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SPRING CHALLENGE 2020
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Spring Challenge 2020: Task Ideas
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April Fools Day - Read a book with the MPG HumorApril Showers: Read a book with water on the cover
Bring May Flowers: Read a book with a flower on the cover
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb: Read a book with a lion, lamb or sheep on the cover
Mother's Day: Read a book with a main character who is a mother.
St. Patrick's Day: Read a book with at least 50% green cover
Dr. Seuss: March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's birthday. Read a book which meets SRC guidelines and has the MPG Children's.
Free Comic Book Day: May 2nd is Free Comic Book Day. Read a book with the MPG Graphic Novel or Sequential Art
Read a book whose Author shares a first or last name with as 2020 Grammy Award Winner https://www.npr.org/2020/01/26/799752...
Lady GaGa is known for showing up to music awards in crazy outfits (in a meat dress, in an egg)15 pointer:
Read a book that you can spell meat in title or author name
Read a book where you can spell egg in title/author
Read 1 book that fits both requirements
Dee wrote: "Lady GaGa is known for showing up to music awards in crazy outfits (in a meat dress, in an egg)15 pointer:
Read a book that you can spell meat in title or author name
Read a book where you can sp..."
LoL I like this one Dee!
1. Task name: Celebrate SpringTo honour the coming of spring around the world, choose one book from 3 options:
Option 1. Action is set in one country/ region where specific events welcoming the spring equinox are organised: https://www.loveexploring.com/gallery...
Option 2. Book written by a single author, where author’s initials can be found in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING
Option 3. Book title contains one word that can be spelled using the letters in the phrase CELEBRATE SPRING
2. Task name - Multiple Meanings of “spring”
Spring is a season, but the same word, as a noun, has 3 other meanings: a flow of water, an elastic cord (such as a bow) and a jump/ leap.
To explore the grammar diversity of the noun “spring”, read a book displaying on the cover:
Option 1. A flow of water (can be a spring, river, waterfall, even water flowing in a sink, and so on, but not a lake, an ocean or a sea)
Option 2. A traditional hunting scene (elements such as: bow, hunting dogs, forest)
Option 3. A person in a dynamic motion - jumping, leaping, running, and so on.
These tasks are all inspired by memorable moments which happened at music award ceremonies:Beyonce Reveals Pregnancy: At the 2011 VMAs Beyonce unbuttoned her jacket to reveal her baby bump. Read a book with an obviously pregnant woman on the cover.
"What's Up New York?": At the 2019 VMAs, Adrianna Lima mistook New Jersey for New York. Read a book which takes place at least 50% in the states of New York or New Jersey.
Blink-182: The band members appeared naked at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards. Read a book that has a human figure on the cover but no visible clothing.
Britney and Madonna Kiss: At the 2003 VMAs Britney Spears and Madonna (and Christina Aguilera) kissed on stage. Read a book with the MPG LGBT
I'm a Slave 4 U: At the 2001 VMAs Britney Spears performed with a live snake across her shoulders. Read a book with at least one numerical digit in the title or subtitle. Numbers cannot be spelled out (Ex. 4 not Four)
Michael Jackson Tribute: In 2009 shortly after Michael Jackson's death, his sister Janet Jackson performed a duet with a video of him at the VMAs. Read a book first published after the author had died.
The Sound of Music: Read a book with one of the items listed in the song My Favorite Things in the title or on the cover.
March has a Friday the 13th this year-Read a book with the numbers 1 and 3 in the page total
The Ides of March- Read a book with an author whose initials appear in "Beware The Ides of March"
April Fools Day-Read a book with an MPG of humor
April 7th is World Health Day-Read a book with an MPG of Medical, Medicine or Health
April 22nd is Earth Day-Read a book with an MPG of Environment, Ecology
Memorial Day is in May-Read a book Tagged WW1 or WW2
There have been some viral memes going around the internet about how the 2020 Grammy Outfits look like batman super villains (https://comicbook.com/dc/2020/01/27/g...). Read a book with the MPG Superheroes.
while the grammy's are the most well known music awards - the other 2 big awards in the US are the American Music Awards and the Billboard Music Awards- Read a book by an author whose initials are in AMERICAN or BILLBOARD
New Artist is a common Music Award
- read a book first published in 2019/2020 that is the authors first work
Collaboration of the Year
- read a book that is written by two authors (that is not an anthology)
the 2019 American Music Awards Tour of the Year went to BTS - read a book that is set in one of the states/countries that BTS toured to
- https://ibighit.com/bts/eng/tour/love...
