Finally excitement from students about homework

Finally my students are excited about their homework. The idea of making a youtube movie really appealed. Here it is:

Task

You are to create an informative presentation on Illiteracy and why it is important to be literate.

You will need to be able:

• To define what illiteracy and literacy are
• Where globally people are literate and illiterate
• The reasons for this
• Why it is important to be literate
• What can be done to help solve the problem of illiteracy
• Identify up to 3 ways you could help solve this problem

Presentation

Be original – you could make a ‘you tube’ video, website, wall-chart, comic book, presentation using prezi.com, power-point, play, newspaper article, an information sheet for the school newsletter.