Personal freedom, mutual understanding with the outside world, independence, development of one's own potential, conflict resolution. All this gives literacy. She even has her own day on the calendar. On September 8 the whole world celebrates Literacy Day.
The history of the holiday
There are over 700 million illiterate adults in the world, and more than 72 million among children. The most common illiteracy problem in countries where there are wars, civil unrest, and in third world countries. This became the prerequisite for the emergence of the International Literacy Day, designed to draw public attention to this problem.
World Conference of Ministers of Education, the theme of which was "Eradication of Illiteracy", opened and took place September 8, 1965 in the capital of Iran, the largest city of Tehran. At the suggestion of this conference, UNESCO in the following year, 1966, proclaimed International Literacy Day ( IInternational Literacy Day- 8 September.
The United Nations has designated 2003-2013 as the "Decade of Literacy" and UNESCO has been designated as the coordinator of all activities.
The main objectives of the Decade were announced: a significant increase in literacy rates, the provision of affordable and universal primary education and the promotion of equality between women and men in education.
Every year on this day, international conferences are held on a variety of topics (“Literacy ensures development” (2006), “Literacy and health” (2007), etc.).
AND Literacy Day begins to acquire its own habits.
Literacy Day Traditions
On September 8, Olympiads, open lessons, quizzes, competitions in the Russian language are held in schools in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, the purpose of which is to highlight the diligent 
and diligent students.
Lectures on the problem of people's illiteracy are recited. Conferences and meetings of teachers are arranged, outstanding teachers are awarded.
Libraries organize literacy lessons on this day, special books are selected to improve the quality of literacy.
In Russia, activists distribute leaflets that describe the elementary rules of the Russian language. 
Librarians arrange actions right on the streets, distribute books and magazines to people at bus stops and just passers-by. Entertaining grammar lessons are held before entering the library.
Interesting Literacy Facts
1. In the world, only 19 countries have a higher literacy rate for women than for men. And out of 143 states in 41 countries, a woman is twice as likely to be illiterate as a man.
2. Illiteracy flourishes not only in the poor, but also, as the UNESCO organization points out, in richer countries such as Egypt, Brazil, China.
3. In 15 countries of the world, more than 50% of children do not even have a basic general education. 
4. The All-Russian population census showed that in Russia in 2010, 91% of Russians have a secondary school and higher education.
You should never forget about your own literacy, you always need to improve it.
Literacy is a kind of “face” of a person. In society, literate people are always valued. To be literate is to be prestigious.
Literacy helps people better understand each other, perceive the world more deeply, find peaceful ways resolving controversial issues, contributes to personal development. It has its own calendar holiday - Literacy Day, annually celebrated on September 8th. This holiday has its own history.
The situation on the planet is such that 700 million adults are not literate at all. There are more than 72 million illiterate children in the world. Most of these people are in countries where there are hostilities, there are public unrest. To draw the attention of caring people around the world to the high level of global illiteracy, a holiday was established - Literacy Day.
On September 8, 1965, an international conference of ministers of education was held in Tehran on the theme "Eradication of illiteracy". The outcome of this forum was the establishment of UNESCO in the following year, 1966, International Literacy Day. The date of the holiday was determined on September 8.
The years from 2003 to 2013 were proclaimed by the United Nations as the "Decade of Literacy". UNESCO has been identified as the main organizer of all targeted programs for these ten years. The main goals of this international action are to increase the literacy of people around the world, to make basic education as accessible as possible for both men and women.
On Literacy Day, it has become customary to hold thematic international forums. In 2006, the theme of such a forum was "Literacy ensures development". The 2007 conference was held under the motto "Literacy and Health". The holiday of literacy gradually acquires traditions.
On this day in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, quizzes and olympiads, competitions and open lessons are held in secondary and higher educational institutions. Extended meetings of teachers are also held, where awards are given to the best. Specialists who study linguistics in depth give informative lectures on the topic of education and raising the cultural level. Libraries organize special events on this day book fairs dedicated to raising the level of general literacy, exciting classes in Russian grammar.
Russian volunteers distribute booklets and leaflets with the basic rules of Russian spelling to passers-by. Right there on the streets of cities, people are offered high-quality book and magazine products as a gift in order to instill in fellow citizens a love for reading fiction.
September 8 - International Literacy Day - one of the international days celebrated in the United Nations system. It was established by UNESCO in 1966 on the recommendation of the World Conference of Ministers of Education for the Eradication of Illiteracy, held in Tehran in September 1965. And the date of celebration on September 8 is the day of the grand opening of this conference.
