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Literacy Celebration: HKA Got (Book) Talent 2020

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A fun-filled afternoon of literacy celebration in our Secondary School.

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http://virtual.hkacademy.edu.hk/virtual-home/virtual-literacy-celebration/

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The HKA Librarians are excited to invite you to a fun-filled afternoon, celebrating literacy in the comfort of your own home. Throughout the afternoon, we will join together to share our love for literacy through a variety of activities. Explore our suggestions below or create your very own. We look forward to seeing your celebratory pictures and posts! Each post will receive 10 house points! Write your name, grade and house team. You may choose to work on an activity with a friend or a group of friends. Please include all names.

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The HKA Librarians are excited to invite you to a fun-filled afternoon, celebrating literacy in the comfort of your own home. Throughout the afternoon, we will join together to share our love for literacy through a variety of activities. Explore our suggestions below or create your very own.

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Use this Google Form for your favorite submissions.
https://forms.gle/aXTGWXuoXPRG1mZo9

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meet.google.com/yix-brrq-nyj

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Meet doesn't work on your browser To join the video meeting Visit meet.google.com in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge To install and use Meet on a mobile device, go to or the

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Play Book BINGO as you read this week. Share a picture of yoursel fwith your BINGO sheet on completing a section across or diagonal.

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Read Print http://www.readprint.com/
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3FfsVbhLpaYnuiSaYkvIkg?si=zzDV5o3pSRqCvz0uEmvmwg&fbclid=IwAR0fCkeFPc5RPIymTna1iFZesuCov8ykGkyWziT_E3V8TCxaFy3gCZQS8eU
Story Nory
https://www.storynory.com/archives/classic-authors/
Lit2 Go
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
Vimeo Storyonle
https://www.storylineonline.net/library/
Audio Flie
https://www.audiobooksync.com/2020-sync-titles/
Global Story book
https://globalstorybooks.net/?fbclid=IwAR1eXiua4uEtMPHP5abDyf-FU0C9SqnuE8cUkAKzyymDt3cKmFvkdl01r5E
Teencloud
https://www.teenbookcloud.com/Default.aspxReturnUrl=%2f%3ffbclid%3dIwAR0kIUhUisiK6CfN10GWfGqMjYfuPbvzR2qskvk3g_UN1XsLdjbXCu4I298&fbclid=IwAR0kIUhUisiK6CfN10GWfGqMjYfuPbvzR2qskvk3g_UN1XsLdjbXCu4I298
Project Gutenburg
https://www.gutenberg.org
Opn Culture
http://www.openculture.com/2011/09/popular_high_school_books_available_as_free_ebooks_audiobooks.html?fbclid=IwAR34xwZqRZOGFzS6mny19mHpSm0ZoZqMcLdHQNM6G5-BdFcZcQ3v416csp8
TumbleBook Library
Collection of ebooks
(picture & chapter)
user id: hkacademy
password: dragonfly
HKA FOLLETT Destiny  OPAC

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This is the link to my Court of Owls Rap:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-OKSLXwPao1YYeKN0BdQGHna7X-qmJmC/view

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Keep track of the minutes you read this week and ask someone to sponsor your reading time.

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How to contribute to this Padlet and our literacy celebrations

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How to contribute to this Padlet and our literacy celebrations

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Celebrate Literacy: Find Yourself in a Book (March 2-8, 2020)

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Inviting the HKA Community to celebrate literacy this coming week.

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Use your imagination and creativity to dress up as your favorite book character. Don't forget to post your picture here to be considered for an award.

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VOTE for your favourite submission here!

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VOTE for your favourite submission here!

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https://forms.gle/aXTGWXuoXPRG1mZo9

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And here are some more ideas if you would like to continue celebrating literacy in the days to come...

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And here are some more ideas if you would like to continue celebrating literacy in the days to come...

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D.E.A.R.
Drop Everything And Read - Find 30min each day when you/the whole family drops everything to read.

