What is Battle of the Books?* Students in Grades 5 to 8 form teams of no more than 4 students
* Each team member is responsible for reading at least 2 of the eight preselected titles * We read, discuss the books . . . and then . . . we BATTLE! We battle against our own school teams first, then against other schools in our zone, and finally in the City Finals * Questions are asked in the format: "In which book . . . " * Teams must discuss the question, agree on an answer, then write the title and author's name on a whiteboard. Points are awarded for the right answer, if spelled correctly! * Teams earn 3 points for the correct title * Teams earn 1 point for the correct Author * Capitalization and Punctuation count!!! |
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