6/10/2023 0 Comments Eagle eye books“It feels awesome,” MSD Book Club sponsor Debra Jacobson said. By the end of the battle, MSD students won gold for all three rounds, earning free books and bragging rights over participants who did not place first. This year, MSD tied with Flanagan High School for first place during the first two rounds and with Coral Glades High School for first place again during the third round. FTR determines what books Battle of the Books participants will have to read. Along with awards, Battle of the Books awards participants with keychains of Florida Teen Reads books. “We basically prepared by making sure that we just wanted every book to be covered in every round splitting up the books and making sure we allocated one to each person to give everyone responsibility,” Dorelien said. Others had their own strategies to ensure that everyone on the team knew the quotes. Soe schools have been preparing for the event since the beginning of the year, training by reading every book in the selection so they wouldn’t miss a single quote. Contestants from each team had a group leader who, after discussing with their teammates, would write their answer on a piece of paper and hold it up for the judges to see. The tournament had three rounds the judges read a quote from one of the selected books and contestants had 10 seconds to answer with the correct book it was from. “It’s really a place where you can talk, relax and have fun with others.”įor the book selection, the Battle of the Books used the Florida Teens Read program, which selects 15 of the best young adult books every year. “It’s a space where you can interact with like-minded individuals and it’s not a club that’s based on anything academic,” participant Schneidine Dorelien, who is a senior at Atlantic Technical High School, said. The book clubs that participate are not only an extracurricular for students looking for an out-of-school commitment, but a place to be social. This year, the MSD Book Club had 10 students on the team to bring them to victory. Battle of the Books is an annual event where students in book clubs from local schools meet and compete to prove who knows books the best.īook clubs from 10 different Broward County schools, including MSD, congregated on campus for this year’s competition. The MSD Book Club participated in the Broward County Battle of the Books tournament in the Media Center from 5th through 6th period on Tuesday, April 18.
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