I have not looked back on a lot of those "old" posts for a long time; they really do contain a lot of words that were used at the Bee in the past and many that will be used at the Bee in the future!
I should go back to checking on those posts, because they contain a lot of valuable information!
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Bee Week Has Begun
Spellers arrived on Sunday, they had a barbecue yesterday, and today: The test!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSGNWpTc7M&list=UUtpiMsm_CVuUfFnKkGwLM4w&index=2
The oral rounds begin tomorrow. By Thursday, we'll have a new champion! Good luck, spellers!
Spell with Your Dream. Spell with Your Heart! Spell with Your Love!
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Bee is Almost Here!/Vocabulary Test/How the Bee Affected My Future
I am sorry for being extremely busy. There was a lot of AP testing and finals these last few weeks, and I have not been able to post anything lately.
There has been so much exhilaration in the air! I believe the spellers begin to arrive in Washington, D.C. this Sunday! I don't think I will be able to post much until Tuesday since I will be at my cousin's graduation, so I will be out of town.
So many of you already know I am from Utah, and two of the three spellers are headed back to nationals for their third time. This is the first time Utah has had two spellers go to D.C. for the Bee three times in a row.
Vismaya Kharkar tied for tenth last year and was one round off of making it to championship finals. The other returning Utah speller is Jared Ward.
http://public.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/speller_roster?action=update&state=UT
Two spellers have siblings who won the National Spelling Bee: Vanya Shivashankar (whose sister, Kavya, won in 2009) and Ashwin Veeramani (whose sister, Anamika, won in 2010).
Vocabulary Test
The stakes have risen. Back in 2002, the Bee added a written spelling test (it was computerized in 2008, written in 2011, then back to computerized in 2012), but now the Bee has added a vocabulary test. This will test the spellers about their knowledge of the meanings of words. The Bee is about learning, better spelling, better English skills, and increasing vocabulary. Before, you could know the spelling of a word without knowing its definition. Preliminaries and semifinals will now include vocabulary tests.
How the Bee Affected My Future
I remember how difficult it was for me to let go of the Bee. Let's say it took me more than a year. During my years of the Bee, my vocabulary, study, time management, dedication, communication, language skills, and more had improved. In my choir we sing in many different languages, and I realized that it has become easier for me to sing in those languages because of the etymology patterns I learned from the Bee. In school, my test scores improved a lot. I find myself taking better notes, and I have time to do many activities because of time management. I learned so much that I will never forget!
Good luck to all the spellers! Spell with your Dream; Spell with your Heart; Spell with your Love.
There has been so much exhilaration in the air! I believe the spellers begin to arrive in Washington, D.C. this Sunday! I don't think I will be able to post much until Tuesday since I will be at my cousin's graduation, so I will be out of town.
So many of you already know I am from Utah, and two of the three spellers are headed back to nationals for their third time. This is the first time Utah has had two spellers go to D.C. for the Bee three times in a row.
Vismaya Kharkar tied for tenth last year and was one round off of making it to championship finals. The other returning Utah speller is Jared Ward.
http://public.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/speller_roster?action=update&state=UT
Two spellers have siblings who won the National Spelling Bee: Vanya Shivashankar (whose sister, Kavya, won in 2009) and Ashwin Veeramani (whose sister, Anamika, won in 2010).
Vocabulary Test
The stakes have risen. Back in 2002, the Bee added a written spelling test (it was computerized in 2008, written in 2011, then back to computerized in 2012), but now the Bee has added a vocabulary test. This will test the spellers about their knowledge of the meanings of words. The Bee is about learning, better spelling, better English skills, and increasing vocabulary. Before, you could know the spelling of a word without knowing its definition. Preliminaries and semifinals will now include vocabulary tests.
How the Bee Affected My Future
I remember how difficult it was for me to let go of the Bee. Let's say it took me more than a year. During my years of the Bee, my vocabulary, study, time management, dedication, communication, language skills, and more had improved. In my choir we sing in many different languages, and I realized that it has become easier for me to sing in those languages because of the etymology patterns I learned from the Bee. In school, my test scores improved a lot. I find myself taking better notes, and I have time to do many activities because of time management. I learned so much that I will never forget!
