Battle of the Books Coaches Info
OVERVIEW OF FRONTIER BOB COMPETITION:
All students will sit with their teams at separate tables. The tables are close in proximity, so students should practice whispering when discussing their answers.
Students will have one whiteboard, two markers (one for backup), and one eraser. No other materials are allowed.
Each time must assign a student to be The SCRIBE who records the team answer on the whiteboard.
THE TEAM SCRIBE MUST BE THE SAME FOR THE ENTIRE ROUND BUT MAY CHANGE BETWEEN ROUNDS (this is new).
Score Recorders will sit between 2 tables and will record scores for 2 teams.
The Judge and Timer will sit at a table facing the teams.
The Judge will read the question and the time will start at the end of the question.
Students have 30 seconds to discuss the answer.
After 30 seconds the timer will announce "Time" and the Scribe MUST IMMEDIATELY START writing the answer on the whiteboard.
ONCE THE SCRIBE STARTS WRITING ALL TALKING MUST STOP. This is important.
The Scribe has as much time as they need (within reason) to write the OFFICIAL Title and Author on the whiteboard.
Once all teams have finished writing, the judge will say "Teams, please show your answer."
The Scribe will hold up the whiteboard to show the Score Recorder, who will record the team score.
Teams may earn 0, 3 (correct author), 5 (correct title), or 8 points (correct author and title). No partial points are given.
Minor spelling errors will be counted as correct.
The full title and author must be written to count as correct. No partial points are given.
If a book has 2 authors listed, both must be written to receive points. No partial points are given.
We will have whiteboards/markers available for practice at the front desks when you check in this week. Please take one.
Please see Procedures for more details. (Note: These procedures need to be updated. Students do not need to read their answers aloud.)
The District competition is 3 rounds of 8 questions each. The Frontier competition may have 2 OR 3 rounds of 8 questions each (TBD).