A Grade 6 contest in which a learner builds and tells a story from a set of pictures aloud in Filipino within five minutes, marked out of 100 for grasp of the story, use of voice and stage performance.
TahiRawan is picture-story telling: the learner is given pictures and turns them into one connected story told aloud. The word-play in the name points to stitching, so the job is to join separate pictures into a single thread with a beginning, a problem and an ending, rather than describing each picture on its own.
In the template it is a Grade 6 item, the top of the upper-primary stage, so the tellers are older and more confident than in the early-primary picture contests. Each learner enters on their own, boys and girls together, and tells the story in Filipino. A round is capped at five minutes, with a warning at four minutes thirty seconds. The template does not print how many pictures are used or how long the teller may study them first, so confirm both in the organiser brief.
The 100 marks are split three ways. Half, 50, go to knowledge and understanding of the story: a logical order of details, the story elements, and how well the telling fits the pictures. Use of voice carries 30 for the right tone, volume and expression. Stage performance carries the last 20 for confidence, expression and finishing within the time.
Organisers run it because it tests observation, sequencing and oral language in one short round. An older child has to do more than name what is on show: they must infer cause and effect between pictures, choose a point of view and keep the telling tidy under a clock, skills that carry straight into reading comprehension and narrative writing.
Where TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling) is run
In the data this item belongs to one template, a Philippine government-run learner festival held at division, regional and national levels. Telling a story from a picture set is also a familiar language and literacy exercise in classrooms in many countries, though competition rules differ from event to event.
- Philippines
Key facts
- Individual entry, open to boys and girls alike.
- Grade 6 only; the template maps this to roughly ages 11 to 12, but entry is by grade level, not age.
- Told in Filipino.
- Marked out of 100: knowledge of the story 50, use of voice 30, stage performance 20.
- Five-minute limit, with a warning at four minutes thirty seconds.
- Ideas (not rules) for practice: a picture set showing a school fair that goes wrong, a flood-day rescue or a lost bicycle returned, each with a clear problem and ending.
On eTalenter, TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling) is filed under Literacy and typically scored with Marks. It appears in 1 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.
Across the templates that use it, TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling) is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 100, commonly time-limited to around 5 minutes where a limit is set.
How it is scored
The scoring method the templates attach to this item, and what that scale means.
- Best score is
- the highest
- Decimal places
- 2
- Used for
- Arts
Where it sits
The category this competition is filed under when a template is installed.
Others in this category: Essay Writing, Story Writing, Poetry Writing, Book Review, Letter Writing, Calligraphy, Translation
Judging criteria installed for it
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No criteria match this name, so none are created automatically — judges score it on the event’s own criteria instead.
How organisers judge it
Each organiser scores this competition on its own criteria. These are the ones the ready-made templates carry.
DepEd Festival of Talents (Division, Regional and National)
- Knowledge/Understanding of the Story (logical order of details, story elements, fit to the pictures)50
- Use of Voice (right tone, volume and expression)30
- Stage Performance (confidence, expression, finishing within the time)20
Total100
What judges look at in TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling)
What a TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling) panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:
- Knowledge and understanding of the story, 50 marks: details in a logical order, the story elements (characters, setting, problem, ending) and a telling that fits the pictures; ignoring a picture or inventing events it does not support loses marks here.
- Use of voice, 30 marks: tone that suits each moment, volume that carries across the room and expression that changes with the action; one flat reading pace is the usual way to lose them.
- Stage performance, 20 marks: confidence, expression and finishing inside the five minutes; being stopped before the ending wastes marks already earned.
- Because half the marks reward the story, a Grade 6 teller who links the pictures with clear cause and effect beats one who simply lists what each picture shows.
- Fluency runs through all three criteria: long freezes, restarts and filler words weaken the story, the voice and the presence together.
Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling) under Scoring Setup, or start from the judge scoring and tabulation guide.
How to prepare for TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling)
How entrants and their teachers usually get TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling) right on the day:
- Practise turning a picture set into one story: first list the characters and the problem, then decide the ending, and only then start speaking.
- Teach linking words that show cause and effect, such as 'because', 'so' and 'as a result', so the pictures read as a chain rather than a list.
- Use many different picture sets in training, since the set on the day will probably be new; a learner who can read any set is safer than one who rehearsed a single story.
- Time every run; aim for three to four minutes so the 4:30 warning is a comfort and not a scare, and plan the ending so it can be shortened if time is short.
- Train the voice separately: read the same line with surprise, worry and relief, and practise raising and lowering volume on purpose.
- Glance at the pictures while telling so the story stays tied to what the judges can see, and keep gestures small and purposeful.
- Rehearse the walk in, a pause and the first sentence, because a calm opening steadies the rest of the round.
- After a lost round, work first on the weakest of the three areas: story logic, voice or stage presence, rather than rewriting everything.
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Frequently asked questions
Is TahiRawan (Picture-Story Telling) judged individually or as a team?
Across eTalenter's templates it's most often run as an Individual entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.
What is TahiRawan?
It is the picture-story telling contest in this festival template: the learner tells one connected story from pictures, in Filipino, within five minutes.
Is TahiRawan the same as LikhaWento?
No. Both are told in Filipino and marked out of 100 on story, voice and performance, but LikhaWento is a Grade 3 item working from a wordless picture sequence, while TahiRawan is a Grade 6 item.
How long does the learner have?
Five minutes at most, with a warning at four minutes thirty seconds.
Is it judged individually or as a team?
Individually. Each learner tells the story on their own.
Similar competitions
Items whose names share a word with this one — usually the same discipline in another form.
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