NSM GurucoolVocabathon
What is Vocabathon?
Vocabathon is a vocabulary challenge that helps improve cognitive and communication skills by expanding the knowledge of words. Preparation for the Vocabathon and Spellathon go hand in hand because they help students learn all facets of words, starting from the definition, spelling, origin, roots, and usage of words in sentences.
The objective of Vocabathon is to enhance writing skills, improve reading comprehension, and provide a solid foundation as students prepare for competitive exams such as PSAT, SAT, ACT, and other competitive vocabulary challenges such as the nation-wide Reader's Digest Vocabulary Challenge.
Vocabathon FAQs
Vocabathon consists of 2 levels
- Junior Vocabathon: Grades 1, 2, 3 and 4
- Senior Vocabathon: Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8
Our competitions are meant to promote academic excellence and recognize students for their talent and hard work. During our competitions, there will be pictures and videos taken which may be posted on our website. Students who wish to participate in our competitions will have to turn in a photo / video release consent form at the time of onsite check-in on the day of the competition.
Students should bring pencils, pens, and erasers to the test.
You may either bring a printed or mobile copy of the registration ticket. During onsite check-in, photo / video consent form has to be submitted, which is a prerequisite to participate in the competition.
- Enhance writing skills
- Improve reading comprehension
- Build self-confidence and self-esteem
- Help lay the foundation in the future preparation for PSAT, SAT and other competitive exams
- The registered students will receive vocabulary word lists.
- The word lists will be in accordance to the category levels of the students.
- The students are expected to study the words and look up and understand the definition of the words.
- It would be good for students to proactively study sentence formation for the words to help them in comprehension.
Yes, Vocabathon will consist of a written exam/test.
The exam/test will consist of multiple choice questions.
Vocabathon’s questions will be tailored to the category, with some extra challenging questions. The objective of this test/exam is to give students exposure to vocabulary that will help them in reading comprehension, improve their writing skills, and also help them in their preparation for Spelling bees. Additionally, this will help set the foundation for other competitive exams such as PSAT and SAT.
Vocabathon will consist of a written section consisting of 30 questions. The contestant has to find the most appropriate meaning of the word. For the written exam/test, 15 words will be selected from the published list (this is the list of words provided to the contestants upon registration), and the remaining 15 words will be from external sources.
Following are some sources that may be used for preparation.
Vocabathon Juniors:
- Resources and assignments from school
- Vocabulary site, https://www.vocabulary.com/
- Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary by Norman Lewis
- Reader's digest: https://www.rd.com/
- Study lists circulated to the students upon registration Definitions from www.m-w.com, www.dictionary.com
Vocabathon Seniors:
- Resources and assignments from school
- Vocabulary site, https://www.vocabulary.com/
- Word Power Made Easy: The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary by Norman Lewis
- Reader's digest: https://www.rd.com/
- SAT practice books (Barron's, Princeton Review, McGraw-Hill Education, Kaplan, Gruber's Complete SAT Guide)
- Study lists circulated to the students upon registration Definitions from www.m-w.com, www.dictionary.com
Overall exam duration will be about 1 hour 15 minutes.
Sample practice questions for junior and senior categories can be found on WishWin website under Vocabathon section.
The students are expected to arrive 30 minutes before the exam for onsite check-in, seating of students, and explanation of rules.
Parents will not be allowed in the room during the written test. Parents are requested to pick up their children as soon as the exam is completed and attend the award ceremony.
Soon after the test/exam, the answers will be evaluated and the winners will be announced during the award ceremony. The time slot for the award ceremony will be communicated to the students before the contest.
The champion of Vocabathon of a particular category cannot participate in the same category again, however, the student can participate in the higher-level categories. For example, the champion of Junior Vocabathon cannot participate in the Junior Vocabathon again, but can participate in the senior category. Also, a student who has participated in the senior category, is not eligible to participate in the junior category of Vocabathon.
For questions, please contact wishwin10@gmail.com
Vocabathon Rules, Guidelines and Study Sources
Vocabathon : Rules
Vocabathon: Guidelines and Scoring
Vocabathon: Study Material and Sources
Flyer- 2019
Flyer- 2018
Word lists
Students, please click here to download the study lists for your preparation for the Vocabathon.
Participants
Vocabathon 2019
Vocabathon Junior Placements
| Name | Grade | Rank |
| Vivinsha Veduru | 4 | Champion |
| Rohit Raja | 3 | First Runner-up |
| Arnesh Jayaram | 4 | Second Runner-up |
| Santhosh Sai Kavula | 4 | 4 |
| Samuel Paul Joe | 4 | 5 |
| Calvin Jiang | 4 | 6 |
| Aadish Tejas Shah | 2 | 7 |
| Sphoorthisri Dasari | 3 | 8 |
| Kaavya Jethwani | 2 | 9 |
| Aryan Gopinath | 2 | 10 |
| Vardhan Gomatam | 2 | 10 |
| Mayuka Ivaturi | 3 | 10 |
Vocabathon Senior Placements
| Name | Grade | Rank |
| Sathvik Adusumilli | 8 | Champion |
| Sanjana Kota | 8 | First Runner-up |
| Akshainie Kamma | 6 | Second Runner-up |
| Abhiram Iyer | 6 | 4 |
| Sohan Prasanna | 6 | 4 |
| Divya Prasanna | 8 | 5 |
| Sanjana Kavula | 8 | 6 |
| Sriya Gomatam | 4 | 7 |
| Rohit Komarina | 5 | 8 |
| Tashvi Pasupulati | 7 | 8 |
| Medhansh Chirivirala | 6 | 9 |
Results 2018
Junior Vocabathon 2018 ranks
| Thejas Prakash | Vocabathon 2018 Junior Champion |
| Pranamya Shrikanth | 2nd Rank |
| Srisai Amaraditya | 3rd Rank |
| Varsha Venkatesh & Aarav Munjal | 4 - 5 Ranks |
| Ananya Kala | 6th Rank |
| Adita Lingam | 7th Rank |
| Chaitan Lingam | 8th Rank |
| Vashish Bhaskar Akula | 9th Rank |
| Santhosh Kavula & Avika Dangar | Tied for 10th Place |
Senior Vocabathon 2018 Ranks
| Suprasada Jagadeeshi | Vocabathon 2018 Senior Champion |
|---|---|
| Sanjana Kavula | 2nd Rank |
| Madhalasa Iyer | 3rd Rank |
| Sia Sreenivasan | 4th Rank |
| Rishi | 5th Rank |