39th Annual Poetry Declamation

Guidelines for the Poetry Declamation Contest on April 27, 2013

   
Registration forms must be received by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese no later than FRIDAY April 5, 2013.

Each institution can only register 5 students in the same level. This means that students may have to go through a pre-selection process in their home institutions, and that teachers within the same schools must communicate with each other, and select only 5 students, per level, from their entire school to participate, so that only the 5 best contestants (per level, per school) will compete and represent their institution in the Poetry Declamation Contest. For example, a school with five 3^rd grade classes, four 2^nd grade classes, and three 1^st grade classes, all with different teachers, can only select 5 students from all of these classes to participate in the E1 Level and 5 students in the E1A Level. This applies to all schools, all grades, and all competition/registration Levels.

Registration must include the second, optional poem, selected by the participant, with the title and name of the author, as well as the author's nationality. Also, each registration sheet should have only one Level of participants. I.e., each Level should have a separate registration sheet. Do not include more than one Level of participants per registration sheet. For example, Level K participants should have a separate registration sheet from Level KA participants, etc.

Students will present two poems; the one mandated by the organizers and a second one, to be selected by the participating student.

Each participant will memorize and prepare two poems for the contest: the first poem is chosen by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and the second is chosen by the teacher and student. Contestants will be judged and scored on a 1-4 scale in four catagories: Pronunciation, Intonation, Delivery, and Interpretation.

Each participant will present the first, mandatory poem, alone, to the judges only. Family, friends, and teachers are welcomed to listen to the declamation of the second poem, chosen by the participant, (if there is adequate space in the classroom), but not to the first poem, chosen and mandated by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.

Important: The second poem must follow and meet the mandated length requirements, and should therefore be 4-8 lines long for Pre-K and Kindergarten (Levels K and KA); 8-12 lines long for Elementary 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd grades (Levels E1 and E1A); 12-18 lines long for both Elementary 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th grades, (Levels E2 and E2A) & for Middle Schools 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grades (Levels M and MA); 15-25 lines long for all High School students, 9^th-10^th grades (Levels 1 and 1A) & 11^th-12^th grades (Levels 2 and 2A).

NO EXCEPTIONS.

Please arrive 30 minutes prior to your presentation.

Parking is on a First-Come First-Serve basis. Click Here to see a map of the area.

Award Ceremony will be in MEZ Auditorium (Room 1.306) at 12:00pm

LEVELS

Level K - Pre-K & Kindergarten: All Pre-K and Kindergarten school students with no background in Spanish. (4-8 lines)

Level KA - Pre-K & Kindergarten: All Pre-K and Kindergarten school students with backgrounds in Spanish. (4-8 lines)

Level E1 - Elementary: (1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd grades) Elementary school students with no background in Spanish. (8-12 lines)

Level E1A - Elementary: (1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd grades) Elementary school students with backgrounds in Spanish. (8-12 lines)

Level E2 – Elementary: (4^th, 5^th, and 6^th grades) Elementary school students with no background in Spanish. (12-18 lines)

Level E2A - Elementary: (4^th, 5^th, and 6^th grades) Elementary school students with backgrounds in Spanish. (12-18 lines)

Level M – Middle School: All 7^th and 8^th grade Middle school students with no background in Spanish. (12-18 lines)

Level MA – Middle School: All 7^th and 8^th grade Middle school students with backgrounds in Spanish. (12-18 lines)

Level I – High School: (9^th and 10^th grades) High school students with no background in Spanish. (15-25 lines)

Level IA – High School: (9^th and 10^th grades) High school students with backgrounds in Spanish. (15-25 lines)

Level II – High School: (11^th and 12^th grades) High school students with no background in Spanish. (15-25 lines)

Level IIA – High School: (11^th and 12^th grades) High school students with backgrounds in Spanish. (15-25 lines)