English Language Essay Writing Competition Concept Paper 2022 - District SMK ST Luke

ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ESSAY WRITING
COMPETITION
CONCEPT PAPER
2022
Organized by;
SMK ST LUKE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION CONCEPT PAPER 2022
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Essay writing is a presentation of ideas from the perspective of the writer. This
competition provides a platform for students to share their views, stories and
experiences expressed creatively through writing following provided theme.
2.0 OBJECTIVES
2.1 To increase pupils’ proficiency in English language writing skills
2.2 To provide a platform for students to display their talent in writing skills using
correct use of language, grammatically apt and precise creative expression
2.3 To inculcate pupils’ interest in writing English language essays
3.0 ELIGIBILITY
This competition is open to all primary and secondary school pupils from
government-aided schools. The competition is divided into four categories;
3.1 Lower Secondary School : Form 1 – Form 3 pupils

3.2 Upper Secondary School : Form 4 and Form 5 pupils
4.0 TOPICS
4.1 The essay topics given in 4.2 are for use at district and state levels only.
For national level competition, the Ministry of Education Malaysia will
provide new essay topics to the state representatives two weeks before judging
via the State Education Departments.
4.2 The topics are according to the following categories;

4.2.1 lower secondary school categories - ‘Precious’
4.2.2 Upper secondary - ‘Liberty is growth’
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5.0 RULES AND GUIDELINES

5.1 Participants are allowed to submit ONLY one essay under one category.
5.2 Essays must be submitted in .pdf file and uploaded via a link provided by
the organizer. The organizer will not be responsible for corrupt files
submitted.
5.3 Essays must be the pupil’s own work, authentic and original and must never
have been published or have won a prize in any other competition prior to this
competition. Plagiarized or translated works will be disqualified immediately.
5.4 Essays must not touch on sensitive issues of ethnic, race and religion of any
kind.
5.5 Essay writing format:
5.5.1 Essays must be given a title. Any personal information should be
specified in the entry form.
5.5.2 Essays must be typed with font Times New Roman, 12 with 1.5
spacing.
5.5.3 Completed essays must be submitted in .pdf file and given to the
teacher in charge.
5.5.4 Schools will submit the essays through a link given by State
Education Department to be judged at district and state level.
5.6 Word limit is based on categories as follows;
i) Lower Secondary School 400 to 500 words
ii) Upper Secondary School 750 to 1,000 words
5.7 All essays upon submission cannot be corrected or edited. Essays

submitted via schools will be going through district and state or national level
without any editing incurred.
5.8 The organizer reserves the right to print and publish the winning essays of this
competition for educational purposes.
5.9 The organizer will not be liable for any form of claim related to plagiarism
against participants by any relevant party.
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6.0 ADJUDICATION
6.1 Essays will be vetted by a panel of 3 judges appointed by the
organizing PPD and JPN Sarawak.
6.2 Marks will be allocated according to the following criteria:-
i) Content - 50 marks
ii) Language - 50 marks
6.3 Judges will collectively determine the placing by a clear majority vote.
6.4 Individual marks are confidential and will not be disclosed.
6.5 All decisions are final. No appeal is allowed.
6.6 A participant found in violation of rule 5.3 after the official results
announcement will be stripped of their title and prizes reclaimed as
appropriate.
7.0 EXCEPTION
All matters not stated in the concept paper or any exclusion to the rules and all other
unexpected matters and issues on interpretation will be decided by the organising
committee of the competition.
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*This concept paper is valid as of 2022 until further notification or revision from the Ministry of
Education and can be used at all levels for competitions organised by the Ministry. The competition
will abide to the above rules ONLY.
*All rights reserved by the Ministry of Education Malaysia. Usage or adaptation by any entities
outside of the ministry requires prior permission.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ESSAY WRITING
COMPETITION
2022
ADJUDICATION FORMS
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

CONCEPT PAPER 2022
RUBRIC
REMARKS
i. The essay is assessed based on impression.