HOT COCOA & COOKIE STORYTIME
Enjoy some time to read a story with a friend, sibling, parent, while enjoying hot cocoa and cookies.

POEM IN YOUR POCKET
Find a poem you love and write it on a piece of paper. Carry it in your pocket and share it with anyone you encounter during the day.

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Promote your favourite book by creating a book trailer (max. 1 min). https://animoto.com/blog/guides/how-to-make-a-book-trailer

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Perform a short read-aloud (not longer than 1min). You could recite a poem, share a picture book, a favorite passage from a book.

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For example:
Wear an HKA (house) t-shirt or colors and read, read, read.
Dress in neon colors to show your love for reading.
Dress in your wackiest, tackiest outfit, to show that you are wild about books.

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Choose your own media for promoting and celebrating your favourite book or latest read.
ideas include a video, short play  (act it out),  podcast, painting, infographic, song, rap,  poster, diorama!

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Many books have been made into movies. What book would you make into a movie? Write a short script and create a 1-2 minute promotion of the movie.

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Have you read a great book recently? Whilst I’m constantly recommending books for teens. Sometimes the best people to recommend these books are often other teens. Write yours here: Don't forget the title and author.
Good reads will also inspire you: https://www.goodreads.com/

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Choose your own media for promoting and celebrating your favourite book or latest read.
ideas include a video, short play  (act it out),  podcast, painting, infographic,  poster, diorama!

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The Hound of the Baskervilles  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 

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The Hound of the Baskervilles  by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 

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Hi guys, I think it is an atypical time of the year that we communicate virtually so frequently. In times of certainty, my favourite genre is indeed murder mystery! Oh Weirdo! Why would anyone read a suspense story when it is already so stressful?! The Hound of the Baskerville is a story I read when I was a kid. Even now,  I am still fascinated and impressed by the mastermind of Sherlock Holmes. His wit and calmness is timeless, his superpower is his penetrating understanding of humanity. Each of his crime stories is full of twists and turn-ups, which I keep reading and reading until the end. I can assure you that each ending is a surprise. Do you have any books which give you fond memories? Revisit them and check it out from us! Happy reading!

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles was serialized in The Strand Magazine from 1901 to 1902. It is set on Dartmoor and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of hounds of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his intended death in The Final Problem, and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival. Two years later Conan Doyle brought Holmes back for good, explaining in The Adventure of the Empty House that Holmes had faked his own death.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote this story shortly after returning to his home from South Africa, where he had worked as a volunteer physician during the Second Boer War. The idea of the Hound came partly from the legend Richard Cabell in Devon and partly from family friends of his who owned a house named Baskerville Hall in Wales. Squire Richard Cabell was an avid hunter and extremely evil. He was thought to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for immortality. He died however in 1677 and was laid into a sepulchre. The night of his burial, a pack of ghostly dogs were seen running across the moor towards his tomb. Since then, he was said to lead the phantom pack across the moor on the anniversary of his death.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles was serialized in The Strand Magazine from 1901 to 1902. It is set on Dartmoor and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of hounds of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case.

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1:00-1:15 Grand Opening
Livestream

1:15-2:45 Be Creative!
Take action by creating the product for your chosen category. Submit.
Review what your peers posted. Vote (see respective Google Form).

2:15-2:45 Q&A Google Meet

2:45-3:00 Celebration Ceremony
Livestream

The Padlet will remain open for submissions until Sunday, March 8, 2020.

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Videos - Upload your video to your Google Drive and paste the link into the category you chose. (Make sure to allow us access to the video).

Submission receipt - You will receive a congratulatory message on submitting. This will also be your time stamp (see scrogin below).

Scoring - Each post will receive 10 house points (5 points for submissions received after Friday)! Write your name, grade and house team. You may choose to work on an activity with a friend or a group of friends. Please include all names.

Voting - You can earn points through popular vote (see respective Google Form) and extra points for your house (for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place) will be awarded by a panel of teacher judges in the coming week.

