Imagine a special day with your avatar in the real world! Describe the exciting things you do together, the fun adventures you have, and the moments you’ll always remember. Use your imagination to make this day with your avatar extra special!
Please write “A special day with my avatar” as the topic, and submit it with your Kids A-Z avatar picture.
- Lower Primary (Grade 1-3), the word limit is 50 – 150 words
- Upper Primary (Grade 4-6), the word limit is 80 – 200 words
Objectives:
- Encourage students to write with imagination and creativity
- Ignite students’ passion for reading and writing
- Expand students’ understanding of the world around them
- Foster a positive attitude towards lifelong learning skills
Awards (for each group):
- 1st: Book Voucher $300 + Fabulous Gift
- 2nd: Book Voucher $200 + Fabulous Gift
- 3rd: Book Voucher $100 + Fabulous Gift
- 10 x Merit awards: Book Voucher $50
*All winners will get the cert. from Learning A-Z
*Result announcement: End of June
School Distinction Award:
Trophy for the top 3 schools with the largest number of participants.
Judges
From Learning A-Z Professional Development Team, USA. The award assessment will be based on spellings, punctuation, grammar accuracy, sentence fluency and overall presentation of the student’s writing as well as the Avatar design.
Application & Submission
- To apply, school can fill in the online application form
- School can click here to download and print out the competition worksheet, and click here to download and print out the student writing guide.
- School can collect all student’s work, email or mail to us. Students can also submit on their own
- Email the scanned copy to: [email protected]
- Mail the hardcopy to: mangoSTEEMS HK
Room 3703-05, 37/F, 9 Wing Hong Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, HK - Submission Deadline: 24 May 2024
Free Trial Arrangement
Raz-Plus and Raz-Kids are the online reading programs, which deliver teacher-led instruction, independent practice, strategic assessment, and detailed reporting to help improve the literacy skills of every student, at every level.
If your school is interested, please contact us or enter www.raz-plus.com to get 2 weeks of FREE TRIAL.
DRAFT your ideas and IMAGINE your avatar
- What are your superpowers for the avatar? Can you describe it?
- Any world issues you found? and any things you want to help?
- When? Where? How can superpowers be used?
- What are the good things if we can help out?
MAKE UP your avatar
- Login for your Kids A-Z account
- Click Star Zone → Avatar Builder, make up your awesome avatar to match the theme.
- You can earn stars by doing READ, LISTEN, QUIZ activities.
- Print screen the picture, adjust the size for printing. Paste on the worksheet for submission.
You can READ some books in Kids A-Z – Reading Room > Leveled Books, to get some writing ideas.
Here are some books on different levels for reference.
- A Day for Dad (Level D) (Raz-Plus)
- Let’s Build a Fairy Bridge (Level G) (Raz-Plus)
- The Monster Pumpkins (Level I) (Raz-Plus)
- Picture Day (Level J) (Raz-Plus)
- The Mind Game (Level K) (Raz-Plus)
- How to Become a Superhero (Level O) (Raz-Plus)
- The Last Day of School (Level O) (Raz-Plus)
- I’m the Small One (Level P) (Raz-Plus)
After writing, you can READ, CHECK and EDIT your work before submitting it.
Writing checklist:
- My beginning paragraph tells about the topics and feelings of it.
- The middle paragraph describes my ideas. Each idea has details.
- I use descriptive or sensory words.
- Each sentence is complete and makes sense.
- The last paragraph has an interesting idea and details that sum up the topics.
- Use correct spelling, capital, lowercase letters, punctuation, preposition, tenses, etc.
- Before Writing
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DRAFT your ideas and IMAGINE your avatar
- What are your superpowers for the avatar? Can you describe it?
- Any world issues you found? and any things you want to help?
- When? Where? How can superpowers be used?
- What are the good things if we can help out?
MAKE UP your avatar
- Login for your Kids A-Z account
- Click Star Zone → Avatar Builder, make up your awesome avatar to match the theme.
- You can earn stars by doing READ, LISTEN, QUIZ activities.
- Print screen the picture, adjust the size for printing. Paste on the worksheet for submission.
You can READ some books in Kids A-Z – Reading Room > Leveled Books, to get some writing ideas.
Here are some books on different levels for reference.
- A Day for Dad (Level D) (Raz-Plus)
- Let’s Build a Fairy Bridge (Level G) (Raz-Plus)
- The Monster Pumpkins (Level I) (Raz-Plus)
- Picture Day (Level J) (Raz-Plus)
- The Mind Game (Level K) (Raz-Plus)
- How to Become a Superhero (Level O) (Raz-Plus)
- The Last Day of School (Level O) (Raz-Plus)
- I’m the Small One (Level P) (Raz-Plus)
- After Writing
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After writing, you can READ, CHECK and EDIT your work before submitting it.
Writing checklist:
- My beginning paragraph tells about the topics and feelings of it.
- The middle paragraph describes my ideas. Each idea has details.
- I use descriptive or sensory words.
- Each sentence is complete and makes sense.
- The last paragraph has an interesting idea and details that sum up the topics.
- Use correct spelling, capital, lowercase letters, punctuation, preposition, tenses, etc.
Rules:
- Late submission will not be accepted.
- The competition result will be announced at the end of June.
- Writing must be on the worksheet provided, including the school name, student name and class information.
- Writing must be the original work of the student. Plagiarism is not allowed.
- In case of any dispute, the decision of mangoSTEEMS HK and Learning A-Z shall remain final.