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We are pleased to make a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT...this school year we will be giving away
$10,000 in LINTOR Publishing Packages! Yes, it's true...
One LINTOR Publishing Package (everything you need to publish 30 hardcover books)
will be awarded each week during the 2011-12 school year!
Here's all you need to do to register...it's quick and it's easy:
(1) Click on the CONTACT ribbon above.
(2) Provide the contact information requested.
(3) Check the box for "Enter a Contest."
(4) In the COMMENTS box, tell us in 25 words or less what you will publish with your LINTOR Publishing Package.
(5) Click SUBMIT...and you will be registered for the current week's giveaway and to receive our weekly "reminder email" which you will use to sign up each week from then on!
Additional details:
(1) Each Tuesday you will receive a "reminder email" with the link to enter...you must enter by midnight the following Sunday each week in order to be eligible to win for that week (no carry-overs).
(2) Each Tuesday we will post the winner's name, school/organization and publishing idea in the "reminder email"...so be sure to check to see if you have won.
(3) Winners are required to call or email us as to which LINTOR Publishing Package they would prefer (see brochure or website for details)...prizes will NOT be shipped automatically.
(4) Winners will be selected at random and can only win once, but "non-winners" can enter each week.
(5) You are welcome to forward the reminder email to as many of your colleagues as you wish.
(6) All winners will also qualify their respective schools as "LINTOR Preferred Customers"...this means the ENTIRE SCHOOL or ORGANIZATION can use our DISCOUNT PRICING for all future orders.
Week #1-September 13, 2011
Alysha Bryant, Lawton Chiles Elementary School, FL
Publishing Idea: Student Autobiographies
Week #2-September 20, 2011
Cynthia Lange, Glen Oaks Park Elementary School, LA
Publishing Idea: Study Guides for Grade 4 state test
Week #3-September 27, 2011
Stacey Steele, Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County, IN
Publishing Idea: Youth in the Young Writer's Workshop will publish books to be
housed in a special section of their local library set aside just for their books.
Week #4-October 4, 2011
Jill Cox, Ridgely Middle School, MD
Publishing Idea: Grade 6 G/T students will write children's books centered
around a social issue set in a different culture.
Week #5-October 11, 2011
Norma Urban, Lewisville Elementary School, TX
Publishing Idea: Grade 5 bilingual students will write "Expert Books"...
bilingual, detailed non-fiction books with text and photos.
Week #6-October 18, 2011
Joy Deal, Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks & Recreation, GA
Publishing Idea: Afterschool Writing Club
Week #7-October 25, 2011
Lindsey Asbury, Woodland Junior High School, AR
Publishing Idea: Pop-Up Architecture Books
Week #8-November 1, 2011
Jim Ryan, Barberton Middle School, OH
Publishing Idea: Creative Narratives
Week #9-November 8, 2011
Jennifer Laitinen, Roosevelt Elementary School, OR
Publishing Idea: The Fourth and Fifth Graders will write original stories for
their First Grade "Reading Buddies."
Week #10-November 15, 2011 (general drawing)
Amanda Schuler, Waynesville Elementary School, OH
Publishing Idea: The students will each write a creative story to present to family
and friends at Author's Night.
Week #10-November 15, 2011 (holiday drawing)
Barbara Vaughn, Livingston Middle School, TN
Publishing Idea: Students will write Christmas storybooks as gifts for children who
are emergency pull outs into foster care who must leave home with nothing.
Week #11-November 22, 2011 (general drawing)
Donna Henderson, Big Island Elementary School, VA
Publishing Idea: We will offer an author's class after school with visiting authors,
an author's briefcase, and an author's tea.
Week #11-November 22, 2011 (holiday drawing)
Jodi Utley, Brevard County Schools 21st. CCLC, FL
Publishing Idea: The Fourth and Fifth Grade students will write about their holiday
traditions and will read their stories to the younger children.
Week #12-November 29, 2011
Jennifer Perry, Independence High School, AZ
Publishing Idea: The special education students will publish "About Me" books
to enhance literacy and self-advocacy skills.
Week #13-December 6, 2011
Carencay Bowen, Excel Academy@Francis M. Wood Alternative, MD
Publishing Idea: Yearbook
Week #14-December 13, 2011
Michael Ball, Corbin Middle School, KY
Publishing Idea: Students will select an historical event or terminology and
create a children's book that will be shared with lower grades to give them
an idea of what to expect in 8th. grade.
Week #15-January 17, 2012
Virginia Stephens, River Ridge Elementary School, GA
Publishing Idea: My gifted students will do in-depth research on self-selected
topics and will create non-fiction books.
Week #16-January 24, 2012
Cindy Elfired Gray, Ramay Junior High School, AR
Publishing Idea: Students will write and illustrate a moral courage educational
momento to share.
Week #17-January 31, 2012
Robin Simms, Petersburg High School, VA
Publishing Idea: Our high school education students are going to write and
illustrate books for the local day care.
Week #18-February 7, 2012
TBA
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Spirit of Giving: December 2010
SUSAN SMITH, the high school students in the Child Development course will create books for the on-site child care center and the community center for homeless children and families, Las Cruces High School, TX
2nd. Annual National Day on Writing Projects: October 20, 2010
ELEMENTARY:
ALISON BRANNACK, "The Great Mail Race"-students will research the U.S. Postal Service and correspond with students in all 50 states, Imagine School at North Port, FL
SECONDARY:
LESLIE BENDT, A collaborative publishing project between the high school digital design students and the neighboring elementary school, Pedro Menendez High School, FL
Back-to-School Publishing Ideas: September 2010
MARY NELL CLARKE... " My Family Traditions" class book, Mendenhall Elementary School, MS
April: National Poetry Month 2010
BETH HOOPER... " Poetry Idol" based on the popular TV show, LeBleu Settlement Elementary School, LA
JUDITH McGRATH... Poetry for self expression and as a gift to others, ECLC of New Jersey, NJ
DEBORAH CALDERON... Analyzing poetry ("Read Between the Lines") through song lyrics, Gotha Middle School, FL
Thanks and Giving: January 2010
PAM JORDAN at Bradley Elementary School and her nominated colleague, KAREN GLADHART at Eisenhower Elementary School, both in Ft. Leavenworth, KS and
CAROL PIERSA OWENS and her nominated colleague, RANDY PALMER, both at The Childrens Institute in Verona, NJ.
Kudos to Pam and Carol for such an outstanding job of describing for us how their colleagues had helped them become better teachers of writing!
National Day on Writing Projects: October 20, 2009
PRIMARY:
SANDY CHERTOK, Authoring through the story writing game, PS 250, NY
ELEMENTARY: (2 were selcted as there were so many entries at this level)
TEDRA MOSIER TATELBAUM, "Exploding Moments"-students and parents writing the same lesson, Dale Mabry Elementary School, FL
AMY TONG, Virtual field trips, Walnut Creek Elementary School, TX
SECONDARY:
JULIA BEST, Digital photography-photo stories, Southampton High School, NY
LIBRARY/MEDIA:
VONITA FOSTER, Author/Illustrator collaboration teams, Elizabeth D. Redd Elementary School, VA
AFTERSCHOOL:
LINDA SCRUBBS, All About Me ABC books and acrostic poems, Genesis Center, FL
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