DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE
UNIVERSITY
Mid La Union Campus
City of San Fernando, La Union, Philippines
Telephone Number: (072) 700-5453/607-5123
Website Address: www.dmmmsu.edu.ph
Email Address: chancellor.mluc@dmmmsu.edu.ph
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Rules and Guidelines
for
ESSAY WRITING
Participants
This contest is open for all grade levels (Grades 7 to 12). There will
be 2 representatives for each section.
Area to be Used
The event shall be held in the LHS Building, Room 209.
Mechanics of the Event
1. Rules & guidelines
1. The contest will be open to all LHS students. Limited to 1
representative for each section. One (1) representative of each
section.
2. All essays must depict or be connected to the theme of this
event, "Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary
Isolation and Initial Contact." in celebration of the UNITED
NATIONS month.
3. The board of judges will provide the topics of the essay at the
venue of the competition.
4. The essay shall be written in English in not less than 600
words but not more than 800 words. Corresponding deduction
will be given to entries that did not reach the minimum number
of words.
5. The essays will be done on 1 whole Pad paper, which the
Social Studies Society Club will provide; However, participants
shall bring their own pen and pencil.
DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE
UNIVERSITY
Mid La Union Campus
City of San Fernando, La Union, Philippines
Telephone Number: (072) 700-5453/607-5123
Website Address: www.dmmmsu.edu.ph
Email Address: chancellor.mluc@dmmmsu.edu.ph
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
6. The contestants will be given two (hours) to develop a
composition.
7. The contestants will use a number on their paper.The same
number will be written on another piece of paper together with
the real name and the section where they come from. This will be
used for verification of the winners later.
8. Essays containing inappropriate content such as, but are not
limited to profanity, and promoting bad behavior will not be
shown in the final results and the writer promptly disqualified
from the contest.
9. No books, materials, dictionaries and the like shall be brought
inside the contest venue.
10. No person shall be allowed inside the contest venue
except the contestants and the proctors.
11. The result of the contest will be posted on the tally
board immediately after the judges have finished rating them.
The judges decision is final.
b. Determining the winner
There are 3 total winners: 1st Place, 2nd Place, and 3rd Place,
Students must have complied to the rules & guidelines of the
contest, and have met the judging criteria.
Essays will be judged after 11:30 AM, and the judges shall have the
final vote.
a. Criteria
Content 50%
(Relevance, Appropriate Language, Comprehensiveness,
Clarity of thought)
DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE
UNIVERSITY
Mid La Union Campus
City of San Fernando, La Union, Philippines
Telephone Number: (072) 700-5453/607-5123
Website Address: www.dmmmsu.edu.ph
Email Address: chancellor.mluc@dmmmsu.edu.ph
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Organization 30%
(Unity, Coherence and Style)
Mechanics 20 %
(Punctuation, Spelling, Capitalization,
Grammar and Format
Total 100%
Date & Time of Conduct
Students will be given thirty (30) minutes of preparation before the
starting time for registration and check-in. The event will start at
exactly 9:00 AM and will end at exactly 11:00 AM. Participants will
be given two (2) hours to complete their Essays.
Facilitators:
Social Studies Society Council
1.
Prepared by:
JHU-NA V. TABAT
Vice President, Social Studies Society Club
Recommending Approval:
BASILISA ESTOPE ZEN TRYSS BUGNOSEN
Adviser, Social Studies Society Club President, Social Studies Society Club
DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE
UNIVERSITY
Mid La Union Campus
City of San Fernando, La Union, Philippines
Telephone Number: (072) 700-5453/607-5123
Website Address: www.dmmmsu.edu.ph
Email Address: chancellor.mluc@dmmmsu.edu.ph
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
