General Information
The Competition
Students are required to memorise one poem from the list prescribed by Dante Melbourne. Students are to select a poem from the list corresponding to the year level of the section into which they have been entered*. Students must recite their poem in front of one judge - no cue cards or prompts are permitted. Any student who reads their poem will receive an N.
*Year 11 students studying Units 3&4 must be entered into the Year 12 competition and choose a poem from this Year Level.
Sections
Entries for the Poetry Recitation Competition will be accepted from students in Years 9, 10, 11 & 12 in the following sections:
Madre Lingua
Those students recently arrived in Australia and/or were born and educated (for a number of years) in Italy.
Italian-Australian
Students of Italian heritage. They may or may not speak or hear Italian spoken at home by parents or relatives. This is a category also for students who have one parent who is of Italian birth or heritage (including if they have an Italian background but were born in Australia); the students may or may not have an Italian surname. Students in this category have an advantage over Non-Italian heritage students. They may have some other regular contact with the Italian culture and language additional to their tuition received at school.
Non-Italian
Reserved for students who have NO knowledge of the Italian language or links to the Italian culture. Their exposure to the Italian language and culture is solely through lessons received at school. This category is for students who have another nationality or heritage which is not ITALIAN. Students of Italian Australian heritage must not be entered into this category.
Cost
A non-refundable fee of $10 per student must be paid at the time of registration. This is to cover the administrative costs of the competition. Failure to secure payment before the competition date will compromise students' participation in the competition.
Entry Forms
All entrants must be listed by the teacher on the forms provided in the following manner:
All forms are to be submitted to: dantepoetrycomp@gmail.com
Students are required to memorise one poem from the list prescribed by Dante Melbourne. Students are to select a poem from the list corresponding to the year level of the section into which they have been entered*. Students must recite their poem in front of one judge - no cue cards or prompts are permitted. Any student who reads their poem will receive an N.
*Year 11 students studying Units 3&4 must be entered into the Year 12 competition and choose a poem from this Year Level.
Sections
Entries for the Poetry Recitation Competition will be accepted from students in Years 9, 10, 11 & 12 in the following sections:
Madre Lingua
Those students recently arrived in Australia and/or were born and educated (for a number of years) in Italy.
Italian-Australian
Students of Italian heritage. They may or may not speak or hear Italian spoken at home by parents or relatives. This is a category also for students who have one parent who is of Italian birth or heritage (including if they have an Italian background but were born in Australia); the students may or may not have an Italian surname. Students in this category have an advantage over Non-Italian heritage students. They may have some other regular contact with the Italian culture and language additional to their tuition received at school.
Non-Italian
Reserved for students who have NO knowledge of the Italian language or links to the Italian culture. Their exposure to the Italian language and culture is solely through lessons received at school. This category is for students who have another nationality or heritage which is not ITALIAN. Students of Italian Australian heritage must not be entered into this category.
Cost
A non-refundable fee of $10 per student must be paid at the time of registration. This is to cover the administrative costs of the competition. Failure to secure payment before the competition date will compromise students' participation in the competition.
Entry Forms
All entrants must be listed by the teacher on the forms provided in the following manner:
- Divided by year level and Section (i.e. Year 9, Non-Italian)
- Each group of students (i.e. Year 9, Non-Italian) must be listed in alphabetical order by surname
- First Name, Surname format (i.e. Jack Nguyen NOT Nguyen, Jack)
- Do not use CAPSLOCK (Jack Nguyen not JACK NGUYEN)
All forms are to be submitted to: dantepoetrycomp@gmail.com
Recitation dates 2021
Recitation date requests due: 19 April
Recitation entry forms due: 26 April
Recitations in schools: 3 May - 27 August
Recitation entry forms due: 26 April
Recitations in schools: 3 May - 27 August
