What New Magazines Do You Want for 2009-10?

The Original Handhelds: Magazines That Teens Can’t Resist – 5/1/2009 – School Library Journal via kwout

We already have a healthy collection of magazines (which include requests you gave last year!)…now is the time to cast your vote!  Take a look at this article about magazines that other teens like and then vote for one or more magazines you’d like to see added to The Unquiet Library.

Stephen King: Thumbs Up to J.K. Rowling, Thumbs Down to Stephenie Meyer

Stephen King On ‘Twilight’ Author: ‘Stephenie Meyer Can’t Write Worth A Darn’ – omg! news on Yahoo! via kwout

In an interview with USA Weekend,  Stephen King commented that he thinks J.K. Rowling is a terrific writer, but that Stephenie Meyer “can’t write worth a darn.”

What do you think?   Share your constructive feedback!  You can also vote in our poll!

National Book Award Winners To Be Announced Tonight!

 

The National Book Foundation via kwout

Clear your schedule tonight and stay tuned to hear who wins the National Book Award for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and of course, Young People’s Literature!  The medal ceremony begins at 9:00 PM (EST), and you can follow the updates via http://twitter.com/nationalbook !  Download free posters and bookmarks, read interviews with the nominees, and learn more about each nominated book/work of literature by visiting http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2008.html .

Who do you think will win for Young People’s Literature?  Vote now!

Is Google a Monopoly?

We all use Google tools:  iGoogle, the search engine, Google pages, Google Reader….check out the article below.  Do you think Google is a monopoly?  Participate in our poll!

Google turns 10, raises monopoly concerns – CNN.com via kwout

Poll: What Is Your Most Important Daily Internet Activity?

Library Lounge Furniture Survey!

We need your input on ideas for additional (no, we are not getting rid of what we have….just looking to buy  more!) comfort and lounge furniture for our media center!  Please take a moment to vote in our poll.  Thank you!

Survey: Are You Watching the 2008 Summer Olympics?

Poll for Mrs. Orfale’s 10th Honors Literature/Composition, August 8, 2008

Making Research Real with Multigenre Research Papers

 

Multigenre Research Projects Summer 2008, Buffy Hamilton via kwout

Summer school has just ended, and I wanted to share with our Grizzly researchers a research project my summer school students undertook:  the multigenre research project.  Students were allowed to choose their topics, and indeed, our topics were diverse:  we had everything from John Elway to cardiac disorders to The Crusade to current events!  Take a look at my current resource page on teaching the multigenre paper:

http://webtech.cherokee.k12.ga.us/creekview-hs/buffyhamilton/multigenre_research_projects_summer2008.htm

Here you will find:

• My handouts in PDF format
• Blog reflections from the students
• Sample papers written by real high school students
• My favorite resources on teaching and learning with multigenre papers

What do you think?   My students responded quite positively to the entire project…do you think that you as a student researcher would be interested in doing a research project like this in 2008-09?  The multigenre research approach is great for general research papers as well as literary based research papers…participate in the poll below and let me know what you think!

Mrs. Hamilton

 

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