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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!