Target: Battle of the Books

[Cindi Humphrey <cmh1017@MAIL.ECU.EDU>]

Hello Everyone,

I am the Media Specialist at a 4-8 Middle School.  The county I work in sponsors a 
Battle of the Books Competition (quiz bowl type competition where students read a 
list of assigned books) each year.  All the middle schools compete against each 
other and the winner has the chance to move to the regionals and then to the state. 
 This year will be the first year our school will not participate because we cannot 
get the students involved.  They want to leave campus for the "field 
trip"  but they don't want to take the time to read and study the books so we 
could do well in the competition.    Some of the 8th grade students who was on it 
for 6th and 7th grade was not interested in being in it this year.  Does anyone 
have any ideas on how to encourage the kids to join? What are some ways I could 
make it more interesting and not so boring.

Cindi Humphrey
Media Specialist
Littlefield Middle School
Lumberton, NC
cmh1017@mail.ecu.edu



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