We will take our final battle on Tuesday, February 23rd during 3rd hour.

Best of luck team!!!

BOB Picture & More!

The BOB picture was today, but since a few of you couldn't make it, we'll take one later in the LMC with our entire team.

Don't forget to take one (or two--your choice) tests by Wednesday, Feb. 17th. The scores from these tests will help us determine who will be on the final battle team and who will be alternates.

We will take the Final Battle during 3rd hour on Tuesday, Feb 23rd, with a snow date of the 24th. As usual, we'll treat ourselves to a lunch feast immediately after the battle. I will get pink slips to you next week.

If you haven't had a chance to check out Moodle, please take some time to familiarize yourself with the program. It will give you a sneak peak of the format of the actual battle. Don't forget to start memorizing authors and titles--correct spelling counts!

Book Titles and Authors

Having difficulties memorizing the book titles and authors exactly like they will be on the final test?

Check out this flashcard practice for authors and titles! Thanks to another advisor, Sandra Hansen, for creating and sharing this resource.

Book Discussion!

The Lunch Bunch book discussion of Dear John by Nicholas Sparks will take place this Thursday during lunch in the LMC classroom. Come talk about the book before it hits theaters this spring!

Bring your own lunch and snacks and hot cocoa will be provided.

Click on the picture below to learn more about Dear John.

Book discussions are fun, informal meetings where we talk about everything books! All students are invited to attend.

Hope to see you there!!

Practice Questions and More!

The BOB team will meet tomorrow during 6th hour in the LMC. Here's what's on our agenda:

I. Battle Practice Questions--where you can get them!
Here are the questions that can be found on the Moodle Draw 10 Quiz:
file://basd-fs2/home/staff/HS/sgietzel/Battle%20of%20the%20Books/2009-2010/Questions%20From%20Moodle.txt
Additional Questions will be handed out at our meeting.

II. Practice Accounts for all

III. Draw 10 Quiz on Moodle--this is great practice for the test

IV. Deciding on the "Final Four" and alternates--setting dates

V. Battle Dates

VI. T-Shirts?

VII. Team Photo and Permission Slips

Book Discussion Today!

December's lunch book discussion will feature the books of your choice. Come to the LMC classroom today during lunch and share your best-bets! BOB members are especially encouraged to attend because we will have NO meeting this month!

*Bring your own lunch. Some snacks will be provided.

Hope to see you there!

Our January selection is Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. Listen for the announcements after break for a specific date.

Read the book over break, come to the discussion in January, then go see the new movie...sounds like a plan to me!

Snow Day!

Due to yesterday's snow day, our meeting will have to be rescheduled. It will not work for me to have it next week Wednesday the 16th--Key Club meets that night--and with all the extracurricular clubs meetings, I think that it will be difficult to have it during 6th hour before the holiday break. Is there a day that works better for you to come during 6th hour or would you prefer a lunchtime meeting?

For sure, the 17th would not work during lunch--book discussion that day! What are your other ideas?!? Please post a comment!!

Moodle is back!

Practice questions will be available starting January 1^st. We will be using Moodle @ http://moodle.cesa11.k12.wi.us/battle/ to communicate with other teams, access practice questions once they become available, and take the Draw10 Quiz. Please do not take the Final Practice Quiz—we will do this together as a team before the final battle. Check Moodle (and our blog!) often for updates.

Our team login information is:

Username: hsberlin

Password: CLUE: a 3-letter abbreviation we use for our team (could also be someone’s name)—See Ms. Gietzel if you need more hints… :)

Take some time to browse around Moodle and brainstorm some information you’d like to see in our team profile…we’ll add this at our next meeting.

Speaking of that, our next meeting will be next Wednesday, December 9^th during 6^th hour in the LMC Classroom. Hope to see you all there.

This cold weather and SNOW makes me want to go home, snuggle under a warm blanket, and read this weekend! Happy reading to you all!!

Little Brother

I just finished reading Little Brother. i thought that was a very good book. It got me intrigued really fast and i finished it quickly too. i didn't get bored in this one. It kept me thinking and on my toes. i kept on thinking something would happen, then bam something else would! i'd recommend this book if you like something to think about, or suspense.

The Hunger Games(#1)

I just finished the first book a few minutes ago and i absolutely LOVED it. I was even crying in a few places now im desperate for the next book and a little obsessed with the book. It was perfect. Its a lot like The Host but yet completely different and i think that's what got me hooked.

Next Meeting!

