Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI – West Visayas
Division of Iloilo
BANCAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Barangay Bancal, Alimodian, Iloilo

To Whom It May Concern,

Bancal National High School spearheaded by the English Department will hold the Education
Month Celebration. The series of activities will be on December 7-16, 2022.

In this connection, we would like to inform you of the matrix of activities for the said
celebration.

Attached is the schedule of activities, rules, mechanics and criteria for each contest.

SAMANTHA ANGELA CALAWIGAN

President, English Club

Noted:

KIEV B. ALMIRA
English Department Coordinator

Approved:

GEORGE P. ROBLES, Ph. D.

Principal I
 EDUCATION MONTH 2024
Matrix of Activities

DATE ACTIVITY/IES REQUIRED TEACHER VENUE TIME

PARTICIPANTS FACILITATOR

3 student- Mrs. Ma. Bukas Palad 3:00 –

December 9,  SPEELING BEE participants per Llane Alli Teen Center 5:00 PM
2024 grade level

Monday

Mrs. Tanya Room 20 3:00 –

December 10,  ON-THE-SPOT ESSAY Grace 5:00 PM
2024 WRITING (English) 1 student- Pastrana
participant per
Tuesday section

1 student- Miss Lady Room 20 3:00 –

December 11,  ON-THE-SPOT POEM participant per Zarrah Darac 5:00 PM
2024 WRITING (ENGLISH) section

Wednesday

 CHARACTER Mrs. Christine Brgy. Bancal 8:00 –

December 13, IMPERSONATION 1 student- Joy Alegrado Gym 11:30 AM
2022 participant per
grade level
Friday

 SPEECH CHOIR 10-20 student- Mrs. Tanya

participants per Grace
grade level Pastrana

 LIP SYNCHRONIZATION 10-20 student- Miss Lady

participants per Zarrah Darac
grade level
 CONTESTS RULES, MECHANICS AND CRITERIA

 SCRABBLE

1. Each grade level will have 2 participants.

2. Players will roll the dice to see who plays first.
3. Each match will have 4 pairs of players.
4. Players initially draw 7 tiles each and place them on their rack.
5. The first players combine two or more letters to form a word and place it on the board to read either
across or down with one letter on the center square.
6. After placing a word, the player receives replacement letters, one for each letter played.
7. Following the first turn, players alternate.
8. Each plays a series of tiles forming a word and then draws new tiles. Always keep 7 tiles on the rack.
9. Players may only spell English words. Do not use abbreviations, acronyms, proper nouns or
inappropriate words.
10. Each of the blank tiles may be used as any letter. When playing a blank, player must state which letter
it represents. It remains that letter for the rest of the game.
11. To score, count the points on the tiles of the word (s) that the players spell.
12. The game ends when all of the letters of either in the player’s rack or on the board, and one player uses
his or her last letter.
13. The two players with the highest scores will advance to the next match. After the second match, player
with the highest score wins.

 SPELLING BEE CONTEST

1. Each grade level must have one (1) group for the Spelling Bee contest. Each group should be
composed of three (3) student-members. The student-members should be bona fide students of Bancal
National High School.

2. The Spelling Bee contest consists of three (3) rounds – easy, average and difficult, which will be
composed of 6 words per round. For each round, every correct answer shall be given five (5), ten (10)
and fifteen (15) points, respectively.

3. The groups will be given ten (10) seconds for the easy round, twenty (20) seconds for the average
round and thirty (30) seconds for the difficult round to answer the questions in Spelling Bee.

4. Answers must be written in the answer boards to be provided by the facilitators.

5. Questions/clarifications for the previous number should be raised before the Quiz Master proceeds to
the next words; otherwise, it will not be entertained.

6. A clincher question shall be given to break a tie, if there is any. The group with the highest accumulated
score will be declared champion.

7. Each group should register before the contest starts. Numbers will be assigned to the group-
participants.

SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR SPELLING BEE:

1. Groups shall come from each section.
2. The Quiz Master will read the mechanics of the quiz bee five (5) minutes before the contest proper.

