Readers Cup 2023


Conferring over their answers for the Readers Cup

Swatting up with their reading before the interschool Readers Cup Quiz!


Activities and Resources:

Here are some  resources for ALL the Red Dot books and our practice questions. Complete deadlines and details are available on the ISLN site.

The practice questions for the ISLN Readers Festival Quiz books below can be found at this link.

Red Dot titles included in this year's quiz:

Younger:

The Secret Explorers

To Small Tola

Zanzibar

Planet Omar

Donut Feed The Squirrels

Dulcinea in the Forbidden Forest

The Secret of The Magic Pearl

Older:

Wilderlore

City of Dragons

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Flight of the Puffin

The Genius Under the Table

Talking To Alaska

The Last Bear

Mature:

Black Water Sister

The Gaps

Strongman

Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions

IMPORTANT DATES

Mon-Fri, May 15th-19th: Readers Festival Quiz (5 days) may be completed anytime during this period

Tue, May 23rd: Readers Festival - Readers Festival Quiz winners announced, Red Dot winners announced, Next Year’s Red Dot shortlist announced, virtual, synchronous author talks (recording availability TBD)

Guidelines for the Kahoot Competition:

  • The individual book Kahoot quizzes are not timed.
  • Estimated time for the quiz (to give you a sense of how much time you might need):
    • Younger: 60 minutes - 6 books with 10 questions in each quiz
    • Older: 70 minutes - 7 books with 10 questions in each quiz
    • Mature: 60 minutes - 4 books with 15 questions in each quiz
  • After completing the individual book quizzes each team must complete a Tie-Breaker round.
  • ONLY the Tie-Breaker round is timed.
  • It will include ten questions drawn from all the books.
  • The scores from the Tie-Breaker round will only be applied in the case of a tie after the individual book quizzes.
  • You are welcome to run the quizzes over multiple days (two a day each lunch hour) or run all of them on one day.
  • All Readers Festival Kahoot quizzes must be conducted with adult supervision.
  • If a quiz must be abandoned before it is completed, when the team reattempts the quiz, the team must skip any questions already completed (in the case of duplication, the answer(s) from the first round will be counted).
  • Answers are not looked up.
  • Notes are not used.
  • Scores are not shared, but rankings within a school will be shared with the school in question if requested. ISLN will keep the scores for transparency purposes.


QUIZ:

  • Links to the Kahoot Quizzes will be sent by 8 am May 15 and closed at 5 pm May 19th.

READERS FESTIVAL:

  • Links to the Author Talks, which begin at 3:30 pm on May 23rd, will be sent out before noon on Monday, May 22nd.
  • Links to recordings of the author talks will be sent out upon request and can be viewed by ____________ until _______.
  • The Readers Festival Slide Deck (including this year's Red Dot winners, next year's Red Dot titles, and the Readers Festival Kahoot winners) will be sent out before noon on Monday, May 22nd.
  • Medals and trophies will be distributed to winning teams by Friday, May 26t