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English Festival Friday, May 18, 2012 Seton LaSalle High School Grades 4-6

**Overview: ** The Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English (WPCTE) has organized English Festivals for students, grades 4-12, in an effort to promote quality reading among our students. The goal of the festival is to communicate to students the value of literature in the enrichment of their lives. In order to attain that objective, students are required to read books from a predetermined list.

**Activities: **(students will work in small groups) Insights-- Teams will respond to a prompt that specifically focuses on at least one aspect of the book Trivia-- Teams will answer questions based on all four assigned books Card Match-- Students will match cards that list a detail of the various assigned books

**Books: **  **__Walls Within Walls__** - Maureen Sherry  **__The Green Dog__** - Suzanne Fisher Staples  __**Benjamin Dove**__ - Fridrik Erlings  __**Surviving the Applewhites**__ - Stephanie Tolan