English Quest will be held on March 27, 2015
The Categories for English Quest are listed below. Rules, Scoring Guides, and Sample Questions can be found here.
1. BOOK COVERS*: Entrants will design a book cover for one of the titles on the book list with the intent to entice readers or market the book. The cover may not exceed 8 1/2" x 14”. Entrants will also participate in an interview 2. CHARACTER SKETCH WRITING: Entrants will write a descriptive character sketch from a given prompt or topic (50 minutes). Best handwriting and double-spacing is required. 3. EDITING TEST: Entrants will be given a two-page document to edit in 15 minutes. They will also be given a multiple choice test over grammar, punctuation, parts of speech, spelling, capitalization and subject-verb agreement (30 minutes). 4. INFORMATIVE SPEAKING: Entrants will present original speeches of no longer than five minutes on a current topic. Entrants may incorporate visual aids into their speeches. Notes are limited to 3 x 5 cards. 5. LITERATURE TEST*: Entrants will answer ten multiple choice questions from each of the books on the book list (50 minutes). To enter this contest, participants must have read all five books. 6. MOVIE TRAILER*: Entrants will choose one book from the English Quest book list. Each student (or team of students) will prepare a video trailer of his/her chosen book. The trailer should be at least three minutes in length, but no more than five minutes long. The trailer must meet your high school and/or school district standards and be a positive presentation of the subject. The trailer's purpose should be to interest the viewer in the book. The trailer must contain original footage and should not contain music from the motion picture soundtrack (when applicable). Entrants will also participate in an interview. 7. PERSONAL NARRATIVE WRITING: Entrants will write a personal experience relating to a suggested topic (50 minutes). Best handwriting and double-spacing is required. 8. PERSUASIVE WRITING: Entrants will write a persuasive essay from a prompt (50 minutes). Best handwriting and double-spacing is required. 9. PHOTO ESSAY*: Photo essays will depict themes or scenes from one of the books on the book list. Essays should have a minimum of six original photographs and may include quotes or phrases taken from the represented book. Entrants will also participate in an interview. 10. POETRY RECITATION: Entrants memorize and orally deliver published poem(s) by recognized poet(s). Several poems may be combined if an introduction presents the theme. Time limit is between two to five minutes. 11. POETRY SLAM: Entrants will perform only work which they have created. Only one poem (on any appropriate subject and in any style) may be performed during a poet's turn. Props, musical instruments, prerecorded music, costumes, or any other objects of any kind may NOT be used. A poet may "riff off" another poet's creative work, but may not "rip off" that work. The performer may interact verbally/physically with the audience. Teams of two, three or four can compete with collaborative pieces, as long as all of the primary authors perform them. Competitor(s) will have a maximum of three minutes to present a poem. 12. POETRY WRITING: Entrants will compose a poem based on a prompt or theme. The poem must be a minimum of eight lines (50 minutes). Best handwriting and double-spacing is required. 13. POSTERS: Posters must be at least 12" x 12" and depict some aspect of language arts. The medium used is optional. Entrants will also participate in an interview. 14. READERS THEATER: Entering teams perform a cutting from a piece of literature that tells a story. Performance may be no longer than five minutes. 15. SHAKESPEARE MONOLOGUE: Entrants will prepare and perform a monologue, no longer than 5 minutes in length, from a Shakespeare play. 16. SHAKESPEARE SCENE: Entrants will prepare and perform a scene from one of Shakespeare's plays, no longer than 5 minutes. SPELLING BEE: Each school will hold its own event, with winners advancing to the state Quest. Each school entered will receive a copy of the basic spelling list. 17. STORYTELLING: Entrants share memorized traditional stories from any culture or source with audience and judges. Story presentations should be a minimum of 3 minutes, but may not be longer than five minutes. 18. VOCABULARY: Entrants will take a multiple choice test over vocabulary words both in context and in isolation. The test may include analogies, synonyms, antonyms and other techniques for demonstrating knowledge of meaning (50 minutes). *Students entering Book Cover, Movie Trailer, and Photo Journalism contests must base their entry on one of the books on the competition booklist. |
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