Do the Write Thing Challenge

Essay Contest

2012-2013

Write an original essay that addresses the three following questions:

How has violence affected my life?

What are the causes of violence?

What can I do about violence?

Some ideas to get you started:

·  When you hear the word violence, what thoughts or memories do you have?

·  Where are you confronted by violence? home? school? neighborhood?

·  Do you think you can tell when another person is on the brink of a violent act? Would you intervene? Under what circumstances would you intervene?

·  What provokes people to be violent?

Details of Contest:

·  Entries will be judged on the basis of: content, originality, the most thought provoking, and responsiveness to the three questions.

·  Entries are judged by a panel of volunteer readers recruited by the Do the Write Thing Texas Committee. The entries are then read by a committee of business, community and government leaders (The Executive Committee Reader Panel).

·  There will be two school winners. The school winners can then advance to the regional, state, and national contests.

·  The essay, poem, play, or song must be nonfiction.

·  A completed signed 2012 Student and Parent Consent Form is required.

·  Please do not put school name on essay.

·  No revising and editing by anyone other than student.

·  All participating students will receive a certificate of participation.

RMS

·  Students will receive a quiz grade during the second nine weeks for this assignment.

·  Students who choose to fully develop their product into a high quality, well-written, typed (MLA format) final draft form to enter the contest will earn extra credit added to a summative grade of their choice.

·  Essay and consent form due to teacher no later than Friday 11-16-12.