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    Dallas Book Club

     

    What is the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl? 

    Mrs. Helen Ruffin, a media specialist in DeKalb County wanted to find a way to use the Georgia Children’s Book Awards to encourage her students to read. She created a unique reading competition in game format, called the Reading Bowl, using the award nominees. Her vision was to have teams comprised of students from different schools compete to test their knowledge of the selected books.

    Today, the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl is open to students in grades four through twelve across the state. The winning teams from the Divisional Bowls meet at the Annual Conference on Children’s Literature in March for the State Championship of the Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. 

     
    Important Information: 
    Book List  (Just the grades 4-5 List)
     
     
     
    For Summer Reading:
    Students must commit to reading 2 books from the reading list during the summer.  They must write at least 10 "right there" questions per book.  Please see the link entitled  "How to Write a Good Question" for more information and how these questions may be submitted.  Students must also create a presentation of some sort to demonstrate their understanding of each of the books.  This presentation may be a power point, book trailer, book jacket, poster, prezi, animoto...you are only limited by your imagination on how to present the book.   All presentations and questions are due to Ms. Fueston, Mrs. Beyea, or Mrs. Williams by Friday, August 9.   Students will choose 1 presentation to show during the first meeting. 
     
    First Book Club Meeting Date TBA
     
    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email either Ms. Fueston, Mrs. Beyea or Mrs. Williams
     
    Reading Bowl Team 2017-2018
    Reading Bowl Team 2018-2019