LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE
Letters About Literature MINNESOTA WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Nearly 70,000 adolescent and young adult readers nationwide in grades 4 through 12 participated in this year’s Letters About Literature program, which encourages young people to read, be inspired and write back to the author who has somehow changed their view of the world or themselves. The number of Minnesota entries has almost doubled from last year to nearly 1,800. Thank you to all of those who participated!
State first place winners will be honored at the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English annual spring conference in Duluth on April 24, 2010. They will advance to the national competition and will each receive a $50 Target gift card and $50 gift card to Common Good Books in St. Paul. Second and third place winners also will each receive a gift card to Common Good Books in St. Paul.
The annual Letters About Literature contest is sponsored locally by the Minnesota Humanities Center with support from the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English and the Pioneer Press, and nationally by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress in partnership with Target.
The Humanities Center is please to announce the 2010 Letters About Literature State Winners. Congratulations to you all! (Click on the links to view a PDF of each letter.)
Letters About Literature winners
Amy Grant (left), Allie Rudin (right)
Level I (grades 4-6)
Level II (grades 7-8)
Level III (grades 9-12)
Video clip of Cathy Gourley:
“How to Write a Successful Letter”
Cathy Gourley, National Director of Letters About Literature
For information about the contest, instructions on how to enter, and to download educator resources, please
Click here.
Reader Response Workshop Resources
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Letters about Literature Informational Handout (PDF)
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Letters about Literature Curriculum Chart (PDF)
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Lois Lowry Lesson Handout (PDF)
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Accentuate the Positive Handout (PDF)
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Correspond Don't Compliment Handout (PDF)
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Dead End Detours Handout (PDF)
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Bookends Handout (PDF)
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Sara Nelson's Poetry Handout (Word Document)
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Sara Nelson's Poetry Bibliography (Word Document)
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Links, Books, Resources Mentioned (Word Document)
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2009 Letters About Literature State Winners. (Click on the links to view a PDF of each letter.)
Level I (grades 4-6)
First place: Hannah Klingberg, Blaine
Second place: Julia Jane Marie Braulick, Northfield
Third place: Beverly White, Fridley
Level II (grades 7-8)
First place: Margarita Rudenko, Minnetonka
Second place: Jessie Kanter, Minnetonka
Third place: Marissa Knutson, Hugo
Level III (grades 9-12)
First place: Amelia Leuer, St. Michael (National Winner!)
Second place: Alyssa Hencley, Little Canada
Third place: Kelsey Preisinger, New Ulm
For more information on this project, contact Eden Bart, Outreach Specialist,
eden@minnesotahumanities.org, 651-772-4261 or toll free 866-268-7293, ext. 261.