Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest 2014
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Date | 29 August, 2014 |
| Location | Ōdate, Bunka Kaikan |
| No. of participants | 88 |
| Speech winner | |
| Title | Discovering My Dream |
| Gender | M |
| Grade | 3 |
| School | Yatate |
| ALT | Brian Lafever |
| JTE | Makiko Honda |
| Recitation winner | |
| Title | The Mountain that Loved a Bird |
| Gender | F |
| Grade | 3 |
| School | Ōdate Minami |
| ALT | Pierrot Fillion |
| JTE | Manami Iwaya |
| ← 2013 | 2015 → |
The 2014 Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation & Speech Contest (第４６回大館北秋田中学校英語暗唱弁論大会) was held on Friday 29th August at Bunka Kaikan (大館市文化会館) in Ōdate. 88 students took part in the competition, performing a total of 66 speeches and recitations. This year was the 46th annual competition.
Program
| 8:30 ~ | Reception |
| 8:50 ~ | Opening Ceremony |
| 9:10 ~ | Recitations (2nd grade) |
| 10:45 ~ | Recitations (3rd grade) |
| 12:15 ~ | Lunch |
| 13:15 ~ | 1st grade skits |
| 14:00 ~ | Speeches |
| 16:00 ~ | Judging |
| 16:30 ~ | Closing ceremony (awards) |
| 16:50 | End |
Judges
- Mr. Toshihito Kataoka (片岡 俊仁 先生) - 秋田県立十和田高等学校教頭（兼）教育専門監
- Ms. Yuka Kannari (神成 由佳 先生) - 秋田県立大館桂高等学校 教諭
- Mr. Andrew May - 秋田県立大館鳳鳴高等学校 ALT
Results
The top award is the Most excellent award. This award is given to 2 students, one for the speech and one for recitation. Other students who were impressive are given an Excellent award, and all other students who partake in the competition are awarded a Very good. All students received a certificate.
2nd Grade Recitations
| # | School | Gender | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinai | F | Maria Talks about Her Life | |
| 2 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | F | Limelight | Excellent |
| 3 | Seishō | F | Maria Talks about Her Life | |
| 4 | Yatate | F | Echo | |
| 5 | Hanaoka | M | Visas for 6,000 Lives | |
| 6 | Tashiro | M | Red Demon and Blue Demon | Excellent |
| 7 | Ōdate Minami | F | Clancy | Excellent |
| 8 | Aikawa | F | After Twenty Years | |
| 9 | Takanosu | F | Try to Be the Only One | |
| 10 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | M | I'll Always Love You | Excellent |
| 11 | Yatate | F | Zorba's Promise | Excellent |
| 12 | Takanosu Minami | F | Echo | |
| 13 | Shimokawazoi | M | I Have a Dream | |
| 14 | Ani | M | A Magic Box | Excellent |
| 15 | Kokusai Jōhō | M | Something for Joey | |
| 16 | Moriyoshi | M | Can Anyone Hear Me? | |
| 17 | Hanaoka | M | Try to Be the Only One | |
| 18 | Takanosu | F | Christmas Presents | Excellent |
| 19 | Ōdate Dai Ni | M | I'll Always Love You | Excellent |
3rd Grade Recitations
| # | School | Gender | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moriyoshi | F | Miss Evans on the Titanic | |
| 2 | Seishō | F | The Spider's Thread | |
| 3 | Aikawa | F | The Diary of Anne Frank | Excellent |
| 4 | Ōdate Higashi | F | An Artist in the Arctic | |
| 5 | Ani | M | Miss Evans on the Titanic | |
| 6 | Ōdate Dai Ni | M | Love is Action | Excellent |
| 7 | Tashiro | F | After Twenty Years | Excellent |
| 8 | Hanaoka | M | I Have a Dream | |
| 9 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | F | Miss Evans on the Titanic | Excellent |
| 10 | Takanosu Minami | F | A Mother's Lullaby | |
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| 12 | Aikawa | M | A Message from the Sea Ice | |
