诵诗词经典 展少年风华 Show Your Ability by Reciting Classic Poems

万源城协和双语学校七年级诗词大会

"Show Your Ability by Reciting Classic Poems”

 ——G7 SUIS Wanyuan

On December 13, 2019, all the teachers and students from 7th grade of SUIS (Shanghai United International School) Wanyuan Campus gathered in the school hall to hold a poetry competition. The theme of this event is: Pass on classic ancient poems; Show your ability.

This activity was divided into six parts: Fill in the Blanks with Poems; Compose Poems; Group Poems with Keywords; Guess Poems by Pictures, Q&A for Literature Knowledge, and the Final Championship.

The 30 contestants on stage are from six classes. They were selected to represent their class because of their outstanding performance and love for classic Chinese Poem. There were also 6 scorekeepers in the audience, who would record the scores of each round of entry. The students in the audience were both witnesses and participants of the competition.

In the first round of the competition, fill in the blanks with poems, the participants need to complete the poems with the missing words. This requires the competitors react fast and that they have a strong base in Chinese poems.

The second round, Compose Poem, requires completing one full sentence of a poem from 9 words that are placed in a cubic. Students need to be really focused in the task to get the this one competition right.

The next one, Group poems with key words, tests students’ ability to use key words to relate as many poems as possible. The whole audience got excited as the competition went on.

Students also quite enjoyed the next round, which was guessing poem by pictures. As the name suggests, the participants needed to understand what was drawn in the picture to get the answer right.

Next round was the round where all participants can answer. Whoever raises the hand first, gets to answer the question. There were a wide range of questions that are related to literature. This round tests students’ knowledge about a variety of Chinese literature. 

Final competition was between Martin Gao from 7A and James Su from 7E and Martin, with a love of Chinese poems, was able to win the first prize in the final. All the students and teachers enjoyed the poem competition.

Final competition was between Martin Gao from 7A and James Su from 7E and Martin, with a love of Chinese poems, was able to win the first prize in the final. All the students and teachers enjoyed the poem competition.

This poem competition ended successfully with head of middle school, Mr. Liu’s Speech.  Although the event has completed, our students enthusiastic about poetry are even higher. These ancient classic poems represent the rich Chinese culture and five-thousand-year history. Students recites these classics so that they can appreciate the beauty of Chinese poems and be inspired by these scholars and poets. The insights and wisdom that students got from these poems can be applied to their lives.

This can also broaden their horizons, and help them to learn to appreciate the beauty of life.