Good luck to all the spellers! Spell with your Dream; Spell with your Heart; Spell with your Love.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Deutsch und die Biene
That means German and the Bee.
First of all, I will try to post some etymology studies before, during, and after Bee Week.
For today, I will be writing about German (or should I write this post in German?)
Nein. Es dauert eine Weile.
As many of you probably know, English is a language that originally came from German (West German dialect to be more exact), even if we borrowed from many other languages, too.
German is actually an amazing language to learn, and I really enjoy it. I may not be taking it at school, but I have been learning from my German friends from my choir, when the German exchange students were at my school, and some of my Austrian friends.
Völkerwanderung - migration of nations
First of all, I will try to post some etymology studies before, during, and after Bee Week.
For today, I will be writing about German (or should I write this post in German?)
Nein. Es dauert eine Weile.
As many of you probably know, English is a language that originally came from German (West German dialect to be more exact), even if we borrowed from many other languages, too.
German is actually an amazing language to learn, and I really enjoy it. I may not be taking it at school, but I have been learning from my German friends from my choir, when the German exchange students were at my school, and some of my Austrian friends.
Völkerwanderung - migration of nations
- Völker means "nations" (volk means "people" or "nations")
- wanderung means "wandering" or "migration
Ursprache - a parent language
- Ur means "original" or "primitive"
- sprache means "language" (sprechen/spreche means "speak", so they're pretty similar)
Weltbild - image of the world
- Welt means "world"
- bild means "image"
That is all I will post for now. There are also words like Götterdämmerung (twilight of the gods). Just in case you did not know, when German words have umlauts - those two dots over certain letters, and you spell them without the accents it would be spelled like oe or ae. Do not EVER spell words like this at the Bee.
Good luck, spellers!
Spelling Bee Petition to Allow Ninth Graders to Participate
A former speller commented on my last post with this link.
http://www.change.org/petitions/scripps-national-spelling-bee-let-9th-graders-compete
Thank you very much!
Please take a moment to sign it.
http://www.change.org/petitions/scripps-national-spelling-bee-let-9th-graders-compete
Thank you very much!
Please take a moment to sign it.
Friday, April 26, 2013
I am Back, but I Don't Know How Much I will be able to Post/New Spelling Bee Format/Spellers
Dear Spellers
There has been a lot going on with the Bee since I last posted. I have not been able to post for a while, because I have had a lot of homework, a lot of standardized testing prep classes, languages, studying, choir, composing and arranging music, music theory, flute, and piano.
Changes:
There has been a lot going on with the Bee since I last posted. I have not been able to post for a while, because I have had a lot of homework, a lot of standardized testing prep classes, languages, studying, choir, composing and arranging music, music theory, flute, and piano.
Changes:
- The Bee has added a vocabulary test to the Preliminaries Test
- Section A - Just like before: Spelling Test, but there will only be 24 words, and 12 words will go to the full score. (Round 1)
- Section B - 24 Vocabulary Words with 12 words going to the full score. (Round 1)
- Section C - One multiple choice vocabulary word (Round 2)
- Section D - One multiple choice vocabulary word (Round 3)
Yes, there will still be oral rounds for Preliminaries, Semifinals, and Championship Finals!
- Semifinals
- Basically the same process as the Preliminaries Test.
- Championship Finals
- As before, spellers spell orally until there is a champion or co-champions.
Use this for more information.
Two of three spellers from Utah are three-peats
Vismaya Kharkar: http://public.spellingbee.com/public/spellers/2013/256
The other repeaters:
Five-Year Repeaters (2)
Four-Year Repeaters (5)
Three-Year Repeaters (13)
Two-Year Repeaters (43)
I hope will be able to post more words, root studies, etymology studies, and more soon!
Good luck! Viel Glück! Bonne Chance!
Good luck! Viel Glück! Bonne Chance!
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