PY Chinese Writing Contest

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PY Chinese Writing Contest 2022

Concordian International School was very excited to organize its

8th PY Chinese Writing Competition in April 2022. The contest was designed to promote the love of writing and expression, as well as to showcase Concordian PY students’ writing abilities. We hope students will be proud of their Chinese writing skills and the progress they make year after year in Chinese learning.

The following are the writing topics this year. These were announced to both teachers and students on the day of their contest, out of fairness.

G1: Picture Writing - A Happy Picnic 快乐的野餐 G2 & G3: Expository Writing - The Star of My Class 班级之星 G4 & G5: Narrative Writing - A True Story 一个真实的故事

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On Monday, April 25th, 2022, four different awards were announced in each class and grade level: ● The Excellent Writer Award (the 1st place winner of the class) ● The Great Writer Award (the 2nd place winner of the class) ● The Grade Level Excellent Writer Award (the 1st place winner of the grade level) ● The Grade Level Great Writer Award (the 2nd place winner of the grade level) Congratulations to all the amazing young writers. Let’s hear what they would like to share with the school community regarding writing, winning and learning Chinese at Concordian!

Ms. Ariel Elementary Principal and Head of Chinese

G1C Yada: 我觉得写作很难，可是 没想到我能得第一名。我妈妈 会很惊喜。Writing is hard but it was a total surprise that I won my class 1st place. My mom would be thrilled to learn this news.

G1C Vita: 我兴奋极了！这是我第 一个中文奖杯。下一次，我要多 写一些内容，让故事更有趣，让 读者更快乐。I am so excited because this is my first Chinese trophy. Next time, I will write more and make my stories more interesting for the pleasure of my readers.

G1I Anya: 当我听到我的名字的时 候，我真不敢相信，因为写作是 不容易的事情。我不敢相信金灿 灿的奖杯是我自己的。When my name was called out, I could not believe my ears. Writing is not easy and I still can not believe this golden trophy belongs to me.

G1I Fah: 谢谢老师给我奖杯，我 很开心。在写作比赛那天，我非 常认真。我真的得奖了，我很自 豪！I’d like to thank the teachers who awarded me this trophy. I am very pleased to receive it. I worked very hard and I won indeed. I’m proud of myself.

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G1S Sabai: 我高兴极了，因为这是 我第一次得到写作比赛奖杯，我 以后会加油再拿更多的奖杯。I am extremely happy right now. This is the first time I won the writing contest and I will continue to work hard and win more trophies.

G1D Stephanie: 因为我每天努力 写很多作文，所以我得到大奖 杯，我很高兴，这是我第一次得 奖。I won the big trophy (Grade level 1st place) because I practice writing stories everyday. I am so happy as this is the first time I won a trophy.

G1D Anya: 我真高兴啊！我家里没 有一个中国人，可是我也得奖 了，我要感谢每一个教我的中文 老师！I am so happy! None of my family members are Chinese and I won thanks to all the Chinese teachers who have taught me!

G1D Otto:我真惊喜啊！因为我得 到了又亮晶晶又金灿灿的奖杯！ 我在写作比赛的时候用了很多 超级词语，说话，感叹句，感 情和比喻句,所以我得奖了！I am so surprised to receive the shining golden trophy. I won because I used many adjectives, dialogues, exclamatory sentences, simile sentences and true feelings in my writing.

G2I Poon: 我知道我一定会得奖 的，因为我觉得我真的非常努力 的在学中文，我想告诉每一个同 学，只要你们努力学习，认真 听讲，反复练习，你们也可以 做到的！I knew I was going to win this contest because I really study very hard in Chinese. I want to share with everyone that as long as you work hard, listen carefully, practice and review frequently, you can all win!

G2I Risa: 我非常开心我可以得奖，但是，我知道我 的朋友们也都很棒，我会继续努力学习中文，上 课专心听讲，认真记笔记，做好每一次作业。I am very happy I won, but I know my friends are all great, therefore I will continue to study hard in Chinese, listen attentively in class, take notes carefully and try my best to complete work.

G2S Thi: 我很有信心自己在这次 作文比赛中能得奖！果然，我得 奖了！我非常开心！I was confident I was going to win and indeed I did! I am extremely happy about it.

G2S Korbua: Ms. Ariel说我得奖的 时候我感到很惊讶，我没想到 我竟然会得奖！我真是太兴奋 了！When Ms. Ariel announced my name, I was so surprised and didn't expect it at all. I am so excited that I won.

