ReaDARY Challenge 2024

The ReaDARY Challenge is a competition that aims to develop reading culture among Cambodian youth especially those who are in high school and university because reading is a necessary tool to gain knowledge. With tremendous amount of knowledge that students gain from the reading, they are able to analyze particular topic with their critical thinking skill as well.

Book Selected

the-great-gatsby.pdf

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer "F. Scott Fitzgerald". Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Book detail:

✍️ Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Language: English

📗 Genre: Tragedy

📢 Published: April 10, 1925

✍️ Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

👈 The left side is the pdf of " The Great Gatsby" book.

A Call for Participants

📚 The ReaDARY Challenge 2024 is finally here!

Calling all participants to join this exciting event! Whether you're a ParagonIU student, or from any high school or university, everyone is welcome to showcase their potential and reading skills in the ReaDARY Challenge.

Benefits include:

🔹 Promotes literacy and teamwork

🔹 Opportunities to win prizes and receive certificates from ParagonIU

🔹 Enhances students' academic profiles

For more info, please visit:

👉 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557764357769

👉 Registration: https://forms.gle/VNbb9kkxqdErW67T6

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Timeline of the Event

Participants

There were 16 groups of students participating in this challenge. They are university students and high school students.

There were three members in each group. Although most of them were high school students, they were very eager to learn and challenge themselves.

All the 16 teams got competitive scores in both their paper and video submissions. The three judges were impressed by their excellent performance.

Sponsor

We sincerely thank TADA Cambodia for their generous support as the Transportation Sponsor for our 'ReaDARY Challenge 2024' event. 📚🚗

Their dedication to enhancing literacy education in Cambodia is truly commendable. Thank you for making a difference! 🙏🎉

First Round-Reflection Paper

In the first round, all participating teams are required to read a book titled "The Great Gatsby". Each group need to summarize and provide insightful reflection on the story they had read. Each group amazingly produced well-written drafts that reflected their critical thinking in that particular concept.

Here is the link to the paper submission: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1FDDq0HvernYWEuSSyZmwHgBpzqkbQ47sEEOcKjzRe-0YqSpK1lDQXzNHMzVkOVsT3r8cUCfU?usp=sharing

Second Round-Video Presentation

Every group continued to the next round. In this round, each group needed to produce a video answering three main questions which were considered by the three judges.

Here is the link to the video submission: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z2CPqAx9JbE3DefVP52rq5W6dJYI0MsJHofJ3dRZn5ipPjuvpXPgx73XnIHk0jAK-hjjhLBx?usp=sharing