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Competitive Events

Notes:

(1) The following list of events is tentative and subject to staffing, spatial and demand limitations.  For example, any event that cannot be adequately staffed, housed or for which there is too little demand to ensure meaningful competition will be dropped and affected participants will be asked to reregister for an alternative event.

(2)  The Spanish content of all events has been thoroughly vetted by Dr. Maritza Bell-Corrales, the Spanish Linguist in Georgia Southern University's Department of Foreign Languages, who has graciously agreed to serve as pro bono consultant to LAD.

(3) If there is a workshop component of the competitive event, BPC staffers will provide basic instruction in the relevant skill, e.g., BPC Spanish-speaking soccer players will provide tips on shooting, passing, dribbling, etc. to student participants at the beginning of the competition.

(4) When applicable, our two competitive levels are I (first-year Spanish) and II (second & third year Spanish).

(5) When and how often an event is offered is indicated within each of the following event descriptions, e.g., Verb Conjugationr will be offered in all three event rounds and is listed as a Round#1, Round#2 and Round#3 event.   A first, second and third-place winner at level I and at levels II & II will be selected for each round of competition.   By contrast, when offered Commands, Translation and The Subjunctive are available only once as a Round #1, Round #2 or Round #3 event respectively.

Competetitive Events for LAD09

Cognates:  This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 event has two parts. Part-A will test the ability of students to differentiate between true and false Spanish/English cognates, while Part-B will test their ability to come up with English/Spanish cognates not included in Part-A. In Part-A participants will be given a list of cognates, either in English or in Spanish, and asked to translate English cognates into Spanish and Spanish cognates into English.  All cognates must be spelled and accented correctly. In Part- B, participants will be asked to list up to ten (10) Spanish/English cognates that they can recall from memory that are not, repeat, not included in Part-A.  Again, all cognates must be spelled and accented correctly. This event is limited to three (3) participants per school per round and will be judged at levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1: Jarid Wingfield; Victoria Hardiman

                 R#2: Tuanisia Simone; Alexa Fanny

                 R#3: Shanquette Bellamy; Guillermo Santiago

Second place: R#1: Kendra Brown & Derondell Jenkins; Kelcie Jacobs

                      R#2: Tracie Adderton & Chaley Stanfield; Brandon Harton

                      R#3: Rebecca White ; Santana Santana

Third place:  R#1: Alex Wilkes; Beca Lee

                   R#2: David Brewton; Ashley Moore

               R#3: Kara Weitman; Deisha McQuater

Comedy Skits

In this Round #1, Round #2 and Round #3 competition student groups will compete by performing original comedy skits of no more than ten (10) minutes in Spanish. Costumes are encouraged, but not required. Skits will be judged in terms of originality, fluidity and humor. Due to time constraints, capacity is limited to one skit per school.   Round assignment will be scheduled separately by e-mail to Professor Bell on a first come, first served basis.  The first-place winner(s) of this event will be given the opportunity to perform during lunch or the awards ceremony.

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LAD09 winners:

First place:  Metter High School

Second place: Montogomery County High School

Third place: xxxxxxxxxx

Culture

This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 event will test the ability of students to identify and use typical Latino gestures, demonstrate the appropriate use of formal and familiar tenses, and demonstrate how to properly meet and greet different categories of persons, ranging from a little kid to a BPC professor.  Participants will be tested through a written quiz and through hands on performance. This event is limited to 3 participants per school per round and will be judged at levels I and II.  To find online web sites that demonstrate the kinds of gestures to be tested enter "gestos espanoles" in your web browser or use the following http://gamp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~ueda/gestos/

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1: Kate dugan; Mayela Salazar & Megan Blocker

