LitSpell - The English Club

2019-2020 Annual Report

Activity 1:-

Name: “Short Forms”

Description: An activity to test the students’ acquaintance and knowledge of short

forms/acronyms in our day-to-day language.

Date: 28-06-19

Venue: G6

Time: 12:45 p.m. -1:00 p.m. [5 minutes per participant]

No. of participants: 52 – 26 pairs

Winners: 1. M. P. Siri Varshini [I EPO] and Jemimah E. Irani [I EPJ]

2. Hanisha Varshini N. [III EPO] and Komala K. [II MECs]

3. P. Sriyanka [III EPJ] and Niharika [III EPJ]

Activity 2:-

Name: “Lit-Match”

Description: An activity to match popular and tough English words in the first column to their

meanings in the second column.

Date: 05-07-19

Venue: G6

Time: 12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. [3 minutes per participant]

No. of participants: 58 – 29 pairs

Winners: 1. Shekinah Sam [III EPJ] and B. Blessy Christina [III EPJ]

2. A. Sahithi Verma [III EPJ] and Maria Poly [III EEP]

3. N. Harshitha Varshini [III EPO] and Athira [III EPJ]

Activity 3:-

Name: “Written Quiz” on ‘Pygmalion’ by G.B. Shaw

Description: An activity that was conducted on account of the pre-birth anniversary of G.B.

Shaw, a quiz on his most famous work, ‘Pygmalion’.

Date: 12-07-19

Venue: G1

Time: 12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

No. of participants: 32 - 16 pairs

Winners: 1. M. Haritha [III EPO] and Maria Poly [III EEP]

2. K. Niharika [III EPJ] and Shekinah Sam [III EPJ]

3. B. Priyanka [III EPO] and M. Sudeesha [III EEP]

Extension Activity (LitSpell Board) :-

Name: “Birth Anniversary of G.B. Shaw and Emily Brontë"

Description: The creative Head and members decorated the board with parts of their

writings, and their portraits to celebrate the birth anniversaries of George Bernard Shaw and

Emily Brontë.

Month: July

Activity 4:-

Name: “Flow of Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte

Description: An activity conducted on account of the birth anniversary of Emily Bronte, on

her only complete novel- ‘Wuthering Heights’.

Date: 02-08-19

Venue: G2

Time: 12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

No. of participants: 18

Winners: 1. P.Sunitha [III EEP]

2. M.Sudheshna [III EEP]

3. Nisha Kumari [III EPJ]

Activity 5:-

Name: “Figure out the Figures of Speech”

Description: An activity conducted to test the students’ acknowledgement of literary devices

in a text/poem, by giving basic and famous lines from writings.

Date: 08-08-19

Venue: G6

Time: 12:35 p.m. -12:45 p.m.

No. of participants: 28

Winners: 1. Maria Poly [III EEP]

2. Neha Yadav [II EPJ]

3. Resham Agarwal [II EEP]

Activity 6:-

Name: “Quick n Easy” Scrambled Words

Description: An activity conducted by announcing 12 word formats (for e.g., words starting

with ‘u’, words ending with ‘er’, etc) for 30 seconds each, to test the students’ speed and

dexterity in remembering words.

Date: 17-08-19

Venue: G6

Time: 12:35 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

No. of Participants: 48

Winners: 1. K. Sudha Rani [II EEP]

2. Heena Shariff [III EEP]

3. Arunima [II EPJ]

Activity 7:-

Name: “Cook up your Story”

Description: An activity that was conducted by giving a random set of clues to the students

for them to ‘cook up’ a story. They were judged on the level of creativity exhibited.

Date: 25-08-19

Venue: G6

Time: 12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

No. of Participants: 16

Winners: 1. D. Sravya [II EEP]

2. M. Varsha [II EPO]

3. Dipti Patawari [III EPJ]

Extension Activity (LitSpell Board) :-

Name: “Inclusiveness and Concern for Others"

Description: The Creative Head and members decorated the Litspell Board for a Wall

Journal Competition organized by the Student Council. All the council bearers contributed

ideas and we stood second in the clubs' category.

Month: 26-08-19

Activity 8:-

Name: “Idioms Picturesque”

Description: An activity conducted where the students were given a picture from which they

had to make out as many idioms as possible in the given time.

Date: 16-09-19

Venue: G6

Time: 12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

No. of Participants:15

Winners: 1. Farah Chisti [II EPJ]

2. Maria Poly [III EEP]

3. Prakriti Basak [III EPJ]

Activity 9:-

Name: “Crack O.W.S. (One Word Substitution)”

Description: An activity conducted to test the students’ knowledge

Date: 23-09-19

Venue: G6

Time: 12:45 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.

No. of Participants: 13

Winners: 1. B. Ramani [I EPO]

1. Blessy Christina [III EPJ]

1. Maria Poly [III EEP]

Activity 10:-

Name: “What in the Gods!”

Description: An activity conducted where the students were given a crossword based on the

Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan.

Date: 27-09-19

Venue: G1

Time: 12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

No. of Participants: 26

Winners: 1. Neha Yadav [II EPJ]

1. Aparajitha [II EPJ]

Extension Activity (LitSpell Board) :-

Name: “Honoring John Keats"

Description: The Creative Head and members decorated the board with parts of his writings,

quotes from his poems, and an autumnal background to honour and celebrate John Keats'

birthday.

Month: October - November

Activity 11:-

Name: “Spell Bee”

Description: An activity conducted where the students had to write down the spellings of the

words announced by one of the teachers.

Date: 18-11-19

Venue: G1

Time: 12:40 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

No. of Participants: 26

Winners: 1. P.S. Divya [I EPJ]

2. Sriyanka [III EPJ]

Activity 12:-

Name: “It's MARVELous”

Description: An activity conducted in the intercollegiate fest Excelsior 2k19 where the

students had to answer questions based on Marvel characters and Stan Lee

Date: 06-12-19

Venue: F3

Time: 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

No. of Participants: 14

Activity 13:-

Name: “Oh My Disney!”

Description: An activity conducted in the intercollegiate fest Excelsior 2k19 where the

students had to pair up Disney characters written on paper cups, and make a tower with

them.

Date: 07-12-19

Venue:

Time: 11:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

No. of Participants: 48

Valedictory:-

Date: 14-12-19

Description: We gave gifts to the members of Litspell, and the winners of all the

activities.

The new Council, for which elections were conducted, were also announced.

President: Yukta Baid [II EPJ]

Vice President: P.S. Divya [I EPJ]

Secretary: Jemimah [I EPJ]

Treasurer: Sahitya A. [II EPO]

Creative Head: Swetha M. [II BBA]

Extension Activity (Community College) :-

Description: All the members of the old council and new council went to the nearby

Community College to donate two rice bags out of the remaining budget of the Litspell Club,

as is a yearly tradition.

Date: 7-1-2020