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G2D Alina: 妈妈告诉我在写作文时 要多用成语和古诗。我很感谢妈 妈。我知道自己得全年级第一名 时很开心，但是我去领奖的时 候有点害羞，因为大家都看着 我。My mom told me to use more ChiG2C Keaton: 我非常开心我可以得 nese idioms and poems and I thank her for 到班级第一名，写作比赛的时候 her good advice. I am very happy to win 我只是尽自己最大努力去写， the grade level 1st place but I was very shy 像平时练习的时候一样认真地 to receive the trophy as I knew everyone 去写。I’m so happy I won the class 1st was looking at me. place. During the writing contest, I tried my G2D Yuri: 我写作文的时候用很多 best, just like every time I practice writing. 好的句子，也用很多感情。我知 道自己得奖了非常开心，我想马 G2C Tinn: 平时上课的时候我非常 上告诉我的妈妈。I wrote many good 专心地听讲，下课后也认真地练 sentences and added many true feelings. 习中文，比赛前我就告诉妈妈我 I was so happy to receive this award and I 会尽自己最大努力参加写作比赛 would like to share my happiness with my 的，最后得奖了，我非常开心。 mom right away.

I always listen to teachers carefully in class and practice my G2D Proud: 我知道我得奖的时候非常激动！我很开 .

Chinese skills after class. Before the contest, I told my mom I 心，我马上告诉我的姑姑。我的姑姑说她为我感 think I would try my best to do it and I won eventually. I’m very 到骄傲。I was so excited to learn I won. I immediately shared happy about it. the good news with my aunt and she was so proud of me

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G1S Nita: 我很开心得到第一名， 可是我不骄傲，我还要继续努力 学习中文。I’m thrilled to win 1st place in my class. I will continue trying my best to study Chinese and will not be conceited.

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G3C Bruce: 我很开心，但是我也 告诉自己不要骄傲，还要继续努 力。I am thrilled but I told myself not to be conceited and continue to work hard.

G3C Terter: 我非常兴奋！我以后 还要多多练习写作，因为我想明 年得年级第一名。I am so excited!

Next, I will practice writing more because I want to win the grade level 1st place next year.

G3C Alin: 我去年没有得奖，今年 得奖了，我惊讶极了！我也非常 开心，我进步了。I didn’t win last year and this year I won! I was in complete shock but I was also very happy. I know I made good progress.

G3I Alicia: 我非常惊讶我可以得 奖，因为这是我第一次得到第一 名。希望明年我也可以得奖。I was so surprised to learn I won. This is the first time I won the class 1st place. I hope next year will win again.

G3I Aiya: 今年是我第二次得奖， 我很开心。我写作时会想怎么可 以写得有趣，我写好后会再读一 读，改一改。This is the second time I won the writing contest and I am so happy.

When I write, I try to see how I can make my story more interesting. I will read my writing and make edits.

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G3D Yang Yang: 这次写作比赛我得 了全年级第一名，我感到很兴奋 也很惊喜！我觉得自己进步了。 我等不及要把这个好消息告诉我 在中国的外婆了！I won the grade level 1st place this time and I felt extremely excited and surprised. I know I am making good progress. I cannot wait to share this good news with my grandma in China.

G3D Kuan-Kuan: 我感到很开心！我 想明年我要更努力，我希望明年 的比赛我可以得第一名。I am very happy and I will work harder next year, hopefully I will win 1st place.

G3D Look Peach: 我感到很开心，因 为去年的比赛我只得了第二名。 今年我终于得到第一名，我觉得 自己进步了。我相信只要努力就 可以做到！I am so happy because last year I got 2nd place and this year I got 1st! I am pleased with my improvement. I believe there is a will, there is a way.

G3D Mona: 我感到兴奋极了，因 为这是我第一次在写作比赛得 奖。明年我要更努力！I am so excited because this is the first time I won the writing contest. Next year I will work even harder.

G4C Tri: 我在一年级时得了第三 名，在三年级时得了第二名，现 G3S Peang-Or: 我在这次写作比赛 在四年级，我得第一名！我太兴 得了第一名！我感到很开心也很 奋了！我认为要不断地的努力和 吃惊，因为我觉得别的同学写得 练习才能越来越好，我要继续努 比我好。我真的很开心，也会继 力，明年也要拼第一名。 续努力！ I am so surprised that I got 1st place as I think my classmates write I got 3rd place in G1 and 2nd place in G3. Now I am in G4 and better than me, but I am very happy and I will continue to work I got 1st place! I am so excited. I think only with hard work and hard! practice, you will get better and better. I will continue to try my best and fight for 1st place next year.