I hope talking with your teammates at this week’s meeting helped to get you excited about reading more of the Battle books—I know I am! I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of Little Brother by Cory Doctorow today. I’ve heard such great reviews of this book and can’t wait to read it for myself. In any case, I know how I’ll be spending this upcoming rainy weekend…

Listen to the announcements for our next BOB meeting on November 18^th. I mentioned at Tuesday’s meeting that the first book discussion of the year will be on November 12^th on the book Frozen Fire by Tim Bowler. If anyone is looking for a spooky diversion from the Battle books, we’d love for you to join us during lunch on the 12^th!

In the words of former teammate Anthony, read on book lovers…read on!

Resignation

I wanted to make this official, even though I spoke with Ms. Gietzle about this. Unfortunately, I have decided that it would be best if I dropped out for Personal reasons...


Sincerely,
Anthony

update

I finished Big Brother and I loved it. I am reading Jerk right now.
Sabeena

Paper Towns

Greetings all!

Here's a booktalk I developed for Paper Towns by John Green. Has anyone read this one yet? Loved it!

What else are you reading right now?

Paper Towns

by John Green

The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle. Like, I will probably never be struck by lightning, or win a Nobel Prize, or become the dictator of a small nation in the Pacific Islands, or contract terminal ear cancer, or spontaneously combust. But if you consider all the unlikely things together, at least one of them will probably happen to each of us. I could have seen it rain frogs. I could have stepped foot on Mars. I could have been eaten by a whale. I could have married the queen of England or survived months at sea. But my miracle was different. My miracle was this: out of all the houses in all the subdivisions in all of Florida, I ended up living next door to Margo Roth Speigelmen (Prologue).

Quentin Jacobsen has been in love with his next-door neighbor, Margo Speigelman, since he was four years old. They used to hang out when they were younger, but ever since they started high school, Margo and Quentin began to drift apart, especially since Margo is part of the in crowd and Quentin, well, he isn’t. Now its two weeks before the end of their senior year and Quentin is ready to move on. That’s until the night that Margo cracks open his window and climbs back into his life. You see, Margo has an elaborate scheme of revenge planned—she recently discovered that her boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend—and she needs Quentin’s help to execute it.

So, they spend the entire night together driving around town, delivering rotten fish, taking blackmail photos, breaking into SeaWorld, you know, the like.

The next day before school, Quentin can’t help but feel like things have changed between him and Margo, back to the way things used to be.

But, when he gets to school, Margo isn’t there. She doesn’t come the next day, or the next. In fact, next thing he knows Quentin is being questioned by the police and finds out that they suspect Margo has run away again. And this time, she has left a trail of clues meant only for him to follow.

Testing out

Ok just had to try this out both ways since useing my kayra account is kind of a pain....my comments apparently need approval first...-_- oh well hehe.....btw!!!!HI EVERYONE!!!

Kelsie (Kayra1714)

hi

hey everyone I'm new to bob and i was wondering how fun it is










Kasey

Testing

My good friend Tanner once said (and then continued to say every time he's greeted a group of people since) "Hola Peoples"

I just wanted to test this out, so yeah Read on Book Lovers... Read on!

Anthony

Example post

Put stuff here.

Posting Instructions

OK Battlers, let’s get started!

First, here are a couple of important instructions for posting here:

1.) You must use either the BOB gmail email account information provided to you by Ms. Gietzel or another gmail account of your own. If you plan on using a personal gmail account, please let Ms. Gietzel know so she can add you to the list of authors.

2.) When you post a review or comment, please “sign” your posting by typing your first name at the bottom of the review or comment. Type only your first name—please do not include your last name!

3.) Please do not change any of the settings of our blog or email!

4.) Have fun and be creative! Some of the things you might want to blog about here include:

i. Reviews or booktalks about the BOB books

ii. How a book made you feel…and why

iii. Comment on posts by other team members

iv. Recommendations to others

v. Useful links

vi. What else are you reading

vii. Anything else?!?

**Please note—all comments will be reviewed by Ms. Gietzel before they are published on our blog**

5.) Ask questions. This is the first time we are trying this…Ms. Gietzel is learning right along with you!

Second, let’s all try to publish a post sometime before our next meeting on Wednesday, October 21^st.

Welcome to our BOB Blog!

Welcome to our Berlin High School Battle of the Book (BOB) Blog! Maybe you are a current member of our team or are just wanting to find out a little more information about our program…either way, feel free to take a look around!

This is a place where our BOB team will be communicating on all things BOB, especially during the early months of our season.

For more information on the Wisconsin Battle of the Books program, please check out: http://wemtaonline.org/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi.

Our first BOB meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 23rd during 6th hour in the LMC Classroom. Hope to see you there!