3 Apples Teen Book Award

The 3 Apples Teen Choice Book Award finalists have been announced and the list is now available at the Gelinas Library Information Center.

The award has been developed to encourage the joy of reading for pleasure, and to give teens of N.Y. State the opportunity to participate in honoring their favorite books. Each year teens in grades 7-12 nominate their favorite book, creating a statewide ballot of fifteen of the most popular titles.

For more information about the 3 Apples Book Award, please visit the website: www.3applesbookaward.org/teens

Visit your local public or school library between November 2008 and April 2009 to borrow books from the list of nominees.

National Book Awards Announced

The National Book Awards for 2008 have been announced.

This year's winners are:

Fiction: Peter Matthiessen won for "Shadow Country"

Non-Fiction: Annette Gordon-Reed won for "The Hemingses of Monticello"

Poetry: Mark Doty won for "Fire to Fire: New and Collected Poems"

YA Literature: Judy Blundell won for "What I Saw and How I lied"

You can listen to the authors read excerpts from the books by clicking on the book titles.

For more information. Visit http://www.nationalbook.org/

VRC Site of the Month: Soundzabound

Royalty Free Music by Soundzabound is background audio for Power Point, video productions, plays, morning news shows, and other multi media presentations.

Available sound clips include:

Audio for Podcasts

Classical

Cultural

Dance

Decades of Music

Hip-Hop/Urban

Jazz

TV & Movie

Rock

Ms. Meek 9th gr.- "To Kill A Mockingbird" Research

Ms. Meek's classes are researching the following topics:

• Harper Lee
• Truman Capote
• Segregation Laws and Race Relations in the 1930's
• Scottsboro 9 and the Trial
• History of lynching in the U.S.

Students must find relevant information that is biographical, historical, informational and visual. They must also include a "Works Cited" that reflects the final research material.

Information Center materials available include the following:

Great American Writers- Ref 810.9

Reference Library of Black America- Ref 301.451

Encyclopedia of Civil Rights- Ref 323.1

As well as use of the VRC (Literature Resource Center, ABC-CLIO American History)

Information Literacy Standards:

Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.

Standard 8: The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.

Ms. Leidahl: 7th gr. Newbery Award Book Report

Ms. Leidahl's classes are working on a "Road-Map Book Report" using Newbery Award & Honor books. Students will create a timeline in the shape of a roadmap which will show important events from their chosen book. For part of the assignment, students visited the information center where Mrs. Hatcher gave a talk about the award's history. Newbery themed bookmarks and bibliographies were distributed to the class following the talk.

A few Newbery Titles:

Crispin: the Cross of Lead by Avi
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff

Information Literacy Standard:

Standard 5: The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.

Daguerre/Gerber 8th gr. Famous Women Scientists Report

Mr. Daguerre and Ms. Gerber's classes are conducting research on famous women scientists. Students have been assigned a famous scientist and must create a poster or artifact from research.

The research report must include a least three sources of information of which one must be a book or encyclopedia. In addition, students must include a Work Citation page. Students have been utilizing the Library Information Center resources to complete the project.

Information Sources Available:

• Notable Women Scientists
• Extroadinary Women of Medicine
• American Women of Science
• Biography Section 921

Information Literacy Standards:

Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.

Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.

Mr. Wormuth- 7th Gr. Health Research

Mr. Wormuth's 7th grade class is creating webpages and powerpoints for the health research topic "The Real Scoop on Tobacco". Students must organize and record all information and activities throughout the project. Mrs. Hatcher will instruct students in the use of the VRC's SIRS Discoverer for topic information. In addition, students will learn how to incorporate sound effects into their projects
using the Soundzabound Royalty Free Music for Schools.


Information Literacy Standards:

Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.