Broward County Public Schools Literary Fair 2020

Broward County Public Schools Literary Fair2020

Categories&Winning Entries

ProseLiterary medium distinguished frompoetry especially by its greater irregularityand variety of rhythm and its closercorrespondence to the patterns of everydayspeech. Though it is readily distinguishablefrom poetry in that it does not treat a lineas a formal unit, the significant differencesbetween prose and poetry are of tone, pace,and sometimes subject matter.Children’s Books Fable Formal Essay Informal Essay Literary Comic StripMyth Personal Narrative Political/Satirical Cartoon Scene Writing Short Story3

Children’s BooksAn original, illustrated story written in book format anddesigned to be read by children grades 1 – 5. Thestory may reflect a literary work or be an original story.A non-fiction book is also appropriate. Illustrations mustbe the original design of the student; they can bedrawn by hand or on a computer.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Helena Brosch Burigo 1st: Leila ZubriggenstAmerican Heritage2nd: Emilie PumaIndian Ridge MS3rd: Rachel KludyPioneer MSMonarch HS2nd: Mia ScheinhausFlanagan HS3rd: Sophia MenendezWest Broward HSFableA short story, such as one of Aesop’s Fables, intendedto reveal some useful truth or precept, especially astory in which animals or inanimate objects speak andact like human beings.Middle SchoolHigh School1st: Zoe Cotterell1st: Angela GuisoPioneer MS2nd: Gianna GramanziniSt Gregory3rd: Rithika MathewWestglades MSMarjorie Stoneman Douglass HS2nd: Jazz JonesWest Broward HS3rd: Christopher SimpsonFlanagan HSFormal EssayA piece of prose writing that expresses a particularpoint of view on a subject. It should eithercommunicate information or share a personal thoughtin a formal style and be characterized by a seriousnessof purpose, dignity, and logical organization.Middle SchoolHigh School1st: Joseph Pino1st: Chloe SteinPioneer MS2nd: Krisztina TolottiBeachside Montessori VillageFort Lauderdale HS2nd: Jenna NettinaWest Broward HS3rd: Nirmal Halan3rd: Taylor GrahamLyons Creek MSPompano Beach HS4

Informal EssayA piece of prose writing that expresses a personalpoint of view in a conversational style. It maycontain elements of self-revelation, humor, andan unconventional theme.Middle SchoolHigh School1st: Irene Wong1st: Victoria MontalvoPem. Pines Charter West MS2nd: Yamoni BurroughsAttcuks MS3rd: Bailey PerkinsLyons Creek MSMillenium 6-12 Collegiate2nd: Aamir LacewalaAmerican Heritage3rd: Kyle IngletonEverglades HSLiterary Comic StripComic strip with illustrations and dialogue. Thecomic strip must be based on a literary work. Thestrip may be hand-drawn or created digitally.Illustrations must be the original design of thecreator.Middle SchoolHigh School1st: Claire Myers1st: Jessica SodermanFalcon Cove MS2nd: Rigoberto GarciaIndian Ridge MS3rd: Fabiandregie VirgileDriftwood MSFort Lauderdale HS2nd: Chayse MartinoPlantation HS3rd: Sonia ChengCypress Bay HSMythA purely fictitious narrative usually involvingsupernatural persons, actions, or events andoften embodying some popular explanation orconception of natural or historical phenomena.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Emma Darcy1st: Alana LodinstPioneer MS2nd: Alicia LongoSt Gregory3rd: Alexis EverlyPem. Pines Charter Cent. MS5American Heritage2nd: Jenna LunaWest Broward HS3rd: Ramon StaffordTaravella HS

