[ISLMA-Share] Battle of the Books

[Rachel Reinwald]

Join the ISLMA Book Battle wiki and there are Battle questions for the
Bluestems, Caudills and Lincolns.

Also, if you want blurbs for booktalks that include appeal terms on the
Caudills, look at:
http://www.litlaughlearn.com/2016/02/2017-caudill-resources/

On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Lura O'Phelan <ophelanl at skokie69.net>
wrote:

> I'm a district librarian and have been asked by our middle school ELA team
> to work with them in developing what may end up being an elective-type
> class next year based around Battle of the Books (to be lead by an ELA
> teacher). The class would consist mainly of high readers and would meet
> 2-3x/wk (they're on a Block Schedule).
>
> I haven't been involved in a Battle of the Books, and I definitely haven't
> heard of it being implemented in this way--but I am so happy that I've been
> invited to work with the ELA team, I'll do anything to make it work! They
> are leaning toward using one of the official Battle of the Books lists and
> resources (especially since it's the first time for all of us), which I am
> assuming are structured more around a weekly gathering of participants.
>
> Have any of you been involved in or heard of something like this? Any
> suggestions as to how we could stretch this out so that students are
> actively engaged each time they meet? So far, the only thing I've come up
> with is using some class time to for reading and notetaking. I figured
> before I begin possibly re-inventing the wheel, I would ask the collective
> brain!
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>
> --
> *Mrs. Lura O'Phelan*
> *District Library Coordinator*
> *Skokie/Morton Grove School District 69*
> *5100 Madison St.*
> *Skokie, IL 60077*
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