Artistic Displays. Displays made either by individuals, small groups or an entire class. Please bring a typed card which includes school and artists' names.

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Commercials. [3 min/student or group] There are four levels of commercials. Each school is allowed 2 entries per level. The commercials should not be longer than 3 minutes.

Level 1: 1st year German

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Level 2: 2nd year German

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Level 3: 3rd year German

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Level 4: 4th year German

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Music. [8 min/student or group]. Students will perform musical presentations individually, in pairs, or in groups. There will be no levels. A school may have only 2 entries. No presentation may be longer than 8 minutes. Set-up and break-down time must be included in the 8 minutes. Judges have the right to stop presentations at 8 minutes. Some of the first-placed musical presentations may be performed during the afternoon awards ceremony, depending on time constraints. Entries which are not properly identified will not be scheduled to present (Instrument, composer, title or name of piece to be performed, and performer).

Entry 1

Instrument:	Instrument Vocal
Composer:
Title:
Student Performing or Group Name:

Entry 2

Instrument:	Instrument Vocal
Composer:
Title:
Student Performing or Group Name:

Poetry. [5 min/student]. Each participant will memorize one poem. There will be four levels. The poems for each level are posted here. Students will be judged on pronunciation, phrasing, presentation, interpretation, and accuracy. Please provide hardcopies of the various poems to your students. 2 entries per school per level.

Reading [5 min/student or group]. There are four levels. Students will be given a text they have never seen before. They will have 1–2 minutes to look it over before reading the text for the judges. They are judged on pronunciation, accuracy, and fluency. 2 entries per school per level.

Skits [8 min/skit]. There will be four levels of skits. A school may enter no more than 1 skit per level. Set-up and break-down time must be included in the 8 minutes. Performances will be judged on pronunciation, originality, expression, projection, and presentation. Some of the first-placed skits may perform during the afternoon awards ceremony, depending on time constraints.

Conversational Interactions [5 min/student or group]. There will be four levels. The contestants at each level will interact orally with the judges. Judges may introduce one or more of the following topics: Wie geht’s?, meine Familie, meine Hobbies, mein Zimmer, im Klassenzimmer, das Haus, Kleidung, Essen und Trinken, das Wetter, Sport, die Arbeit, in der Schule, letzten Sommer, eine Reise, meine Pläne für die Zukunft, Filme, Bücher, mein Lieblings _____. Students may also introduce topics. This will not be a question/answer session. Judgments will be based on pronunciation, grammatical accuracy, quantity, and fluency. 2 entries per school per level.

Spelling Bee. There will be two levels. The spelling words will all be in German (using the German alphabet). The difficulty/length of the words will increase as the competition progresses (i.e. normal spelling bee rules), and once a student misses, s/he is out of the competition.

Video and DVD [10 min/video]. Students alone or in groups will produce a video or a DVD in German. There will be two levels:

Level 1: 1st & 2nd year German students
Level 2: 3rd & 4th year German students.

Each school is allowed two entries per level. Videos should be no longer than 10 minutes. See guidelines for info on appropriate video and DVD entries.

Web. Students alone or in groups will produce a website in German. There will be two levels:

Level 1: 1st & 2nd year German students
Level 2: 3rd & 4th year German students.

The sites should be based on the current theme for German Day.

Thank You for participating in German Day.
You will receive registration confirmation after January 23rd, 2008, at the email address you indicated above. If you have any changes, please submit them to german.day@umich.edu with the subject line "Registration Change" and your school name. Questions? Please email german.day@umich.edu or call (734) 764-8018.
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