Scholastic Writing Awards 2017

D.A.V. Public School, Sector-14/10A

Gurgaon

We are pleased to announce the Scholastic Writing Awards 2017 for outstanding original works by students of classes 4 to 9, in the category of fiction/short story in English.The winners will not only be given attractive awards, but their award-winning stories will also be published in an anthology titled, For Kids By Kids. 

Topics for this year :  Group 1 (classes 4-6)

•       I slept in India and woke up in . . .

•       Being a part of Hanuman's vaanar sena.

•       "Quite curious indeed" said my dog . . .

 Group 2 (classes 7-9)

•       Families are Different.

•       The girl who loves graveyards.

•       The cursed touch: how I made everything disappear. 

 Final Dates are:

Registration and Submission- open till February 28, 2017 (11.30 PM, IST)

Ranking Panel- March 1, 2017- March 31, 2017

Winners announcement- May, 2017 

Word Limit: 2500-3000 words 

For more details visit :  http://swa.scholastic.co.in

OPEN YOUR MIND....OPEN A BOOK

Try to find your favourite book.....

• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child / J.K. Rowling
• The Raven King / Maggie Stiefvater
• Giver / Lois Lowry
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time / Mark Haddon
• Animal Farm / George Orwell
• Pretty Little Liars / Sara Shepard
• Nineteen Eighty-Four / George Orwell
• The Gone Series / Michael Grant
• A Brief History of Time / Stephen Hawking
• Siddhartha / Hermann Hesse
• The Name is Rose / Umberto Eco
• Angels and Demons / Dan Brown
• Brave New World / Aldous Huxley
• My Sister's Keeper / Jodi Picoult
• The Home and the World / Rabindranath Tagore
• The Three Musketeers / Alexander Dumas
• Waiting for the Mahatma / R.K. Narayan
• The Tin Drum / Gunter Grass
• A Passage to India / E.M. Forster
• Heart of Darkness / Joseph Conrad

FACE-THE-LIBRARY BOOKS AND TAKE UP THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

Hey Students!

Chilling on the couch, long car trips, visiting new places, lounging by the pool, sitting around Grandma's house...summertime offers ample opportunity for you to read for pleasure. To wield against the inevitable summer backslide, you need to read over the summer. It's our job as the librarians to make that as feasible as possible.  We offer you UNLIMITED SUMMER CHECKOUT @ Your School Library.  Take up the Summer Reading Challenge and start issuing books from your library- the treasure trove of resources. List the titles that you read with very short reviews and post it in the COMMENT box of this Post. You can mention the books from your personal collection also. You can send the list by June 27, 2016. We will publish your Reading Lists in the Blog. The one who reads the most and sends us the most extensive list will be declared as SUMMER SCHOLAR and awarded in the School Assembly.

So, Get...SET.....GO....take up the challenge and start reading for pleasure. It's much more exciting than to spend the vacation parked in front of the television, playing with gadgets, getting addicted to mobiles or surfing the Internet.

Suggested Reading (Middle to Senior Level):

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding 
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
• Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson/Chris Tebbetts
• The One and Only Ivan by Katharine Applegate
• The Magic Finger by  Roald Dahl
• BFG by Roald Dahl
• Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
• Hamlet by William Shakespeare 
• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 
• The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin S. Sharma
• Wings of Fire: An Autobiography by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
• Scion of  Ikshvaku by Amish Tripathi
• And Then There were None by Agatha Christie
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• King Lear by William Shakespeare
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner
•  Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever 
• I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

 SUGGESTED READING LIST (Primary to Middle Level)

1.       BOOKS WRITTEN BY ROALD DAHL

a.       Charlie and the chocolate Factory

b.      Magic Finger

c.       The witches

d.      Matilda

2.       HARRY POTTER SERIES

3.       CHICKEN SOUP FOR KIDS SOUL

4.       ABRIDGED TALES OF SHAKESPEARE

5.       SHERLOCK HOLMES

6.       JUNGLE BOOK

7.       FRANKENSTEIN

8.       BOOKS WRITTEN BY ENID BLYTON

a.       NODDY SERIES

b.      AMELIA JANE

c.       FAMOUS FIVE

d.      FIVE FINDOUTERS

e.      SECRET SEVEN

9.       NACY DREW

10.   HARDY BOYS

11.   GOOSEBUMPS

12.   BOOKS WRITTEN BY CORNELIA FUNKE

13.   PERCY JACKSON SERIES

14.   BOOKS WRITTEN BY SUZANNE COLLINS

15.   BOOKS WRITTEN BY ANTHONY HORWITZ

16.   BOOKS WRITTEN BYRICK RIORDAN

17.   BOOKS WTITTEN BY LEMONY SNICKET

18.   WIMPY KIDS SERIES

19.   BOOKS WRITTEN BY MICHAEL MORPURGO

20.   TINTIN

21.   ASTERIX

22.   GERONIMO STILTON

These are just a few books, You are welcome to visit the library and explore many more interesting books during this vacation from Monday to Friday (Timings: 08.00 am to 01.30 pm). Spend time browsing selection of books from a variety of genres. Knowing your  interests as well as  reading abilities, we will help you to engage in reading for fun and information.

