Speech Competition 2019 | Micaela & Mele

LI: To choose a favourite speech or poem finalists.

This week we had our first annual Speech/Poem Competitions for 2019. There were 12 lucky contestants ( including me)  from year 1 to year 8. The yr 1 to 3 had done a recital ( aka poem ). To judge the contestants was a special guest who came all the way from Tamaki College, Mr Stevenson.

 My favourite poem out of the juniors ( yr 1 - 3 ) was my sister, Micaela. Her poem was called
"Humpty Dumpty". I chose her because she had just started the school this year and for a 5 year old she was pretty confident and spoke very loud. I was very proud of her for coming 3rd out of all the juniors who had been chosen.

For the seniors we had done speeches. My favourites contestant out of the seniors was Mele, her speech was about the Ihumatao protesting and why we should support them because what if that happened to you. Mele had done a great job and added a lot of emphasis and gravitas with her speech. Mele had came 1st place out of the year 7 to 8.

Haiku Poem

LI: To identify the purpose of poems.

This week we have been making our poems. We had to choose what kind of poem we were going to do. There were 4 poems we could choose from. They were: Haiku, Diamante, Limerick and Cinquain. The Poem I had done was a Haiku. We had to create the poem based on an emotion. My emotion was fear.

What is a Haiku Poem?
A Haiku Poem is a Japanese Poetry. Traditionally Haiku's are mostly about seasons ( But you can do anything). In A Haiku Poem there is three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, second line had 7 syllables and the last sentence ends the poem with 5 syllables.