ESSAY CONTEST-
ENTRY FORM AND GUIDELINES
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Essay Contest Theme:
"Compare and contrast the changes in the Verde River from 1912 – 2012
and what can we do to protect it for the future"
PRIZES:
A FREE Field Trip to Dead Horse State Park for the ENTIRE CLASS of the essay contest winners in each grade level. While at Dead Horse Ranch State Park students will be involved in workshops sponsored by the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival. The student writing the winning essay in each grade level will also win a FREE pair of binoculars (A $200.00 value).
Grade levels:
A) first – third B) fourth – fifth C) sixth – eighth D) ninth – twelfth
DATES:
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March 30, 2012: Essays Due
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April 6, 2012: Winners notified
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April 26, 2012: FREE Field trip to Dead Horse State Park
RULES:
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All entries must be submitted by a Verde Valley student who is currently
in first through twelfth grade or home schooled.
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All work is to be original.
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The maximum length of the essay is 1000 words.
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The source of all quotes and statistics must be cited.
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A copy of the entry blank must be filled out and attached to the essay. Teachers or parents please fill out the lower section and indicate if the class/group can attend the field trip.
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All entries become the property of the festival committee and will not be returned.
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Online submissions are due by 4:00 pm March 30, 2012: verdeedcenter@yahoo.com. All information from Official Entry Form is needed.
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Hard copies with entry forms attached MUST be at the Cottonwood Chamber of Commerce (1010 S. Main St. Cottonwood) or Dead Horse Ranch State Park (675 Dead Horse Ranch Rd., off N. 10th St., Cottonwood) by 4:00 pm March 30, 2012.
JUDGING CRITERIA:
The winning essay and poster entries will be selected on how well it supports the theme. "Compare and contrast the changes in the Verde River from 1912 – 2012 and what can we do to protect it for the future"
In addition, the essays will be judged using a 6 traits rubric based on: ideas and content, word choice, conventions, organization, voice, and sentence fluency.
LESSON PLANS LINKS:
http://phoenix.gov/WATER/centverde.html http://www.azheritagewaters.nau.edu/loc_verderiver.html http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/coconino/recreation/red_rock/verde-river-boat.shtml
http://www.eri.nau.edu.
Diane Joens' book "Verde River Almanac”
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