3. Words to be spelled will be used in sentences. It will be read twice by the Quiz Master.

4. Answer must be written on the sheets provided by the facilitators.

 5. Group-contestants will be given 10 seconds for the easy, 20 seconds for average and 30 second for
difficult round to answer the question.

6. The point system will be 5, 10 and 15 for every correct answer in the easy, average and difficult round
respectively.

 ON-THE-SPOT ESSAY WRITING CONTEST (ENGLISH)

1. Each section should have 1 student-participant.

2. The participants should use English for his/her composition

3. The poem should be an original composition (copying a piece from internet or book is prohibited).

4. The facilitator will read the mechanics 15 minutes before the start of the contest.

5. The topic/theme will be given right after reading the mechanics for the category.

6. The poem must consist of 4 stanzas; four lines for each stanza

7. Profane or harsh language is no allowed

8. Participants will be given two (2) hours to write their entries.

9. The criteria for judging are the following:

Content 30%
Language 30%
Organization and Mechanics 30%
Overall Impact 10%
Total 100%

 ON-THE-SPOT POEM WRITING CONTEST (ENGLISH)

1. Each section should have 1student participant.

2. The facilitator will read the mechanics 15 minutes before the start of the contest.

3. The topic/theme will be given right after reading the mechanics for the category.

4. Participants will be given two (2) hours to write their entries.

5. The criteria for judging are the following:

Content (Relevance to theme, message) 30%

Originality 30%
Style and Organization 30%
Total 100%

 CHARACTER IMPERSONATION
1. Each grade level should have one (1) participant.

2. The participant shall portray characters from literary classics or any fictional or non-fictional characters
from literary pieces, may it be books or movies.

3. Costumes and props are required but participants are discouraged to rent costumes and props. They
are urged to create DIY costumes using any resources or materials available in the area or at home.
 4. The participant must provide three (3) copies of the script.

5. The participant’s performance should be 3-7 minutes.

6. Each participant should be responsible to provide a copy of his/her declamation piece at least one (1)
day before the contest.

7. The criteria for judging:

Characterization 30%
Mastery 20%
Facility of the English Language
(pronunciation, grammar, enunciation, stress 20%
Delivery (style, expression and
gestures, voice projection) 10%
Costume & Props 10%
Overall Impact 10%
Total 100%

 SPEECH CHOIR
1. Each grade level should have one group as representative.

2. This category is a group contest. Each group shall be comprised of ten to twenty (10-20)
members/representatives.

3. “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow shall be the piece and be performed with vocal and
other effects.

4. Group participants will be given three (3) to seven (7) minutes for their performance.

5. Reader’s theater strategy will be used in the performance.

6. Costume and props are allowed in the performance.

7. The criteria for judging:

Overall Interpretation (manner in

which the piece is internalized & presented) 30%
Delivery (quality, fluency, pronunciation,
blending & harmony) 30%
Stage Presence 15%
Costume & Sound Effects 15
Overall Impact 10%
Total 100%
 SELECTED LITERARY PIECE FOR
SPEECH CHOIR

A Psalm of Life
BY H E NRY W ADS W ORT H LONG FE LLOW

What The Heart Of The Young Man Said Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
To The Psalmist.
And our hearts, though stout and
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, brave,
Life is but an empty dream! Still, like muffled drums, are beating
For the soul is dead that slumbers, Funeral marches to the grave.
And things are not what they seem. In the world’s broad field of battle,

In the bivouac of Life,

Life is real! Life is earnest! Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
And the grave is not its goal; Be a hero in the strife!
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,

Was not spoken of the soul. Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!

Let the dead Past bury its dead!

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Act,— act in the living Present!
Is our destined end or way; Heart within, and God o’erhead!
But to act, that each to-morrow

Find us farther than to-day. Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

 And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time;

Footprints, that perhaps another,

Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,

Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing,

Learn to labor and to wait.