| 13 | Ani | F | Love is Action | |
| 14 | Ōdate Dai Ni | F | Miss Evans on the Titanic | Excellent |
| 15 | Kokusai Jōhō | F | The First English Teacher in Japan | Excellent |
| 16 | Ōdate Minami | F | The Mountain that Loved a Bird | Most excellent |
| 17 | Ōdate Dai Ichi | F | Changing the World | Excellent |
| 18 | Takanosu | F | Miss Evans on the Titanic |
1st Grade Skits & Recitations
| # | School | Gender | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ōdate Dai Ni | F, F, F, F | Welcome to Odate | |
| 2 | Ani | M, F, F, F | The Three Little Pigs - The Wolf's Story - | Excellent |
| 3 | Ōdate Minami | M, F, F | Hachi, Kiritampo, Amekko - We love Minami school district and Odate | Excellent |
| 4 | Hanaoka | M, M, F, F, F | Smile! Smile! Smile! | Excellent |
| 5 | Ōdate Higashi | M, M, M, M, M, M | Adventure on Everest | |
| 6 | Aikawa | M, M, M, M, F, F | Tom Has to Work on Saturday | |
| 7 | Ōdate Higashi | F | The Fall of Freddie the Leaf | Excellent |
Speeches
| # | School | Grade | Gender | Speech Title | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinai | 1 | F | What is English to you? | |
| 2 | Kamikoani | 1 | F | My Grandparents | |
| 3 | Kokusai Jōhō | 1 | M | I am KENSHIN! | Excellent |
| 4 | Ōdate Minami | 3 | F | My Dream, My Future | Excellent |
| 5 | Hanaoka | 3 | M | American Pop Music with Me | |
| 6 | Kamikoani | 3 | F | Music and I | |
| 7 | Kokusai Jōhō | 3 | M | My summer memory | |
| 8 | Seishō | 2 | F | I want to be a teacher of English | |
| 9 | Yatate | 3 | M | Discovering My Dream | Most excellent |
| 10 | Ōdate Higashi | 2 | F | For All Leaders - Hardships can be chances | Excellent |
| 11 | Takanosu | 3 | M | You can change | |
| 12 | Aikawa | 2 | F | English as a Tool | |
| 13 | Kamikoani | 3 | F | Basketball Story | |
| 14 | Kokusai Jōhō | 2 | F | The Power of Music | Excellent |
| 15 | Ōdate Minami | 3 | F | A Life Free From War | Excellent |
| 16 | Hanaoka | 3 | F | My Hometown | |
| 17 | Hinai | 3 | M | Because My Name is Tom | |
| 18 | Takanosu | 2 | F | With courage | |
| 19 | Ani | 2 | M | Pandora's Box | |
| 20 | Takanosu Minami | 3 | F | Why do We Learn English? | |
| 21 | Aikawa | 2 | F | My Granmother's Lesson | Excellent |
| 22 | Kamikoani | 2 | F | Baseball Girl | Excellent |
| 23 | Kokusai Jōhō | 2 | F | What I learned from "Dead Poets Society" |
ALTs
| School | E | ME | ALT | Students | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamikoani | 1 | Owen Cunningham | 4 | ||
| Takanosu | 1 | Rebecca Chen | 5 | ||
| Takanosu Minami | Domonique Owens | 3 | |||
| Moriyoshi | Russel Morris | 2 | |||
| Ani | 2 | Sean Corrigan | 8 | ||
| Aikawa | 2 | Maeleen Arce | 11 | ||
| Ōdate Dai Ichi | 4 | Brian Lafever | 4 | 7 | |
| Yatate | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ōdate Dai Ni | 3 | Pierrot Fillion | 7 | 16 | |
| Ōdate Minami | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Tashiro | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ōdate Higashi | 2 | Carey Bibb | 9 | 19 | |
| Hanaoka | 1 | 10 | |||
| Hinai | Michelle Berent | 3 | 7 | ||
| Shimokawazoi | 1 | ||||
| Seishō | 3 | ||||
| Kokusai Jōhō | 3 | Josiah Lee | 6 | ||
| Total | 26 | 2 | 11 | 88 | |
See also
- JHS Prefectural Speech Contest.
- Ōdate Kitaakita JHS Recitation and Speech Contest.
- Junior high school speech contest.
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