Hello Hello!

Welcome to our "official" Words' Worth 2012 page!
Since we are the English Dept. fest, what better way to connect to you lot than through a BLOG?!
(that was a rhetorical question)
SO, this is where you guys will get the inside dope on our festival, learn about our events in detail, occasionally procrastinate with the random links we'll be posting and generally have a good time.
(we hope)
... And maybe pick up some cool literature/language related trivia as well!

You never know, that cute guy/girl you see everyday at the bus-stop but never summon the courage to talk to, might just be a Grammar-Nazi/Austen-afficionado!

OR

Your prospective employer might just be waiting to hire somebody with an insight into Auden's poetry or Lewis Carroll's works!

We here at Words' Worth are committed to making Literature and Language fun for everybody!

Never EVER underestimate the importance of English, my friends! ;)

P.S. Pay no attention to the dates of each individual post. We've messed around with them on purpose so that the posts appear in the order we want them to.
Read them top-to-bottom as you would on any other website!
Cheers!

Events

23rd January, 2012 (Monday)

• Ye Olde Times
• As You Like It
• The Red Carpet
• To Bee Or Not To Bee

24th January, 2012 (Tuesday)

• Fotospeak
• Newspaper Blackout

N.B. The general descriptions of events and their rules are posted in separate articles.

Ye Olde Times

This is a newsletter creating event covering the main aspects of our festival as well as that of some of the other departmental festivals.

Rules:

1. This is a pre-registered event. Participants shall enter in groups of 3 members. No individual entries shall be accepted.
2.   Only up to 15 entries shall be accepted.
3. Newsletter shall be made in the manner of Elizabethan times i.e. Name of the newspaper, articles shall be written in the Elizabethan manner and language, with names such as Oxford Gazette, Ye Daily Herald etc
4.  Newsletter shall be made on A4 size papers (max 4 sides).Newsletter maybe printed or handwritten.
5. No photographs to be used.
6. Participants are expected to cover a minimum of 2 cultural events alongside Words’Worth. Details of which shall be given on 23rd January at 12.30 pm. Contestants shall be assigned a coordinator if required.
7.   The finished newsletter must be submitted on 24th January at 11 am.
8.  The winning entry will be declared as the official Words'Worth 2012 newsletter and distributed as such.

*Elizabethan language, manner and poetry:

Use of Old English pronouns such as thee,thou,thy and so on is encouraged.

Form verbs that end with an –eth or –est. General grammar rules such as writing verbs in the second-person singular informal with the suffix of –est, are important. For example- In second-person singular you would write "Thou goest", where as in the third-person singular, you would write "She/he returneth" etc.

As seen in the literature of the Elizabethan Age,the writing style was such that the language was highly decorated and ornamental. In the same manner your articles ought to contain various figures of speech, metaphors, similes, rhetoric, etc.

If need be, you may also refer to the given website for an online Elizabethan Dictionary http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/.

As You Like It

The students’ own interpretation of an Elizabethan poem/soliloquy, using any of the media allowed to them. Participants will be given 1 poem and 1 soliloquy out of which they must choose any ONE and interpret and present the same. Participants are allowed complete creative freedom in their interpretation of the selected piece. The presentation may be in the form of a skit, a recitation, a photo montage not exceeding 5 photographs, an advertisement, a poster or a painting. Each participant/team will be allotted preparation time at the end of which, they’ll be given time to perform or explain their interpretation. The objective of this event is to underline the modern-day relevance of Elizabethan poems and soliloquies.

Rules—

v  Participation only by prior registration.

v  Not more than 10 participants/groups will be entertained.

v  Participation may be solo or in a group of not more than 4 members.

v  Preparation time is 1 hour.

v  A supervisor will be allotted to each participant and group for the duration of the preparation time to ensure fair play as well as no confusion regarding the rules. However, the supervisors will not be allowed to help the participants in any other way.

v  Presentation time for every participant/group is 5 minutes with a grace time of 2 minutes.

v  A buzzer will be sounded at the end of 5 minutes and again at the end of 7 minutes.

v  Participants will be interrupted at the end of 7 minutes and will not be allowed to continue beyond the given time limit under any circumstances.

v  Participants will be judged on originality of thought and interpretation of the given piece, language of the medium chosen by them, and over-all effect and impression of the presentation.

v  If a participant/group wishes to make allusions to any other literary work, they may do so, provided the original source is credited and the references are relevant to the presentation. Marks will be deducted for any attempt at plagiarism.

v  While we do not wish to place any restrictions on freedom of interpretation, there will be penalization, for unnecessarily graphic and disrespectful language as well as for any depiction which the judges consider to be in bad taste.

v  The winner and runner-up will be announced at the prize distribution on the second day of the festival.

v  The decision of the judges will be final and binding.

Fotospeak

A Creative Writing Workshop- Can you learn the art of writing? Or do you have to be born with it? There’s only one way to find out!

Participants learn about the process through the workshop conducted by eminent writer Randhir Khare, following which they participate in a competition where they test their newly polished skills.

 Rules:

v  The students shall be asked to choose three photos from the exhibited photos in the photography department’s festival Fotosync. Based on the photos, the participants must write either a short story or a poem. The genre, tragedy or comedy, of this piece will be randomly selected by the participants.

v  Participation only by prior registration.

v  Not more than 15 participants will be entertained.

·         If there are more than 15 applications, there will be a selection process

wherein the participants will have to submit a piece of work written by them

based on an assigned photo.

·         They can choose between Tragedy and Comedy. This work can only be up to 150 words for a short story and 10 lines for a poem.

v  The participants will attend a workshop and then choose the genre they will be writing in. Then participants will choose 3 photographs from the Fotosync exhibition. 15 minutes will be given to choose the photographs.

v  Participants have one hour to complete writing a poem or a short story.

v  The word limit is 500 words for a short story and 20 lines for a poem.

v  While we do not wish to place any restrictions on freedom of interpretation, the work has to contain the essence or theme of the photo. The piece of work has to be relevant to the photographs. Unnecessary use of foul language is not encouraged. If such language is used, the judges will take due note and may penalize the participant.

v  The decision of the judges will be final and binding.

Informals

To Bee or not to Bee

A traditional spelling bee. Who said spellings aren’t important after school?

A day long event, participants will be approached at random throughout the day and asked to spell five words in increasing order of difficulty. Those that spell all five will be awarded first place and those who get four right will be awarded second place.

 Newspaper Blackout

Original object—a newspaper article. Final object—a poem. The process? A competition we call newspaper blackout.

Rules:

1. An article of an English newspaper will be handed out along with a pencil

2. You have to be as creative as possible and create a poem by blackening out the words you don’t want.

3. It could be a short poem, or a witty one-liner.

4. On the basis of wit and humour, first and second places will be awarded.

5. Only one article will be handed out to one person, so scratch out words wisely.

6. Time allotted- 30 minutes.

The Red Carpet

Screening of a movie adaptation of a Shakespearean play.

(Because Literature doesn't always mean musty-difficult-to-read text books)