                 R#2: Manuel Melo; Bridgett Sikes

                 R#3: Jaime Ornelas; Martha Perez

Second place: R#1: Kristen Murphy; Ivonne Salazar

                      R#2: Jonathan Eldred; Victor Heinriquez

                      R#3: Kendra Brown; Maria Flores

Third place:  R#1: Sally Marier; Heaven Hinton

                   R#2: xxxxxxxx; Breana Boileau

               R#3: Tuesday Clements; Allison Michaels

Essays

Essays on the topic “Why Should Students in the United States Learn Spanish? ” should be mailed to Professor Bell by March 20, 2009.  Essays will be judged on originality, creativity, organization, and grammar.  Essays must be original and in Spanish with teacher input strictly limited to collecting and mailing essays.   In terms of format, essays must show: (a)The student’s name, school and level of Spanish (I or II) in the upper left corner of each page.  (b) The title of the essay centered two single spaces or one double space below the info in the upper left-hand corner of the first page, and finally, (c) The body of the essay typed or printed, double-spaced, and not to exceed two pages. The first-place essay will be posted on the LAD09 home page.  To generate essays, we suggest that teachers may want to host an essay contest among their students.  This event is limited to two essays per school per level and will be judged at levels I and II.

LAD09 winners:

First place:  Claudia Sanchez; Coleen Smith

Second place:  Yesenia Martinez; Ivonne Salazar

Third place: Saharain Reyes; Mayela Salazar

Geography

This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 event will test the ability of students to locate and/or name major Latin American geographical features and landmarks such as inter-country regions, countries, capital cities, islands, rivers, mountains, lakes, major tourist attractions, etc. Participants will be given a map with fill-in-the-blank labels and/or a quiz, consisting of fill-in-the-blank sentences and/or matching columns. This event is limited to 3 participants per school per round and will be judged at Levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1: Jonathan Eldred; Joseph Sudowski

                 R#2: Allison Mayfield; Zachary Lane & Heaven Hinton

                 R#3: David Brewton & Kristen Murphy; Colleen Smith

Second place: R#1: Peter Wallace: Breanna Boileau

                      R#2: Faith Mincey; Will Moore

                      R#3: Twanesia Small; Kayleigh Sparks

Third place:  R#1: xxxxxxxx; Denis Smith

                   R#2: Claudia Sanchez; Ennis Cody

               R#3: xxxxxxxx; Alexa Fanny

Jeopardia:

This event will be conducted by Spanish majors, native speakers or heritage speakers at BPC and will be held after lunch in Gillis Gym.  It features a Jeopardy-style competition between teams representing each participating school.  Teams of three students will compete in answering questions in Spanish from five categories:  Hispanic Histoy, Hispanic Geography, Hispanic Culture, Hispanc Politics, Hispanic Food.  Teams can include a single native or heritage Hispanic speaking student, but this student cannot be the team's spokesperson, a position to be filled only by a non-native or non-heritage Hispanic speaker.  Teams will begin with 500 points and will select questions in Spanish ranging in difficulty from 20-point (relatively easy) to 100-point (relatively hard) questions.  Questions will be delivered in sealed envelopes to be opened when given permission by the Master of Ceremony.  If no team is able to answer a question within one (1) minute, a buzzer will sound and the next team will select another question.  Answers must be written in complete sentences and read by each team's designated spokesperson, and will be assessed not only in terms of accuracy, but also in terms of grammar, spelling and pronunciation.  For example, an accurate answer can earn from 20 to 100 points, depending upon its level of difficulty.  However, if an otherwise accurate answer contains a significant grammatical error, one quarter of its initial points will be forfited.  Likewise, if an otherwise accurate answer contains a significant pronunciation flaw, one quarter of its original points will be forfited.  In short, to earn and retain full point value, questions must be answered accurately and contain no significant grammatical or pronunciation errors.  In other words, an otherwise accurate answer could lose half its initial points, if it contains significant grammatical or pronunciation errors.  An incorrect answer will result in a reduction of however many points the question is worth from the team's initial 500 points, so team members must carefully consider each and every answer before hitting their answer buttons.  Two BPC Spanish faculty members, Dr. Ruth Ellen Porter, Chair of the Arts and Letters Division, and Dr. William Denni, Assistant Professor of Spanish, will judge team answers, and their decisions are final.  The event will continue until all questions are asked or for 30 minutes, whichever comes first.   Team members will go to the head of the lunch line so that they can meet with the Jeopardia MC at 12:15 to go over procedures and rules.

