Celebrate Book Week 2012, by creating an exciting opening ceremony!
Competition 1, invites students to use and manipulate audio visual technology.
Using animation software such as Kahootz or something similar; invite your children
to create an opening ceremony for Book Week 2012 within a virtual world. Through
this, children will be able to focus on the glitz and glamour of an opening ceremony
and include the short listed titles as the competitors.
The ceremony should introduce each short listed title as individual competitors.
A brief biography of the competitor, should be included that outlines the story
of each title. Each Book Week category should be considered as an event. Finally
ask students to compare the book against others in the same category and include
the likelihood of the title coming through and winning. Perhaps the children might
consider the title a "definite chance to win" or "an outside chance" and include
the reasons why.
You are only limited by your own imagination.
To complete this task successfully and be in the running to win a Flip recorder
you need to include the following two simple items in the opening ceremony.
Firstly you need to include the CBCA logo which is included here for download.
The second item to include is the cover image of the title, which can be downloaded
from
http://cbca.org.au/shortlist_2012.htm.
The rest is up to you.
You can enter as many different productions as you can create. So challenge your
students to buddy up and get creative!
Competition 2 focuses on the many facets of writing.
Students can explore narrative, exposition or poetry to compete in this competition.
Narrative:
Achieve your dreams.
Students will need to write a narrative that demonstrates how their main character
sets a goal, overcomes adversity and achieves success.
Exposition 1:
Using a title from the short list, ask students to write an exposition to persuade
the reader that their chosen book deserves the sought after Book of the Year award.
Exposition 2:
Reading is better fun than using computers!
Using this statement ask students to write an exposition to persuade the reader
that reading is better than using a computer.
Poetry:
Students can write a piece of poetry using either a Cinquain format or an Acrostic
poem or an Alliteration poem that describes the feelings of champions and success.
You can enter as many writing pieces as you can create. So challenge your students
to think, write and succeed!
This year the Book Week theme, "Champions Read" invites you to explore how the steps
or key to success is practise and commitment. Champions must practise in order to
achieve and similarly readers must continually practise reading to improve skills
and comprehension.
Each new day brings a challenge to your students. Be it a new math problem, or a
difficult piece of literature that needs to be comprehended, or how to resolve a
problem with a friend. Every challenge is overcome with determination, enthusiasm,
practise and commitment.
This year we are challenging you to create a Book Week display that demonstrates
just this, that "Champions Read", and thus succeed!
Capture this theme through the use of any creative medium such as a diorama, poster,
a mosaic of achievement or any other type of art form.
Encourage students to experiment with different media to create dramatic effect.
Then create a collage of images which could be presented as a slide show or digital
story.
Include the CBCA logo somewhere in your Book Week display and be sure to send in
your entry!
Remember we are giving away Flip recorders so get creative and enjoy Book Week 2012!
You can enter as many different displays as you can create. So challenge your students
to buddy up and get creative!