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Middle School Battle of the Books 2009-2010 Battle of the Books Information & Activities The Middle School Battle of the Books is designed to promote a love of reading among our middle school students.  During the school year students read the current Middle School Sunshine State Young Readers titles and then take a qualifying test in the spring to be selected for the school’s battle team. During the battle, the students must answer questions correctly about the plots, characters, and settings of each book to score points for their teams. 2009 MS Battle of the Books 1st Place Burns Middle School 2nd Place Burnett Middle School 3rd Place Benito Middle School 4th Place Liberty Middle School 5th Place Martinez Middle School Sunshine State Young Readers Award The Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program (SSYRA) is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8.  The program) is coordinated by library media specialists in schools participating in the program.  School library media specialists complete a participation form for their school each year.  Participation forms may be submitted to Library Media Services until January 1 of each year.  Throughout the year, individual teachers work with their library media specialists to implement the SSYRA program and to encourage students to read independently. For more information click on the SSYRA link. High School Reading Rumble 2009-2010 Reading Rumble Books & Activities The High School Reading Rumble is designed to promote a love of reading among our highschool students.  During the school year students read the current Florida Teens Readtitles and then take a qualifying test in the spring to be selected for the school’s Rumble team. During the Rumble, the students must answer questions correctly about the plots, characters, and settings of each book to score points for their teams. 2009 HS Reading Rumble Winner 1st Place Plant City High School 2nd Place Lennard High School 3rd Place Spoto High School Florida Teens Read Program The Florida Teen Read program began in 2005.  The mission of the Florida Teens Read program is to encourage Florida teens to read enjoyable, quality literature that will stimulate imagination, awaken curiosity, expand horizons, enhance verbal fluency, and foster critical thinking and a lifelong love for reading and learning. For more information and a current list of titles, visit the Florida Association of Media in Education website.   High School Poetry Jam Poetry Jams are designed to teach high school students to express themselves through writing and performing poetry. During the school level jams, a local poet performs for students and then instruction is provided to help students create their own poems.  The students spend about an hour writing poems.  During this time, the media center is transformed into a coffee house.  After the students complete their poems, they gather in the coffee house to drink espresso and listen to each other perform. One student from each school level jam is selected by the audience to represent the school at the District Poetry Jam. 2009 HS Poetry Jam Winners 1st Place - Newsome High School  - Janaye McGrew 2nd Place - Jefferson High School - Channing Sampson 3rd Place - Sickles High School - Tiffany Crosby

Last Modified: Jan 25, 2010

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