Avoca West Elementary School fifth grade student Ben Kolot, of Wilmette, recently won the Storyworks "Zodiac" Contest for a paragraph he wrote about his Chinese zodiac sign, the dragon. Ben's teacher, Gabriel Paynter, said, "As part of our study of China for social studies, we read a play in Storyworks about Chinese zodiacs, and I had my students research their zodiac sign and write a paragraph to enter in this contest." An excerpt from a letter Kolot received from the publisher stated, "You wrote a well-structured paragraph on your zodiac animal and did a great job explaining how your zodiac character relates to you." As a winner of the contest, the publisher awarded Kolot a copy of Grace Lin's book entitled "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon." Storyworks magazine is a Scholastic publication and contains stories and exercises that supplement school's language arts curriculum.
Avoca West Elementary School: Student won writing contest
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- Wilmette Life, 28 Apr 2011, p. 28, 29
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- Avoca West student Ben Kolot of Wilmette won the "Zodiac" writing contest in Storyworks magazine. Photograph Ben Kolot.
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- 28 Apr 2011
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- Avoca West Elementary School
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