Battle of the Books

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Battle of the Books

• Start your engines!

This power point was originally
created by Lucy Drenka, a librarian in Carroll
ISD, who introduced me to
Battle of the Books. I have altered this power
point and the reading program to
fit to the needs of my students, and you are
welcome to do the same.
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Under the hood

• You will be placed on a team with a captain. You
  will become the expert on 2 books from the list
  of 5 Battle books.
• For each of those two books, you will write a
  summary and a detail question over each chapter.
  These will be for reading grades.
• Read all 5 books to earn yourself a spot in the
  winners circle at the end! (You only have to
  write questions for the extra books!)

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Team Sponsors

• As a team, you will choose a team name. Your
  team will make a banner to represent your team in
  the battles. You may also dress up and bring
  props to add some team spirit. Here are just a
  few examples of names in the past
• Saturday Knight Fever
• Battling Book Worms
• Chapter Champs

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What is a Battle?

• Here is how the actual battles work
• For each book, your team will have 10 seconds to
  answer a question correctly and earn 3 points.
  This is your teams GIVEN question.
• If your team answers incorrectly, or does not
  answer within 10 seconds you dont lose any
  points, but a bell will sound and another team
  may answer for 1 point.

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Rev those engines

• The competition continues with a round of POP-UP
  questions. The first team that signals in with
  their remote gets to answer the question. If
  your team gets it correct, you earn 2 points.
  HOWEVER If your team answers incorrectly, you
  will lose 2 points.

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In the pit.

• Remember the team that works together and cheers
  each other on toward the finish has a better
  chance of being winners!
• TEAMWORK!!
• Everyone on the team is very important!

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First Lap

• We will visit the library for your first round of
  Class Battles where you will compete against the
  other teams in your reading class.
• Since this is the first battle, you will learn
  the strengths and weaknesses of your team and
  hopefully make a plan to do even better in the
  next battle! You will probably see which books
  you need to review the most before the next
  round!

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Second Lap

• Then we will visit the library and have a second
  round of Class Battles!
• Hopefully every team is prepared to answer
  questions about the books because they will be
  more difficult.
• We will add the scores from Class Battles round 1
  and 2 to see which team goes on to represent your
  class in the Team Battle.

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Third Lap

• We will visit the cafeteria for the third round
  of battle (Team Battle) between the winners of
  each class on your 6th grade team.
• The Champs and Runner-ups (top two teams with the
  highest scores) from 6-1 and 6-2 will go on to
  compete in the Final Battle!
• Competition is getting tougher, and so are the
  questions. Know those books!!

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Victory Lap!

• The grandstands are packed! Everyone (the entire
  6th grade) is in the cafeteria cheering the 6-1
  and 6-2 Team Champs and Runner-ups on to victory
  during the Final Battle!

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The Winners Circle

• What is the Winners Circle?
• Answer The After-Battle Party
• (that you get out of class to go to)
• Who goes to it?
• Answer 6-1 and 6-2 Team Champs,
• Runner-ups, and anyone who read
• all 5 books!

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Other Awards Given

• We will also be observing from the very beginning
  until the very end of this exciting program to
  see who will earn the following
• Top-Reading Class the class that has the
  highest average of books read
• Spirit Awards teams that show great attitudes,
  teamwork, creativity w/ costume props, etc.
• Outstanding Students the boy and girl from
  6-1 and 6-2 that seem to give 110 in the areas
  of attitude, teamwork, and effort