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Deathmatch Challenge - Round 1.
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Deathmatch Challenge - Round 1.
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There are only a couple more hours to get in your votes on the first round of the Literature Deathmatch Challenge, so get your votes in now before it's too late and your favorite book falls through the cracks.
We had a question yesterday about how we chose the 32 books taking place in this challenge, since many favorites were left off. The 32 books in the bracket are the 32 most popular books over the last 12 months as sold by Prestwick House. I know many of you are disappointed that your favorites are missing. I am, too (maybe next year enough people will teach Cat's Cradle and Catch-22).
Here's the second part of Round Two, with some very different choices.
Those of us who are sports inclined are spending all of our time these days working our way through March Madness brackets trying to find out who is the #1 basketball team in the country, and we thought English teachers might like to get into the fun.
At Prestwick House, we have a game we play in the Cafe that we call the Deathmatch Challenge - a single elimination bracket tournament to determine the truly elite in a number of categories, and we'd like to invite all of you blog readers to join us in the latest Deathmatch challenge-- The Literature March Madness Deathmatch Challenge 2009 of Doom!
Every day, we'll release two heads-up matches in the morning and two heads-up matches in the afternoon, and we're inviting teachers, students, employees, and friends of Prestwick House to post your votes in the comments section of the blog. The one with the most votes at the end of the voting period, after 24-hours, will be declared the winner and move on to the next round. So, get out the vote, invite your students to visit, and find out what book is the ultimate book in The Literature March Madness Deathmatch Challenge 2009 of Doom!
Check out the Complete Bracket to see where your favorite books fall, and who will be facing who in this ultimate challenge.
The first two matches are:
CAST YOUR VOTE!
Post a comment in reply to this thread with your vote for Romeo and Juliet or A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol or Oedipus Rex.
Stay tuned-in to the Prestwick Cafe Blog to find out the results and who's up next!
