Tutorial for the Beaver Dam project

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“21st Century Citizens”

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Category 1: Teens 4, Teens 5, Teens 6
and Teens 7
Students from category 1 will
submit paragraphs.

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Category 2: Intermediate and
Top Flex levels.
Students from category 2 will
submit paragraphs.

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Category 3: Advanced, Thomas
Prime and Special Courses.
Students from category 3 will
submit five-paragraph essays.

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Besides the usual
publication of the best
writings...

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...first place prize winners in
each of the three categories
will receive a tablet...

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...and second place prize winners
in each of the three categories
will receive R$500 worth of
FNAC gift-certificates...

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Submission Period
September 8 to September 30
At www.thomas.org.br/beaverdam

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CASA THOMAS JEFFERSON
BEAVER DAM – WRITING CONTEST
2/2011
21ST CENTURY CITIZENSHIP
CONTEST RULES
Submission
The contest is open to the students regularly enrolled in the following
courses:
Teens 4, Teens 5, Teens 6, Teens 7, Intermediate 2A, Intermediate
2B, Intermediate 3A, Intermediate 3B, Top Flex 1, Top Flex 2, Top Flex
3, Top Flex 4, Top Flex 5, Top Flex 6, Top Flex 7, Top Flex 8, Advanced
4A, Advanced 4B, Advanced 5A, Advanced 5B, Thomas Prime 1, Thomas
Prime 2, Thomas Prime 3, Thomas Prime 4, Thomas Prime 5, Thomas
Prime 6, Thomas Prime 7, Thomas Prime 8 and Special Courses (with
the exception of Instrumental English).

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Students will receive the proposed topics for their respective categories
in class.
The submission period opens on September 5th and closes on
September 30th. Early or late submissions will not be considered.
The students will submit their work on the website
www.thomas.org.br/beaverdam.
Entries must be original, unpublished work. By submitting work to the
contest, the student is confirming that he or she is the author. Totally
or partially plagiarized work will be automatically disqualified.
Each student may submit one entry in his/her corresponding category.
Multiple submissions will not be considered.
All entries must be typed and saved in one of the following formats:
.doc, .docx or .pdf. The archives must be uploaded by means of the
electronic form available on the website
www.thomas.org.br/beaverdam.
All paragraphs and essays submitted may be used or published in their
entirety or partially by the Casa Thomas Jefferson.
Students on employee-related scholarships as well as Casa Thomas
Jefferson employees are not eligible to take part in the contest.

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Judgment
Judges will be Casa Thomas Jefferson supervisors and coordinators.
The judges will evaluate the entries based on the following criteria:
Treatment of the assigned topic: the candidate’s ability to successfully
keep to and explore the given topic
Organization and coherence
Effective language, mechanics and grammar
Creativity and originality
The judges’ decision is final.

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Prizes
First place prize winners in each of the three categories will receive a
tablet.
Second place prize winners in each of the three categories will receive
R$500,00 (five hundred reais) worth of Fnac gift-certificates.
The best pieces of writing of each category will be published in the
Beaver Dam 2/2011 publication.

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Deadlines
The submission period on the website
www.thomas.org.br/beaverdam opens on
September 5th and closes on September 30th.
The contest winners will be announced on the
website www.thomas.org.br/beaverdam on
October 28th.
The prizes will be awarded on November 4th at
19:00 at the store Fnac in Park Shopping.

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Read the Contest Rules (Regulamento do
Concurso), and submit your writing by filling
out the form below:

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Here are some examples of
values that might be
appropriate to focus on for
21st century citizens:
What makes a good
citizen in today's
world?

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It’s best for me to
reduce how much I
drive and how much
gas I use.

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It’s appropriate for me to
purchase products that have
minimal packaging — and the
packaging should be
recyclable.

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I should consider altering my
goals to make them less
materialistic and more
focused on family,
community and happiness.

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I should make an extra
effort to recycle — even
if it’s inconvenient.

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Promote new concepts of ‘21st
Century Citizenship'; clarifying the
rights and responsibilities of
citizens in the 21st century and
identifying the essential ‘21st
Century Citizenship Life Skills' that
enable citizens to engage effectively
in democratic and sustainable
society.

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Human beings have always had to learn
how to adapt to new situations. Change
underpins life, but in the past we had
more time to adapt to change.

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In the 21st century we face
uncertainties – political and
technological change, social
unrest, economic turmoil and no ‘jobs
for life’ – and a more complex and
inter‐connected world than ever
before.

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Citizens in the 21st century
need the ability to adapt quickly
to new situations and that
means learning.