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Spelling Bee Mechanics

The document outlines the guidelines and procedures for a spelling bee competition. It details the schedule, conduct expectations, elimination round process involving easy, average and difficult word levels, and final round procedures where participants orally spell words. The elimination round reduces participants to the top ten who proceed to the final round involving individual oral spelling until a single champion is determined.

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Spelling Bee Mechanics

The document outlines the guidelines and procedures for a spelling bee competition. It details the schedule, conduct expectations, elimination round process involving easy, average and difficult word levels, and final round procedures where participants orally spell words. The elimination round reduces participants to the top ten who proceed to the final round involving individual oral spelling until a single champion is determined.

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Guidelines and Mechanics of the 1st Informatics Nutrition Month Spelling Bee Competition

Spelling Bee Mechanics


Call time: 8:30 a.m.
Venue: Room K
Contest Proper: 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Registration

 All contestants have to be in the designated venue on and before 9:00 a.m. The
competition will start right after.
Conduct Code

 The participants and spectators are expected to display politeness, courteousness,


patience, respect towards others, honesty and good sportsmanship during the Spelling
Bee competition.
Spelling Bee Procedure
There are two (2) phases of the Spelling Bee Competition: Elimination Round and Final Round.
I. Elimination Round
1. Participants will be provided with pentel pens and writing sheets during this phase. The
monitor will collect the writing sheets after the Arbitrator checks the spelling of every contestant.
2.There will be three sub rounds: easy, average and difficult.
3. An audio file (composed of 10 audio words file) will be played for each sub rounds.
4. Countdown will start after the word has been pronounced the second time.
5. Contestants will be given a maximum of 20 seconds to simultaneously write the word on
the writing sheet provided.
6. Should a participant wish to change the spelling that he/she has written down, the first
one should be fully erased and the new and final spelling, be written clearly and properly. A
participant is allowed to change his/her answer within the time allotted for a particular word.
7. Those who spelled seven (7) to ten (10) words correctly will continue in the Bee, while
those who correctly spelled only six (6) words and below will be eliminated from the round.
II. Final Round
1. When participants are reduced to ten (10), participants will not be allowed to write the
word upon spelling it but he/she has to spell it orally. Every round, each contestant will
pick up his/her own word to be spelled among the rolled papers provided and give it to
the Bee Master
2. The Bee Master will pronounce the word, identify the part of speech and use it in a
sentence or use it in a sentence.
3. The contestant, in 30 second time, will then pronounce the word, spell the word, and
pronounce the word again.
4. The Head Judge will have the responsibility for stopping the student if he/she fails to
pronounce the word.
5. The participant must:
 Pronounce the word before the spelling
 Look at the Bee Master when spelling the word
 Pronounce the word again after the word is spelled
 Speak clearly and loudly
6. If the student still begins to spell without pronouncing the word, he/she will be
disqualified from the contest.
7. The participant shall have 10 seconds from the time he/she pronounces the word until
he/she must begin spelling the word.
8. Once the participant begins spelling the word, he/she will have 20 seconds remaining
time to complete the spelling of the word.
9. Having started to spell a word, a student may stop and start over, retracing the spelling
from the beginning. However, in the retracing, there can be no change of letters and their
sequence from those first pronounced. If any letter and/or their sequence are changed in
the respelling, the speller will be disqualified.
10. When a participant misspells a word, he/she immediately drops out of the contest. The
pattern will continue until one of the contestants is declared the champion.
Caution

 No talking will be allowed among participants or between participants and the members
of the audience.
 If a participant receives assistance from anyone in the audience, he/she will be
disqualified.
 The audience is also requested to remain seated until a break is offered in order to avoid
confusion for the participant.

Prepared by: Dandrev J. Ausa

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