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Region Battle of the Books in Pictures:
Region 4
The Oregon Battle of the Books is a statewide reading motivation and
comprehension program sponsored by the Oregon Association of School
Librarians in conjunction with a Library Services and Technology Act
grant. Students, regardless of ability, are exposed to quality
literature representing a variety of literary styles and viewpoints.
The goals of the program are to encourage and recognize students who
enjoy reading, broaden reading interests, increase reading
comprehension, and promote academic excellence.
Lists of books are chosen and questions are written for elementary and
middle school. Students read the books, discuss them, quiz each other
on the contents, and then compete in teams of four students to
correctly answer questions based on the books in a "quiz show" format.
Questions may begin with the words "In which book..." so that the
answer will be a title and author or it may be a content question with
the title of the book supplied. Teams may participate at local,
district, regional and state levels of competition.
New lists of recommended titles for each level are compiled each year
by the selection committee based on the "Criteria for the Selection of
Titles." An attempt is made to vary the titles chosen according to
genre and difficulty so that readers may encounter a broad range of
books.
2008-2009 Participant
list
Rules
and Procedures for Region Battles, a concise list
Permission to record and
distribute student's images form
Volunteer feedback
form (fill-out and email to: andrea_burke@beavton.k12.or.us
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