The main goal of the Day is to intensify the efforts of the international community in promoting literacy, one of the main areas of action of UNESCO, as a tool for empowering individuals, communities and communities.
Literacy is a certain degree of a person's ability to read and write in accordance with the grammatical norms of their native language. One of the basic indicators of the socio-cultural development of the population.
Literacy is a true celebration for humanity, which has made impressive progress in this area, bringing the number of literate people in the world to four billion. However, literacy for all - children, youth and adults - is not yet a fully achieved goal.
Despite notable progress in many countries, more than 860 million adults remain illiterate and more than 100 million children are out of school. Countless children, young people and adults enrolled in school or other educational programs do not meet the standard required to be considered literate in today's increasingly complex world.
There is a clear need to roll out literacy programs that target groups of students who require special attention, and especially women and girls left behind the doors of the school. Where men and boys are denied access to quality education, they too need special attention. Therefore, today's date also provides an opportunity to propose innovative ways to address existing challenges to further improve literacy in the future.
Today, International Literacy Day is celebrated around the world. Its celebrations are attended by governments, multilateral, bilateral and non-governmental organizations, the private sector, communities, as well as educators, students and experts in the field. The Day also recognizes the International Literacy Prizes for people with outstanding ideas that can contribute to literacy in order to achieve the 2030 Education Agenda. It should also be said that every year Literacy Day is dedicated to a specific topic. Yes, in different years it was held under the mottos: “The value of literacy for women”, “Literacy empowers personal opportunities”, “Literacy and health”, “Literacy ensures sustainable development”, “Reading the past, writing the future”, “Literacy in the digital world”, etc.
Russian language quiz
for students in grades 5-6
"The mighty and great Russian language"
Event progress
Leading: Hello guys!
International Literacy Day is one of the international days celebrated in the United Nations system. It was established by UNESCO in 1966 on the recommendation of the World Conference of Ministers of Education for the Eradication of Illiteracy, held in Tehran in September 1965. September 8 is the day of the grand opening of this conference.
Literacy is a true celebration for humanity, which has made impressive progress in this area, bringing the number of literate people in the world to four billion. However, literacy for all - children, youth and adults - is not yet a fully achieved goal.
And now we will do a little warm-up.
1. How much "A" does it take to get a bird? (magpie)
2. Which word has 100 "L"? (table)
3. Which two pronouns together interfere with traffic on the roads? (I-We)
4. How many personal pronouns are in the word "family" (7th)
5. The first syllable is a personal pronoun, the second is the sound that a frog makes, together they are a vegetable. (Pumpkin)
6. What word consists of one pronoun? (I)
7. In what dialect is 5 "O"? (Again)
8. What needs to be done with the noun "hot" to make it an adjective? (need to change emphasis)
9. Which of these words is superfluous? (quadrilateral, four , four)
10. The first syllable is a personal pronoun, the second is the same as misfortune, together they denote petty slander or a slanderer. (I am trouble)
11. In the name of which state is there a small horse between two identical personal pronouns? (Japan)
12. How to turn the nouns "distance", "stump", "rudder" into verbs? (put nouns into plural)
Leading: We have identified team members, and now let the teams come up with names that would be related to the Russian language. Team captains should also be selected.
II. Tasks
Leading: Let's move on to tasks. For each task, the team will receive points. In the end, the team with the most points will win.
1. Determine the part of speech for the following words:
Double (adj.), three (n.), double (v.), second (num.), five-day (adj.), three (n.), eight (n.), ten (n.), three-hour ( adj.), one-sided (adj.), hundred (n.), hundredth (num.), tenfold (v.), twenty-five (num.), seventh (num.), five-year plan (n.), triple (adj. .), eleven (num.), Thursday (n.), fortieth (num.), ten (num.).
Competition with fans
3. In what female names is a dividing soft sign written?
(Aksinya, Anisya, Natalya, Tatyana, Ulyana)
4. Have you ever met words in which three identical letters are located in a row?
(consonants - no, vowels: snake-eater, long-necked)
5. Name two words that begin with four consonants.
(splash, glance, meeting)
6. What word belongs only to each of you, and is it used most often by your friends and relatives?
(Name)
7. What is the conversation about?
-Is it black?
- No, it's red.
-Why is she white?
-Because it's still green.
(the conversation is about currants)
8. Find in the text a word formed by the transition of one part of speech to another.
I look - my brother is in the hut,
He has an overcoat to toe.
He is with a vacation note
He came to us for the weekend.
(day off)
9. How to turn a big house into a small one?
(using the suffix -ik: house - house)
12. Find the “fourth extra”: trousers, chores, doors, pitchforks.
(doors - the noun has both singular and plural forms)
19. In which verb is NO heard 100 times?
(one hundred)
2.