Personal NarrativeA true account of an experience or event that ispersonally significant to the writer. The first personaccount may include elements of suspense andaction, vivid description and dialogue. It shouldexpress feelings of how the experience affected thewriter or taught the writer something of importance.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Skylar Gamberg1st: Mya Saint-LouisstFalcon Cove MS2nd: Melissa CadenaTequesta Trace MS3rd: Leah SimonForest Glen MS"The old woman that lives in ashoe is covered for fire, theftand liability.but not athlete'sfoot."Pembroke Pines Charter HS2nd: Farah ShahMonarch HS3rd: Nicole CardonaEverglades HSPolitical/Satirical CartoonA cartoon with the punch line or dialogue written atthe bottom. The cartoon must be based on a literarywork or a current or historical event.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Connor Applebaum1st: Skyler AndriessestIndian Ridge MS2nd: Stephanie SinghPem. Pines Charter Cent. MS3rd: Natalia KlattPem. Pines Charter @ Acad. Vil.ACME InsuranceCoral Glades HS2nd: Riley SchneiderCypress Bay HS3rd: Emiliano VallejoFt Lauderdale HSScene WritingA composition, in prose or poetry, usually intended tobe acted upon a stage, presenting a story by meansof characters speaking or acting.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Valerie Questell1st: Aisha ShariefstPem. Pines Charter West MS2nd: Zoey KatzSunrise MSNur-Ul-Islam Academy2nd: Nicole IsobaWest Broward HS3rd: Amy Reid3rd: Nanjibah KhanSilver Trail MSPompano Beach HS6

Short StoryA brief prose narrative that usually can be readin one sitting. Includes one conflict, a simple plot,characterization, one setting, one point of view, onetheme, and a specific literary style.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Aliyah Sarmiento1st: Georgiana MoisestIndian Ridge MS2nd: Marina TrigoTequesta Trace MS3rd: Valentina PadulaSilver Trail MS7Plantation HS2nd: Johan CifuentesCoral Springs HS3rd: Brianna de la PazPembroke Pines Charter HS

InterpretiveInterpretive writing is a mission-basedcommunication process that forgesemotional and intellectual connectionsbetween the interests of the audienceand the meaning inherent in the resource.Interpreters encourage people to see theworld as interconnected and diverse, andmay use a variety of mediums to express theinterpretation and make connections withthe original work.Classic Literature Book Cover Poetry Interpretation Poster Poetry Movie Poster

Classic Literature Book CoverA book cover introduces and previews a book. Forthe 2018 – 2019 Literary Fair middle school entries willchoose a text (poem or short story) by Edgar AllanPoe, and high school entries will choose a text (poemor play) by William Shakespeare. Each entry mustinclude the following: an original blurb about theauthor, a brief summary of the text, the title of the text,an image to represent the text, and brief reviews/quotations about the text. Illustrations must be theoriginal design of the student; they can be drawn byhand or on a computer.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Kevin Moreau1st: Liana HandlerstFalcon Cove MS2nd: Isabella MendozaPem. Pines Charter West MS3rd: Sophia EspinozaIndian Ridge MSCoral Glades HS2nd: Allison BrownWest Broward HS3rd: Melanie RojasCoral Springs HSPoetry Interpretation PosterPoetry Interpretation Posters utilize original studentartwork to convey the meaning of a professionallypublished poem. Students select a poem from thepoet of their choice and design a poster that serves asan interpretation of the text. The poster must includethe title and author of the poem. Illustrations must bethe original design of the student; they can be drawnby hand or on a computer. Students should not usepatented characters (i.e. Donald Duck) or computergenerated/clip art.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Seth Migicovsky1st: Niche Lexine HenrystIndian Ridge Middle School2nd: Gabriella CiottiPioneer MS3rd: Sophia StringerAmerican Heritage9Boyd Anderson HS2nd: Natalie ReesFort Lauderdale HS3rd: Carleigh RobertsCoral Glades HS

Poetry Movie PosterPoetry movie posters replicate contemporary movieposters and include the title, images which representthe text, a catchphrase or slogan, the author/director,and brief quotations/reviews about the text. Forthe 2019 – 2020 Literary Fair, middle school entrieswill choose a poem by Langston Hughes and highschool entries will choose a poem by Emily Dickinson.Illustrations must be the original design of the student;they can be drawn by hand or on a computer.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Giselle Jackson1st: Priscilla MayostPioneer MS2nd: Alicia CrespoTequesta Trace MS3rd: Janeyliz BaezPem. Pines Charter Cent. MSSheridan Technical HS2nd: Olivia ChangPlantation HS3rd: Erin LoveCoral Glades HSSpoken Word PerformanceSpoken Word poetry combines poetry with elementsof the oral tradition, hip-hop, and theater. It placesheavy emphasis on the performance of the poem,however, the written construction of the poem is ofutmost importance. These poems rely heavily onfigurative language, sensory details, and emotionalconnection.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Garhyson Gaddy1st: Jena ManningstIndian Ridge MS2nd: Isabel ToroFalcon Cove MS3rd: Lina KazanehLyons Creek MS10Pembroke Pines Charter HS2nd: Nia LewisMillenium 6-12 Collegiate3rd: Lauryn LeitnerAmerican Heritage

