{"id":46286,"date":"2023-02-06T12:15:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T11:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2023\/02\/06\/enchanting-the-reading-aloud-contest-for-6th-graders\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:36:28","slug":"enchanting-the-reading-aloud-contest-for-6th-graders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2023\/02\/06\/enchanting-the-reading-aloud-contest-for-6th-graders\/","title":{"rendered":"Enchanting: The Reading Aloud Contest for 6th Graders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By the age of 12, reading has long since become a part of everyday life. At the same time, reading well and understanding well remain an ongoing and ever-changing challenge\u2014one that lasts a lifetime. This also applies to reading aloud well, where we can often notice how language has the power to enchant us. Readers can thus become enchanters! Around 20 children from classes 6a, 6b, and 6c embraced this magic at the end of 2022 and took part in the nationwide reading competition for sixth graders. The event was organized by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association.     <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philian Merle represents Steinm\u00fchle at the city level<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All the girls and boys gave compelling and moving readings, which were met with applause and admiration from their classmates in the audience as well as from the \u201cjuries,\u201d consisting of teachers and, in some cases, fellow students. Only one person advances to the next round in this competition, whether it\u2019s during the class reading or in the second round, which took place in early December and involved reading in front of all classmates in the grade. As the \u201cschool winner,\u201d according to Frank Wemme, head of the lower secondary school, Philian Merle will \u201crepresent\u201d Steinm\u00fchle in the next round at the city level in 2023. He was selected by the teachers\u2019 jury in December\u2014which was no easy decision, given the high quality of reading by all three \u201cclass winners,\u201d including Aenna Arnold and Matteo D\u00f6rbecker.The school extends its heartfelt thanks to all the brave readers for taking part. Their participation is what made it possible for Steinm\u00fchle to compete in the first place.    <\/p>\n<p>Our photo shows the participants in the 6th-grade reading contest: (top row, from left) Antonia Mahnken, Fabian Preis, Till Kretschmann, Ben Borawski, Ben Templer, Arthur B\u00f6ning (Class 6c), Sara Strempel, Lotte Schr\u00f6der (Grade 6b), Anna-Lena Griesler (Grade 6c), Helena Taschner (Grade 6b). Bottom row, from left: Janna Gosejacob, Julia Hedoch (Grade 6c), Samri Wulf, Aenna Arnold (Grade 6a), Matteo D\u00f6rbecker (Grade 6b), Philian Merle, Ceysu Sevinc, Maja B\u00f6ttcher (Grade 6c), Fenja Schlegel (Grade 6b). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26916\" src=\"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-scaled.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Lesen-2023-scaled-1-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the age of 12, reading has long since become a part of everyday life. At the same time, reading well and understanding well remain an ongoing and ever-changing challenge\u2014one that lasts a lifetime. This also applies to reading aloud well, where we can often notice how language has the power to enchant us. 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