Choose Your Own (Battle of the Books) Adventure! QSLiN Symposium - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Choose Your Own (Battle of the Books) Adventure! QSLiN Symposium Pointe-Claire, QC March 28, 2019

WELCOME! Alissa Rosellini (EMSB Board Librarian) & Amelia Crerar (English and French Literacy Consultant, LBPSB) 2

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BEGINNINGS

Battle of the Battle of the Books Qui lira, vaincra! Books: Jr. (Gr. 4): (Gr. 5 & 6) Generate To support students Encourager et excitement in their love of promouvoir le about reading reading plaisir de lire. GOALS Promote the To help develop Faire découvrir library and its friendships between des auteurs collections students francophones. Promote To demonstrate Reconnaître et libraries and healthy competition récompenser le their place in and mutual respect travail d’équipe education et la collaboration. 5

BOOK SELECTION 6

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CREATING THE QUESTIONS

BATTLE STRUCTURE 12

Mini Demo Battle! 13

In which book do Harry and Ron take a flying car to Hogwarts because they missed the Hogwarts Express? 14

In which book is there a three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor? 15

In which book do Harry, Ron and Hermione disguise themselves with Polyjuice Potion and break into the Ministry of Magic? 16

In which book does a dementor stop the Hogwarts Express? 17

ORGANIZERS

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

TIPS & TRICKS One idea: Apply for a Culture in the Schools grant and have one author visit the top three teams. 20

Art by Ella Baron Originally published in The Times Literary Supplement https://www.ellabaron.com/ 21

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TESTIMONIALS Marie-Ève Lafortune 24

EMSB Battle of the Books video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLjqXA03F O8&t=132s Article by Julia Stark (EMSB): http://educationlibraries.mcgill.ca/article/viewF ile/346/338 I RESOURCES High School Battle of the Books website: https://qslin.org/battle-of-the-books/ MTL YA Fest: https://www.mtlyafest.com/ Kids’ Lit Quiz https://www.kidslitquiz.com/home.php 25

THANKS! Any questions? Reach Alissa at arosellini@emsb.qc.ca Reach Amelia at acrerar@lbpearson.ca 26

Presentation template by SlidesCarnival ◦ Music by bensound.com ◦ Book Cover Images owned by: ◦ Andrews McMeel Publishing: Anne of Green Gables Cormorant Books: The Marrow Thieves La courte échelle: Les vieux livres sont dangereux Delacorte Press: We were liars Éditions Glénat: Lou ! Journal infime Éditions Hurtubise: SOS, c’est l’hiver CREDITS Farrar Straus Giroux: A Wrinkle in Time First Second: The Prince and the Dressmaker HarperCollins: Kat and Meg Conquer the World, Love that Dog Hyperion: When Kids Can Press: The Specific Ocean Michael F. Stewart: Ray Vs. the Meaning of Life Penguin Random House: Highly Illogical Behavior, Lunch Lady and the Mutant Mathletes, Warcross Presses aventure: L’Agent Jean: Le Cerveau de l'Apocalypse Scholastic: Refugee, The Winnowing Simon and Schuster: Saints and Misfits 27

Semi-finals: April 11, 2019 at Pearson Electronic Centre (PEC) in Lachine. 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 Dates for April 12, 2019 at Pearson Electronic Centre (PEC) Qui Lira in Lachine. 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 and 12:15 - 1:45 Vaincra Finals: April 25, 2019 (grades Lester B. Pearson School Board 5-6) 7 p.m. Please email Amelia at acrerar@lbpearson.ca if you are interested in attending. 28

Semi-finals: May 1, 2019 9:30-11:00 at PEC (Pearson Electronic Center in Lachine) Dates for May 2, 2019 Battle of 9:30-11:00 and 12:30-2:00 pm at PEC (Pearson the Books Electronic Center in Lachine) JR (grade Finals: May 8, 2019 4) 7 pm Lester B. Pearson School Board Please email Amelia at acrerar@lbpearson.ca if you are interested in attending. 29

Dates for Ultimate Battle: Battle of April 16, 2019 7 pm the Books Lester B. Pearson School Board (High Please email Alissa at arosellini@emsb.qc.ca if you are interested in attending. School) 30