Hong Kong Budding Poets English Award 200809 Briefing Session

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

• 8 October 2008
• 230 430 pm
• Gifted Education Section, EDB

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

• Themes Primary Section

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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09

• Themes Secondary and Open Section

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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.

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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09

• Student Entry Form
• Each poem must be given a title
• Neither School name nor students 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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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

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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09

• Adjudication
• Phase 2
• Final Adjudicators
• Maximum of 20 entries from each section will be
  selected

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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

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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09

• Prize

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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.

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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09

• News and announcements
• http//resources.edb.gov.hk/gifted/bpea

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Hong Kong Budding Poets (English) Award 2008-09

• Enquiry
• Henry Lin
• tklin_at_edb.gov.hk 3698 3481
• Dorothy Li
• dorothyli_at_edb.gov.hk 3698 3476