Students join a team today, there is something for everyone!Mathematics
A test on the students' skill with numbers to calculate formulas. No calculator will be provided, but students may use scratch paper.
COACH— Dianne Greene Room E108 Number SenseAnother math test, but students must come up with answers without any scratch paper or calculators. This is a mental math test.
COACH — Paulette Sexton Room D203 Calculator Applications
Calculator Applications is a math test, but students get a calculator and must solve questions at a high speed to succeed.
COACH — George Anaya Room E128 Ready Writing
Contestants are given a choice between two prompts which defines the audience, and provides the purpose for writing. Students should be encouraged to analyze the prompts for the purpose of writing, the format, the audience and the point of view. The format may be, for example, a letter, an article for the newspaper or an essay for the principal. Various writing strategies may be stated or implied in the prompt. Some of these include: description to inform(describe the happening or person/object from imagination or memory), narration(write a story), or persuasion(describe and argue just one side of an issue; describe both sides of an issue then argue just one; write an editorial; write a letter to persuade, etc.)
COACH — Debbie Bennett Room B101 Chess Puzzle-Solving
Contestants in a Chess Puzzle-Solving contest receive a paper-and-pencil test that includes a series of chess boards with pieces in particular positions. The contestant must then determine the fewest moves to checkmate given that particular board layout. Time is also a factor - contestants are scored based on the most puzzles solved in the least amount of time. COACH— Sean Griffin Room E206
Science
A quiz on general knowledge of science, science vocabulary, etc.
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FAUBION UIL ACADEMIC TEAMS
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The University Interscholastic League offers the most comprehensive literary and academic competitive program in the nation. It offers more than any other UIL division in terms of activities. More than a half million students participate in UIL academic contests.
These activities, which exist to complement the academic curriculum, are designed to motivate students as they acquire higher levels of knowledge, to challenge students to confront issues of importance, and to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of specific skills.
These activities, which exist to complement the academic curriculum, are designed to motivate students as they acquire higher levels of knowledge, to challenge students to confront issues of importance, and to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of specific skills.
Academic UIL in McKinney ISD is a district-wide contest of all academic subjects in middle school. Students may compete in one or many events. Students that choose participate are expected to attend weekly practices, assigned by their coaches and the Academic meets. Students will be provided study materials for their events.
Competition dates
Invitational @ Dowell MS - January 13, 5:30p - 9:00
Invitational @ Cockrell MS - January 14, 8:00a - 2:00p
District Contest @ Scott Johnson MS - February 7 & 9
District Contest @ Faubion MS - February 11, 8:00a - 2:00p
Invitational @ Cockrell MS - January 14, 8:00a - 2:00p
District Contest @ Scott Johnson MS - February 7 & 9
District Contest @ Faubion MS - February 11, 8:00a - 2:00p
Dictionary Skills
Students will be tested on their abilities to navigate a dictionary and understanding of a dictionary's parts.
COACH— Debbie Bennett Room B101 Listening Skills
Students are evaluated on their ability to memorize things listed to them in no particular order.
COACH - Becky Black Room E116 Editorial WritingThe editorial writing contest is designed to develop the persuasive writing skills of the participants. Students must advocate a specific point-of-view in response to a prompt. Seventh and eighth grade students have 45 minutes in which to complete their editorials.
COACH — Debbie Bennett Room B101 Impromptu Speaking
In Impromptu Speaking, students get a prompt and prepare a speech on it. No notes are allowed.
COACH — (Coach Mo) Sherry Morris Room B204 Social Studies
Social Studies section is a quiz on knowledge of history.
COACH — (Coach Mo) Sherry Morris Room B204 NEW - Art
This contest involves the study of paintings from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and paintings or pictures from selected Texas museums. The Art Smart Bulletin, published every other year, is the source for study of history and art elements relative to the 40 art selections and is the final authority in the spelling of artists' names and titles of art works. As part of their study, students will demonstrate an understanding of art history and interpret ideas and moods in original artworks while making informed judgments about the artwork.
COACH - Lance Norman Room E125 |
Modern Oratory
An evaluation on use of oratory from the 21st century era.
COACH— Linda Mann Room D210 Oral Reading
Reading Literature out loud provides opportunities for students to analyze the text, to grow and to develop as a performer, to communicate a message to an audience and to perform an artistic creation. Students in grades 7 and 8 read sections of prose or poetry. Each may be a single reading, a cutting from a longer section, or a combination of several selections. The same selection may be read in all rounds, but different selections are permissible. Selections must be published although the author may be unknown or anonymous.
COACH – Brooke Riley Room A115 Maps, Graphs, and Charts
The maps, graphs, and charts contest is designed to help students learn to get information from a variety of maps, graphs, and charts including world maps, pie charts, bar charts, and local area maps. Students will be given an objective test containing approximately 75 multiple choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions.
COACH — Leslie Deanda Room D211 Spelling
The spelling competition is much like a spelling test. Students write down words that are listed off by a pronouncer. Points are scored by spelling words correctly. This is not a mere test in memory, as there is no study list. In addition to learning to spell proficiently, spell correctly, and capitalize the right words, students should have been taught the rules of the English language. This includes root words, meanings and definitions.
COACH— Linda Mann Room D210 NEW - Music Memory
The focus of the Music Memory contest is an in-depth study of fine pieces of music literature taken from a wide spectrum of music genres to expose students to great composers, their lives and their music. In the course of preparing for the contest, students should be given the opportunity to describe and analyze the music, relate the music to history, to society and to culture, and to evaluate musical performance.
COACH - Brian Beck Room A123 |
