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15th Annual CCFLT Student Essay Contest

CCFLT is seeking student essays in English for its annual essay contest. Winning essays will be published in CCFLT's journal, Peals, and will be shared at the local, state, and national levels with representatives and senators to make them aware of the concerns of their young constituents. Students are our best voices for world language education! Each sponsoring teacher must be a current member of CCFLT. Each teacher may only submit up to three (3) essays.

The elementary and middle school winners will receive $25, while the high school and university winners will receive $50; K-12 winners also receive a plaque commemorating their accomplishment. The teachers of the winning students will be invited to attend the Spring Conference Awards Luncheon to accept the award on behalf of their students.

The essay topics reflect the theme of the CCFLT 2010 Spring Conference,

"Celebrating the Journey."

Topics:
Elementary School (K-5): Share a journey or trip you've taken in which you experienced a different culture or language.

Middle School (6-8): Write about a trip or journey you have taken to another country or within the United States where you experienced another language and culture. How was this culture different from your own? Was there something about it that makes you want to know more about the culture?

High School (9-12) and College/University: How does an understanding of another country's language and culture encourage one to explore other languages and ultimately to participate more fully in the global community?

Length and Presentation:
For middle school through university level students, one page maximum, word-processed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font, 12-point size.
Elementary level students may submit a half-page typed essay.

Cover sheet:

  • Essays must include a cover sheet that includes the following information:
  • student's name, grade, address, and phone number
  • sponsoring teacher's name, email address, and date that the teacher's CCFLT membership expires
  • name of the student's school, name of the school district, and the school address


Selection:
The judge(s) will evaluate the essays according to the rubric posted on the CCFLT website about the Six-Trait Writing Conventions: ideas and content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions and presentation. Teachers are encouraged to give students a copy of the rubric before they begin their essay.


CCFLT reserves the right not to award prizes in the event of insufficient entries.

Please submit all essays via email to:

Melitta Wagner-Heaston, Essay Contest Chair
at: essaysccflt@gmail.com

 

Contest entries must be emailed no later than Tuesday, December 1, 2009.

 

Click here for Essay Scoring Rubic

 


 

 

 


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