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 |
| Student | Shintaro Kobayashi |
| Gender | M |
| Grade | 3 |
| School | Yatate |
| ALT | Brian Lafever |
| JTE | Makiko Honda |
| Recitation winner | |
| Title | The Mountain that Loved a Bird |
| Student | Yui Hiraizumi |
| 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
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yume Yoshiwara | F | Hinai | Maria Talks about Her Life | |
| 2 | Mio Abe | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | Limelight | Excellent |
| 3 | Chino Watanebe | F | Seishō | Maria Talks about Her Life | |
| 4 | Miyu Sasajima | F | Yatate | Echo | |
| 5 | Ryutaro Namioka | M | Hanaoka | Visas for 6,000 Lives | |
| 6 | Itsuki Kudo | M | Tashiro | Red Demon and Blue Demon | Excellent |
| 7 | Seina Sato | F | Ōdate Minami | Clancy | Excellent |
| 8 | Mayu Kudo | F | Aikawa | After Twenty Years | |
| 9 | Miyu Sakuraba | F | Takanosu | Try to Be the Only One | |
| 10 | Yudai Ishikawa | M | Ōdate Dai Ichi | I'll Always Love You | Excellent |
| 11 | Ren Kimura | F | Yatate | Zorba's Promise | Excellent |
| 12 | Hina Fujishima | F | Takanosu Minami | Echo | |
| 13 | Yuta Kobayashi | M | Shimokawazoi | I Have a Dream | |
| 14 | Komei Suzuki | M | Ani | A Magic Box | Excellent |
| 15 | Yuki Mimasa | M | Kokusai Jōhō | Something for Joey | |
| 16 | Tomomichi Oriyama | M | Moriyoshi | Can Anyone Hear Me? | |
| 17 | Kento Fujimori | M | Hanaoka | Try to Be the Only One | |
| 18 | Kana Nakajima | F | Takanosu | Christmas Presents | Excellent |
| 19 | Kohei Ito | M | Ōdate Dai Ni | I'll Always Love You | Excellent |
3rd Grade Recitations
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanako Kishino | F | Moriyoshi | Miss Evans on the Titanic | |
| 2 | Miki Miura | F | Seishō | The Spider's Thread | |
| 3 | Rino Takahashi | F | Aikawa | The Diary of Anne Frank | Excellent |
| 4 | Hinako Okuro | F | Ōdate Higashi | An Artist in the Arctic | |
| 5 | Noa Kikuchi | M | Ani | Miss Evans on the Titanic | |
| 6 | Yuki Sugawara | M | Ōdate Dai Ni | Love is Action | Excellent |
| 7 | Muzuki Kataoka | F | Tashiro | After Twenty Years | Excellent |
| 8 | Shinya Hatazawa | M | Hanaoka | I Have a Dream | |
| 9 | Miyabi Terasawa | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | Miss Evans on the Titanic | Excellent |
| 10 | Natsuki Hatakeyama | F | Takanosu Minami | A Mother's Lullaby | |
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| 12 | Ryuya Yoshida | M | Aikawa | A Message from the Sea Ice | |
| 13 | Junna Matsuhashi | F | Ani | Love is Action | |
| 14 | Yuri Tsushima | F | Ōdate Dai Ni | Miss Evans on the Titanic | Excellent |
| 15 | Hinata Tsushima | F | Kokusai Jōhō | The First English Teacher in Japan | Excellent |
| 16 | Yui Hiraizumi | F | Ōdate Minami | The Mountain that Loved a Bird | Most excellent |
| 17 | Shiho Takada | F | Ōdate Dai Ichi | Changing the World | Excellent |
| 18 | Sachiho Tsuya | F | Takanosu | Miss Evans on the Titanic |
1st Grade Skits & Recitations
| # | Students | Gender | School | Recitation | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kano Kondo Rino Nunoya Honoka Sugo Nana Wakamatsu |
F F F F |
Ōdate Dai Ni | Welcome to Odate | |
| 2 | Kohei Oda Mei Kagaya Anna Suzuki Aika Yanagiya |
M F F F |
Ani | The Three Little Pigs - The Wolf's Story - | Excellent |
| 3 | Hoin Takeda Maki Arakawa Yuna Ito |
M F F |
Ōdate Minami | Hachi, Kiritampo, Amekko - We love Minami school district and Odate | Excellent |
| 4 | Tsubasa Ito Shona Kimura Kazuki Sugawara Ayane Narita Mizuki Miura |
M M F F F |
Hanaoka | Smile! Smile! Smile! | Excellent |
| 5 | Takumi Fujita Rin Tayama Seiya Hikage Yuji Koshiyama Yuya Namioka Shun Yamamoto |
M M M M M M |
Ōdate Higashi | Adventure on Everest | |
| 6 | Shu Sato Takuma Sugibuchi Yuki Tonozuka Hideto Matsuhashi Midori Kudo Mihiro Saito |
M M M M F F |
Aikawa | Tom Has to Work on Saturday | |
| 7 | Hanano Fukuoka | F | Ōdate Higashi | The Fall of Freddie the Leaf | Excellent |
Speeches
| # | Student | Grade | Gender | School | Speech Title | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reina Chiba | 1 | F | Hinai | What is English to you? | |
| 2 | Nana Irie | 1 | F | Kamikoani | My Grandparents | |
| 3 | Kenshin Yanagidate | 1 | M | Kokusai Jōhō | I am KENSHIN! | Excellent |
| 4 | Haruna Abukawa | 3 | F | Ōdate Minami | My Dream, My Future | Excellent |
| 5 | Ryutaro Fujigaki | 3 | M | Hanaoka | American Pop Music with Me | |
| 6 | Miru Shimizu | 3 | F | Kamikoani | Music and I | |
| 7 | Takara Kawaguchi | 3 | M | Kokusai Jōhō | My summer memory | |
| 8 | Ai Sato | 2 | F | Seishō | I want to be a teacher of English | |
| 9 | Shintaro Kobayashi | 3 | M | Yatate | Discovering My Dream | Most excellent |
| 10 | Chisato Narita | 2 | F | Ōdate Higashi | For All Leaders - Hardships can be chances | Excellent |
| 11 | Ryo Nagasaki | 3 | M | Takanosu | You can change | |
| 12 | Nozomi Ito | 2 | F | Aikawa | English as a Tool | |
| 13 | Hideyo Murata | 3 | F | Kamikoani | Basketball Story | |
| 14 | Runa Abe | 2 | F | Kokusai Jōhō | The Power of Music | Excellent |
| 15 | Konomi Kondo | 3 | F | Ōdate Minami | A Life Free From War | Excellent |
| 16 | Nichika Sugawara | 3 | F | Hanaoka | My Hometown | |
| 17 | Tomu Tahata | 3 | M | Hinai | Because My Name is Tom | |
| 18 | Yui Shimizu | 2 | F | Takanosu | With courage | |
| 19 | Yuto Ono | 2 | M | Ani | Pandora's Box | |
| 20 | June Sato | 3 | F | Takanosu Minami | Why do We Learn English? | |
| 21 | Mai Sawafuji | 2 | F | Aikawa | My Granmother's Lesson | Excellent |
| 22 | Akino Nagai | 2 | F | Kamikoani | Baseball Girl | Excellent |
| 23 | Hiyori Saito | 2 | F | Kokusai Jōhō | 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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