Spanish Oral Reading
This event has been modified to encourage student participation for those students who are proficient readers with Spanish as their first language
Reading literature out loud provides opportunities for students to analyze the text, to grow and to develop as a performer, to communicate a message to an
audience and to perform an artistic creation. The Spanish oral reading competition should be an extension of the classroom literary and language arts
activities in poetry, short stories and children's fiction. Students in grades 6 read a selection of poetry.
Each selection may be one poem, a cutting of a poem, or a combination of poems. The same selection may be read in all rounds, but different selections are
permissible. Selections must be published although the poet may be unknown or anonymous.
Students in grades 7, 8, and 9 read selections of prose or poetry according to the following schedule:
Each may be a single reading, a cutting from a longer selection, or a combination of several selections. The same selection may be read in all rounds,
but different selections are permissible. Selections must be published although the author may be unknown or anonymous. Prose readings may include sketches,
fables, tales, science fiction, fantasy, mysteries and the like. The maximum time for each presentation is six minutes. The selection may be a cutting from a
short story or novel of may be nonfiction.
Student may NOT use props or wear clothing that indicates their school.
Reading literature out loud provides opportunities for students to analyze the text, to grow and to develop as a performer, to communicate a message to an
audience and to perform an artistic creation. The Spanish oral reading competition should be an extension of the classroom literary and language arts
activities in poetry, short stories and children's fiction. Students in grades 6 read a selection of poetry.
Each selection may be one poem, a cutting of a poem, or a combination of poems. The same selection may be read in all rounds, but different selections are
permissible. Selections must be published although the poet may be unknown or anonymous.
Students in grades 7, 8, and 9 read selections of prose or poetry according to the following schedule:
- 2013 - 2014 - poetry
- 2014 - 2015 - prose
- 2015 - 2016 - poetry
Each may be a single reading, a cutting from a longer selection, or a combination of several selections. The same selection may be read in all rounds,
but different selections are permissible. Selections must be published although the author may be unknown or anonymous. Prose readings may include sketches,
fables, tales, science fiction, fantasy, mysteries and the like. The maximum time for each presentation is six minutes. The selection may be a cutting from a
short story or novel of may be nonfiction.
Student may NOT use props or wear clothing that indicates their school.