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The Winners’ Circle 
710 E. 21st 
Cisco TX 76437

Phone:  254-442-4527
Cell: 254-493-2795
FAX: 254-939- 3712
E-mail: connieratt@aol.com

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Study Guides for UIL

For 11 years, The Winners' Circle has provided various types of study guides for students competing in the UIL academic contests.  Each year, UIL coaches, academic coordinators, and principals have  acknowledged the effectiveness of the materials by reporting the success of their students and by buying the materials year after year.  Students and coaches  who have yet to try the materials are invited to join The Winners' Circle  and gain the competitive edge for success.

2009 State AA Champions in Literary Criticism
4 winners with medals
left to right:  Jessalyn Kunz, Macy Stavinoha, Cameron Miculka, and Kendall Baumbach.

Congratulations go to the Weimar High School literary criticism team's excellence in competition. Coach Tom Strictland's teams have been competitive on the state level for the past seven years and have won the last three years. According to Coach Tom Strickland, The Winners' Circle study materials have played a part in the success of teams each year. "The thorough preparation of The Winners' Circle materials has provided us with both the information and motivation to achieve the success of participating at the state level for the past seven consecutive years," Strickland said.

Both Jessalyn Kunz and Kendall Baumbach, shown above, were champions last year.

What The Winners' Circle Offers

The Winners' Circle helps students prepare for UIL by offering the following:

  • Study guides for the 2010-2011 literary criticism tests include monthly literary criticism practice tests, Pride and Prejudice study guide, Poems of Theodore Roethke study guide,  The Hairy Ape Study Questions, and Understanding Poetry Analysis.
  • Materials for journalism include November and January prompts and samples for news writing, editorials, features, and headlines. These prompts may be used for study, and in addition, they may be used by those who enter the Writers' Classic Write-in Contest.
  • Ready Writing prompts are mailed monthly.
  • Speech topics and current events practice prompts are mailed monthly.
  • Questions and answers are also mailed monthly.

See our order form for more information.

If you do not receive our mail out that thoroughly explains all materials, e-mail Connie Rattan a connieratt@aol.com.

 

 



Dr. Fred Tarpley and Connie Rattan
Dr. Fred Tarpley, state contest
director 1983-2008 and founder of literary criticism event, and Connie Rattan
at the UIL/University of Texas Activities
Conference in Austin

Connie Rattan, who retired after 35 years of teaching on both the high school and college levels, is a founder of The Winners' Circle. "My greatest joy in teaching is working with intellectually curious students. I want them to succeed." Contributors to The Winners' Circle are Dr. Cleatus Rattan, MEd, MA, MLA, EdD; Connie Rattan, MA; Brandon Barnes, MA, Matthew Vermillion, MA, PhD (cand.); Marsha Vermillion, BA; and Amber Deal, BA.  All contributors have experience in UIL competition as writers and participants. Geneva Ethridge, a co-founder of The Winners' Circle, retired from all UIL activities with the exception of speaking and debate tournament management, which will be independent of The Winners' Circle.