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Game Format
  1. Each school will participate in six rounds.
  2. Each round will consist of 10 questions.
  3. Alternates may be substituted between rounds.
  4. Teams will receive 10 points for each answer.
  5. There will be no penalties for wrong answers.
  6. There will be five members on a team and up to five alternates.
  7. A school may have no more than one team.

 
 

About HRRB

 Middle School Booklist

 Georgia Reading Bowl

 Sample Questions
 
 
Rules During the Game/Round

  1. Students may hold the buzzer.

  2. When the student buzzes in, the console judge must acknowledge the student and team.

  3. The answer must be given within 10 seconds by the student who buzzed in.

  4. If the answer is incorrect, the question will be repeated for the other team.

  5. They will have ten seconds to answer after buzzing in.

  6. If neither team buzzes in, the moderator will answer the question and proceed to the next question.

  7. If a contestant buzzes before the completion of a question, the moderator stops reading and, after being recognized; the contestant must answer immediately. If an incorrect answer is given, the moderator reads the entire question and the opposing team has an opportunity to answer the question within 10 seconds.

  8. Any concern about an answer to a question MUST be addressed by the student to the COACHES before the next question is asked. The moderator’s decision is final. The student will get the attention of the coach by raising his/her hand.

  9. Coaches stay with your team. You will ask any questions, not a team member, a parent or other visitor.

Winners

The winners will be determined in the following manner: The teams with the highest total points from all six of their rounds will be the winners. In case of a tie, the teams who are tied will be co-winners. Winning teams will receive a trophy for their school. In the case of a tie, neither team will receive the trophy that day. Another trophy will be purchased and engraved and presented to each of those teams at a later agreed upon date. There will be a first place, second place and third place winning teams (teams in case of a tie).

Team Selection Strategies

  • Recruit a teacher, paraprofessional and or parent to be co-sponsor and coach.

  • Encourage all students to read the Georgia Book Award Nominees

  • Teachers and sponsors make requirement for certain number of books to be read.

  • Secure AR (accelerated reader) test

  • Make multiple copies available

  • Use vendors such as Baker& Taylor, Bound to Stay Bound, Follett,

  • Sagebrush, Permabound and others that carry GA. Book Award copies ( paperbacks)

  • Buy books on tape

  • Run a power point kiosk on workstations

  • Encourage purchase of personal copies on “tax free days”

  • Establish a “literary club” or type of “lunch bunch” where interested students can read and discus the books on the Georgia Award list.
    *Discuss each book with students as to its theme, plot, characters, settings, etc.

  • Give brief “book talks”

  • By January, at the latest, select possible team and alternates

  • Ask teachers for suggestions of students

  • Give test on the 20 books

  • Hold a school level reading bowl

  • Encourage input from students

  • Mid-February or before, meet with team at designated time to review books and practice questions

  • Students, sponsors, coaches make practice questions

  • Use “extra” students not on team as “coaches”

  • Encourage students to read at least four (4) of the nominees

Sixth Annual Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Competition

  • Georgia Association of Educators (GAE, the Georgia Library Media Association (GLMA) and The Georgia Children's Book Award program are announcing the sixth annual Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl.

  • To participate in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, elementary and middle school students must read the 2007-2008 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominees. The Georgia Book Award Nominees is the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl's official reading list.

  • High school students must read the Georgia Peach Teen Readers' Choice Award Nominees for 2007-2008 which is the official reading list of the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl.

  • A school may sponsor no more than one team per level (elementary, middle, or high school)

  • Each team will consist of five players and five alternates.

  • If your school system participates in a district wide competition, the first and second place winners in each division may then advance to the regional competition.

 

  
Where can I purchase the buzzers?
Patrick's Press in Columbus, Georgia . The address is:
Patrick's Press Inc.
P.O. Box 5189
Columbus, Georgia 31906
Phone: 1-800-654-1052
or local 706-322-1584		  

State Playoffs will be held on March 1, 2008 during the Georgia Children Literature Conference. The winning teams from the Four Regional Reading Bowls will compete for the championship of Georgia Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl. More on this event will be forthcoming.