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Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison.It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother (Angela Bassett), her schoolmates, and her coach, Dr. Joshua Larabee (Laurence Fishburne).
The 79th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C., on May 31 and June 1, 2006. [1] For the first time in the Bee's history, ABC broadcast the Championship Rounds on primetime television.
Through competition year 1994, the study booklet was known as Words of the Champions; during competition years 1995 through 2006, the study booklet was the category-based Paideia; in 2007 the format and title were changed to the 701-word Spell It!, and since 2020 a new edition of Words of the Champions has been used.
WordWorld is an American animated children's television series based on the books and the wooden puzzles of the same name. The series was created by Don Moody, Jacqueline Moody, Peter Schneider and Gary Friedman, it was produced by Sesame Workshop, The Learning Box and WTTW National for PBS Kids.
Kerry Close, the winner of the 2006 Bee, meeting President George W. Bush and his wife Laura at the White House after her victory. The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States.
If you can stomach the idea of the kids "wax-on, wax-off"-ing their karate moves around the house, show them this inspiring movie about a kid who delves into martial arts as a refuge from school ...
In 1932 Leonard B. Wheat examined the rules and word lists found in various American elementary school spelling books. He calculated that, of the 3,876 words listed, 128 had ei or ie in the spelling; of these, 83 conformed to I-before-E, 6 to except-after-C, and 12 to sounded-like-A.
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