ii. The essay should be original.
iii. The essay must not touch on sensitive issues.
iv. If the essay does not meet the required number of words, the essay will be graded
a band lower.
SCORE CONTENT LANGUAGE

RANGE (50 marks) (50 marks)
A ● Content is unique, provides a ● Exceptionally clear and logical

new perspective and highly organisation of ideas
(41 - 50) relevant to the theme
● Shows mastery of the language
● Able to capture reader’s
attention and sustain interest ● Uses a variety of sentence
throughout. structures
● Broad lexical repertoire
● Maintains a high degree of

grammatical accuracy
B ● Content is interesting and ● Logical and clear arrangement

clearly relevant to the theme of ideas
(31 - 40)
● Able to connect to reader and ● Highly accurate use of the
sustain interest language
● Good range of vocabulary

SCORE CONTENT LANGUAGE

RANGE (50 marks) (50 marks)
C ● Content is generally relevant to ● Attempts to organise ideas and

the theme manages some correctly
(21 - 30)
● Attempts to connect to readers ● Language is generally accurate
and able to sustain interest
sufficiently ● Simple vocabulary
D ● Content has limited relevance ● Haphazard organisation of

(11 - 20) to the theme ideas
● Attempts to connect to readers ● Simple structures and limited

but with little success vocabulary
● Frequent errors
E ● Content has very limited ● Hardly any coherence

(0 – 10) relevance to the theme
● Serious structural errors
● Unable to connect to readers
● Makes little sense
______________CATEGORY
_____________ LEVEL / YEAR__________
SCORE SHEET
Contestant Content Language Total Length of Remarks

No. (50 marks) (50 marks) essay
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Name of judge : ________ _____________ Date:
Signature :
Bands A B C D E
Marks 41-50 31-40 21-30 11-20 0-10
______________ CATEGORY
__________________ LEVEL / YEAR _______________
FREQUENCY COUNT
JUDGE
FINAL
PLACING 1 2 3 4 5 PLACING
CONTESTANT NO.
Position Name Signature
Chief Judge
Judge 2
Judge 3
Judge 4
Judge 5
Date
_______________ CATEGORY
______________LEVEL / YEAR ______________
RESULT SLIP
PLACING PARTICIPANT STATE / SCHOOL TITLE OF ESSAY
CHAMPION
SECOND
THIRD
FIRST
CONSOLATION
SECOND
CONSOLATION
Position Name Signature
Chief Judge
Judge 2
Judge 3
Judge 4
Judge 5
Date

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2.1 To increase pupils’ proficiency in English language writing skills

2.3 To inculcate pupils’ interest in writing English language essays

3.1 Lower Secondary School : Form 1 – Form 3 pupils

4.2 The topics are according to the following categories;

4.2.2 Upper secondary - ‘Liberty is growth’

5.0 RULES AND GUIDELINES

i) Lower Secondary School 400 to 500 words

ii) Upper Secondary School 750 to 1,000 words

5.7 All essays upon submission cannot be corrected or edited. Essays

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

i. The essay is assessed based on impression.

SCORE CONTENT LANGUAGE

A ● Content is unique, provides a ● Exceptionally clear and logical

● Broad lexical repertoire

● Maintains a high degree of

B ● Content is interesting and ● Logical and clear arrangement

● Good range of vocabulary

SCORE CONTENT LANGUAGE

C ● Content is generally relevant to ● Attempts to organise ideas and

D ● Content has limited relevance ● Haphazard organisation of

● Attempts to connect to readers ● Simple structures and limited

E ● Content has very limited ● Hardly any coherence

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

_____________ LEVEL / YEAR__________

Contestant Content Language Total Length of Remarks

Name of judge : ________ _____________ Date:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

__________________ LEVEL / YEAR _______________

Position Name Signature

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

______________LEVEL / YEAR ______________

PLACING PARTICIPANT STATE / SCHOOL TITLE OF ESSAY

Position Name Signature

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