Guided survey within the school campus
Level 2- Guided survey within the the community
Level 3- Preparing own survey questionnaire and implementing it
Enhancing Skills of
Communication
Critical Thinking
Interpretation & Presentation
Observation and Classification
Prioritisation

12. LEVEL – 1
This exercise requires pair work. The class will be divided in small teams of two students each who will take up survey on water, electricity, health audit of the students in the school, etc. The survey will be limited to the school campus.
LEVEL – 2
This level requires students to work individually, within community & neighborhood and take up survey on areas like consumption of fuel- LPG/Petrol, Diesel etc. water, electricity, and other such topics.
LEVEL – 3
Preparing a questionnaire defining parameters that can be taken up for audit. The students will be required to prepare their own questionnaire to conduct a real time survey. The questionnaire should be relevant to the topic chosen by the student.

13. Data Interpretation
Enhancing Skill to make sense of numerical data
collected, analysed and presented in different forms

14. LEVEL – 1
Interpretation of bar graphs, pie charts, ogives, histograms
LEVEL – 2
Interpretation of data given in charts
LEVEL – 3
A situation will be given to the students and they will be asked to present the data graphically.

15. Reading Skills
Developing comprehension skills, using and reflecting on written texts to achieve goals, develop knowledge & potential, and participate in society
Question Types
Continuous, non-continuous , and multiple texts
Description, narration, exposition, argumentation, instruction and transaction

16. LEVEL 1
Level 1 aims at enabling students to process text, understand its meaning, locate information and develop interpretational skills.
LEVEL 2
Level 2 aims at developing the students’ ability of discriminating among skimming, scanning and intensive reading.
LEVEL 3
Level 3 enables students to stretch their limit to read and understand longer pieces of writing.

17. Thank You