A few weeks ago, children from all over Canterbury assembled at Chisnallwood Intermediate. All throughout the room, there were girls and boys madly scribbling down words like “delicatessen” and “doppelganger”, all ready for the Otago Daily Times Extra! Spelling Quiz.
In the annual quiz, you are in a team of three. There are 10 rounds, each on different things to do with spelling. Some of the categories are: Etymology, Dictionary Skills, Abbreviations and Guessing rounds. It’s always lots of fun to compete in, with spot prizes of pineapple lumps and quizzes for spectator, and it’s a bit of a laugh to see what words we got wrong!
Selwyn House entered several Years 7-8 teams, and they all did really well. It was really cool to see that we were probably one of the top girls only teams in the room!
Can you do better than our teams? Try the quiz below to see if you have what it takes to win the spelling quiz and comment below with your score!
Aaargh! 2nd time taking the test and I still only got 90%! Can't get those word origins into my head!!
ReplyDeleteWell done Lucy and Hattie - I enjoyed doing this! 80% - not too bad!
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