The Readers’ Cup is a competition that rewards students who do well at reading and love the challenge of a 'mastermind' quizz competition to test their knowledge of a book.
Just as good sports people receive rewards, our good readers will receive prizes and certificates for competing at reading. There will be two competitions each year - a Summer Cup and a Winter Cup!
The Readers’ Cup Competition is commencing in Term 3 2008. Boys form teams of three students, and each team will be reading four books that have been selected by the Resources Centre Staff. The teams compete against each other in heats. Each team provides written answers to questions about each book, and the four teams with the highest scores go into the finals.
Teams will be asked more difficult questions with each round. The Grand Final competition will be held at the College in the evening, with parents and friends invited to watch the fun!
The first heats will be held in Week 6 of Term 4, with the 'challenge' continuing to the finals in Term 1, 2009. As the challenge is played out, we will share the book lists, publish the questions (and answers) after each round, and keep everyone 'up-to-date' on the excitement of this new and exciting literacy challenge for boys.
Why have a Readers’ Cup?
Our latest competition!
The Readers’ Cup Challenge is a highly visible form of promoting and recognizing the importance of literature and reading, and also encourages team building through friendly competition.
Let the challenge begin!
Students have formed teams, and are going on Spring holidays, ready to read four books for the first round of the challenge.
September 2008 - Books in Round 1:
Holes, by Louis Sacher
You want to run away?' Mr Sir asked him. Stanley looked back at him, unsure what he meant. 'If you want to run away, go ahead, start running. I'm not going to stop you.'Stanley didn't know what kind of game Mr Sir was playing... 'We don't need a fence. Know why? Because we've got the only water for a hundred miles. You want to run away? You'll be buzzard food in three days.' Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so he isn't too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to a boys juvenile detention centre. At Camp Green Lake the boys must dig a hole a day, five feet deep, five feet across, in the dried up lake bed. The Warden claims the labour is character building, but it is a lie. Stanley must dig up the truth.
Once, by Morris Gleitzmann
Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad.
Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house.
Once I made a Nazi with toothache laugh.
My name is Felix.
This is my story.
Lost Property, by James Moloney
I hoped Michael was all right. I'd bring him back, though, if I could find him. What could be more precious, what could be more valuable to my family than Michael? This was going to be so good. Roll on, bus, I cried in my head.
From the outside, Josh's life looks pretty much perfect. He's in a band, he has a gorgeous girlfriend and he does well at school. But Josh's family has been slowly falling apart since his older brother disappeared two years before.
Then Josh comes across a clue to Michael's whereabouts in the Lost Property Office where he's working for the holidays. Determined to put his family back together, and without a word to anyone, Josh too leaves Sydney in a desperate bid to bring his brother home.
Point Blanc, by Anthony Horowitz
An explosive graphic novel adaptation of Alex Rider’s second thrilling mission. Investigations into the 'accidental' deaths of two of the world’s most powerful men have revealed just one link: both had a son attending Point Blanc Academy. Armed with a new collection of gadgets, Alex must infiltrate the academy as a pupil and establish the truth about what is really happening there. Featuring full-colour, action-packed, Manga-style art.
The Readers Cup Challenge
The Readers’ Cup is a competition that rewards students who do well at reading and love the challenge of a 'mastermind' quizz competition to test their knowledge of a book.
Just as good sports people receive rewards, our good readers will receive prizes and certificates for competing at reading. There will be two competitions each year - a Summer Cup and a Winter Cup!
The Readers’ Cup Competition is commencing in Term 3 2008. Boys form teams of three students, and each team will be reading four books that have been selected by the Resources Centre Staff. The teams compete against each other in heats. Each team provides written answers to questions about each book, and the four teams with the highest scores go into the finals.
Teams will be asked more difficult questions with each round. The Grand Final competition will be held at the College in the evening, with parents and friends invited to watch the fun!
The first heats will be held in Week 6 of Term 4, with the 'challenge' continuing to the finals in Term 1, 2009. As the challenge is played out, we will share the book lists, publish the questions (and answers) after each round, and keep everyone 'up-to-date' on the excitement of this new and exciting literacy challenge for boys.
Why have a Readers’ Cup?
Let the challenge begin!
Students have formed teams, and are going on Spring holidays, ready to read four books for the first round of the challenge.September 2008 - Books in Round 1:
Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house.
Once I made a Nazi with toothache laugh.
My name is Felix.
This is my story.
From the outside, Josh's life looks pretty much perfect. He's in a band, he has a gorgeous girlfriend and he does well at school. But Josh's family has been slowly falling apart since his older brother disappeared two years before.
Then Josh comes across a clue to Michael's whereabouts in the Lost Property Office where he's working for the holidays. Determined to put his family back together, and without a word to anyone, Josh too leaves Sydney in a desperate bid to bring his brother home.