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SDPY Girls High School
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A classroom the school lends us, with its teachers helping to arrange the sessions.
What happened here
Stories, Voices & Confidence: Reading for Meaning
Stories, Voices & Confidence began on 10 July with Standard 7 girls at SDPY Girls High School. We raised funds to buy 50 copies of Roald Dahl's Matilda, with Penguin India giving us a discount. The books will be used with future groups too. Through the story, we are helping the girls understand what they read and share their ideas. Between monsoon rains, Onam, exams and the youth festival, it had been some time since we last met. During the break, we encouraged the girls to read for 15 minutes a day and note difficult words. In our first session back, the girls were at different points in the book; some had finished it. We planned for 37 girls to read short extracts in groups and then act out scenes or show them through still pictures. Many could read the English words but struggled to understand the passages. Olimalar facilitators and the school teacher moved between groups to help them work through the meaning. With support, the girls understood their extracts, but we did not move on to the performances. The session showed us where to focus next: helping the girls pause, ask questions and understand the story before presenting it.