13th Annual CCFLT Student Essay Contest
CCFLT is seeking essays for its annual essay contest. Winning essays 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! The teachers of the winning students will be invited to attend the Spring Conference Awards Luncheon to accept the award. 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; all winners also receive a plaque commemorating their accomplishment. The following topics reflect the theme of the CCFLT Spring Conference 2008, "Commandeering the Seven Cs."
Topics:
Elementary
School (K-5): Imagine that you're a traveler
sailing around the world. How would speaking other
languages help you in your travels?
Middle
School (6-8): How is learning another language
like discovering buried treasure?
High
School (9-12): The National Standards established
for foreign language instruction emphasize the 5 C's:
comparisons, communities, communication, cultures,
and connections. Choose one of these elements and
describe how your world language classes have helped
you understand it better.
College/University:
The National Standards established for foreign language
instruction emphasize the 5 C's: comparisons, communities,
communication, cultures, and connections. Which of
these elements do you value most? Based on your world
language classes and any experience traveling or living
abroad, how has your growing understanding of this
element helped you in life?
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 one-page handwritten essay written in
black ink or a half page typed essay.
Essays are
to be written in English with attention to the details
in the rubric listed on the CCFLT website, http://www.ccflt.org/contests/essaycontest.htm,
adhering to 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.
Cover
sheet:
Essays must include a cover sheet that includes the
following information: student’s name, grade
level, age, address, and phone number, as well as
the sponsoring teacher’s name, email address,
name of the school, name of school district, and the
school address.
Assessing:
A panel of judges will evaluate the essays according
to the rubric listed at http://www.ccflt.org/contests/essaycontest.htm.
Teachers who submit their students’ essays will
not be allowed to serve as a judge for the level(s)
in which their student(s) must be assessed.
Please
use this format
for each 2007-2008 CCFLT Essay Contest Registration
Form / Cover Sheet
Student’s
name _______________________________________ Age ____________
Grade level
__________________
School name
and district _________________________________________________
School phone ( ) ________________
School address _______________________________________
City_______________
State _____
ZIP _____________
Teacher’s
name _______________________________________
Teacher’s
email ____________________________________
Please submit
essays to:
Sarah
Dodson-Knight, Essay Contest Chair
625 W. Oak St.
Lafayette, CO 80026
You may also email the essay as an attachment in Word
to sarah.dodson@gmail.com
Contest entries must be emailed or postmarked no later
than December 1, 2007.
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