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Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other Where There’s a Will Little Engine That Could Type Casting Worth a Thousand Words Classical Gas

Classical Gas Describe for your partner these classic American novels in 30 seconds or less.

Classical Gas 1. Gone with the Wind 2. To Kill a Mockingbird 3. Huckleberry Finn 4. Catcher in the Rye 5. The Scarlet Letter 6. The Red Badge of Courage 7. Charlotte’s Web

Worth a Thousand Words Describe for your partner these children’s book illustrators in 30 seconds or less.

Worth a Thousand Words 1. Maurice Sendak 2. Trina Schart Hyman 3. Mike Wimmer 4. Robert McCloskey 5. Chris Van Allsburg 6. Susan Jeffers 7. Jerry Pinkney

Type Casting Describe for your partner these genres of literature in 30 seconds or less.

Type Casting 1. Folk Tales 2. Historical Fiction 3. Poetry 4. Biography 5. Fantasy 6. Nonfiction 7. Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other Describe for your partner these elements of Eisenberg and Berkowitz’s Big Six information skills in 30 seconds or less.

Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other 1. Define the task 2. Organize the information 3. Select the best possible sources 4. Evaluate the product and process 5. Find information within sources 6. Extract information 7. Present the information

Where There’s a Will Describe for your partner these Shakespearean plays in 30 seconds or less.

Where There’s a Will 1. Romeo and Juliet 2. Hamlet 3. King Lear 4. Macbeth 5. As You Like It 6. A Midsummer Night’s Dream 7. The Tempest

Little Engine that Could Describe for your partner these Internet search engines in 30 seconds or less.

Little Engine that Could 1. Metacrawler 2. Northern Light 3. Lycos 4. Alta Vista 5. Hot Bot 6. Dogpile 7. Ditto

Lightning Round Name for your partner things that fit each category. You may not describe the category, only list items within it. You have one minute.

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