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Stay tuned!!

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Welcome everyone! Reading is one of the life-long skills which I have acquired since I was a primary student. Until now I am still benefiting from it, so what are you waiting for? Get a book from us! Which book? Any book which triggers your curiosity. The reason I started reading this book is because I want to know what the title “In translation” means. As the story unfolds, one learns about a story of love, hardship, will power and triumphs of an eleven year old girl who survives two cultures. Happy reading!

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"Jean Kwok's Girl in Translation speaks eloquently. Searing debut novel... poignant."
- USA Today

"Kwok drops you right inside Kimberly's head, adding Chinese idioms to crisp dialogue. And the book's lesson-that every choice comes at the expense of something else-hits home in every language." - People Magazine

"Consistently compelling." - Entertainment Weekly

"Dazzling fiction debut." - Marie Claire

"Part fairy tale, part autobiography... buoyant." - O, The Oprah Magazine

" Girl in Translation, the astonishing-and semi-autobiographical-tale of a girl from Hong Kong who, at eleven, shoulders the weight of her mother's American Dream, from Chinatown sweatshop all the way to the Ivy League." - Vogue

"Kimberly Chang, the girl in the title of Jean Kwok's first novel, comes to New York from Hong Kong in the early 1980s with her mother, chasing a better life. Ms. Kwok, herself an immigrant, renders Kimberly's confusion seemingly from the inside."

"Inspired by her own first hand experience of immigration, Kwok writes with quiet passion about the strange dichotomy of growing up surrounded by the glitz of New York, while being barely able to afford to eat.... irresistible power." - The Independent

"Warm and affecting... a compelling pleasure... manages that rare fictional feat of shifting forever the angle from which you look at the world." - The Daily Mail

"Kwok thoughtfully pens a tale of the desperation and cruelty often faced by newcomers." - Bustle

"Infused with optimism and a can-do spirit." - The Financial Times

"Compelling... an unforgettable story" - The Global Times

"Potent... a fresh, compelling take on the American success story."

"Simple, searing, richly detailed prose... hilarious and wrenching. Immigrants, new and old, will find much to savor here, from the drama of family secrets to the confusing coming-of-age." - Booklist

"A resolute yet naïve Chinese girl confronts poverty and culture shock with equal zeal when she and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn in Kwok's affecting coming-of-age debut... more than just another immigrant story." - Publishers Weekly

"Kwok adeptly captures the hardships of the immigrant experience and the strength of the human spirit to survive and even excel despite the odds. Reminiscent of An Na's award-winning work for younger readers, A Step from Heaven, this work will appeal to both adults and teens."

"In this moving story of hardship and triumph, a woman must live a double life as a scholar and a sweatshop worker after she emigrates from Hong Kong to America with her mother." - The San Francisco Chronicle

"It is impossible not to fall under the spell of Girl in Translation's tough, plucky narrator as she struggles to make a place for herself in America. Kwok is a natural storyteller who eloquently captures the difficulty of living in two worlds, and the quiet sadness of never feeling quite at home in either. This is an altogether captivating debut shot through with moments of humor and grace." -Julie Otsuka, author of When the Emperor Was Divine

"A moving coming of age story, reminiscent of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The possibility of Kimberly Chang's extraordinary struggle and achievement is what makes America a great nation-generous, forgiving and full of hope. Kwok perfectly captures the voice and perspective of a young immigrant, and the result is a powerful work about love, sacrifice and faith." -Min Jin Lee, author of the bestselling Free Food for Millionaires

"A journey into a world that would otherwise be veiled, Girl in Translation contrasts both sacrifice and accomplishment in the most satisfying of ways. Kwok's vibrant prose makes us live Kimberly's life almost as if it were our own." -Brunonia Barry, author of the bestselling The Lace Reader

