This document outlines a writing challenge for students at MCHS to write speculative flash fiction based on alternative histories of the Philippines. The challenge aims to educate students about historical truth and critical thinking. Speculative fiction explores hypothetical scenarios by changing real-world rules or facts, such as "What if Jose Rizal was still alive today?" Students must submit 300-400 word stories in formal Filipino online by August 23. Entries will be judged on concept, theme, plot, style, and grammar. Winning entries will be published and awarded certificates.
This document outlines a writing challenge for students at MCHS to write speculative flash fiction based on alternative histories of the Philippines. The challenge aims to educate students about historical truth and critical thinking. Speculative fiction explores hypothetical scenarios by changing real-world rules or facts, such as "What if Jose Rizal was still alive today?" Students must submit 300-400 word stories in formal Filipino online by August 23. Entries will be judged on concept, theme, plot, style, and grammar. Winning entries will be published and awarded certificates.
This document outlines a writing challenge for students at MCHS to write speculative flash fiction based on alternative histories of the Philippines. The challenge aims to educate students about historical truth and critical thinking. Speculative fiction explores hypothetical scenarios by changing real-world rules or facts, such as "What if Jose Rizal was still alive today?" Students must submit 300-400 word stories in formal Filipino online by August 23. Entries will be judged on concept, theme, plot, style, and grammar. Winning entries will be published and awarded certificates.
KASAYSAYAN: SUSI TUNGO SA NASYONALISMOT PAMBANSANG KAMALAYAN National Historical Commission of the Philippines theme OBJECTIVES
This writing challenge aims to:
1. educate students to value historical truth and accuracy 2. equip the MCHS community with the tools and critical thinking skills to authenticate between authentic and fake sources; and 3. empower students to live out the core value of truth in their lives. WHAT IS SPECULATIVE FICTION? http://annieneugebauer.com/2014/03/24/what-is-speculative-fiction/
Speculative fiction is fiction in which the
author speculates upon the results of changing whats real or possible, not how a character would react to a certain event. Speculative fiction is any fiction in which the laws of that world are different than ours. Speculative fiction takes our existing world and changes it by asking What if? WHAT IS SPECULATIVE FICTION? http://annieneugebauer.com/2014/03/24/what-is-speculative-fiction/
What if monkeys could fly? What if zombies
were real? What if the Nazis had won World War II? What if one man had x-ray vision? The possibilities are really limitless. If you find yourself getting lost, go back to the basics: could this world really exist according to our current knowledge of reality? If the answer is yes, it probably isnt speculative. If the answer is no, it probably is speculative. MECHANICS
1. This writing challenge is open to all MCHS
students from grades 9-12. 2. Students will write a short story based on an alternative history of the Philippines (e.g. what if Jose Rizal were still alive today, what if we are still an American colony, what if Ondoy caused Metro Manila to sink below the sea, etc.). MECHANICS
3. Entries must be from 300-400 words only
(one page maximum). 4. All entries must be written in Formal Academic Filipino. 5. Students must only write their grade level and student ID number on their entry to ensure objectivity when judging. MECHANICS
6. A Genyo activity form will be activated for
this writing challenge and will be accessible to all students. 7. Entries must be submitted online through Genyo by 23 August 2017. 8. A list of four finalists per batch will be chosen, with one entry per batch chosen as a winner. MECHANICS
9. Winning entries will be published in
Magnificat and awarded certificates. 10. All finalists and winning entries are entitled to extra credit points for Social Studies. RUBRICS
Konsepto at Pamamaraan 35%
(Premise and Concept) Tema 25% (Theme) Banghay 15% (Plot and Pacing) Estilo at Tono 15% (Style and Tone) Wastong Gamit ng Wika 10% (Composition and Grammar) TIPS FOR WRITING FLASH FICTION