ARYAN ERRY, Class VII- C :Scholastic Writing Awards 2016 Winner

Congratulations to all the participants of the Scholastic Writing Awards!

With thousands of registrations from across India, Scholastic Writing Awards 2016 was a huge success. The annual Scholastic Writing Awards calls  for outstanding original works by students of classes 4 to 9, in the category of fiction/ short story in English. The winners are not only given attractive awards, but their award-winning stories are also published every year in an anthology titled, For Kids By Kids. 

 ARYAN ERRY, VII-C has made our school proud by securing Runners up position in this prestigious competition.

Librarian Speaks

Aryan Erry: The Budding Author

➤VIDEO

RESULTS(MELANGE: LITERARY WEEK)

 CLASS – VI: “LIT-BEE” (Literary Quiz)

·         SIDHI CHAUDHRY, 6-C

·         HARSHITA SHARMA, 6-C

·         KARTIKEY ANAND DAGAR, 6-C

• PROTYAY DUTTA, 6-A (Sector- 10A)
• VIBHAV KUMAR, 6-A (Sector- 10A)
• CHAROO RANJAN,  6-A (Sector- 10A)

CLASS – VII: “Spin a Yarn” (Creative Writing Competition:  Shakespearean Play in contemporary setting)

·         AYUSHI MONDAL , 7-C

·         ARYAN ERRY , 7-C

·         PARIDHI , 7-E

·         HIMANSHI MADAN , 7-H

·         ISHA  , 7-G

 CLASS – VIII: “Enlivening Shakespeare” Character Dramatization from the Plays of Shakespeare

                      FIRST PRIZE:   OJASWIN SAXENA, 8-G

                      SECOND PRIZE:  LEKISHA, 8-A

                THIRD PRIZE:     VATSAL JUNEJA, 8-A

                                             ISHAAN POPLI, 8-D

                       APPRECIATION:   ROHIT SHARMA, 8-F    

                                                       DIVYANSHI, 8-F

                                                       REBHA KHURANA, 8-A

CLASS – IX-X: Group Discussion – “How Shakespearean Plays are relevant to teenagers”

  BEST HOUSE – NITI HOUSE

·         NANDINI AGRAWAL , X – G

·         FREYA AHLAWAT , X – G

·         NAMIT SRIVASTAVA , IX-A

  BEST SPEAKERS

·        JAYESH ARORA , X –B

·        NANDINI AGRAWAL , X-G

·        AQANKSHA AHLAWAT , X-B

CLASS – XI-XII: “My Take on Shakespeare”: Review of the Shakespearean Plays

·       RISHABH RANA, XII-E

·                     SOUHARD SHARMA, XI-A

·       CHHAVI SINGLA, XI-I

GALLERY (MELANGE: LITERARY WEEK)

 Celebrating International Book Day
READING PLEDGE

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION TO LIBRARY PROJECT (2015-16) WINNERS

CLASS I-II ACTIVITY: 

              JOIN THE DOTS AND COLOUR

                           DRAW THE BACKGROUND & COLOUR

(Theme: Panchtantra Tales)

CLASS III - IV: TWIST IN THE TALE

Class V:“Know the Bard”- Life  & Works of Shakespeare (Display Board Decoration)

 

CLASS VI: LIT-BEE (LITERARY QUIZ)

CLASS -VI : Kavyanjali - Hindi Activity

Mask making & Poetry Recitation Activity

CLASS VII: “Naitikta  ka Kalptaru” ( Hindi) Value based Story telling sessions

CLASS VII: “Spin a Yarn” Shakespearean Play in contemporary setting

Creative Writing Competition

CLASS VIII: “Enlivening Shakespeare” Character Dramatization from the Plays of Shakespeare - 
A Workshop by Ma'am Anju Joshi

CLASS VIII: “Enlivening Shakespeare” Character Dramatization from the Plays of Shakespeare: Inter-house Competition

CLASS VIII: Sanskrit Shlok Gayan Activity

CLASS IX-X: Group Discussion – “How Shakespearean Plays are relevant to teenagers”

Class X: Group Discussion based on stories by Premchand 
Topic: Vartman Pariprekshaya mein Premchand (Hindi) 

CLASS XII:“My Take on Shakespeare”: Review of the Shakespearean Plays

INTER – SCHOOL EVENT (25 April, 2016) : CREATIVE COLLOQUY

JOURNALISTIC WRITING: A workshop by Ms. Rama Lakshmi, Correspondent with Washington Post

A Workshop on Creative Writing Skills by Professor Debraj Mookerjee

 Winners of the event