2010-2011 SC Young Adult Book Award Nominees Powerpoint

Thanks to Frank Moore, North Myrtle Beach High School, for the powerpoint.

2010-2011 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominees

The new list of South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominees was released last week. Luckily, we have at least one copy of all of them in our library. You should check them out! I started reading them last week, and I have gotten through two of them already. I read All We Know of Heaven and Artichoke's Heart. Both books were more chick lit than for the males. Here is the list:

All We Know of Heaven by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supple
Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle
Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gerhman
The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Defying the Diva by Anne D. Love
The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria McKernan
The Devouring by Simon Holt
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
How to Build a House: A Novel by Dana Reinhardt
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco Stork
My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger
Princess Ben by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Something Wicked by Slan Gratz
Sunrise over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Two Girls of Gettysburg by Lisa Klein

January LIbrary Contest

Name the Title

This is the form to submit for the January Book Swap Contest! Entry deadline 9:00PM Wednesday, January 25, 2009. NOTE: Your timestamp will be set when you enter "submit."

I know some students will "Google" the answers but that is okay since the purpose is to expose you to popular or quality literature, and Googling for the answers just MIGHT make you find a book you want to read.

This is a mixture of characters from current and more traditional works of literature. Name the title (and SPELLING counts.)

 

 

Coming Soon to the DHS Media Center

Well we are finally on our Christmas break, and Lizzie keeps wanting to see new content. (I have to show her an aggregator!) So I am posting a few plans that have not solidified yet, but are mixing around in my head and somewhat shared with Mrs. Dillard and Mrs. Barron.

January Book Swap:
I hope to get approved a book swap activity.  We might add in some paperbacks that we can order new (Scholastic Bargain Book Boxes come to mind.)  But here is the gist of it:

1. Have announced and post fliers around the building asking students to bring gently used books to donate to the book swap -- looking at the 3rd Friday in January.
2. Maintain accurate records on the number of books donated per student.
3. On the big day, bring students into the media center during lunch and/or English classes and then invite them into the bookswap area to select different books based on the dumber of donations made.
4. Encourage students to share their numbers with friends. (Perhaps issue tickets that match the number of books they can select, and allow the to share their tickets with friends.)
5. Consider allowing bag lunches in the library for the day so that the book swap doesn't compete with our students desire to eat.
6. If we can get some Bargain priced book sets for a decent price, consider expanding this t include all English classes, or haps all of one grade's classes. 

January Gamer Day:

1. Have a gamer day in the library (during lunch) and use bag lunches again.
2. Advertise and have kids sign up
3. Get students to volunteer equipment to use (waiver forms needed?)
4. Have sign-ups for time limits in games
5. Brainstorm variety of games, including board games, card games, video games, etc.
6. Figure out arrangement. Secure library workers to "work" each game area.
7. Be prepared for a very "carnival-like" atmosphere.

February Elections:

1. Figure out date to have our SCYABA Book election. Once a week until then, have specific nominee book discussions to help promote them (5 books a week throughout January?)
2. Run reports of circulations of nominees
3. Advertise the election all during January to remind students of criteria for election
4. Have a Lunch Meeting and invite all who qualify to have lunch and vote in the library
5. Celebrate our results with announcements and fliers. 

Well anyway that's what is running through my mind at this moment. I am not sure everything will fly--we still have to see approval from administration. But we'll see. 

Attribution:

Image: 'Mi futura guitarra para el Frets on+Fire'
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Image: 'Romance'
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Image: 'Voting is Patriotic (USA)'
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November 19 - Meet me at the Equinox

In honor of the release of the Twilight sequal "New Moon" DHS Media Center is having a small get together for interested students and staff. We will come together to play trivia games, see who knows the characters best, discuss the book before it hits theaters, and enjoy food, fun, movie trailers, and more. There are prizes to win including posters, games, the movie soundtrack, and more. Bring a camera and have your picture taken with our life-sized cutouts of Edward and Jacob.

• When? November 19, 2009 from 3:30PM - 5PM
• Where? The DHS Media Center
• Who? Anyone interested! (Sign ups are going on now--only those who sign up will be allowed to join us!)

Alex Hamilton - Farenheit 451

New Moon...It's Coming!

Twilight Movie and New Moon Merchandise

The new movie in the Twilight saga, New Moon, is set for release on November 20, 2009. We are planning to host some activities here in the DHS media center to coincide with the release of the movie. We will announce the date for the event very soon. Brush up on your trivia from the books (both Twilight and New Moon), and get ready...it's coming!!!!