LAD09 winners:

First place:  Tattnall County HS: Coleen smith, Peter Wallace & Victor Heinriquez

Second place: Claxton HS:  Brittany Herndon, Kendra stewart & Francisco Salcedo

Third place: Bulloch Academy: Thomas Rich, David Pool & Kaylee Shepard

Listening comprehension:  This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 event will test the ability of participants to listen to a brief recordedl narration in Spanish, which will be played continuously during the round, concerning an everyday event in a typical student's life, such as going to school, playing a sport, hanging out with friends etc., and then write answers in Spanish to a series of questions in Spanish on the content of the narration.  This event is limited to three (3) participants per school per round and will be judged at levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1: Saharaim Reyes; KayLee Dennard & Alexa Fanny & Maria Flores

                 R#2: Maria Ramirez; Karina Estrada

                 R#3: Claudia Sanchez; Victor Heinriquez

Second place: R#1: Manuel Melo; Zac Lane

                      R#2: Jamie Ornelas; Estrella Vallin

                      R#3: Shawn Cartrette; James Wallen

Third place:  R#1: Andre Wright; Kayleigh Sparks

                   R#2: Brittany Chapman; Santan Santana

               R#3: Matt Conner; Kelcie Jacobs

Posters

The theme of this year's poster competition is "Hispanic Diversity". Original designs with Spanish titles and wording should be submitted on 2 x 3 foot, hard-backed, poster board by individuals, groups, classes or schools. The student's name and the name of his/her/their school must be written on the back of the poster. Posters will be judged by a committee of BPC’s Modern Arts faculty and Creative Art students. First, second and third-place winners will be given the opportunity to show their posters during the awards ceremony.  Posters are limited to three per school.

LAD09 winners:

First place:  Kayleigh sparks

Second place:  Rachel williams

Third place:  Ivonne y Mayela Salazar; Alejandro Castillo

Pronunciation:  This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 event will test the ability of students to correctly divide 10 Spanish words into sylables, underline the stressed sylable and then correclty pronounce the words.  This event is limited to three (3) participants per school per round and will be judged at Levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1:  Francisco Salcedo; Will Monroe

                 R#2:  Brittany Herndon; Tesia Stokes

                 R#3:  Sharesa Williams; Fernando Roriguez

Second place: R#1:  Yesina Martinez; Tonira Bacon

                      R#2:  John Harden; Perla Sanchez & Collen Smith

                      R#3:  Kristen Murphy; Felicia Woods

Third place:  R#1:  Brittany Chapman; Karina Estrada

                   R#2:  Maria Ramirez; Bridgett Sikes

               R#3:  Alejandro Castillo; David Lawrence

Reading comprehension: This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 event will test the ability of students to read a short passage in Spanish and then answer a list of questions drawn from the reading.  This event is limited to three (3) participants per school per round and will be judged at Levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1:  Shambre Byrd & D.J. McClain & Mark Kalgreen; Estrella Vallin

                 R#2:  Taylor Nelson & Rebeka White; Rachel Williams & Danielle Jenkins

                 R#3:  Brittany Deloach; Brandon Harton

Second place: R#1:  Tuesday Clements; Michelle Hardin

                      R#2:  Kara Weitman; Kelcie Jacobs

                      R#3:  Kendra Brown & Taylor Durrence & James Wallen; Allison Michaels &

                                                                                      Marlee Hagan

Third place:  R#1:  Brittany Herndon & yesina Martinez; Kayla Johnson & Carley Young

