ORTE (Viterbo) – The Don Delfo Gioacchini scientific high school and the Antonio Deci middle school of Orte (VT) have won a place in the grand final of the national ludolinguistics competition scheduled for the Turin Book Fair on Monday 13 May.
They will arrive in Turin intent on conquering the podium. They are the students of the Isola d’Oro Omnicomprehensive Institute of Orte (VT) who have earned a place in the grand final of the Comix Games, the national ludolinguistics competition organized by Comix (Franco Cosimo Panini Editore) in collaboration with the Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino and Repubblica@Scuola, with the participation of the Mondadori publishing house, the Egyptian Museum and Bper Banca. On Monday 13 May, at Lingotto, the students of the middle school and the scientific high school of Orte will try to win the title of national champions of the Comix Games 2024, snatching it from the other finalist teams from all over Italy.
From October to January hundreds of students tried their hand at composing a literary diss track. After choosing a work of their choice and identifying the protagonist and antagonist, the children had the task of writing a dialogue, a “question and response” between the two characters, taking inspiration from rap and dissing. Among all the participants in the competition, a jury of experts selected the best who, beating the competition, earned a place in the final. The final act of the linguistic marathon called Comix Games will take place on Monday 13 May from 2pm to 4pm in the Blue Room of Pad 3 at the Turin International Book Fair: a big party that will bring students together at the Lingotto of Italy from North to South and in which the young people of the Antonio Deci Middle School and the Don Delfo Gioacchini Scientific High School of Orte will also participate.
To win the title of national champions of the Comix Games, the boys from Lazio will have to defeat the other competing teams with tautograms, lipograms and live songs themed “Vita Imaginary” (theme of the 2024 Salon). The high school students of Orte will have to deal with the students of the Roncalli Higher Institutes of Poggibonsi (SI), Maitani of Orvieto (TR) and Russell-Newton of Scandicci (FI) as well as those of the Ferraris scientific high school of Turin. For the middle school section, the students of the Antonio Deci Institute will challenge the Rocco middle schools of Sant’Arpino (CE), Giovanni XXIII of San Ferdinando di Puglia (BAT) and Pindemonte of Pescantina (VR). The jury will include Federico Pace, journalist from Repubblica, Laura Panini, president of Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, Franco Barbolini, editorial coordinator of Comix and Francesco Morgando, Feltrinelli author.
