Want to win a custom rap for your students?
Give your students a chance to shine with their own custom Flocab rap and video, by entering the WARP Contest!How to Enter:
Follow these steps to have your students write an 8-line rap about their favorite Thanksgiving food, incorporating as much figurative language as possible:1- Watch the Flocabulary figurative language video.
2- Click on the interactive lyrics to learn more about the types of figurative language, and complete this worksheet to practice
3- Think about why your favorite Thanksgiving food is your favorite, and use this Writing Academic Rhymes lesson to incorporate figurative language into the raps. This worksheet can help.
4- Have students write their raps!
What Can You Win?
The winning class will get their own custom video with their lyrics rapped by one of Flocab's rappers! Winners will be announced in our December newsletter.ENTER NOW
Email us your class's submissions with your school name and grade by November 25th, 2014 to [email protected]!For more information about guidelines and rules for entering, see below.
'The WARP Contest' Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING. OPEN TO PARTICIPANTS 18 YEARS AND OVER. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. SPONSORING ORGANIZATION. 'The WARP Contest' ("the Contest") is sponsored by Flocabulary, Inc. ("the SPONSOR") with an address of 55 Washington Street, Suite 606, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
2. ELIGIBILITY. The contest is open to persons 18 years of age and older. Eligible contestants may submit on behalf of individual students or a group of students. The SPONSOR reserves the right to confirm compliance with eligibility requirements. Entries generated by script, macro, other automated means, or by any method that interferes with the legitimate fair play of the Contest are void, and Sponsor expressly reserves the right to disqualify and delete any entries that it believes in good faith are in violation of this provision. Entries that are determined, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor to constitute advertisements, commercial messages, or “spam” will be disqualified and deleted. If disqualified, Sponsor reserves the right to terminate the entrant’s eligibility to further participate in this Contest and future promotions and contests of Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
3. HOW TO ENTER. Entries must be received by 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 25, 2014. To enter, email [email protected]. You may submit multiple entries. There is no fee to submit an entry. By submitting an entry to the Contest, each entrant agrees to comply with these Official Rules.
4. WINNER SELECTION. The Contest judge(s) shall be the employees of the SPONSOR or such person(s) selected by the SPONSOR (the "Judge"). The Judge will select one (1) Contest Winner at his or her sole discretion and based on the following selection criteria: creativity, topical relevance and educational relevance. All of the Judge’s decisions are final. The Contest Winner will be notified via email by November 25, 2014. The winner will receive a customized rap song and video featuring their submitted lyrics by November 25, 2014.
5. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. By entering the Contest, each entrant grants permission to the SPONSOR to use the name of his/her school for any and all other promotional purposes without compensation. From time to time, contest may require submission of text, photos, videos or other media ("the Media"). Entrants grant to Sponsor the right to publish, exhibit and distribute the Media in any and all formats. Entrants warrant that Media are original works and that submission is not a violation of rights to privacy, copyright or any other nature. If the Media contains images or video of minors and/or students, entrant represents and warrants that he/she has secured the consent of the depicted individuals' legal guardian for the publication and distribution of image and videos depicting the individual online and in any and all formats. Each entrant represents and warrants that he/she meets the eligibility requirements. Entrant agrees to defend and indemnify SPONSOR for any and all claims and liabilities related to above warranties. The SPONSOR reserves the right to terminate, modify or suspend this Contest at any time. SPONSOR is not responsible for lost, late, illegible or incomplete entries, or for technical or human errors or failures of any kind in connection with the submission, transmission, processing or judging of entries. This Contest shall be governed by New York law. By participating in this Contest, entrants agree that New York courts shall have jurisdiction over any dispute or litigation arising from or relating to this Contest and that venue shall be only in New York City, New York. The failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any part of these Official Rules is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, that part will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted by law, and the remainder of these Official Rules will remain fully in force. By entering the Contest, you will be agreeing that any information collected in connection with the Contest may be used by Sponsor in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy, a current copy of which can be found at http://flocabulary.com/privacy-policy/.