All of you know a lot of folk proverbs and sayings. To warm up a little, we now remember them. (The teacher reads the beginning of the proverb, and the team must continue. For the correct answer - 1 point.)
1. What you sow, ... (so you reap).
2. Without difficulty ... (you can’t even take a fish out of the pond).
3. Finished the job - ... (walk boldly).
4. Be afraid of wolves - ... (do not go into the forest).
5. With whom you will behave - ... (from that you will type).
6. How it comes around - ... (and will respond).
7. Chasing two hares - ... (you won’t catch a single one).
8. Hard in teaching - ... (easy in battle).
9. Do you like to ride - ... (love to carry sleds too).
10. Teaching is light, ... (and ignorance is darkness).
11. Measure seven times ... (cut once).
12. Do not have a hundred rubles ... (but have a hundred friends).
3. Determine the case of the highlighted words in the proverbs.
Case does not like jokes. (Them. p.)
From the word down to business a whole mile. (Gen. n.)
Not in essence case, A on business essence. (Im. p., Dat. p.)
You agree case, A case for you. (Win. p., Im. p.)
Big in body, but small deed. (TV p.)
And smart, and strong, and in business year old (Suggestion p.)
All affairs you won't change it. (Gen. n.)
Do not hurry with your tongue, but affairs do not make me laugh. (TV p.)
Clever in words, but stupid in affairs. (Suggestion p.)
You are judged by your deeds. (Dat. p.)
4. Competition with fans.
While our participants determine the case, we will play a little with the fans. You are invited to name as many proverbs and sayings containing numbers as possible.
Answers:
Mind is good, but two is better. There is safety in numbers. Measure seven times, cut once. He has seven Fridays in a week. If you chase two hares, you won't catch one. A smart head has a hundred hands. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Do not have a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends. Seven troubles - one answer. Seven do not wait for one. There is safety in numbers. One with a bipod, and seven with a spoon.
5. Fix mistakes
FLASHLIGHT
I'm not bored without fire -
I have a flashlight.
You look at him during the day -
You can't see anything in it
And look in the evening -
He has a green light.
It's in a jar of trova
Svitlyachok sits alive.
A.L. Barto
10. Competition with fans.
Tricky QUIZ ABOUT WORDS
What insect is placed insidebarrel , and inside which pet is placedtank ?
(Ba barrel and co tank A)
What animal walkstailcoat ?
(Cancer - f cancer)
Which meat product contains chemicalflask ?
(Flask sa)
Which vehicle can be instantly cut out oftablecloths ?
(Boat - with boat b)
Like from trunk wood without a single tool to quickly maketable ?
(Remove the letter "B": st V ol - table)
With what flower everyone always and everywhere goesspies, champions And pioneers ?
(With peony - sh peony,how peony, peony ep)
What animal cannot live withoutlessons ?
(WITH lesson)
Which cereal eachtourist Do you need to take it with you on a hike?
(Rice - that rice T)
What do you have in common bear And jellyfish ?
(Three first letters: honey after all - honey bond)
What rustles in the wind in eachwheel ?
(Forest - to forest O)
With what punctuation mark is everyone inseparableswallows ?
(With a dot - las dot)
What sweets, loved by many children, containchalk ?
(Mar chalk hell and punishment chalk b)
where it always hidesa lion : right or left of you?
(WITH a lion A)
In which educational institution around the clock without a breakhymn sound?
(IN hymn Asia)
What animals constantly live inhair even the cleanest person?
(Ox and wasps: ox wasps)
What needs to be changed incarriage so she can fly?
(Letters K and R: To A R eta - R A To eta)
What is the name of the path leading from the letter "A" to the letter "Z"?
(A lle I)
Which figure always rolls inelectric train ?
(Number three - electric three chka)
COMPETITION 3. "COLLECT THE WORDS" (orally, make notes on the sheets)
Collect the words that are hidden in other words. Listen carefully, make notes on the worksheets (for each word - 1 point).
1) The prefix is in the word RUN, and the root is in the word SNOWFLAKE, the suffix is in the word FORESTER, and the END is in the word STUDENTS ( snowdrops).
2) The root is in the word VORNIK, the suffix is in the word DINING, the ending is in the word GREEN ( yard).
3) The prefix is in the word ENTRY, the root is in the word CITY, the suffix is in the word SIDE, the ending is in the word WINTER ( fence).
4) The root is in the word YOUNG, the suffix is in the word FINGERS, the ending is in the word HERBS ( well done).
