2025 Speech Festival English Syllabus

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August 14, 2025
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solo verse speakingN1OpenAges 5 & 6Boys and GirlsI Like Cabbage by John Kitching
(* Video Submission )		Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar, page 21
First line:
I like eating cabbage,
Last line:
Is sausages with mustard.
solo verse speakingN2OpenAge 7Boys and GirlsDorothy Porridge by Richard Edwards
(* Video Submission )		The Puffin Book of Twinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar , page 15
First line:
Dorothy Porridge is wearing a lettuce		Last line:
And nobody quite knows why.
solo verse speakingN3OpenAge 8Boys and GirlsPlum by Tony MittonThe Works 5 , page 199
First line:
Don’t be so glum,		Last line:
a whole new tree.
solo verse speakingN4OpenAge 9Boys and GirlsMaggie and Milly and Molly and May by e. e. cummingsThe Works 5, pages 65
First line:
Maggie and milly and molly and may		Last line:
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea
solo verse speakingN5OpenAge 10Boys and GirlsBookworms by Roger McGoughRoger McGough 80 Poems, page 43-44
First line:
Bookworms are the cleverest		Last line:
curl up, and eat ‘The End’.
solo verse speakingN6OpenAge 11Boys and GirlsImaginary Friend by Roger McGoughRoger McGough 80 Poems, pages 92-93
First line:
I’ve got a friend		Last line:
un-imaginary friend.
solo verse speakingN7OpenAge 12Boys and GirlsThe Whistler by June CrebbinThe Works 5, page 64-65
First line:
My little brother is almost six,		Last 2 lines:
On and on . . . and on . . .‘Yes, please!’
solo verse speakingN8OpenAge 13Boys and GirlsJune 1963 by Jan DeanThe Big Amazing Poetry Book, pages 72-73
First line:
Valentina smiles		Last line:
and smiles.
solo verse speakingN9OpenAge 14Boys and GirlsThe Railway Children by Seamus HeaneyThe Works 5 , page 121
First line:
When we climbed the slopes of the cutting		Last line:
We could stream through the eye of a needle.
solo verse speakingN10OpenAge 15Boys and GirlsThe Black Cat’s Conversation by Elizabeth JenningsThe Works 5, page 145-146
First line:
Do not suppose,		Last line:
And I always win.
solo verse speakingN11OpenAge 16Boys and GirlsAbout Friends by Brian JonesThe Works 5 , pages 148
First line:
The good thing about friends		Last line:
I understood then what the river meant by flowing.
solo verse speakingN12OpenAge 17Boys and GirlsThe Harvest Moon by Ted HughesThe Works 5 , page 133-134
First line:
The flame-red moon, the harvest moon,		Last line:
Sweat from the melting hills.
SonnetN13OpenAge 14 and overBoys and GirlsSheep in Winter by John ClareThe Works 5, page 49
First line:
The sheep get up and make their many tracks		Last line:
And shun the hovel where they might be warm.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 20Non-OpenP1&2GirlsSnowball by Shel SilversteinRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 438
First line:
I made myself a snowball		Last line:
But first – it wet the bed.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 21Non-OpenP1&2GirlsLittle Silver Aeroplane – AnonymousRead Me 2 - A Poem for Every Day of the Yearr, page 226
First line:
Little silver aeroplane
Last line:
Please take me.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 22Non-OpenP1&2GirlsWho Has Seen the Wind? by Christina RossettiA Poem for Every Autumn Day, page 166
First 2 lines:
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you:
Last line:
The wind is passing by.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 23Non-OpenP3GirlsGive Yourself a Hug by Grace NicholsRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 325
First line:
Give yourself a hug
Last line:
like me.’
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 24Non-OpenP3GirlsShaggy Dogs by Richard EdwardsThe Works Key Stage 1, page 186-187
First line:
Two sheepdogs in a field
Last line:
In the warm blue weather.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 25Non-OpenP3GirlsOur Cats by Wes MageeThe Works Key Stage 1, page 188-189
First line:
Our cats stay out all night
Last line:
they’re out there in the darkness,
creeping.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 26Non-OpenP4GirlsIt’s Spring by John FosterThe Works, page 183
First line:
It’s spring
Last line:
Then dances in the sunlight.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 27Non-OpenP4GirlsPostcard by Tony LanghamThe Works Key Stage 1 , page 163
First line:
I didn’t want to come to Spain,
Last line:
Adios!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 28Non-OpenP4GirlsSamantha Is Sobbing by Gareth OwenThe Works Key Stage 1 page 151-152
First line:
Samantha is sobbing
Last line:
Beans and margarine.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 29Non-OpenP5GirlsColouring in by Jan DeanThe Big Amazing Poetry Book page 74
First line:
And staying inside the lines
Last line:
Part of the place.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 30Non-OpenP5GirlsSomeone by Walter de la MareA Poem for Every Autumn Day, page 132
First line:
Someone came knocking
Last line:
At all, at all, at all.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 31Non-OpenP5GirlsThis Is Where… by James CarterThe Big Amazing Poetry Book, page141
First line:
…I learned to be.
Last line:
And this is where? My primary school.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 32Non-OpenP6GirlsThe Cheer-up Song by John WhitworthThe Works Key Stage 1, page 154-155
First line:
No one likes a boaster
Last line:
Yes it’s me! ME! MEEE!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 33Non-OpenP6GirlsCobweb Morning by June CrebbinThe Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems, pages 74