G3S Bambi: 我很开心自己得了第 G4C Vinnie: 这是我第一次得奖， 二名！我在比赛的时候有想到老 我太震惊了，我真的太开心了！ 师提醒我们不要粗心，要仔细检 我觉得好的文章一定要用到学过 查有没有写错字，有没有用错标 的修辞手法,学过的字也不要写 点符号等等。 拼音。我要继续努力，因为努力 一定有收获。 I am very happy I won the class 2nd place. During the writing contest, I remembered the teacher’s reminder: check carefully to This is the first time I won the Writing Contest and I am over the ensure you write the correct Chinese characters and punctua- moon now. I think good writing should apply writing technique as tions. much as possible, also to write many Chinese characters instead of Pinyin. I will continue to work hard as I know hard work pays off.

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G4I Lily: 这是我第一次得奖，我太意外了，开心得 说不出话来。没想到是我！我认为一篇有趣的文 章里要用到排比句、好词好句、关联词和感情 词。This is the first time I won the writing contest and I was speechless out of joy. How can it be me! I think a good piece of writing needs to have many writing techniques such as parallelism, good word choice and sentence, conjunctions and feelings.

G4S Aya: 这是我第一次得奖，我 很自豪。我认为要写好作文，平 时一定要多练习写字。This is my first time winning a writing contest and I am very proud of myself. I think the key to success is practicing writing a lot.

G4S Xiu Xiu: 我是第一次得奖，我 开心极了！为了写好作文，我上 课非常认真听讲，也多用好词 好句。This is my first time winning a writing contest and I am extremely happy.

In order to write well, I listened carefully in class and used many good words and sentences.

G4D Pun Pun: 我得奖又惊又喜， 我认为多练习写字和记住超级 词语对写作文很有帮助。I was so surprised and delighted to win the writing contest. I think practicing Chinese characters and using many juice words is very helpful.

G4D Reiko: 我听到老师叫到我 的名字我很激动，我认为一篇 好作文要多用超级词语和关联 词。I was very excited to hear my name being announced. I think a good writing piece needs to use many juicy words and conjunctive words.

G5I Leo: 我认为第一是要写对，第 二才是好。虽然我得第一名，但 是我觉得我可以做得更好。The key to writing is first of all to ensure the correctness (correct Chinese characters and grammar) and then is about the beauty of language (word choice and techniques). Though I won the grade level 1st place, I still have more room to improve.

G5I Sureen: 我想把这个奖献给我 的妈妈，因为她是我从小到大， 在教我中文。我也要感谢所有教 过我的中文老师们。I would like to dedicate my trophy to my mom who taught me tirelessly since I was little. I also would like to thank all my Chinese teachers who helped me grow.

G5I Term: 我听到我的名字后，我 欢喜得跳了起来！这件事让我学 到要好好地复习，然后要全力 以赴。When my name was called out, I jumped out of joy. I learned I need to review learning often and always try my best.

G5I Grace: 我很开心，因为这是我 第一次在写作比赛得奖！以后我 要继续努力！I am so happy as this is the first time I won the Writing Contest! I will continue to work hard!

G5S Skye: 我开心极了，因为我 得到全年级第二名！I am extremely happy because I won the grade level 2nd place!

G5S Ivy: 我知道我得奖时，我 很开心，因为这是我第一次 得奖。明年我要继续努力！I am so happy to learn I won the Writing Contest because this is the first time. I will continue to work hard.

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G5D Plearn: 我没想到我会得奖， 因为在写作比赛时，我很紧张。 但当我听到我得了班级第一名 时，我兴奋极了！ I didn’t expect to win because I was really nervous when I was G5C Kan: 我很开心我得到班级第 writing. When I heard I won the class 1st place, I was so excited! 一名，因为以前我都是第三或 是第四名。以后我要继续努力!

I’m so happy that I finally won the class G5D Look Pear: 我在写作比赛时觉 1st place. I was always in third or fourth 得很紧张，但是我今天得到亚 place in the past years. In the future, I will 军后，很开心，因为我知道我 continue working hard. 的家人会为我感到骄傲。 G5C Katie: 我很高兴我能得奖。我 知道如果我努力就会成功的! I’m I was quite nervous during the writing contest, but today I won very pleased to win the writing contest. I 2nd place and I am very happy because I know my family will know hard work always pays off! be proud of me.

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G4I CJ: 当我知道我是全班的第一 名和全年级的第二名时，我太震 惊了，我好开心，这超出了我 的预期。我要感谢所有教过我的 中文老师，没有他们用心地教 导，我一定不会赢的。谢谢老 师。Me winning the class 1st place and grade level 2nd place was totally beyond my expectation. I was thrilled to learn this news. I would like to thank all my Chinese teachers now and in the previous years.

Without them, I would not be who I am now.