The 2016 / 2017 High School Battle of the Books Team!
S.M.A.R.T. team members: Jack Lacina, Jimmy Lee, and Travis Phillips are winners of the Tomahawk High School Battle of the Books contest 2016 / 2017!
How do I participate?
Battle of the Books Guidelines
The Battle of the Books program is an entirely voluntary one, whose goal is to promote literacy and an appreciation of literature.
The list of books is from a statewide Battle of the Books list developed by Wisconsin school librarians and is located on this page. While there are a wide variety of books on the list, the program is meant to be a challenge to students who participate.
►Students have until February 10, 2017 to carefully read the books before the “battles” begin.
► High School “Battle of the Books” will be Monday February 13, 2017.
The students will participate in rounds of round robin competition. The top High School Team who emerges from this round of competition will battle in February 21 - 24, 2017 online for Wisconsin Battle of the Books Competition sponsored by Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association, see the link for WEMTA official rules. State winners are announced the first week of March 2017.
Battle books are available for checkout through the library. These titles can also be found through the public library as well. Finally, teachers and parents are also encouraged to read these books along with their students. Again, this is an entirely voluntary program. However, once a student has made a commitment to be a part of a team he/she may not quit.
Good Luck!
Battle Rules
2016-17 Battle of the Books – Sr. Division
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Challenger Deep Text by Neal Shusterman and Illustrations by Brendan Shusterman
Everything, Everything Text by Nicola Yoon and Illustrations by David Yoon
Girl at War: A Novel by Sara Nović
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz
House Arrest by K.A. Holt
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Lizard Radio by Pat Schmatz
Mosquitoland by David Arnold
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Salt to the Sea: A Novel by Ruta Sepetys
Set You Free by Jeff Ross
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoo
Practice Website! BOB groups have your log-in and username. Each group shares the same log-in. Practice many times!
To access The Practice Website:
From the Moodle main page http://www.wemtamoodle.org/battle
FIRST click on your course (Elementary, Middle, Senior)
THEN log in with your team username and password, begins with es, ms or sr.
When posting to Moodle forums ...
All school rules apply
Your team account is attached to your Advisors’ email account
Stay on topic - discuss the book with details, not ‘cool’, ‘me too’, etc
Use the Draw10 Practice quizzes
TeachingBooks.net provides original, in-studio movies of authors and illustrators, and a wealth of multimedia resources on K–12 books to support reading and library activities for all grades and content areas. TeachingBooks.net, a database provided by DPI via Badgerlink, has created customized links for each of WEMTA's Battle of the Books lists.
Search for either the title of the book or "WEMTA Battle of the Books" and select the elementary list of books for Wisconsin.
Practice session:
Wednesday February 1, 2017 during Resource Hour in the High School Library
High School Battle of the Books State Contest:
Monday February 13, 2017 in the High School Library from 2:20 - 3:30