First line:
On a Monday morning
Last line:
The cobweb morning.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 34Non-OpenP6GirlsSomething Told the Wild Geese by Rachel FieldA Poem for Every Autumn Day, page 70
First line:
Something told the wild geese
Last line:
Winter in their cry.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 35Non-OpenS1GirlsOh, Ozzie! by Richard EdwardsRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 62
First line:
‘Polar bear in the garden!’ yelled Ozzie,
Last line:
Poor Ozzie.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 36Non-OpenS1GirlsGreedy Dog by James Hurley100 Best Poems for Children, page 53
First line:
This dog will eat anything.
Last line:
Now what is wrong with those, I wonder.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 37Non-OpenS1GirlsBilly McBone by Allan AhlbergRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year, page142-143
First 3 line:
Billy McBone
Had a mind of his own,
Which he mostly kept under his hat.		Last line:
Bill’s thoughts were off wandering free.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 38Non-OpenS2GirlsThe Garden’s Full of Witches by Colin McNaughtonRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year , page 436-437
First line:
Mum! The garden’s full of witches!
Last line:
Oh, you always miss the witches!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 39Non-OpenS2GirlsHomework! Oh, Homework! by Jack Prelutsky100 Best Poems for Children , page 89
First 2 line:
Homework! Oh, homework!
I hate you! You stink!		Last line:
I hate you! You stink!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 40Non-OpenS2GirlsThe Fear by Andrew Young100 Best Poems for Children, page 128
First line:
How often I turn round
Last line:
I trespass the earth.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 41Non-OpenS3GirlsThe Rival Arrives by Brian Patten Read Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 45
First line:
Tom, take the baby out the fridge
Last line:
For the wicked things you do.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 42Non-OpenS3GirlsMy Mother Saw a Dancing Bear by Charles CausleyRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 355-356
First line:
My mother saw a dancing bear
Last line:
Far-distant forests, and the snow.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 43Non-OpenS3GirlsTwin Trouble by Anne HarveyRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 378-379
First line:
Una and Ursula,
Last line:
Identical twins!’
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 44Non-OpenS4GirlsLiteracy Hour by Clare BevanRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, pages 90-91
First line:
So let’s make this clear,
Last 3 line:
Someday,
Sometime,
Soon.)
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 45Non-OpenS4GirlsMoonlit Apples by John DrinkwaterRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year, pages 373
First line:
At the top of the house the apples are laid in rows,
Last line:
On the moon-washed apples of wonder.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 46Non-OpenS4GirlsThe Word Party by Richard Edwards100 Best Poems for Children , pages 36
First line:
Loving words clutch crimson roses,
Last lines:
Snap! The dictionary closes.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 47Non-OpenS5GirlsMrs Goodwin’s Part-time Job by Marian SwingerRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 46-47
First line:
It was just a part-time job
Last line:
‘what a boring life.’
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 48Non-OpenS5GirlsThe Hippopotamus Song by Michael FlandersRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 176-177
First line:
A bold Hippopotamus was standing one day
Last line:
In glorious mud!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 49Non-OpenS6GirlsAngels by Jan DeanRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year , pages 442-443
First line:
We are made from light.
Last line:
Once, we sang.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 50Non-OpenS6GirlsMid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney100 Best Poems for Children, page 45
First line:
I sat all morning in the college sick-bay
Last line:
A four foot box, a foot for every year.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 51Non-OpenP1&2BoysA Baby Sardine by Spike MilliganRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year , pages 50
First line:
A baby sardine
Last line:
‘It’s only a tin full of people.’
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 52Non-OpenP1&2BoysIn Trouble Again by Susan QuinnRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 53
First line:
Will you PLEASE
Last line:
PLEASE just act your age!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 53Non-OpenP3BoysSounds by Irene RawnsleyThe Works, page 170
First line:
The tiniest sound in the world must be
Last line:
our baby chuckling when she plays with me!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 54Non-OpenP3BoysThe Cow by Robert Louis StevensonRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 120
First lines:
The friendly cow, all red and white,
Last lines:
And eats the meadow flowers.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 55Non-OpenP4BoysThe Sweet by Tony BradmanRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 375
First line:
I’ve found a sweet
Last line:
Pop it in.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 56Non-OpenP4BoysExperiment by Danielle SensierRead Me 1 - A Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 15
First line:
at school we’re doing growing things
Last line:
I call it mean.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 57Non-OpenP5BoysThe Cod by Lord Alfred DouglasRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 149
First line:
There’s something very strange and odd
Last line:
He rather gets upon your nerves.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 58Non-OpenP5BoysOn Top of Spaghetti – AnonymousRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 207
First line:
On top of spaghetti, all covered with cheese,
Last line:
Hold on to your meatball, and don’t ever sneeze.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 59Non-OpenP6BoysMy Old Man by Angela ToppingRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year , page 332-333
First line:
My old man’s a pilot
Last line:
They’d scream and scream and scream.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 60Non-OpenP6BoysDaddy Fell into the Pond by Alfred NoyesRead Me and Laugh - A Funny Poem for Every Day of the Year, page 124
First line:
Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey.
Last 2 line:
When
Daddy fell into the pond!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 61Non-OpenS1BoysShadow Collector by Peter DixonThe Works Key Stage 1, pages 152-153
First lines:
On summer afternoons
Last line:
And I found it on a palace wall.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 62Non-OpenS1BoysReading Round the Class by Gervase PhinnThe Works 4 , pages 397
First line:
On Friday we have reading round the class.
Last line:
And she wonders why I don’t like books.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 63Non-OpenS2BoysNew School by Kevin McCannThe Works, page 186-187
First 3 line:
In the playground corner
I stand and see:
Girls with skipping ropes,		Last line:
I could just go home.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 64Non-OpenS2BoysBeside the Sea-Side by David OrmeThe Big Amazing Poetry Book , page 464
First lines:
Oh I do like to be beside the sea-side,		Last 3 line:
You’ll have a lovely time if you hold your nose
Beside the sea-side
Beside the sea.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 65Non-OpenS3BoysAn Attempt at Unrhymed Verse by Wendy CopeA Poem for Every Autumn Day, page 21
First line:
People tell you all the time,
Last 2 line:
’Specially when you get it more or less the way you
want it.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 66Non-OpenS3BoysJulius Caesar translated from the Latin by Roger StevensThe Works, page 360-361
First 2 line:
Entry for March 15th
Dear Diary,		Last line:
And today I’ll stay at home.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 67Non-OpenS4BoysHarriet Tubman by Eloise GreenfieldA Poem for Every Autumn Day, pages 48
First line:
Harriet Tubman didn’t take no stuff
Last 2 line:
And didn’t stay one either
And didn’t stay one either
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 68Non-OpenS4BoysDoes it Matter? by Siegfried SassoonA Poem for Every Autumn Day, page 207
First line:
Does it matter? – losing your legs?
Last line:
And no one will worry a bit.
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 69Non-OpenS5BoysMy Boy Jack by Rudyard KiplingA Poem for Every Autumn Day, page 76
First line:
‘Have you news of my boy Jack?’
Last lines:
And gave to that wind blowing and that tide!
solo verse speakingU/E/K/Y 70Non-OpenS6BoysEl Alamein by John JarmainA Poem for Every Autumn Day, pages 149-150
First line:
There are flowers now, they say, at Alamein;
Last line:
And find there – flowers.
Solo Prose SpeakingN139OpenAge 5-6Boys & GirlsMichael Rosen’s Sticky McStickstick by Michael Rosen(* Video Submission Mode )Pages 18-21
From:
One day a man came and said...
To:
...I felt that I had deserted him.
Solo Prose SpeakingN140OpenAge 7-8Boys & GirlsScary Stories for 7 Year Olds chosen by Helen Paiba(* Video Submission Mode )Gobbleguts, pages 30-31
From:
The last two children left in…
To:
…“Now, here’s my dinner for today,” he said.
Solo Prose SpeakingN141OpenAge 9Boys & GirlsThe Twits by Roald DahlChapter 7, The Wormy Spaghetti, pages 25-27
From:
Mr Twit started eating,…
To:
…and rocking with horrible laughter.
Solo Prose SpeakingN142OpenAge 10Boys & GirlsBill’s New Frock by Anne FineChapter 1, A Really Awful Start, pages 18-19
From:
So far as Bill Simpson could...
To:
…In this frock?
Solo Prose SpeakingN143OpenAge 11Boys & GirlsMr Stink by David WalliamsChapter 15, Bath Time, pages 173-175
From:
When they’d got over their shock,…
To:
…Ah! I am as clean as a whistle now!”
Solo Prose SpeakingN144OpenAge 12Boys & GirlsBeowulf by Michael MorpurgoBeowulf and Grendel, the Monster of the Night, pages 38-39
From:
There were, it was true, some envious...
To:
…and with God’s help we shall achieve it.”
Solo Prose SpeakingN145OpenAge 13Boys & GirlsHoles by Louis SacharPart One, You Are Entering Camp Green Lake, Chapter 24, pages 105-106
From:
The first time the water truck came,…
To:
…Stanley didn’t say anything.
Solo Prose SpeakingN146OpenAge 14Boys & GirlsThe Breadwinner by Deborah EllisChapter 7, pages 70-71
From:
She was looking the other way...
To:
…“Read this,” he said.
Solo Prose SpeakingN147OpenAge 15Boys & GirlsThe Dare by John BoyneChapter 6, pages 48-49
From:
‘Is he going to get better?’…
To:
…uncertain what she could mean by this.
Solo Prose SpeakingN148OpenAge 16 and overBoys & GirlsAll the Broken Places by John BoyneInterlude, The Boy, Poland 1943, pages 260-261
From:
It was a few months later.…
To:
…I can’t find him anywhere.’
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 158Non-OpenPrimary 1 and 2Girls
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald DahlPages 27-36
From:
At exactly that moment,…
To:
…‘The ladder isn’t long enough!’
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 159