You are great fellows, because you successfully completed this task!
Competition with fans.
You need to make as many words as possible and the largest word out of the word PLACE.
6. Competition of captains.
Now we will get to know the team captains better and check whether you have chosen the leader of your team with dignity.
Captains are invited to answer the host's questions so that all words begin with the same letter.
1 team: M.
Team 2: K.
Team 3: R.
Team 4: S.
Questions:
What is your name?
What is your last name?
What is your mother's name?
What is your father's name?
What city are you from?
Name your favorite dish.
Favorite book.
What do you like to do in your free time (hobbies)?
Favorite animal.
Describe yourself with 3 adjectives.
7. Contest
You need to compose a telegram from the following letters so that each word begins with a certain letter:
Z, D, A, F, V, L, E, N, Z, H, O, D, C.
Fan Competition:
While our participants are completing the task, I offer you such a competition.
The civilized world is fighting for the equality and well-being of people, the purity of nature, the preservation of the entire diversity of the animal and plant world of the Earth. In order to draw public attention to difficulties, special world holidays. Their initiators are the UN, international associations, organizations and institutions. The article will tell you what International Literacy Day is.
The concept of literacy
The word "literacy" has Greek roots and literally means "reading and writing". The dictionary defines a person's literacy as the ability to write without errors, read fluently and correctly express one's thoughts in a conversation. All these skills allow you to acquire new knowledge, improve, and benefit society.
Relevance of the problem
Why is International Literacy Day needed? States struggling with the ignorance of their own citizens are introducing educational programs everywhere. People themselves understand how important education is, because it helps to find a place in life, so they independently master the sciences.
Nevertheless, today there are more than seven hundred million semi-literate and completely illiterate people in the world. There are those who have never seen the book. Among them, more than seventy million children. This problem is especially relevant in third world countries with a low level of economic development, where there are wars and civil unrest.
If in Europe Russian Federation, the United States does not have this problem, then in Africa, some countries of Asia, Latin America, the majority of the population is completely illiterate, even universal access to primary education is not provided here, there is gender discrimination when girls and women are excluded from education.
All this served as a prerequisite for the establishment of literacy.
Brief history of the holiday
On September 8, 1965, the World Conference was held in Tehran, which brought together ministers of education from all over the planet. The theme of the conference was the elimination of illiteracy in the world, the increase in the total level of education. Methods and measures to achieve the set goals were discussed. One of the most important are those that are focused on children and youth. It is recommended to hold the International Literacy Day in school - in primary and secondary grades. The child must learn that being literate is useful and prestigious, that science opens the door to a brighter future, and there is an incentive to learn new knowledge.
The day of the conference - September 8 - was approved as World Literacy Day.
The United Nations General Assembly declared the period from 2003 to 2013 the Decade of Literacy. During this period, world conferences were held annually on a variety of topics: "Literacy and Health", "Literacy and Peace", "The Importance of Literacy for Women" and others.
When is celebrated
International Literacy Day is celebrated by everyone every year on September 8th. It was approved by UNESCO in 1966. The holiday took root, and in 2015 the fiftieth, anniversary International Literacy Day was celebrated.
In the Russian calendar, this day is not marked in red, but all educated people understand its importance, so it is celebrated in educational institutions of all levels - preschool, school, secondary and higher, promoted in offices and scientific institutions.
In order to make events accessible to the entire population, International Literacy Day is held in the library, art houses, cinema foyers and other public places.
Traditions
Not only in Russia, but also in Kazakhstan and Ukraine, such events have already become traditional. international day literacy, such as Olympiads, various competitions and quizzes, open lessons, the main purpose of which is to highlight the most literate and diligent pupils and students. Lecturers make presentations and reports highlighting the problems of illiteracy, the consequences of this phenomenon and ways to overcome it. Leaflets are distributed among the population with calls to develop independently. Outstanding teachers are awarded everywhere.
How to become literate yourself
There are such good proverbs: "It is always useful to study well", "Whoever is good in science, he will not be lost", "They do not write with a pen, but with the mind". They reflect popular opinion about how important it is to acquire new knowledge.
To achieve good results along the way, it is important:
- Read a lot of good literature. Not necessarily scientific, let it be adventure, fantasy or detective, it is important that their quality is high. Therefore, it is best to read the classics of the genre.
- Check the dictionary often to find out the meaning of new words.
- Try to clear your speech of slang, and even more so of profanity.
- Do not be offended if someone corrects mistakes in your speech or writing.
- Solve crosswords and puzzles. This will not increase literacy, but will ultimately contribute to the development of intelligence and memory.
