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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 Briefing Session

Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 Briefing Session. 8 October 2008 2:30 – 4:30 pm Gifted Education Section, EDB. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09. Launch since 2005 Develop students’ high-order thinking skills and creativity

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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 Briefing Session

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  1. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09Briefing Session 8 October 2008 2:30 – 4:30 pm Gifted Education Section, EDB

  2. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Launch since 2005 • Develop students’ high-order thinking skills and creativity • Enhance students’ awareness and appreciation of poetry • Give students an opportunity to strive for excellence in the use of language and literature

  3. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Eligibility • Primary Section (All primary schools except International and ESF schools) • Secondary Section (All secondary schools except International and ESF schools) • Open Section • Each school can nominate at most 20 entries from all 3 sections

  4. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Dates of events • Nomination • Deadline: 14 November 2008 • School Application Form • http://resources.edb.gov.hk/gifted/bpea/hkbpea0809/HKBPEA_School_application_form.doc

  5. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Submission of entries • Deadline: 13 February 2009 • Entry Record Form • Student Entry Form • Softcopy (CD) of all Student Entry Forms

  6. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Interview • 15-17 April 2009 (Tentative) • Maximum of 60 poems from all 3 sections • Sharing views and demonstrate originality of poems • Interviews will be video taped

  7. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Prize-giving ceremony • 30 May 2009 Saturday (tentative) • Award winners will be invited and present their award-winning poems

  8. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09

  9. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Themes – Primary Section

  10. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Themes – Secondary and Open Section

  11. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Poems must not have been previously published, self-published or published on a website or broadcast before 1 June 2009. • Poems must be the original work of the author. Any infringement of competition rules and regulations will disqualify the student from taking part in the competition or winning an award.

  12. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Student Entry Form • Each poem must be given a title • Neither School name nor student’s name should be included • Poems typed and printed in 14-pt Times New Roman • School assign a number to each entry form, from 1, 2, 3… • Save all softcopy on to a disc

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  14. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Adjudication • Phase 1 screening • Judging panel of representatives from the Gifted Education Section, frontline teachers from English Teachers Network

  15. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Adjudication • Phase 2 • Final Adjudicators • Maximum of 20 entries from each section will be selected

  16. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Interview • 10-min interview • Students will be interviewed by final adjudicators • Students will share their view and demonstrate originality on their poems • Interview will be video taped

  17. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Prize

  18. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Prize • Certificate of The Poets of the School Award • Authors of the best entries selected from schools nominating not less than 10 students. • Entries of the winners have to demonstrate a high standard overall.

  19. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • News and announcements • http://resources.edb.gov.hk/gifted/bpea

  20. Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09 • Enquiry: • Henry Lin • tklin@edb.gov.hk 3698 3481 • Dorothy Li • dorothyli@edb.gov.hk 3698 3476

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