By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor
Trapnell Elementary students competed in the 4-H Tropicana speech contest, Dec. 14. Sidney Dunn’s speech on FCAT testing won first place, Preston Howell’s speech on electric cars won second place and Keilah Gadson’s speech on dreams won third place.
The eight competitors were based on two major categories, composition and presentation. Criteria under the composition category included the topic of the speech, effective introduction, body and conclusion, use of language and time. The presentation was judged based off of delivery, pronunciation, articulation, volume, speed and the audience bond.
Former Trapnell teachers, Amanda Long and Pamela West, along with Plant City Observer Community Editor, Amber Jurgensen, judged the students.
Dunn will go on to compete at the Area Competition in January.
For the full story, make sure to check out Plant City Observer’s Dec. 20 edition.