Book Selling Competition – Tai Tokerau Literacy Association
Fri 28th Jul 2017
- Time: 4.30pm
- Venue: Clark Road Chapel
- Member: $10
- Non Members: $20
Why should you consider being involved in this;
- A real focus on making a book review come to life
- Oral language skills, expression, persuasiveness – a great alternative to a speech competition.
- Research and planning
- Selling books to peers, confidence
- A love of literature
Competition Outline
| Year Group | Intro & Conclusion | Book Reading | Total Time |
| Year 4 | 1min to cover both | 1 min | 2 min |
| Year 5-6 | 1.5 min to cover both | 2 min | 3.5 min |
| Year 7&8 | 2 min to cover both | 3 min | 5 min |
Checklist of what is required through reading:
| Introduction | Introduce your book and author
Give a brief introduction about the book and passage they have chosen (characters, setting, what the story is about story plot) |
Timeline
Ø Information sent out to schools mid term 2 for consideration and planning purposes. Ø Introduce aspects of competition into literacy programmes Ø Run in school competitions Ø Top 2 go through to competition finals Ø Competition finals in week of International Literacy Day Fri 8th September Ø Prizes awarded to top 3 in each category |
| Middle | Have a chosen passage
Read with passion and conviction, choosing a part that has action, emotion, something that hooks your audience |
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| End | Give a brief conclusion and summary about the story, question the audience
Get people thinking what could happen (without giving away the ending) |
Things to consider
- Choose a book that you are familiar with and have enjoyed
- Choose a passage with few characters in, so you won’t need to change your voice for each character
- Make sure you don’t leave the audience confused about you story
- In your conclusion do you have thought provoking questions to hook in the audience
- Practice Practice Practice ! so that you are confident in reading with expression
What the judges are looking for:
- Clear voice, words pronounced correctly
- Reading with expression and gestures
- Eye contact (audience as well as judges)
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