Teams:

Teams may consist of up to 6 students. All 6 students may participate in the skit. However, in the music, grammar, and head to head quiz stations, one student will be asked to sit out.

Students are allowed to "play up." For example, a Spanish 2 student may play for the Spanish 3 team. Students are not allowed to "play down." For example, a Spanish 3 student is not allowed to play on the Spanish 2 team.

Heritage Speakers:

In order to make the competition fair for schools that do not have heritage speakers, we wanted to establish some guidelines for the inclusion of heritage speakers in the competition.

Because the term “heritage speaker” can be used to describe students with a wide spectrum of language skills, heritage speakers are not necessarily banned from competition. Decisions will be left up to the individual teacher. Here are some guidelines to help teachers decide whether or not to include their heritage speakers on their team.

• The student must be legitimately enrolled in the Spanish class for the level that they are competing. 
• If the heritage speaker has a lot higher proficiency than their peers and most students at their level, we would ask the teacher to not include them on the team.
• If there is a tough situation and the teacher would still like to bring a high proficiency heritage speaker, they could be the 6th teammate and participate in the skit, but sit out on the head to head, music, and grammar stations.

Stations/Activities:

• Station 1 (25 pts.): Skit/Sing Along (prep beforehand)

• Station 2 (20 pts.): Head to head to head quiz (culture, geography, current events)

• Station 3 (25 pts.): Music (identify genres, cloze listening activity)

• Station 4 (25 pts.): Storytelling: write a story related to the theme given by judge

• Station 5: Tour of Central College

Spanish 3, 4: Skit

Each Spanish 3, and 4 group will prepare a 2 minute skit. This year's theme for the skit is “Leyenda/Cuento de Hadas." The Legend/Fairy Tale can be from the Spanish or English speaking world. It may be easier to incorporate the cultural aspect if a Spanish speaking Legend/Fairy Tale were used. Each team should prepare and practice a 2 minute Leyenda/Cuento de Hadas before arriving. Each group should also bring 2 printed copies of the script to give to the judges. Props and costumes are not allowed. After much debate and asking for the opinions of the teachers and participants, we feel that this forces students to focus on the language. Students may pantomime items. If a team uses props, they will receive a 5 point penalty.

Skits will be judged according to the following rubric:

Head to Head Quiz

Students will compete in a head to head quiz against other students of the same level. A powerpoint slide with a question in Spanish will be projected and read for 1 pt. each. It will be related to Cultura (La Comida, La Literatura, El Arte, Los Deportes, Las Celebraciones), Geografía (Banderas, Capitales, Moneda Nacional), Noticias, La Historia, La Gente (Hispanohablantes Famosos, Grupos Indígenas) and El Idioma. Students will try to be the first to buzz in and correctly answer the question.

Las Reglas:

1. Students must press the buzzer to answer questions.

2. The first student to press the buzzer will be recognized by the Reader and asked to give the answer. The student must give their answer immediately.

3. The students on each team may not discuss the questions with each other before or after pressing the buzzer.

4. Students have 5 seconds to press the buzzer to answer the question after it is read. If no one presses the buzzer within the 5 second time limit, the Reader will give the answer and move on to the next question.

5. If a student gives an incorrect answer to a question, the Reader will inform the student that the answer is not correct. Then the other team may attempt to answer the question by pressing the buzzer. If the other team gives an incorrect answer, the Reader will give the correct answer and move on to the next question.

6. Students may buzz in while the question is still being read. If the answer is incorrect, the question will be re-read in its entirety before starting the 5 second countdown.

7. Each team and each individual will be awarded 1 point for each correct answer. There will be no penalties for incorrect answers.

8. All decisions of the Reader are final.