Hong Kong Budding Poets Award (English) NET and Gifted Education Sections CDI - EDB Tanya Kempston Lorraine Tweedy Carine Chau NET SECTION, EDB, HKSARG

Hong Kong Budding Poets ( English) Themes Judging Criteria Workshops Adjudication

Themes Upper Primary Friendship Places Animals Fantasy Junior Secondary and Open Time Love War and Peace Technology

Mind maps Adjectives Big Hot Golden Bright Shiny Round Fiery Warm Participles Warming Glowing Burning Toasting Sweating Toasting Title SUN How does it make me feel? Sweaty Hot Happy Colour or synonym Fireball Orange Red

Mind Map Title HOME Adjectives Participles How does it make me feel? Colour or synonym

Requirements Upper PrimaryJunior Secondary Open Poetic form is open but could exhibit rhyme, rhythm, imagery and structure Use of poetic devices such as: alliteration, simile and metaphor As Junior Secondary section Minimum 12 lines Minimum 16 lines Minimum 20 lines

Judging Criteria Use of language Artistic Quality Originality

Judging Criteria Expression of the Theme Construction

Seasons, Seasons, Seasons We shiver, shiver, shiver, In the cold, cold winter. I will play with my sister, And get presents from dear old Santa. It rains, rains, rains, In the warm, warm spring. Lovely flowers bloom. The birds in the trees sing. We see swimmers, swimmers, swimmers, In the hot, hot summer. People visit the great Buddha, And take photos with a camera. The leaves have fallen, fallen, fallen, In the cool cool autumn. Beautiful kites are flown, And brown leaves are thrown. by Carla Siobhan Yeung Kiangsu and Chekiang Primary School

Fortune Wearing torn and shabby clothes, Suffering from starvation and poverty, Eyes with sorrow and sadness, Living in desperation and bleakness. Beyond them was a miserable fate, Without a ray of hope, Prosperity and Peace fled away, Abandoning their livelihood. They ought to have their memories, Complete with their families. They should have had their own dream, And bring alive what they may mean. They are suffering. We are enjoying. Why? Fortune is the only answer. by Cindy Can Sin Yi Good Hope School

Training Workshops –Value of poetry and place in the curriculum –Phonetic awareness in relation to rhyming words (word families) –Scanning for rhythm, beats and syllables –The role of imagery in creating poetry

Training Workshops - Poetic structures - Techniques for starting poets - Deconstruction of sample poems - Practice session for attendees - Reading of products

Workshops for Primary Section DateTime 22 nd January 2007 (Monday) pm 24 th January 2007 (Wednesday) pm

Workshops for Secondary and Open sections DateTime 23 rd January 2007 (Tuesday) pm 26 th January 2007 (Friday) pm

Adjudication Judging panel – NET and GE sections Entrants will be assessed on - originality - use of language - artistic quality - theme expression - construction

Adjudication Round One: 20 entries from each category will be shortlisted These entrants will be interviewed in April 2007 Consideration - quality of the poetry - interview performance (discussing the writing process) ANY INFRINGEMENT OF COMPETITION RULES WILL DISQUALIFY THE ENTRANT