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LISTEN TO A LIFE CONTEST
CONNECTS GENERATIONS
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The Lenovo ThinkCentre
M Series Education Model prize is preloaded with the Adobe Digital School Collection and Vital Source School Library. It has an Intel processor, 1 GB RAM, an 80 GB harddrive, DVD-CD combo drive, and comes with a 19-inch Lenovo ThinkVision flat-panel monitor.
Lenovo also offers a variety of other quality notebook and desktop computer systems. Special pricing is available for schools. For more information, visit www.lenovo.com.
Orchard Software provides targeted instruction in math, reading, writing, language arts, and science for grades K-9. Combining formative and benchmark assessments aligned with state standards, motivating instruction, and qualitative data reporting, Orchard Software is the preferred choice for thousands of schools across the country looking to improve AYP. To learn more, visit www.orchardsoftware.com.
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Frame USA is a one-stop website that offers a wide variety of ready-made picture frames – wood, metal, plastic, shadowboxes, do-it-yourself frame kits, scrapbook frames, certificate frames, and more. Visit www.frameusa.com.
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Winner of 11 national awards including an International Reading Association Children's Choice, a Teachers' Choice, and the Pinnacle Award for Best Gift Book! The contest theme of hopes and dreams across a lifetime is inspired by the bestseller Dream: A Tale of Wonder, Wisdom & Wishes by Susan V. Bosak. 15 of the top illustrators in the world each offer a gorgeously illustrated page in a poetic, multilayered story about life's hopes and dreams, inspiring both children and adults. A great book to share in the classroom, Dream is also a popular gift book for all ages. Find out more about Dream.
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NEXT CONTEST STARTS SEPTEMBER
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What can you learn when you listen to a life? Young people can become more aware of their own dreams and goals – and what's needed to achieve them – when they hear the real-life stories of older adults. The annual Listen to a Life Essay Contest is also an opportunity to build closer connections between young and old as they get to know each other in new, often unexpected ways.
Click here to read the winners of the 2007-2008 contest.
The next Listen to a Life Contest starts September, 2008. To enter, a young person
8-18 years old interviews an older person over 50 years (cannot be a parent; they can be a grandparent, older friend, mentor, neighbor, nursing home resident, etc.) about their hopes and goals through their life, how they achieved goals and overcame obstacles, or how dreams may have changed along the way. What life advice can the older person share? The young person then writes a 300-word essay based on the interview.
Reading through last year's winning entries will help you craft an appropriate essay.
As you'll see, the judging committee isn't looking for a laundry list of dates and life facts. Rather, they're looking for an evocative, creative story that captures the essence of a person's life, or a critical moment or experience.
Entries must be 300 words or less, be a true story about an older person's life, and will be judged by a committee based on the following criteria:
1/3 appropriateness to theme; 1/3 writing quality; and
1/3 content originality.
All the contest rules will be posted in September, along with the exact entry deadline, which will be early Spring, 2009.
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