Elementary Battle of the Books

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Elementary Battle of the Books

• 2008 2009
• School Year

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What is Battle of the Books?

• The purpose of Battle of the Books is to
  encourage reading and expose students to quality
  literature.
• There are 12 books in the competition that have
  to be read by the competitors.
• There will be a county wide competition on
  April 2, 2009 at St. James United Methodist
  Church.
• The format of the competition is quiz bowl style
  question and answer.

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Battle of the Books Rules

• Teams will consist of a maximum of 12 members, no
  minimum number.
• Only grades 4 and 5 can compete.
• Six students will compete per round, 12 questions
  per round.
• Each competitor will be asked a question related
  to a specific book and will need to respond with
  the correct title and author.
• 20 seconds will be allowed to start the answer.
• The person answering may get help from the other
  team members.

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• Wilbur, the pig, is devastated when he discovers
  that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas
  dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte,
  decides to help him.
• R.L. 4.4
• Pts. 0.5

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• How many of you have been the new kid in school?
  In his letters to his favorite author,
  ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping
  with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in
  school, and generally finding his own place in
  the world.
• R.L. 4.9
• Pts. 3.0

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• A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the
  middle of the night, and dolls that have moved
  from where she last left them, lead Amy and her
  sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly
  murders that took place years ago.
• R.L. 4.3
• Pts. 5.0

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• Do you think you could survive months in the
  wilderness with only the aid of a hatchet? After
  a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian is faced
  with just that problem. Can he survive the
  Canadian wilderness and the thoughts of his
  parents recent divorce or will it all just be too
  much for him?
• R.L. 5.7
• Pts. 7.0

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• Have you ever been embarrassed by someone in
  your family? Although ten-year-old Miguel is at
  first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola,
  when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican
  Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and
  him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love
  her.
• R.L. 4.8
• Pts. 4.0

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• Do you sometimes feel like you just dont fit
  in? This is how Shirley feels. In 1947, a
  Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes
  Americanized at school, in her apartment
  building, and by her love for baseball.
• R.L. 4.6
• Pts. 4.0

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• When his mother gives him a garden plot for his
  tenth birthday, Jackson Jones hopes to earn
  enough money to buy a basketball, but all he
  seems to get is trouble.
• R.L. 3.2
• Pts. 2.0

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• The motherless Penderwick sisters -- Rosalind,
  12 Skye, 11 Jane, 10 and Batty, 4 along with
  their loving father and a dog named Hound, spend
  their summer vacation in a rental cottage on
  Arundel, a sprawling Massachusetts estate. The
  owner of the estate is not very nice and she has
  a son that they befriend. She disapproves of
  their friendships and tries to drive them apart.
  Will she succeed?
• R.L. 4.7
• Pts. 8.0

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• What are the rules that you live by?
  Catherine's younger brother, David, is autistic.
  She is embarrassed by his behavior. She wants so
  badly for him to be "normal" that she makes up
  rules for him to live by.
• R.L. 3.9
• Pts. 4.0

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• Soft Rain, a nine-year-old Cherokee girl, is
  forced to relocate, along with her family, from
  North Carolina to the West in 1838. She recounts
  the hardships leading up to and including the
  journey along the Trail of Tears.
• R.L. 4.3
• Pts. 3.0

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• Tells the story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, one
  of only three women (so far) to play professional
  baseball, and the obstacles of gender and race
  she had to overcome to pursue her dream of
  playing baseball. Johnson finally got her chance
  and was a pitcher with the Negro Leagues
  Indianapolis Clowns from 1953 to 1955.
• R.L. 5.1
• Pts. 3.0

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• Saras 14th summer was turning out to be the
  most confusing time of her life. She wants to
  run away from everything in her life until her
  younger brother Charlie goes missing.
• R.L. 4.9
• Pts. 4.0

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In Order to Participate You Must

• Be in the 4th or 5th grade
• Read books and prepare for competition
• Practice teamwork and good sportsmanship
• Attend practice sessions
• We will be having a Lunch Bunch Book Club that
  will meet in the library to eat lunch Monday,
  Wednesday and Friday to work on books.

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• Only 12 students can be on the team so we may
  have to cut some students throughout the year. A
  few things we will look at when determining who
  we cut
• Reading books in a timely manner
• Doing well on the AR tests
• Attitude
• Sportsmanship
• Attendance at practice sessions

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• LETS BE THE FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO WIN IN
  PITT COUNTY!
• GOOD LUCK AND LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!!!!