Readers Cup UWC East Team 2011

Anyone can join the team, though not only 6 students actually sit at the Question Table at one time. There is a sign-up sheet in the library. If you show up to some practices and participate in quizzing each other about the books, you are on the team and can go to the competition.

When is the actual competition?

Thursday, May 19, 2011, at 4 PM.

Where will the actual competition be held?

The time is right after school. The location is SJI International in the Senior school -- in the Glass Hall on the 3rd floor.

How do we get to and from the competition?

We will leave on school buses right after school. The competition will end about 6 PM and your parents will need to pick you up at SJI International Secondary School. There will NOT be school buses coming back to the AMK campus.

Ms. Deb Gordon (3DGo) will be accompanying the team to the competition and will be in charge of the team. Her mobile telephone number is 9386-9319.

Mr. Bruce Home (4BHo) will be the master of ceremonies of the event.

What are the Junior books and what are the Middle books?

See the list above

Do I have to read ALL the books in one category?

No, just try to read as many as possible.

What can we do to prepare?

• • Read and re-read the books.

  • Try to come up with questions and add them to the Google Spreadsheet. (See links above)

  • Read through the sample questions and try to answer them.

  • Come to as many of the open practices as possible

  • Quiz each other!

How will the 6 people per team be chosen?

We have been doing practice quizzes in the library during Morning Break and Lunch Break -- and on Wednesday, May 18th, some final quizzes will be given. Then Ms. Day will select the 6-competitor groups and alternates.

Who gets to go to the actual competition? Just the 6 people on the team?

No, everyone will go to the competition. If you are not one of the 6 in the team answering the questions, you will be a supporter in the audience.

NB: Anyone can attend the competition and sit in the audience -- including parents.

This photo from last year's competition shows how the teams sit and collaborate to answer questions. The answers are written on an answer sheet, which is passed to the judges at the end of each round.