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Star of the Sea Catholic School
Speech Arts Festival 2014 ~ Grade 4
Our grade 4 class this year must present a Bible reading, picture book story and a poem,
which they will practice in class and learn the proper pacing and reading style for these
categories.
Picture Book Read Aloud:
Students will choose a picture book to read aloud to the class. It can be an old favourite, or
something new they liked. This will showcase their oral fluency as well as crowd engagement
through changes in voice and expression.
Bible Reading:
Students will receive the bible reading selections in advance in order to practice both at home
and at school. During the class presentations, I will choose one of the readings for them to
read aloud to the class.
Poetry Recital
Poems must be recited from memory, with no props or costumes, and minimal gestures where
appropriate. Poems must be a minimum of one minute and a maximum of three minutes. The
selection must be poetry, not prose, and must be approved by the teacher no later than
February 1st. If the published work is longer than the time indicated above, the stanzas may
be omitted and marked as such on the adjudicator’s copy. The published work, or photocopy
of the piece must be presented at the time of presentation. If it is a copy then it must be
properly referenced (book, publisher, date, page, etc.) This is the same for Internet poems.
*Our in class poetry recital will be March 3rd, so the poems must be memorized by then*
Group Performance:
Both grade 4 classes will be performing a group piece on March 7th for our in school group
speech arts festival. All parents are encouraged to come watch.
Fractured Fairytale Plays:
Performance is March 14th at 1pm, and all parents are welcome to watch our students put on
3 Fractured Fairy Tale Plays which they have self directed, outfitted and practiced.
Optional: (if your child wants to compete in the Regional Speech Arts Competition)
Narrative/Story Telling
The maximum time allowed is 3-5 minutes. Students must submit an original story and tell it to
the audience, not read it, using dramatic expression.
** Please note, that many of the students wrote a Fractured Fairly Tale in class and are
welcome to use this story if they choose to learn and re-tell.
Character Recitation
The purpose of this category is to encourage children to read good literature. This will be an
oral recitation and may include props or costumes. Dramatic expression is encouraged. The
time allowed is 3-5 minutes. Select a scene from a novel, famous speech, or play monologue.
Recite the selection as the main character, and use the original text. Minimal re-writing is
permitted to help set the scene or to incorporate dialogue with another character. Participants
could be introduced by someone else to enable the participant to remain in character for the
performance. The published work must be available to the teacher.
Persuasive Speech
The time allowed for the speech is 3-5 minutes. The speech may be on any topic of interest to
the student and must be an original composition. Students may use cue cards only (recipe
size) and a podium, if desired. Cue cards are to contain only the main ideas, not the whole
speech. Students may not read from their cue cards, they are for reference only. This speech
must be persuasive, and not tell a story.
Sincerely,
Mrs D’Mello