Republic of the Philippines
SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL
Aras-asan, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur
Office of the English as a Second Language Advocates
ENGLISH MONTH CELEBRATION 2019-Theme: “Engaging Challenges through Speech, Reading and Writing in a Healthy Competition.”
Mechanics/Guidelines: POSTER MAKING CONTEST
1. This activity will be participated by the bona fide Grade 7-12
students of San Antonio School;
2. There shall be two (2) entries per year level;
3. The entries shall meet/satisfy the following requirements, viz:
The poster must revolve around the theme for English Month
2019
Entries should be drawn on the Spot and the contestants
should bring their own materials and supplies;
Entries must be drawn on a 24” x 36” illustration board as
canvass with the name of the participant and the grade level
and section he/she represents pasted at the back of the board;
The poster should only be drawn using crayons, oil pastels,
coloring pencils, water color, poster paints and markers; Mechanics/Guidelines: QUIZ BOWL
4. No coach/class adviser interference is allowed at the duration of the
contest proper;
5. The decision from the Board shall be final and non-appealable;
6. The winner/s will be identified for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places.
NOMENCLATURE/CRITERIA
Overall presentation
including creativity, Relevance to Originality
Entry
color harmony, etc. the theme ( 10%)
(50%) (40%)
Mechanics/Guidelines: IMPROMPTU SPEECH
1. The topic shall be given on the spot by the judges
2. The contestant shall be given 10 minutes to prepare and 5
minutes to deliver.
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3. The style of the delivery shall be conversational, oratorical or a
combination of both.
4. The contestant shall wear appropriate attire for the contest.
5. The use of sound effects, microphones and props are
disqualified.
6. The jugdes decision is final.
CRITERIA
Entry Content and Delivery Pronunciation, Stage Total
clear enunciation and Presence
organization
35%
diction 10%
35% 30%
1. Questions shall be prepared solely by the Committee;
2. Each year level is entitled with 3 members who are bona fide
student of the school. One official alternate will be allowed.
3. Contestants will answer the same set of questions in writing.
Before a question is read, the contestants must raise their
hands. Each team will be provided with chalk, writing pad (
illustration board) and eraser;
4. The question will be read twice by the quiz master. After the
second reading, the quizmaster shall say “ go” and only then
will the team be allowed to write the answer. Automatically,
the 10-second time limit will begin for easy, 15 seconds for
average, and 20 seconds for difficult round;
5. After the time limit, the buzzer will sound; the team should
stop writing and should raise their answer pad;
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 Republic of the Philippines
SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL
Aras-asan, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur
Office of the English as a Second Language Advocates
ENGLISH MONTH CELEBRATION 2019-Theme: “Engaging Challenges through Speech, Reading and Writing in a Healthy Competition.”
6. The proctors will go around and check the answer of the teams.
A proctor for each table will be provided to ensure correctness
of the answers;
7. The contest has two rounds, level 1 and level 2. Level 1 has
two categories: easy and average. In easy round, 10 questions
will be asked. Each question is worth 1 point. In average round,
another 10 questions will be asked at this time each question is
worth 2 points. After the easy and average round, the
quizmaster will announce the top five teams who will advance
the level II (Difficult Round). If there is a tie, both teams will
advance to the next round;
8. Ten questions will be asked in second round. This time three
points will be given for each correct answer;
9. After the difficult round, the five teams getting the highest
score in level I and Level II will be declared champions,viz:
first runner up, second runner up, third runner up and fourth
runner up;
10. The year level class representative of the team is the only
person authorized to make a protest. All protests should be
addressed to the committee.
Mechanics/Guidelines: SPELLING BEE
1. Questions shall be prepared solely by the Committee;
2. Each year level is entitled with 3 members who are bona fide
student of the school. One official alternate will be allowed.
3. Contestants will answer the same set of words in writing.
Before a word is read, the contestants must raise their hands.
