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A Wrinkle in Time

Meg Murry

Because of Winn Dixie

Stewart Petersen

Holes

Stanley Yelnats

The Dragon's Song

Bao Dang

The Tale of Despereaux

India Opal Buloni

Tuck Everlasting

Princess Pea

Where the Red Fern Grows

Winnie Foster

Wonder

Auggie Pullman



"The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal" by Ben Mezrich became the movie _______________

The Social Network

"The Executioners" by John D. MacDonald was filmed twice as _______________

Cape Fear

"Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes became the movie _______________

Charly

"The Hoods" by Harry Grey became the movie _______________

Once Upon A Time in America

"My Posse Don't Do Homework" by Louanne Johnson became the movie _______________

Dangerous Minds

"Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp became the movie _______________

The Minority Report

"Shoeless Joe" by W. P. Kinsella became the movie _______________

Field of Dreams

"We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick became the movie _______________

Total Recall

"Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi became the movie _______________

Goodfellas

Bonus:

Casino
Die Hard

BookWorm Bonus: A three-book series is called a trilogy. What is a two-book series called? (two points)

A missed opportunity to cash in on a third.

OK, OK...I'M guessing something like a duology.


Total points: 38

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Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:27 pm

Jamboree 2021 - Unit 21 - FINAL WEEK!!!
June 7, 2021

BookWorms


Stuck in the Middle With Me
Match the main characters from list below to the correct middle grade book. Two points each.

Titles:
A Wrinkle in Time Peterson
Because of Winn Dixie Yelnats
Holes Pullman
The Dragon's Song Pea
The Tale of Despereaux Buloni
Tuck Everlasting Murry
Where the Red Fern Grows Foster
Wonder. Dang. (Which perfectly summarizes this section for me.)

Characters:
Auggie Pullman
Bao Dang
India Opal Buloni
Meg Murry
Princess Pea
Stanley Yelnats
Stewart Petersen
Winnie Foster


From Page to Screen
Many books and short stories are made into movies and most of the time the movie and print titles are the same. Sometimes they're not.
Below is a list of book (or short story) titles (with authors). Complete the sentences with the correct movie title from the other list. Two points each:

"The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal" by Ben Mezrich became the movie _the social network ______________
"The Executioners" by John D. MacDonald was filmed twice as ______dangerous minds________
"Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes became the movie ________the minority report_______
"The Hoods" by Harry Grey became the movie _______once upon a time ..._______
"My Posse Don't Do Homework" by Louanne Johnson became the movie ______casino_________
"Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp became the movie ______charly_________
"Shoeless Joe" by W. P. Kinsella became the movie ______field of dreams _________
"We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick became the movie ______total recall ________
"Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi became the movie ______goodfellas_________

Movies (two of these are distractors):
Cape Fear
Casino
Charly
Dangerous Minds
Die Hard
Field of Dreams
Goodfellas
The Minority Report
Once Upon a Time in America
The Social Network
Total Recall

Bonus: Identify the two distractor titles (one point each)
Cape fear. Die hard
BookWorm Bonus: A three-book series is called a trilogy. What is a two-book series called? (two points)

Total points: 38

Up next: Decades!

Vandal wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 06, 2021 9:27 pm

Jamboree 2021 - Unit 21 - FINAL WEEK!!!
June 7, 2021

BookWorms


Stuck in the Middle With Me
Match the main characters from list below to the correct middle grade book. Two points each.

Titles:
A Wrinkle in Time - Stewart Petersen
Because of Winn Dixie - India Opal Buloni
Holes - Stanley Yelnats This was on last Saturday.
The Dragon's Song - Bao Dang
The Tale of Despereaux - Meg Murry
Tuck Everlasting - Winnie Foster
Where the Red Fern Grows - Princess Pea
Wonder - Auggie Pullman This was on a few weeks ago. I love this movie! Now I want to read the book. I just checked the library, and they have it! I will be reading it soon.

Characters:
OK, now we're in trouble.

From Page to Screen
Many books and short stories are made into movies and most of the time the movie and print titles are the same. Sometimes they're not.
Below is a list of book (or short story) titles (with authors). Complete the sentences with the correct movie title from the other list. Two points each:

"The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal" by Ben Mezrich became the movie The Social Network
"The Executioners" by John D. MacDonald was filmed twice as Cape Fear
"Flowers For Algernon" by Daniel Keyes became the movie Charly. I accidentally read the story before it was made into a movie. This is one of the few movies where I admit the movie was better. OK, I read the story on purpose, that came out wrong.
"The Hoods" by Harry Grey became the movie Casino
"My Posse Don't Do Homework" by Louanne Johnson became the movie Dangerous Minds
"Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp became the movie Once Upon a Time in America
"Shoeless Joe" by W. P. Kinsella became the movie Field of Dreams
"We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick became the movie Total Recall
"Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi became the movie Goodfellas

Movies (two of these are distractors):

Bonus: Identify the two distractor titles (one point each)

Die Hard
The Minority Report

BookWorm Bonus: A three-book series is called a trilogy. What is a two-book series called? (two points)

Original and sequel.

Total points: 38

Up next: Decades!