Spelling bee

Genre: Informative essay You’ve just participated in one of the most difficult and pressuring academic competitions in the country, The National Spelling Bee. No matter what place you got in you are now cemented in for a life of joy and further academic achievements, right? Not necessarily. For example, one competitor in the 1999 National Spelling Bee, Ashley White, became a mother at 18 and was already pregnant when the documentary Spellbound came out in 2002. She worked as a salesclerk while trying

the Maverick Theatre Company’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a play about a middle school spelling bee held in one of America’s many Putnam Counties. As the bee goes on, each contestant has to come to terms with themselves, the world around them, and growing up. The promotional material for this production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee doesn’t actually give much away in terms of what the play is about. The poster

Growth and Acceptance The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee was done wonderfully and quite entertaining. While a musical about a spelling bee does not sound like the most exciting thing to watch, the performances by each actor provided a great atmosphere for the production. Going into the play, I was expecting it to be a kid’s show, which kids would enjoy the musical but may not quite get all of the jokes. The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee was more aimed at adults. Every adult that was watching

in our acting competitions we preform a play about race relations. By preforming this play with Isaiah I have learned more things about the struggles he has to go through that I don't even think about. The play we are preforming is called “The Spelling Bee” and it is about

level spelling bee. KG had never felt so disappointed and depressed before. This was KG’s 8th grade year, making it the last year he could be eligible for the spelling bee. KG had lost his final opportunity. He would never get another chance to make it to the national level and win. But everything, even failures, happen for some reason. Although he really wanted to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, KG’s real dream was to become a great tennis player. KG realized now with the spelling bee out

movie Akeelah has a passion for spelling. Spelling is a secret talent Akeelah holds and excels at, but does not wish to share, as she would be perceived as a “brainiac”. Akeelah’s enjoyment of spelling is showcased, when she adds a new word she learns or hears to her diary. This habit was a good omen because it created more pathways for her which would eventually lead her to what she truly enjoys and not be frightened of what others thought.

immediately turned red and my brain was empty. How I wish I didn’t take the job or it was just a dream. A few seconds later, I took a deep breath and organized my mind, and then I said the first sentence. “Good afternoon everyone, we will start today’s spelling bee really soon” This is the first time for me being on stage and talk to hundreds of people which include my teachers, my classmates, students from other classes, and also a lot of parents. The only speech I did before are just a few sample presentations

connecting my lessons to soccer to make them more exciting. Throughout the summer, I was able to teach many children and hopefully set them on a path to become better students. “Wow! You’re the first person from Bridgeport to make it to the National Spelling Bee. My kids now realize that they can achieve great things despite our lack of resources. Thanks for inspiring them.” When a Bridgeport parent told me this, I felt humbled and happy. I never thought that I would have this big of an impact on my peers

Effect of Environment in There Are No Children Here In There are No Children Here, by Alex Kotlowitz, the way of life in Chicago's Henry Horner projects has a profound effect on all the residents who live there. The children become desensitized by the constant violence that they are forced to witness every day. Children are forced to walk home from school through the urban war zone of these housing projects. It is not unusual for the children to run home from school to avoid becoming casualties

grades are straight A’s. This shows that Lupe is intelligent because not many people get straight A’s on their report card every year of school. Secondly, Lupe is intelligent because she has won multiple awards. For example, Lupe won the school spelling bee, she won the blue ribbon award in the science fair, she was the winner of a reading contest at the library three summers in a row, she was also the top student in her piano recital, and she was the playground champion of chess. Talk about a ton