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Tips from Teachers and Practice Prompts
Tips from Teachers and Practice Prompts
The International Creative Writing Competition is about
creativity and less about grammar and spelling (though they are somewhat
important). The best ways to help students
prepare are to help stimulate their creativity and to practice writing on the
prompts as much as possible
Many students struggle with being creative. It may help to practice creativity first,
then writing.
NOTE: Prompts will be
given in English and Mongolian at the competition.
Ideas for stimulating creativity among your students:
·
Draw a picture related to
the topic, especially if it is a visual topic.
·
Have them close their eyes
and visualize (in their minds) the topic.
·
Brainstorm ideas as groups
and then as individuals on a topic.
·
Use charts and other
graphic organizers to find and organize ideas about a topic.
·
Have them share ideas with
each other.
Tips for writing the essays:
·
Take a few minutes and
quickly plan your essay.
o
What ideas do you have –
main idea(s) and supporting ideas?
o
Write a quick outline to
decide in what order you will write.
·
Answer all parts
(questions) of the prompt.
·
Use lots of descriptions,
including good adjectives and appeals to the five senses. What did it look like? Sound like?
Smell like? Feel like? Taste like?
·
Many prompts ask for a
reason for your idea(s). (Why?)
Make sure to give a reason or several reasons.
·
Don’t worry if it sounds
silly. Be as creative as you can!
·
After you finish writing,
if you have time, check the wording, grammar, and spelling. Before that, don’t worry about it.
·
If you make a mistake while
writing, cross it out and keep writing.
(The judges should be able to read it just fine.) Don’t take time to erase something or use a
correction pen. Those take too long!
Prompts from 2011:
8th grade:
If you could have any superpower, what would it be and how would you use
it?
9th grade:
If you could fill the night sky with something other than stars and
planets, what would it be and why?
10th grade:
What is the funniest thing you have ever done or that has ever happened
to you?
11th grade:
What was God like as a child?
Prompts from 2012:
8th grade:
Write about what you would cook for an enemy.
9th grade:
You wake up, go to the bathroom, and look in the mirror. A different face looks back at you.
10th grade:
Write about a think you feel should not have been invented.
11th grade:
Write about your perfect place.
International Creative Writing Competition
International
Creative Writing Competition
Arkhangai
Aimag Competition
DATE: Saturday,
March 9, 2013
TIME:
2:00pm
Final registration begins at 1:30 and ends
at 1:55.
PLACE: Teachers
College Building A (new building)
Second
floor
ENTRY FEE: 1000
tugrugs
This is available to all local secondary school students 8th through 11th grades
and university students from all years. Students will each write an essay in English.
You will be given a topic and will write a creative
essay on the topic. You will be judged
on your creativity and very little on grammar or spelling. (Your essay, however, should be
understandable.) You will have one
hour to write. No dictionaries,
thesauri, or mobile phones will be allowed.
Winners from each grade/year will receive awards, and
their essays will be sent to the national competition in Ulaanbaatar.
How to register: Fill out the registration form and give to
your teacher, along with 1000 T. Or,
come early on Saturday and register then.
(Make sure to bring 1000T!)
We
will begin right at 2:00. Those
who come late will not be allowed to make up any missed time.
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