Guidelines and Mechanics of the 7th Grade Spelling Bee Competition

Spelling Bee Mechanics

Call time: 1:00 p.m.
Venue:
Contest Proper: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Registration

All contestants have to be in the designated venue on and before 1:00

p.m. Attendance checking of the participants will start at 1:00 p.m.
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. There will be 10 words to be given for each sub rounds by the Bee
Master.
4. The Bee Master will pronounce each word twice and give an aid to word
identification. Countdown will start after the word has been pronounced the
second time by the Bee Master
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 crossed out with one horizontal line and the
new and final spelling, be written clearly above the crossed-out word. 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.

Seventh Grade Spelling List Example Sentence: A selfless

Easy Round desire to help others is the
1. Rampage quintessence of the virtue of
2. Siege charity.
3. Itinerant 2. Bereavement- n. the state of
4. Voyage being sad because a family
5. Fiasco member or friend has recently
6. Abbey died.
7. Famine Example Sentence: In any case,
8. Chastise sadness and loss of interest
9. Chaperone and drive during periods of
10. Ghetto
bereavement are expected and
Average Round
normal.
1. Liaison 3. Doyenne- n. a woman who has
2. Obtrusive
a lot of experience in or
3. Pacemaker
knowledge about a particular
4. Resurgence
5. Sequel profession, subject, etc.
6. Thespian Example Sentence: The
7. Sonnet doyenne of the fashion
8. Schism industry.
9. Echelon 4. Euphony- n. a harmonious
10. Orthodox succession of words having a
Difficult Round pleasing sound
1. Assonance Example Sentence: Our chants
2. Beatitude filled the meditation room with
3. Chauvinistic a relaxing euphony.
4. Delinquency 5. Mademoiselle- n. an unmarried
5. Entourage French girl or woman used as
6. Holocaust a title equivalent to Miss for an
7. Mnemonic unmarried woman not of
8. Connoisseur English-speaking nationality
9. Ambiguity Example Sentence: Give my
10. Obsequious respects and my compliments
Final Round to Mademoiselle Belle.
1. Quintessential- n. the essence 6. Pirouette- n. a full turn on the
of a thing in its purest and most front of one foot in ballet
concentrated form.
 Example Sentence: The elegant
pirouettes of the prima
ballerina.
7. Evanescent- adj. lasting a very
short time
Example Sentence: A beauty
that is as evanescent as a
rainbow
8. Plausible- adj. possibly true:
believable or realistic
Example Sentence: It's
plausible explanation for the
demise of that prehistoric
species
9. Vacillate- v. to repeatedly
change your opinions or desires
Example Sentence: She has
vacillated on this issue.
10. Witticism- n. a clever or
funny remark
Example Sentence: He is best
remembered for his biting
witticisms
11. Lieutenancy- n. the office,
rank, or commission of a
lieutenant
Example Sentence: He was
compelled to retire from office
and from lord lieutenancy of
Yorkshire.
12. Metamorphosis- n.
major change in the
appearance or character of
someone or something
Example Sentence: We have
watched her metamorphosis
from a shy schoolgirl into a self-
confident businesswoman.
13. Transcendent- adj. going
beyond the limits of ordinary
experience
Example Sentence: The star
player's transcendent
performance helped the team
to a surprise victory.
14. Conglomerate- n. a
number of different things or
parts that are put or grouped
together to form a whole but
remain distinct entities.
Example Sentence: The Earth is
a specialized conglomerate of
organisms.
a 15. Assiduous- adj. showing
great care and perseverance.
Example Sentence: She was
assiduous in pointing out every
feature.
16. Arabesque- n. a form of
artistic decoration consisting of
"surface decorations based on
rhythmic linear patterns of
scrolling and interlacing foliage.
Example Sentence: The roof
and walls are covered with
arabesques.
17. Delinquency- n. neglect
of one's duty.
Example Sentence: He relayed
this in such a manner as to
imply grave delinquency on the
laborer's part.
18. Chancellor- n. a political
a leader, a senior state or legal
official, or the head of a
university.
Example Sentence: The
successful assumption of
impartial jurisdiction by the
chancellor caused similar
pretensions to be made by
other officers and courts.
19. Eviscerate- v. To remove
the entrails of; or to take away
a vital or essential part
 Example Sentence: The goat 13. Breathtaking
had been skinned and neatly 14. Canny
eviscerated. 15. Captivating
20. Caesura- n. any 16. Charming
interruption or break. 17. Classy
Example Sentence: An 18. Clever
unaccountable caesura: no 19. Cool
deaths were reported in the 20. Crafty
newspapers. 21. Creative
22. Cultured
23. Cunning
24. Dainty
25. Dazzling
26. Decorative
27. Demiurgic
28. Delicate
29. Delightful
30. Dramatic
31. Elegant
32. Engaging
33. Exquisite
34. Fancy
35. Fascinating
36. Fashionable
37. Fine
38. Gifted
39. Glamorous
40. Gorgeous
41. Ideal
42. Imaginative
43. Ingenious
44. Innovative
List of Adjectives for Students
45. Intelligent
Creativity
46. Inventive
1. Admirable 47. Leading-edge
2. Adorning 48. Lofty
3. Aesthetic 49. Lovely
4. Amusing 50. Magnificent
5. Appealing 51. Marvelous
6. Artistic 52. Original
7. Artful 53. Ornamental
8. Attractive 54. Picturesque
9. Awesome 55. Pleasing
10. Awe-inspiring 56. Pretty
11. Beautiful 57. Productive
12. Beckoning 58. Prolific
59. Quaint 68. Sublime
60. Ravishing 69. Tantalizing
61. Recherche 70. Visionary
62. Resourceful 71. Well-formed
63. Skillful 72. Wonderful
64. Splendid
65. Superb
66. Stunning
67. Stylish