RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR GERMAN DAY, MARCH 2, 2005
To ensure an overall pleasant German Day, teachers are reminded that any coaching from the sidelines will disqualify their students. Please refrain from interfering in judges' decisions. Judges' decisions are final!
Activites:
Poetry/Declamation Contest (three levels)
Song Contest (all levels)
Skit Contest (two levels)
Poster Contest (all levels);
T-shirt contest (all levels),
"Einstein Bowle" (two levels).
SPELLING BEE (open to students in Levels I and II only)
Contact: Beverly Moser, moserba@appstate.edu
Rules:
Words (primarily nouns and verbs) will be selected from the main words (not related words) from the 1000 Vis-Ed vocabulary cards. These flash cards (ISBN: 1-55637-006-7) are available in many bookstores or from Visual Education Association, 581 W. Leffel Lane, PO Box 1666, Springfield, OH 45501. We will take care to select high-use words so that teachers don't need to buy the flashcards to prepare .
Words will be spelled using ENGLISH spelling; this allows the serious student who is less comfortable with German pronunciation to excel and minimizes the chance that strong but nervous spellers disqualify themselves by miscuing on competing vowels in English and German ("e", "i" "a", etc.).
Format:
VERB BEE (open to students in Levels III, IV and above)
Contact: Beverly Moser, moserba@appstate.edu
Rules:
Verbs will be selected from the reference work 501 German Verbs and will therefore include regular (weak) verbs, irregular (strong) verbs, and irregular weak verbs and their derivatives. Therefore, students should be familiar with separable and inseparable prefixes so they can respond to verbs which are not expressly listed in the verb book (ex: abreisen from verb reisen). We will in general select high-use verbs.
Format:
Contact: Brigitte Woloszyn, bwoloszy@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
Guidelines:
Poetry L. 1 HERMANN HESSE: Schmetterling
Flügelt ein kleiner
blauer
Falter vom Wind
geweht,
Ein perlmutterner
Schauer,
Glitzert, flimmert,
vergeht.
So mit
Augenblicksblinken,
So im Vorüberwehn
Sah ich das Glück
mir winken,
Glitzern, flimmern,
vergehn.
Poetry L.2 WILHELM BUSCH: Es sitzt ein Vogel auf
dem Leim
Es sitzt ein Vogel
auf dem Leim,
Er flattert sehr und
kann nicht heim.
Ein schwarzer Kater
schleicht herzu,
Die Krallen scharf,
die Augen gluh.
Am Baum hinauf und
immer höher
Kommt er dem armen
Vogel näher.
Der Vogel denkt:
Weil das so ist
Und weil mich doch der
Kater frisst,
So will ich keine
Zeit verlieren,
Will noch ein wenig
quinquilieren
Und lustig pfeifen
wie zuvor.
Der Vogel, scheint
mir, hat Humor.
Poetry L.3 CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN: Der Hahn
Zu Basel warf einst
einen Hahn
der hohe Magistrat
ins Loch,
dieweil er eine Tat
getan,
die nach des Teufels
Küche roch.
Er hatte, wider die
Natur,
ein Ei gelegt, - dem
Herrn zum Trotz!
Doch nicht genug des
Frevels nur, -
er schien auch
reulos wie ein Klotz.
So ward er vor
Gericht gestellt,
verhört, gefoltert
und verdammt,
und Rechtens dann,
vor aller Welt,
ein Holzstoß unter
ihm entflammt.
Der Hahn schrie
kläglich Kikeriki,
der Basler Volk sang
laut im Kreis.
Doch plötzlich rief
wer: "Auf die Knie!
Gottlob! jetzt
schrie er - Kyrieleis!"
Contact: Anita Campitelli, jadams4@triad.rr.com
Guidelines:
No props, no instruments, no sound systems!
Contact Karin Baumgartner, baumgartner@uncg.edu
Guidelines:
Students may bring "portable" props, set up time will be 3 minutes, no exceptions.
Contact: Karin Baumgartner, baumgartner@uncg.edu
Guidelines:
Classes are asked to design posters on the theme of "Verdeutsch
dich!". Students should bring their poster submissions to German Day,
where they will be on display in a designated area. All participating teachers
and judges will be asked to cast a vote for their favorite poster, and the
winners (first, second, and third place) will be announced at the awards
ceremony.
Contact: Karin Baumgartner, baumgartner@uncg.edu
Classes are asked to submit logos, which illustrate the theme "Verdeutsch dich! " The design should include the words "German Day 2005", which can be incorporated into the design or appear somewhere outside of it. Deadline for submission is February 5, 2005. We will scan the entries and the NC/AATG board will vote on the t-shirts electronically. Please remind your students that they should use just one color (black) in their drawings and that intricate details usually cannot be reproduced. If you are good with a scanner, please consider sending me the t-shirt logos electronically (Baumgartner@uncg.edu). We cannot consider late submissions. You will be able to preview the winning logo on the NC/AATG website. T-shirts bearing the chosen logo will be for sale on German Day for $ 8.00 (red and yellow) and $ 9.00 (black) per person. Due to logistics, t-shirts must be pre-ordered by February 18, 2005 (mail, e-mail, or phone to: Karin Baumgartner, Department of German, Russian, and Japanese, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402; fax to 336-334-5885). The artist of the winning logo will be recognized at the awards ceremony.
Contact: Scott Denham (scdenham@davidson.edu)
Please note that each teacher is asked to contribute 25 questions to the "Einstein Bowle." Categories are History, Culture, Famous People, Geography, and "Wildcard." Please send your entries to Scott Denham, Dept of German & Russian, Box 6932, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28035. Phone: 704.894.2855; Fax: 704.894.2782. The deadline for submission is February 11, 2005. Earlier submission appreciated!
Guidelines:
1. The competition will have two levels, German I and II students, and a "Kluge Koepfe."
2. Each school may enter two teams, each consisting of three students. No member of a teacher's household, exchange student, or German national may be a team member.
3. A requirement for school participation is the submission of twenty-five questions on history, culture, geography, famous individuals, and a wild-card category on any topic such as sports, customs, literature, companies, expressions, etc. At least four of the questions should be more difficult and maybe in German. The other questions shall be fairly easy and written in English (containing, if necessary, German words, expressions, names, etc., of course). All questions must be proof-read by the participating school's instructor(s) and checked for accuracy.
4. Each competition begins with a "Vorrunde" that includes all teams. 10 questions shall be asked, and, after hearing each question, the members of each team consult (twenty seconds maximum) and then write down their answers on a sheet of paper. The 10 answers are then scored by a moderator's team and the results are announced. Then ten more questions are asked, two of which shall be bonus questions. The answer to a bonus question will be worth two points, but an incorrect answer will result in the loss of only one point. A team may therefore elect not to try to answer a bonus question.
5. The two top teams in each category then play a final round. If three teams are very close (and there is a significant difference in results between them and the other teams), three teams may take place in the final round. If there is a tie, "sudden death" questions are asked to determine the final two (or three) teams.
6. In the final round, the two (or three) teams will answer orally, one after the other, and may request bonus questions. The first team to the highest score after fifteen minutes is the Sieger! If the score is tied, "sudden death" questions will be asked to determine the winner of the "Alles ist Wurst" trophy.