Each team will be provided with chalk, writing pad( illustration
board) and eraser;
4. The word will be read twice by the quiz master. After the
second reading, the quizmaster shall say “ go” and only then
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will the team be allowed to write the answer. Automatically,
the 10-second time limit will begin for easy, 15 seconds for
average, and 20 seconds for difficult round;
5. After the time limit, the buzzer will sound; the team should
stop writing and should raise their answer pad;
6. The proctors will go around and check the answer of the teams.
A proctor for each table will be provided to ensure correctness
of the answers;
7. The contest has two rounds, level 1 and level 2. Level 1 has
two categories: easy and average. In easy round, 10 questions
will be asked. Each question is worth 1 point. In average round,
another 10 questions will be asked at this time each question is
worth 2 points. After the easy and average round, the
quizmaster will announce the top five teams who will advance
the level II (Difficult Round). If there is a tie, both teams will
advance to the next round;
8. Ten words will be asked in second round. This time three
points will be given for each correct answer;
9. After the difficult round, the five teams getting the highest
score in level I and Level II will be declared champion,viz: first
runner up, second runner up, third runner up and fourth runner
up;
10. The year level class representative of the team is the only
person authorized to make a protest. All protests should be
addressed to the committee.
Note: The mechanics and guidelines of the Scrabble, Translate Me,
Guessing Game and Word Factory are to be read by the Committee
during the contest proper at the designated/assigned contest venue.
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 Republic of the Philippines
SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL
Aras-asan, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur
Office of the English as a Second Language Advocates
ENGLISH MONTH CELEBRATION 2019-Theme: “Engaging Challenges through Speech, Reading and Writing in a Healthy Competition.”
Guidelines and Mechanics of the 7th Grade Spelling Bee
Competition
Spelling Bee Mechanics
Call time: 1:00 p.m.
Venue:
Contest Proper: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Registration
 All contestants have to be in the designated venue on and
before 1:00 p.m. Attendance checking of the participants will
start at 1:00 p.m.
Conduct Code
 The participants and spectators are expected to display
politeness, courteousness, patience, respect towards others,
honesty and good sportsmanship during the Spelling Bee
competition.
Spelling Bee Procedure
There are two (2) phases of the Spelling Bee Competition: Elimination
Round and Final Round.
I. Elimination Round
1. Participants will be provided with pentel pens and writing sheets
during this phase. The monitor will collect the writing sheets after the
Arbitrator checks the spelling of every contestant.
2.There will be three sub rounds: easy, average and difficult.
3. There will be 10 words to be given for each sub rounds by the
Bee Master.
4. The Bee Master will pronounce each word twice and give an aid
to word identification. Countdown will start after the word has been
pronounced the second time by the Bee Master
5. Contestants will be given a maximum of 20 seconds to
simultaneously write the word on the writing sheet provided.
6. Should a participant wish to change the spelling that he/she has
written down, the first one should be crossed out with one horizontal
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line and the new and final spelling, be written clearly above the
crossed-out word. A participant is allowed to change his/her answer
within the time allotted for a particular word.
7. Those who spelled seven (7) to ten (10) words correctly will
continue in the Bee, while those who correctly spelled only six (6)
words and below will be eliminated from the round.
II. Final Round
1. When participants are reduced to ten (10), participants will not
be allowed to write the word upon spelling it but he/she has to
spell it orally. Every round, each contestant will pick up his/her
own word to be spelled among the rolled papers provided and
give it to the Bee Master
2. The Bee Master will pronounce the word, identify the part of
speech and use it in a sentence or use it in a sentence.
3. The contestant, in 30 second-time, will then pronounce the
word, spell the word, and pronounce the word again.
4. The Head Judge will have the responsibility for stopping the
student if he/she fails to pronounce the word.
5. The participant must:
 Pronounce the word before the spelling
 Look at the Bee Master when spelling the word
 Pronounce the word again after the word is spelled
 Speak clearly and loudly
6. If the student still begins to spell without pronouncing the
word, he/she will be disqualified from the contest.
7. The participant shall have 10 seconds from the time he/she
pronounces the word until he/she must begin spelling the word.
8. Once the participant begins spelling the word, he/she will have
20 seconds remaining time to complete the spelling of the
word.
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SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL
Aras-asan, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur
Office of the English as a Second Language Advocates
ENGLISH MONTH CELEBRATION 2019-Theme: “Engaging Challenges through Speech, Reading and Writing in a Healthy Competition.”
9. Having started to spell a word, a student may stop and start
over, retracing the spelling from the beginning. However, in
the retracing, there can be no change of letters and their
sequence from those first pronounced. If any letter and/or their
sequence are changed in the respelling, the speller will be
disqualified.
10. When a participant misspells a word, he/she immediately drops
out of the contest. The pattern will continue until one of the
contestants is declared the champion.
Caution
 No talking will be allowed among participants or between
participants and the members of the audience.
 If a participant receives assistance from anyone in the
audience, he/she will be disqualified.
 The audience is also requested to remain seated until a break is
offered in order to avoid confusion for the participant.

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