Non-OpenPrimary 3 and 4Girls
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid BlytonChapter 1, Rick Comes to Stay, pages 4-8
From:
‘I expect I shall find it rather dull here…
To:
…everyone had to help when they could.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 160


Non-OpenPrimary 5 and 6Girls
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Book the Fourth) - The Miserable Mill by Lemony SnicketChapter 3, pages 32-43
From:
I’m sure you have heard it said…
To:
…if their day was about to get even worse.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 161



Non-OpenSecondary 1Girls
Running Wild by Michael MorpurgoChapter 3, ‘‘No Leaves, Oona, I Can’t Eat Leaves’’, pages 57-62
From:
Only now did I understand what it was…
To:
…I so wanted to believe that.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 162
Non-OpenSecondary 2Girls
All My Secrets by Sophie McKenzieChapter 4, pages 26-37
From:
Seconds later, I tell myself not to be so stupid.…
To:
…‘Ok.’ I turn to Andrew. ‘Ok,’ I say. ‘I’ll go.’
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 163
Non-OpenSecondary 3
Girls
The Breadwinner by Deborah EllisChapter 6, pages 57-61
From:
They were going to turn her into a boy.…
To:
…It didn’t seem important any more.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 164

Non-OpenSecondary 4

Girls

The Dare by John Boyne		Chapter 7, pages 59-63
From:
By a quarter to nine we were eating…
To:
…I nodded. ‘I was just coming,’ I said.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 165
Non-OpenSecondary 5


Girls
The Pearl by John SteinbeckChapter 1, pages 6-9
From:
The sun was warming the brush house,…
To:
…and the neighbors followed them.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 166

Non-OpenSecondary 6



Girls
All the Broken Places by John BoynePart 2, Beautiful Scars, London 2022 / Sydney 1952, Chapter 18, pages 224-228
From:
‘And you weren’t arrested?’…
To:
…You wanted that too, didn’t you?’
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 167


Non-OpenPrimary 1 and 2Boys
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald DahlPages 40-48
From:
At once the Pelly flew down…
To:
…Its neck is its proudest possession.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 168



Non-OpenPrimary 3 and 4
Boys
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid BlytonChapter 10, A Few More Adventures, pages 86-90
From:
Everyone was very pleased to be…
To:
…from one minute to the next!’
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 169




Non-OpenPrimary 5 and 6Boys
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John BoyneChapter 15, Something He Shouldn’t Have Done, pages 161-172
From:
For several weeks the rain was on and off…
To:
…Why does he say you’re his friend?’
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 170

Non-OpenSecondary 1Boys
Running Wild by Michael MorpurgoChapter 5, A Feast of Figs, pages 152-156
From:
The orang-utan was looking up at me all the time…
To:
…Then I remember nothing.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 171


Non-OpenSecondary 2
Boys
Beowulf by Michael MorpurgoBeowulf and Grendel, the Monster of the Night, pages 48-54
From:
How Grendel longed to get out,…
To:
…had spread throughout the land.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 172



