NEWS: Law’s English Department Promotes “World Read Aloud Day” With Video

Posted on February 5, 2021 by The Advocate Online One comment

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By Alexis Broderick – Social Media Editor-in-Chief

The Jonathan Law English department participated in World Read Aloud Day on February 2 with a video of teachers reading a famous short story.

World Read Aloud Day was created in 2009 to celebrate the power of reading aloud. It is celebrated in over 173 countries around the world and was created by the nonprofit organization LitWorld to connect people all over the world through the power of books.

“World Read Aloud Day is something I decided to celebrate at Law this year,” Library Media Specialist Ms. Mundy said. “I learned about it when I was in school to get my library certification and it was something I started celebrating at my previous school.”

The story the English department read this year was “The Dinner Party” by Mona Gardner. Teachers took turns reading lines from the story and the video was edited by Mundy and broadcast on Eagle Eye News.

“The video came out great and hopefully everyone enjoyed the twist at the end of the short story,” English teacher Mr. Kulenych said. “It was a lot of fun to see the finished product and to take part in spreading the joy of reading to the rest of the school.”

English teachers also did additional Read Aloud activities with their classes that day.

English teacher Mrs. Lucia was excited to participate in the making of the video.

“I think the video turned out well,” English teacher Mrs. Lucia said. “It was Ms. Mundy’s idea to have our department all share a story was fun, and I always love reading out loud to my students. It’s one of my favorite things as a teacher.”

Many students tuned into Eagle Eye News, Jonathan Law’s daily morning news show, to listen to “The Dinner Party.”

“I tuned into Eagle Eye News to listen to the story,” senior Greta Valvo said. “It was actually so much fun. Maybe it could happen more often.”

The English Department is looking forward to continuing Read Aloud Day and making it a new tradition.

“The Math Department has Pi Day – we need a day too,” said Lucia.

Kulenych agreed.

“I would love to see the Read Aloud video become a yearly tradition,” Kulenych said. “It would be great if we could add a new wrinkle every year too – maybe have students involved or read a short story written by one of our students. Ms. Mundy did an awesome job and I’m excited to see what we come up with for next year.”