"I love how this book allowed me to see my own country, with all its cruelty and kindness, from a perspective so different from my own. I love how it invited me into the heart and mind of Kimberly Chang, whose hard choices will resonate with anyone who has sacrificed for a dream. Powerful storytelling kept me turning the pages quickly, but Kimberly's voice - so smart and clear - will stay with me for a long time." -Laura Moriarty, author of The Center of Everything

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Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok: 9781594485152 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

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"Jean Kwok's Girl in Translation speaks eloquently. Searing debut novel... poignant." - USA Today "Kwok drops you right inside Kimberly's head, adding Chinese idioms to crisp dialogue. And the book's lesson-that every choice comes at the expense of something else-hits home in every language." - People Magazine "Consistently compelling."

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Eragon is a magical chapter book about a boy called eragon who lives in the quiet town called carvahall. since Eragon was young he was told stories of a time before, of a great war, with fire scorched battle fields and bodys by the thousands. a time where elves and dragons were enemies. until one day a elf found a dragon egg and that was how the first rider came to be. peace flowered through Alagaësia and the riders became the peace keepers of the land, ensuring that there would never be another great war ever again. gifted spell weavers and natural philosophers the world enjoyed a golden age. one fateful night a rider got his dragon killed on a foolish mission. his name was galbatorix, driven mad by grief and his elders refusal for another dragon, galbatorix set off to destroy the riders forever. using dark magic he enslaved a dragon and with the help of his 13 traitors; the forsworn, galbatorix murdered the dragon riders and declared himself king over Alagaësia. thousands of years later humans cower under galbatorix's rule, until one night Eragon was out hunting, there was a blight flash of light, there lying on the grass, was a shiny oval shaped stone. he brings the stone home hoping to sell it for some meat from the butcher. but when a dragon hatchling later named saphira hatches from the stone now known as an egg, Eragon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy as old as the riders themselves. soon galbatorix's forces will find out about him and his dragon, he knows he can't stay in carvahall, but where shall he go? with the help of the mysterious old storyteller eragon goes on a journey revealing a world he never would have dreamed about. the first book in the inheritance cycle, a book that all fantasy readers will love.
-Bonnie Grade 6 RED PHOENIX

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In North America, it has been split into 13 districts. Once a year, the capital puts together a deathly game, A boy and a girl in each district will randomly be chosen to play in the games. 24 teenagers are forced to fight against each other in the arena, your every move is being watched and recorded on TV by the capital and all of the districts. There will be only one survivor. You have to fight for your life. SO LET THE HUNGER GAMES BEGIN!!!

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It is about a boy and his sister, having being separated at birth. The only time they see each other is when the boy and his father (that work as an egyptologues) goes museum and they are always late at Sadie's house - which is the sister. It was a normal day in england and they were, as always late. The only difference is that weird guy in front of the door. Carter (the boy) had been told to go in while the dad talks with this stranger. As always Sadie wasn't to friendly with Carter, well at least in my opinion. So this adventure starts in the museum were they had put the true rosetta stone. The kids discover that their father isn't really what they thought he were, neither their mum that died trying to protect the world against a danger that isn't dead. Each character in this book has a special thing but I don't want to give out too much things. I think anyone that like books like harry potter or with some sort magic will even more like than other. The only reason why you might not like it is if you can't read!
- Arthur (G6 Phoenix)

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Chapter Six: The Journey From Platform Nine and Three Quarters)

Link to Video: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VMy2GTBA_aivuGGiX7fdu0l6dyWpO5vq

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"The Other Side of the Island" by Allegra Goodman - book trailer

(The vid is still processing so you can't play it yet)

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Spud Murphy chapter 3: The Test. (Page 41)

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I went as Rue from the Hunger games.

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I read with my son and it’s a bit longer than 1 minute. I hope you enjoy as much as he does!

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The Night Divided by Jennifer. A. Nielson

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The Night Divided by Jennifer. A. Nielson

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A photo from the Read aloud video ( too large to upload). I am thoroughly enjoying reading this historical fiction set in West Germany during the cold war to the G6&7 students.