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Wilhelm is looking for people to share adventures with! Get ready to embark on your personal reading journey to explore uncharted genres, rediscover classics or experience exciting new releases! There has never been a better time to dive into this exhilarating hobby. Unearth your inner reader and be prepared to be swept off into the land of imagination or a whole new paradigm.
Explore 18 different ways of reading through the SIC Reader’s Quest. We are offering new experiences for all skill levels, with an opportunity to publicize what you are reading to your peers and even be rewarded! Pick a quest that sounds most exciting now, read and you’ll receive a certificate and a quest keychain charm on completion.
How it Works?
Step 1: Choose Your Quest
Choose a QUEST that interests you.
Step 2: Plan and Select Your Books
In each quest, you are required to read 5 book units in total.
1 book unit = 100 to 399 pages
2 book units = 400 to 799 pages
3 book units = 800 + pages
Select titles of books that meet the criteria of the quest. You need at least 2 titles to start a quest.
Warning: Books that are set as coursework in school cannot be considered.
For example, Sally chose her 5 units with this combination:
Book 1: 350 pages (1 book unit)
Book 2: 802 pages (3 book units)
Book 3: 170 pages (1 book unit)
Step 3: Record Your Books
Fill in an online Quest Intention form.
You will need the following information:
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Title
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Author
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ISBN (International Standard Book Number, usually found on the back cover)
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Total page numbers.
Fill in all the details online on this form as best as you can at the start of your quest. You must have at least selected a minimum of 2 books.
When the form is submitted, you will receive an email acknowledgement with a link that allows you to make changes to your submission later. Please continue to keep this updated.
This step of the process is important for the Library team to start handmaking your Quest Keychain Charm and certificate, rewards you will receive at the completion of your quest. Please do not wait until the completion of the quest to fill this in.
A physical Quest Log card is available at the Issue Desk in the SIC. You can record your books on this card and use it as a bookmark as you attempt this quest.
Step 4: Read
Enjoy reading your book! You can use the Quest Log card as a bookmark to remind you of your quest.
Step 5: Design Your Advertisement
After reading a book, design your own advertisement for your completed book. Select components of your advertisement from the Advertisement Menu. You are asked to consider:
Where you intend your advertisement to be seen?
How do you want to show your ideas?
What do you want to focus on?
Why are you making this advertisement?
You just pick one answer to each question
You need to select a unique combination of Where-How-What-Why for each book advertisement you make in a quest. This is clarified on the email submission by simply identifying your selected answer to each question.
Step 6: Submit Your Advertisement
Complete the advertisement for each book. Check with someone from the library team if you are unsure.
Email the advertisement to acgpsic@acg.ac.nz.
More details are found in the section below (Advertisement Task). You should not repeat any one combination of Where-How-What-Why within one quest.
In the above example, Sally, who has read 3 books, would have to complete 3 advertisement tasks for her 3 books.
Please include ALL of the following details in your submission email:
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Name:
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ID Number:
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Quest:
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Book Title:
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Where:
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How:
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What:
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Why
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Your Instagram username (if you wished to be tagged):
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Caption for post (if any):
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Declaration : I have used images/video/music that were either created by me or that have a Creative Common License
Remember:
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Before you submit your advertisement, you must first fill in the Quest Intention Form.
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You must update details of your Quest Intention form through a link in the acknowledgement email sent when you first fill the form.
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You must come up with new combinations of Where-How-What-Why for each book you have read in the quest.
Step 7: Collect Your Reward
Once 5 book units are read and the advertisement for each book is submitted, bring your completed Quest Log card to SIC library issue desk. You can collect your respective handmade Quest Keychain Charm and Quest certificate when it is ready.
Completion of 3 quests earns you the right to claim SIC Reader's Quest as an Extra Curricular Activity at the end of the 2022 school year.
Have more questions? Ask any of our Library Monitors or read our FAQs which includes a glossary of terms relating to the SIC Reader's Quest.
Quests Information
With 18 quests to choose from, at least one of them is sure to intrigue you. Click into each quest to find out more.
Advertisement Task
Advertisement Menu
: The WHY, WHAT, HOW, WHERE of your task.
Deciding, designing and executing your advertisement is easy. Choose ONE from each of these:
Why?
Your REASON: Why are you making this advertisement?
Your intended audience are your friends finding their next book to dive into. Do what you can to catch their attention, whip up their interest and pique their curiosity. The more novel and engaging, the better. Pick at least one objective to focus on.
Grab attention
Highlight
strong points
Show relevance
Pique curiosity
Elicit emotional
response
What?
Your CONTENT: What do you want to focus on?
Do you want to share your favourite quotes, or describe your thoughts on a certain character? You could also share what made you enjoy the book and write to your heart’s content! Be authentic. Choose one focus. You are not expected to tell us the whole story! Your content could be divided into the image/video component or the captions... you decide.
Favourite
character
Book review
Favourite
scene
Favourite quote
and why
What did you learn?
How?
Your METHOD: How do you want to show your work?
Presenting the content to your friends can be in different forms. Write a paragraph, read it out on video, or even draw a picture or comic! Pick the one effective way to deliver the message in an engaging way. You can choose to go low (on paper) or high tech (digital). Refer to section "Where?" for details. Important to note that any images/video or music needs to be either created by you or have Creative Commons Licence. You need to submit with a declaration.
Draw
- a picture
or comic strip
Write
- in print
Speak
- in video or
audio
Act - in video
Animate
Where?
Your PLATFORM: Where do you intend your task to be seen?
Your task can appear physically in the SIC either as pop-up cards or on the noticeboard. Since the SIC has several online platforms like the SIC website, Instagram and even Youtube, you can make digital content too! Pick one platform and follow the suggested format. If you need an editor, you could use Canva or Pixlr. Don't worry if you are not able to make digital versions of your advertisement. You can create your advertisements on paper and submit that. We will take a picture of it for our online platforms. You do however need to take note of the aspect ratio of your advertisement. Alternatively, you could take a picture of it and submit the jpg file.
Instagram post
on @acgsic
(500 x 500 px 300dpi - .png or jpg)
Instagram story on @acgsic
(1920 x 1080 px)
Bookshelf Pop-up card
in SIC
(Obtain blank cards
from issue desk)
Blog post on www.acgpsic.com
(Email text & .jpg to acgpsic@acgedu.com)
SIC noticeboard
(On A4 size paper)
You are on a campaign to get others reading too!
Your task after reading each book is to make an advertisement for the book. After persevering through the arduous journey, it's also time to get your passport stamp!
Verify that your books have been read by selecting your unique blend of WHY, WHAT, HOW, WHERE to design the advertisement. One advertisement per book has to be submitted and approved by a senior member of the library team.
SUBMISSION
Email your advertisements to acgpsic@acg.ac.nz.
Please include ALL of the following details in your email:
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Name:
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ID Number:
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Quest:
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Book Title:
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Where
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How:
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What:
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Why
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Your Instagram username (if you wished to be tagged):
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Caption for post (if any):
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Declaration : I have used images/video/music that were either created by me or that have a Creative Common License
Remember :
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Before you submit your advertisement, you must first fill in the Quest Intention Form.
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You must update details of your Quest Intention form through a link in the acknowledgement email when you first fill it.
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You must come up with new combinations of Why/What/How/Where for each book you have read in the quest.
News
SIC Reader's Quest updates are posted on our Instagram page @acgsic. Keep updated on which quests your friends are attempting and what they have read so far. We will also provide you with resources that can help you in your quests.