                   R#2:  Allison Mayfield & Chaley Stanfield; Becca Hathaway & Beka Lee &

                                                                   Lindsey Gunter

                   R#3:  kailey Hinton; Lexi Allen

Sciences:  This Round #1, Round #2 and Round #3 event is a competition in which students will identify items or equipment commonly found in science classrooms or labs, such as an aquarium (un acuario) or a skull (una calavera) by selecting the correct name from a multiple choice list in Spanish.   This event is limited to three (3) participants per school per round and will be judged at levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1: Jaime Ornelas; Karina Estrada & Victor Henriquez

                 R#2:  Britany Chapman; Martha Perez

                 R#3:  Tuesday Clements; xxxxxxx

Second place: R#1:  Saharaim Reyes; Maria Flores

                      R#2:  Jaired Wingfield & Andre wright; Joesph Sudowski

                      R#3:  xxxxxxxx; Chastity Lewis

Third place:  R#1:  Manuel Melo; Ivonne Salazar & Mayela Salazar & Brandon Harton

                   R#2:  Kate Duggan & Jonathan Eldred; Tabitha Thompson

               R#3:  Derondell Jenkins; xxxxxxxxxx

Ser, Estar or Tener

This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 competition will test the ability of students to correctly use the Spanish verbs “ser, estar y tener ”, all of which can mean "to be" in English, but are not interchangeable. . Participants will be given a quiz, consisting of fill-in-the-blank sentences in which they will have to choose, depending upon the context of each sentence, between the verbs “ser”, “estar” or "tener", as well as provide the correct tense and person of each verb. This event is limited to three (3) participants per school per round and will be judged at Levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1:  Kendra Stewart; Perla Sanchez

                 R#2:  Allison Mayfield; Cady Ennis

                 R#3:  Chaley Stanfield; Becca Hathaway

Second place: R#1:  Francisco Salcedo; Tiara Stokes

                      R#2:  Peter wallace; Lexi Allen

                      R#3:  Brittany herndon; Sage Clark

Third place:  R#1: Saharaim Reyes; Estrella Vallin

                   R#2:  Pinky Patel; Marlee Hagan

               R#3:  Taylor Durrence; Tonira Bacon

Spelling

This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 competition will test the ability of students to correctly spell an array of Spanish words, ranging from the routine (la música) to the not so routine (la rompecabeza). Participants will be tested verbally and in writing. This event is limited to three (3) participants per school per round and will be judged at Levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1: Matt Conner & Bridgett Sikes; Tonira Bacon

                 R#2: Tracie Adderton; Allison Michaels

                 R#3: Brandie Kight; xxxxxxxxx

Second place: R#1: Pinky Patel; Ivonne Salazar

                      R#2: Kendra Stewart; Lindsey Gunter

                      R#3: Rebecca White; Tesia Stokes

Third place:  R#1: Mark Kalgreen; Brenna Boileau & Danielle Jenkins

                   R#2: D. J. Mcclain; Kaylee Dennard

               R#3: Courtney Burnett; Taylor Nelson

Verb Conjugations:  This Round #1, Round#2 and Round#3 event will test the ability of students to correctly do written conjugations of common regular and irregular Spanish verbs in the present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, present perfect and past perfect indicative tenses.  This event is limited to three (3) participants per school per round and will be judged at Levels I and II.

LAD09 Winners: 

First place: R#1: Maria ramirez; Coleen smith

                 R#2: yesina Martinez; Lindsey Gunter

                 R#3: Courtney Burnette; Marlee Hagan

Second place: R#1: Sharesa Williams; Mayela Salazar

                      R#2: xxxxxxxx; Martha Perez

                      R#3: xxxxxxxx; xxxxxxxxx

Third place:  R#1: Kendra Stewart; Perla Sanchez

                   R#2: Sally Marie Futch; Felicia Woods

               R#3: Francisco Saucedo; David Pool