PoetryWriting that formulates a concentratedimaginative awareness of experience inlanguage chosen and arranged to createa specific emotional response through itsmeaning, sound, and rhythm. It may bedistinguished from prose by its compression,frequent use of conventions of meter andrhyme, use of the line as a formal unit,heightened vocabulary, and freedom ofsyntax. Its emotional content is expressedthrough a variety of techniques, from directdescription to symbolism, including the use ofmetaphor and simile.ABC Poetry Cinquain Copy Make Ekphrastic Free Verse Haiku OdePoem for Two Voices Rhymed Verse Sestina Shrinklit Sonnet Spoken Word Tritina11

ABC PoetryAn ABC poem has a series of lines that create amood, picture, or feeling. Lines are made up of wordsand phrases and the entire alphabet is covered. Thefirst word of line 1 begins with A; the first word of line 2begins with B, etc.Middle School1st: Gideon GreenbergSilver Trail MS2nd: Rihanna BainathPompano Beach MS3rd: Justin TufoSawgrass Springs MSReindeer CinquainMajestic, MagicalPrancing, Leaping, GiftingMiddle SchoolSanta’s Cold Nosed VehicleVixenA poem of five lines with the following syllables: Line 1 two syllables, Line 2 - four syllables, Line 3 - six syllables,Line 4 - eight syllables, Line 5 – two syllables. Endrhyme occurs seldom, but internal rhyme, assonanceand consonance appear frequently.1st: Emilee JacksonBeachside Montessori Village2nd: Zoe WeissmanAmerican Heritage3rd: Jayda Washington-BootheSawgrass Springs MSHigh School1st: Mateo SurannaSheridan Technical HS2nd: Megan KrugerWest Broward HS3rd: Jeremy DiazCoral Glades HSCopy MakeA poem that was inspired by or modeled from anotherpoem, uses some of the language from the modelpoem, but results in something new and unique to thestudent author. Students must attribute to the originalauthor (inspired by) and include a copy of the originalpoem.Middle School1st: Keylee AllenCoral Springs MS2nd: Sofia PereiraTequesta Trace MS3rd: Cameron RuweIndian Ridge MS12

EkphrasticPoetry that is inspired by art. For the 2019-20 LiteraryFair students are to use a Wassily Kandinsky renderingto inspire a poem.Middle SchoolHigh School1 : Trevor Staats1st: Mateo SurannastRamblewood MS2nd: Jenna ShiSilver Trail MS3rd: Krisztina TolottiBeachside Montessori VillageSheridan Technical HS2nd: Reese BurkeWest Broward HS3rd: Isabella YeungMillenium 6-12 CollegiateFree VersePoetry having no regular meter or rhyme.Middle SchoolHigh School1st: Manuel DeMiranda1st: Kristina MontiethSheridan Technical HS2nd: Alex FranzblauPines MS2nd: Dante PerezPem. Pines Charter West MS3rd: Hannah HackneyWestglades MSPlantation HS3rd: Vanessa PenaCoral Glades HSHaikuA Japanese lyric poem of a fixed 17-syllablesSOMETIMES points to something in nature that hasmoved the poet. The haiku has the following lines andsyllables: Line 1 – five syllables, Line 2 – seven syllables,Line 3 –five syllables.Middle SchoolHigh School1st: Taeyoung Kim1st: Diego LeonIndian Ridge MS2nd: Lola RodgersSunrise MS3rd: Samantha EspinoPem. Pines Charter West MS13Cypress Bay HS2nd: Krutika TalwalkarPompano Beach HS3rd: Mariapaula HoyosFort Lauderdale HS