To add on onto BTS's win in the post above. Korean pop (KPOP) in general has become really popular internationally. Read a book set in Korea.
- Read a biography, autobiography, or memoir by a musician- Georg Solti has won the most Grammys - He was born in Hungary, during WWII lived in London and Switzerland, and after the War ended up in Munich. Finally finishing his career in Chicago. Read a book set in Hungary, Switzerland, London, Chicago, or Munich.
- Read a book by an author who shares a name with any of the Top Grammy Award winners. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_...
Poetry is often described as having a musical or lyrical quality. Would be fun to have a 5 or 10 point task be to read a collection of poetry.
A band consists of different members playing together, to honor musicians in bands, read a book of short stories written by different authors.
The singer with the most American Music awards is Taylor Swift. Read a book that shares a word with one of her album titles.Taylor Swift
Fearless
Speak Now
Red
1989
Reputation
Lover
Music Notes: The 7 music notes are A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Read a book with all of those letters in the title and/or subtitle.
Top 40: Read a book with a 4+ letter word in the title which matches a word in a song title from this Top 40 Songs of 2019 list. Words must match exactly.
Hidden Gems: Read a book with less than 500 ratings on Goodreads.
Read a book from one of these lists: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
Read a book that has been adapted into an award winning musical
A note can be sharp or flat, read a book with one of those words in the title.
a word ending in -ing (for Spring) in the titlethe Australian version of a grammy is an Aria award - a book with a title that starts and ends with the same letter
for mother's day - a book with a family member in the title (e.g. mother, grandmother, daughter)
April and May are both girl's names - a book with a girl's name in the title
Billie Eilish: Singer Billie Eilish won 5 awards at the Grammys and recently performed at the Oscars. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in Billie Eilish.
Eminem: Rapper Eminem gave a surprise performance at the Oscars 17 years after winning an Oscar in 2003. Read a book first published in or before 2003.
The Masked Singer: The TV singing competition The Masked Singer is back for season 3. Read a book with a person on the cover whose face cannot be seen (wearing a mask, in shadow, turned away, hair covering face, etc.)
Tracey wrote: "Billie Eilish: Singer Billie Eilish won 5 awards at the Grammys and recently performed at the Oscars. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in Billie Eilish."Also, Billie Eilish's brother produced her records and won Grammy Awards for his work.
Read a book which has a sister and brother as main characters.
Read a book by two authors in the same family.
Or, for one of the 15 point tasks, read two books where the author of Book 2 is a sibling of the author of Book 1.
One of the biggest honours in the rock world is to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. How about either an author sharing a name with an inductee, or a book with a word in the title from the name of an inductee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...Joanne wrote: "Read a book whose Author shares a first or last name with a 2020 Grammy Award Winner.
Nominees might be better than winners, given that there don't seem to be many authors on GR called Billie or Eilish! :-)
Also, not all Music Awards are American! How about a shout out to the Brit Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brit_Aw...?
One of the Grammy awards is for "best spoken word album" ... this year won by Michelle Obama for her memoir: Becoming - Listen to an audiobook
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The bonus theme is Awards: Music Awards.
As in past challenges some tasks may revolve around the seasonal theme of spring. Others may reflect the bonus theme. Other tasks may have nothing to do with either of those themes, they’re just fun or unique ideas to stimulate your reading.
Feel free to post as many ideas as you can come up with. Don’t worry about repeating what someone else has might have already suggested. The more ideas, the better!
The moderators will draw from these ideas as well as their own to create the 5, 10 and 15 point tasks. This thread will be open for ideas until February 13. Spring tasks will begin to be posted on February 15. We look forward to seeing what you come up with!