Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
Division of Quezon
QUEZON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Lucena City

“Gurong Pilipino: Dangal ng Sambayanang Pilipino”

SPOKEN POETRY COMPETITION

MECHANICS/GUIDELINES

1. Spoken poetry is a performance art that is word based. It is an oral art that focuses on the aesthetics of word play such
as intonation and voice inflection.
2. The contest is open to all Junior high school and Senior High School students of Quezon National High School.
3. Each grade level shall have 3 contestants.
4. The piece must be an original Composition and related to the theme. It should be written in Filipino.
5. Participants need to submit a pdf copy of their piece and a 3-4 minute video delivering his/her piece
6. The spoken poetry must be delivered from memory and any movement is confined onstage.
7. The contestants are encouraged to wear school uniform on the competition.
8. Sounds, background music is allowed to complement the delivery. No deduction shall be made if the contestants opts not to
have a musical background.
9. Name of participant must be clearly mentioned on the file name of the output.
a. Example
i. For PDF copy of piece: SPP_CARMELAPADILLO_G10DAO
ii. For the 3-4 Minute Video: SPV_ CARMELAPADILLO_G10DAO
1. The school level winners will receive the following:
1st Place P500.00+ Certificate of Recognition
2 Place
nd
P300.00+ Certificate of Recognition
3rd Place P200.00+ Certificate of Recognition

2. Please be guided to the following dates and criteria for judging:

A.
Dates Activities Persons-Involved
September 20-27, 2022 Submission of Digital Poster per Curricular Level SSG Curricular Advisers
September 28, 2022 Curricular Elimination SSG Curricular Advisers
Judges
September 29,2022 Submission of Curricular Representatives to SSG SSG Curricular Advisers
Officers
September 30, 2022 School Level Judging SSG Advisers
Judges
October 3, 2022 Announcement of Winner SSG

B. The contestants will be judged using the following criteria:

MESSAGE/CONTENT (Relevance to the theme) 40%

DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE 35%

MEMORIZATION 10%

VOICE VARIATION AND PROJECTION 15%

TOTAL 100