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WELCOME TO THE MAG INC 2012

CONTEST WORKSHOP

E D

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Whats it all about?

Learning how to publish a 3-page

mini magazine

Its all about teamwork

You can participate if you are a

student from:

Primary 4 to 6

Lower Secondary level

Upper Secondary level

Participation

is through

schools only

and earning a Pizza Hut

voucher in the process!

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How do I get started?

Form a team of 4 or 5 members

Then, delegate responsibilities

Finally, set deadlines

Brainstorm on a topic you allfeel strongly about

As a team, decide on: one entry

only Or earn a pizza upgrade bysubmitting more than one entry

and/or producing a 3-minute

video clip (optional)

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What can I write on?

Social

Integration

WhyEnglish?

Status

Symbol

Job

Requirement

Historical

Origins

Fun

International

Language

Dynamic

Language

Education

Knowledge

Vehicle

Comm.

Tool

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Where are ideas from?

The Star The StarOnline The Internet

Talking to people Interviews Books

Reading, of course!

See

samples

of

previous

entries

See

Past

Entries!

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Topic: Education

Text

books

Language

For

Examination

Subjectin school

Distance

Learning

Overseas

Education

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How do I expand on EducationOverseas

What is the issue?

Adapting to a different environment

Cultural differences in language

Vocabulary differences

Accents

Gestures that go with the language

What are the solutions?

Learning to understand

English in a new environment

Building confidence in thelanguage

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Before you start writing

Dont plagiarise

articles or cartoons

from other

publications

Always acknowledge

the source of

your information

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What must I include

A self-titled masthead

An article

A minimum of 3 elements:

polls, surveys,

advice column/agony aunt page

advertisementsjokes

anecdotes

poetry

comicscaricatures

illustrations

quotes, etc.

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Single frame comic/Illustration

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Caricature

I am always ready to learn

although I do not always like beingtaught. (Quote)

Winston Churchill

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Vast Majority of Americans Support Official

English

A 2010 poll found that 87% of Americanssupport making English the official

language of the United States.

78% of Hispanics believe English should be

the official language of government

operations.

82% of Americans support legislation that

would require the federal government to

conduct business solely in English.

67% of Likely U.S. Voters think election

ballots should be printed only in English.

83% of Americans believe new immigrantsshould learn English.

77% of Americans believe it is crucial for

immigrants living in the United States to

speak English.

(Taken from:http://proenglish.org)

Polls

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Would that be a

PERSONAL or REGULAR, maam?

Voucher entitlement

To qualify for Do

One PERSONAL

pan pizza

One REGULAR

pan pizza

ONE mini magazine

TWO mini magazine

of two different topics

OR

ONE mini magazine an

ONE 3-min. video clip

Video entry can be a public service

announcement/ a story/ an

animation

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For all you high achievers

The marking scheme

Feature article

3 elements

Primary about 250 words

Lower Sec 500 words

Upper Sec 700 words

or more

Poem/polls/editorial cartoon/

comic strip/interviews/

photograph/illustration/ad etc

With all things being equal

Judges will look at

layout/creativity/content/

use of language

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Contest logistics

Contest website

http://contests.thestar.com.my/nie

Use the original contest

template (Apr 13 and 25)for your mini magazine entry

and video clip entry

Important dates:

Apr 13 Online registration

opensAprJune Work on mini

magazine

June 29 Contest closes

July 15 List of schools with

voucher tally

appears inStarEducation

Sept Grand finals

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To qualify as

a grand prize finalist

Teacher/Contest coordinator

MUST:

Nominate

ONE entry for the mini

magazine category

ANDONE 3-minute video clip

entry from the school!

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What happens at

the finals in Sept?6 teams selected for

the Grand Prize finals2 teams each from the

Primary

Lower Secondary

Upper Secondary

The finalist teams do a 5-minute

Power point presentation

about their mini magazine and

its topic

Judges decide Grand Prize

winners and runner-up teams

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Where are our winners off

to in Dec?

Grand prize

4 days, 3 nights

Hong Kong

Disneyland

Runner up

3 days, 2 nightsResorts World

Genting

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For our

Upper Secondary winners

For the 4th year running

Taylors is sponsoring

scholarships worth

RM150,000

From Taylors University:

5 units full scholarships for Foundation

Studies worth RM20,000 each PLUS

RM10,000 off for the first yearof degree studies

OR

RM30,000 worth of scholarships each for

Taylors University Diploma studies

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Finally

Have funand

enjoy

yourselves!