06 July 2006
Tamar wins Abingdon Carnegie Forum vote
One hundred students, who had been shadowing the Carnegie Medal, enjoyed a day sharing their views of the shortlisted books. Meeting friends from junior school, and making new ones, the Abingdon Carnegie Forum is an annual event organised by the Librarians of the six secondary schools in Abingdon.
On one of the hottest days of the summer the groups of shadowers discussed the criteria the judges will be using - plot, characters and style. There was no shortage of opinions: over 300 reviews had already been posted by the students from the schools. Guest judges circulated, listening to the groups, then retired for the hard task of selecting the best reviews for each book.
After lunch the discussion groups, which were lead by their librarians and English teachers, gave a short presentations about why their book should win the Carnegie Medal, and voting slips were completed. Whilst the results were being counted we enjoyed a slice of Carnegie cake. Prizes of book tokens and books went to the review winners, the 'Best Group Presentation' , and 'Best Contributor' in each group.
The Abingdon Carnegie Forum voted overwhelmingly for Tamar, which received over 80% of the votes. Find out on 7 July if the real judges agree.
Our thanks to Larkmead School who hosted this year's forum.
On one of the hottest days of the summer the groups of shadowers discussed the criteria the judges will be using - plot, characters and style. There was no shortage of opinions: over 300 reviews had already been posted by the students from the schools. Guest judges circulated, listening to the groups, then retired for the hard task of selecting the best reviews for each book.
After lunch the discussion groups, which were lead by their librarians and English teachers, gave a short presentations about why their book should win the Carnegie Medal, and voting slips were completed. Whilst the results were being counted we enjoyed a slice of Carnegie cake. Prizes of book tokens and books went to the review winners, the 'Best Group Presentation' , and 'Best Contributor' in each group.
The Abingdon Carnegie Forum voted overwhelmingly for Tamar, which received over 80% of the votes. Find out on 7 July if the real judges agree.
Our thanks to Larkmead School who hosted this year's forum.
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