Spelling Bee Results

Congratulations to all those who participated in the first round of the spelling bee. Well done!

Eleven people qualified for the final. Those who qualified are:

Section          Student No. 235                  435803255 235                  435802553 238                  435800041 238                  435803030 238                  435803071 238                  435800369 238                  435803441 249                  435804077 258                  435802592 258                  435802593 389                  435821170

Details about the final will be posted on this blog shortly.

2nd Listening Mid-term coverage

The 2nd mid-term exam in listening will cover the following chapters:

For 011 - Chapters 5, 6 & 7 from Open Forum 1

For 012 - Chapters 4, 5 & 6 from Open Forum 2

For 019 - Chapters 7 - 11 from Open Forum 1

Toungue Twisters

Tongue Twisters

1.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,

Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

2.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

The shells she sells are surely seashells.

So if she sells shells on the seashore,

I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

3.

Betty Botter bought some butter

But she said this butter's bitter

If I put it in my batter

It will make my batter bitter,

But a bit of better butter

Will surely make my batter better.

So she bought a bit of butter

Better than her bitter butter

And she put it in her batter

And her batter was not bitter.

So t'was better Betty Botter

Bought a bit of better butter.

019 Listening Vocab Ch 7 - 12

CHAPTER 7 (HEALTH)

fidgeting = to move around because you’re nervous

neurology = science of nervous system

primates = mammals like humans and monkeys

chronic = disease that lasts for a long time

depression = mental state of being extremely sad

CHAPTER 8 (SOCIAL STUDIES)

neighborhood = a particular area

socialize = take part in social activities

parade = procession of people or vehicles

petitions = formal request submitted to an authority

disaster = a very bad accident like earthquake or a plane crash

CHAPTER 9 (EARTH SCIENCE)

identical = exactly alike

conservation = preservation of environment

algae = a plant that grows in water

eco-system = relationship between plants, animals and environment

irrigate = supply with water

CHAPTER 10 (HISTORY)

Immigrants = people who move to a foreign country to live

vines = plants that grow grapes

detained = stopped or prevented from leaving

fiddle = a musical instrument

ancestors = people from whom you are descended

CHAPTER 11 (MATH AND TECHNOLOGY)

petals = thin colored parts which form flower

knuckles = joints of a finger

coincidence = related events occur at the same time by chance

extraordinary = having extremely good or special quality

orbit = path followed by a planet

CHAPTER 12 (LAW)

convicted = found guilty

offender = someone who committed a crime

trash = unwanted things or waste material

ethically = morally

liability = being responsible

Medicine 1 - Diversity

Here are the words from Chapter 12 Page 108

Word	In-class Definition
Intimate	Close/personal
Confidential	Secret / private
Misinterpret	Badly understand
Dietary restriction	Some foods not allowed
Sacred	Important in religion
Hospice	Place for terminally ill
Cultural sensitivity	Be aware of different cultures
Cremated	Burnt body
Shifty	Not trustworthy
Tee total	Does not drink alcohol
Adhere	Follow the rule/custom

Spelling Bee - Rules

Format for Spelling Bee

The competition consists of two parts:

Preliminary Round

On the designated contest date, spellers will be given a written spelling test consisting of 25 words (from a list which students may have received earlier). The pronouncer will say each word and its definition. Spellers will be given 60 seconds to spell each word on their answer sheet. 10 participants for the final round will be selected based on the score in this written test.

Final Round

This is the oral round which will be conducted on a miss-and-out basis until one speller is left. Students will be eliminated at the end of each spelling round if they spelled the word incorrectly. Eliminations will continue until only four spellers remain.

Four Spellers Remaining:

a) Fourth and third places will be determined by the next spellers to be eliminated. All four spellers complete each round. When one contestant misspells a word he is declared fourth. The next speller to make an error will be declared third.

b) If two (or three) contestants misspell a word in the same round there will be a consolation spell-off between those students to determine third and fourth places. They will continue to participate in the following rounds until one of them misspells another word.

Two Spellers Remaining:

a) To decide first and second places – when one contestant misspells a word, the spelling master will give the correct spelling. If the other contestant spells his word correctly he will be declared the winner.

b) If both contestants misspell their word, the judge will give the correct spelling and both contestants will start another round. This continues until one contestant misspells a word and the other spells his correctly.

Rules for Spelling Bee
* Cell phones of all the contestants must be off and all word lists must be away from them.*

1. Preliminary Round (Written Contest): The speller will be given 60 seconds to write down the word after a pronouncer has finished pronouncing and defining the word. The speller is not allowed to ask any questions during the session. At the end of the written segment all answer sheets will be scored and the qualifying names of spellers announced.
2. Final Round (Oral Contest): The contest will be conducted in rounds. Each speller remaining in the spelling bee at the start of a round will spell one word in the round. The words will not be in the same order as the lists the spellers studied. Words the spellers have not studied will be used if the competition warrants it. Spellers are assigned numbers randomly at the beginning of the competition. This will determine their spelling order for the entire Spelling Bee.
3. Role of the Pronouncer: The pronouncer will attempt to pronounce words according to both British and American pronunciations, if different.
4. Role of the Speller: The pronouncer calls out a speller by name and the speller stands. As each word is given to a speller, he  should repeat the word, spell it out slowly and distinctly, and then repeat the pronunciation of the word (example):

PRONOUNCER: “TABLE”

SPELLER: “TABLE” “T-A-B-L-E” “TABLE”

NOTE:

a) Failure to say-spell-say will not eliminate the speller.

b) Both British and American spellings are preferred.

