The (not so) famous spelling quiz

 As part of the literary committee's schedule for the year there is a spelling quiz.  Each class sends one representative resulting in 18 participants.  The Multipurpose Hall is full.  All of the teachers and students are sitting excitedly in the stands.  Boys on one side, girls on the other side of the hall. 

Round one - spell 2 of 3 words correctly to move to the second round.  My class 9B student was brilliant had had a huge round of applause.  

Round two- one word knock out.  He made a mistake and was eliminated.  

Round three- unscramble a word on the screen. 
Round four- make as many words from one word as possible- like Boggle, a game we play furiously at home. 

All this to much cheering, spelling aloud in the audience, clapping and a general fervour that I cannot imagine at home. 

Bir May 9D

The following three photos are the class representatives from my three grade 9 classes.   The selection represents the wide age range in my classrooms:  from 14 to at least 20.  Students who are older either started school late in the villages, missed school because of illness (very common) or repeated more than once. 

Ganga Ram 9B

Tshering Jorden  9C