An Adventure in the Universe of BooksReaders’ Day Contest

2008 March

All classes from grade 1 to 4 participated in the contest

It was a competition in the form of an imaginary

space travel. The teams „travelled from planet to planet solving gamelike

exercises and quizzes in connection with the

books they read.. They started out from

Earth Base reaching all 8 planets and returned to Base after successfully

going through all the adventures.

The teams were handed out tasks beforehand

They had to read assigned childrens’ literature

They chose a team captain They found a name for the team They made a uniform or symbol

common for all members of the team

They made a poster „advertising „ the book

They made a potato stamp for the team to make the documents „official”

Travelling document with drawings and space for scores

They created a badge

Base: the Earth Teachers evaluated and gave scores for completing

previously assigned tasks. Teams were given extra scores for the imaginative

costumes and high quality of the badges or team logos symbolizing the unity of the team.

Planet 1Memory Planet

Students fill out a questionnaire about the books they have read

Station 2Planet Mime According to the rules of the Activity game children mime

the names of objects and characters in the books.

Planet 3Planet Children read small ads and guess who of the characters

could have put them up. They write their own small ads for other characters.

Station4Planet Liar Students correct false statements in a text

about the assigned books.

Station 5Planet Blind Children draw the characters of the novels

with blindfolds.

Station 6Planet Yes-No Barchoba. They guess the names of as many

things as they can in a given time.

Station 7Planet Why Read Why is it good to read? What is the importance of reading ? They give their reasons and arguments

Station 8Planet Blurb They write recommendations and blurbs for

the books they read

Scores are added up and prizes are given out