During the Oral Contest a speller can ask the pronouncer to:

1. Repeat the word
2. Define it
3. Use it in a sentence
4. Provide the part of speech

NOTE: Once the speller’s questions (as indicated above) have been answered, the speller must begin spelling the word within 60 seconds. The speller cannot retract or change any part of the response once he/she has begun spelling.

5. Homonyms: If a word has one or more homonyms, the pronouncer indicates which word is to be spelled by defining the word.
6. Misspelling: Upon incorrectly spelling a word, the speller immediately drops out of the competition, except as provided in Rule 5.
7. If all spellers in a round misspell: If none of the spellers remaining in the spelling bee at the start of a round spells a word correctly during that round, ALL remain in the competition and a new round begins.
8. If only one speller in a round spells correctly: If only one speller spells correctly in a round, a new one-word round begins and the speller is given an opportunity to spell the next word on the list (anticipated championship word). If the speller spells this last word correctly, the speller is declared the champion. If not, a new round begins with all spellers from the last round.
9. Interaction with the speller: Because seeing the speller’s lip movements may be critical in detecting misunderstandings or misspellings, spellers are encouraged to face the judges when pronouncing and spelling the word.
10. Notice of rules: The judges ensure that all spellers and audience members are given an opportunity to receive a complete copy of the rules prior to the start of the spelling bee.
11. Misunderstandings: The judges participate in the exchange of information between the speller and pronouncer if they feel that clarification is needed. Also, the judges listen carefully to the speller’s pronunciation of the word; and, if they sense that the speller has misunderstood the word, the judges work with the speller and pronouncer until they are satisfied.
12. Disqualifications for reasons other than clear misspelling: The judges will disqualify a speller (1) who refuses a request to start spelling; (2) who does not approach the microphone when it is time to receive the word; (3) who does not comply with the eligibility requirements; (4) who engages in unsportsmanlike conduct; (5) who, in the process of retracing a spelling, alters the letters or sequence of letters from those first uttered; or (6) who, in the process of spelling, utters unintelligible or nonsense sounds.

Role of judges: Judges are in complete control of the competition. Their decisions are final.

Spelling Bee - Round One

	A LIST OF IMPORTANT WORDS FOR SPELLING BEE
add	heavy	nineteen	suitable	letter	hidden
apple	house	owner	tongue	hurry	nature
basket	invitation	possible	unknown	balloon	difficult
blue	kitchen	property	various	noise	beginning
clever	know	retire	absence	choice	excellent
cloudy	machine	royal	adventure	fault	engineer
cook	mountain	safety	appreciate	thought	across
dark	opposite	scientist	government	surprise	window
dinner	picnic	selfish	particular	survey	matter
door	pillow	shoulder	routine	unhappy	disguise
eleven	please	software	unaware	beautiful	dispute
floor	respect	strange	vegetarian	happiness	population
flower	school	sugar	committee	everybody	arrest
funny	second	Tuesday	compulsory	laugh	suggest
ground	shadow	unusual	occasion	Wednesday	exciting
hill	simple	urban	mysterious	weather	bigger
hour	stable	against	reasonable	yesterday	mechanic
joke	summer	attitude	recommend	pleasure	judge
leaf	telephone	author	scenery	height	challenge
little	together	beggar	tolerate	street	anxiously
moon	touch	camera	tournament	throat	religious
paper	traffic	century	wealthy	queen	disappoint
poor	umbrella	citizen	write	agree	confidence
potato	vacation	continue	white	coffee	valuable
river	walk	culture	someone	disease	reliable
rock	wrist	daughter	egg	television	terrible
shout	yellow	double	each	upset	brilliant
sister	academy	drawer	grass	husband	intelligent
sleep	arrow	enough	dress	smooth	environment
slow	avenue	entrance	glass	argument	arttendance
tooth	award	familiar	stick	support	luxurious
trick	believe	famous	chicken	urgent	experiment
under	champion	furniture	should	annoyed	accident
which	chronic	genius	dream	poison	innocent
year	correct	historical	thick	scissors	essential
alarm	could	issue	cheese	eighteen	immediate
banana	delicious	lawyer	orange	thief	illegal
behind	emotion	permission	circle	eighth	illiterate
build	emphasis	portion	smell	country	address
butterfly	energy	presence	ready	honey	swimmer
chocolate	expensive	remember	breakfast	endless	automatic
clock	foreign	science	video	solution	soldier
cotton	gradual	themselves	lucky	available	license
cough	hollow	tomorrow	winter	power	debt
coward	jewelry	vegetable	resource	example	guilty
dangerous	knock	analysis	until	bottle	guardian
family	lesson	journey	always	trouble	brief
feather	market	obvious	knife	sudden	neither
friend	million	physician	wrong	doubt	average
fruit	necessary	restaurant	listen	honest	medicine
half	nephew	schedule	happen	except	business