Non-OpenSecondary 3

Boys
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. RowlingChapter 20, The Dementor’s Kiss, pages 406-409
From:
But then, out of the darkness, they heard…
To:
…and his head hit the ground as he fainted.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 173




Non-OpenSecondary 4


Boys
The Dare by John BoyneChapter 8, pages 68-72
From:
‘That afternoon,’ she went on.…
To:
…I ran.
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 174
Non-OpenSecondary 5



Boys
The Pearl by John SteinbeckChapter 4, pages 44-49
From:
Kino stepped with dignity out of the house,…
To:
…They have not come to a price.”
Solo Prose ReadingU/E/K/Y 175

Non-OpenSecondary 6
Boys
Stone Cold by Robert SwindellsDaily Routine Orders 11, pages 81-88
From:
Laughing Boy One.…
To:
…‘I haven’t seen him since Thursday.’
Public Speaking SoloN192
Open
 Primary 5 and 6Boys & GirlsTopic:
Why Reading Books is So Much Fun (2mins)
Context: World Book Day
Your Role :
Class Member
Target Audience:
Class Peers
Public Speaking SoloN193

Open
Secondary 1 and 2Boys & GirlsTopic:
The Power of Music
(3mins)		Context :
School Open Day for Newcomers
Your Role :
Student Leader		Target Audience: Parents and Prospective Students Considering Pursuing a Music Module
Public Speaking SoloN194


Open
Secondary 3 and 4Boys & GirlsTopic:
The Importance of Recycling
(4mins)		Context:
A School Study Group Project
Your Role :
Group Tutor
Target Audience: Secondary 1-2 students
Public Speaking SoloN195
Open
Secondary 5Boys & GirlsTheme : : The power to question is the basis of all human progress
(5mins)		Context :
International Public Speaking Competition
Your Role :
Representative of Hong Kong		Target Audience:
Representatives from other countries
Public Speaking SoloN196
Open
Secondary 6 & University/Post-secondaryBoys & GirlsTheme :
The power to question is the basis of all human progress (5mins)		Context :
International Public Speaking Competition
Your Role :
Representative of Hong Kong		Target Audience :
Representatives from other countries
Shakespeare MonologueN212Open
Age 15 and overBoys & Girls(a)
Twelfth Night, Act 4, Scene 3		Character: Sebastian

From:
This is the air, that is the glorious sun,…
To:
…That is deceivable. But here the lady comes.
(b)
Othello, Act 4, Scene 3		Character: Emilia
From:
But I do think it is their husbands’ faults…
To:
…The ills we do, their ills instruct us so.
Shakespeare MonologueN213
Open
 Ages 10 to 14Boys & Girls(a)
The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, Scene 2		Character: Bassanio
From:
O Sweet Portia, Here are a few of the unpleasant’st words…To:
…Of merchant-marring rocks?
(b)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1, Scene 1		Character: Helena
From:
How happy some o’er other some can be!…
To:
…To have his sight thither and back again.
Shakespeare MonologueU/E/K/Y 214

Non-OpenAge 15 and overBoys & Girls(a)
Richard II, Act 2, Scene 3		Character: Bolingbroke
From:
As I was banished, I was banished Hereford,…
To:
…To my inheritance of free descent.
(b)
As You Like It, Epilogue		Character: Rosalind
From:
It is not the fashion to see the lady the epilogue…
To:
…when I make curtsy, bid me farewell.
Shakespeare MonologueU/E/K/Y 215

Non-OpenAges 10 to 14Boys & Girls(a)
Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1		Character: Romeo
From:
Alas that love, whose view is muffled still,…
To:
…A choking gall and a preserving sweet. Farewell, my coz.
(b)
As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 5		Character: Rosalind
From:
And why, I pray you?…
To:
…So take her to thee, shepherd. Fare you well.
Solo Dramatic PerformanceN216Open
 Age 15 and overBoys & Girls5mins
Solo Dramatic PerformanceN217Open
Ages 13 and 14Boys & Girls4mins
Solo Dramatic PerformanceN218Open
Ages 11 and 12Boys & Girls4mins
Solo Dramatic PerformanceN219Open
Ages 9 and 10Boys & Girls3mins
Solo Dramatic PerformanceN220Open
Ages 7 and 8Boys & Girls3mins
News Feature PresentationN238Open
Secondary 1 and 2Boys & Girls2mins
(video submission)
News Feature PresentationN239Open
Secondary 3 and 4Boys & Girls2mins
(video submission)
News Feature PresentationN240Open
Secondary 5 and 6Boys & Girls2mins
(video submission)
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