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The True Confessions of Charlotte DoyleAudience: Students in grades 5 - 8, teachers
Vehicle & Rationale: Booktalk to advertise a book filled with adventure and a bit of mystery. Plan: At the end of the lesson, before open check out time, the library media specialist will conduct a booktalk on this novel. In the talk, she will explain how this book is about an ordinary girl, on an ordinary ship, on a not-so-ordinary voyage. The LMS will go on to say how she ended up being the only female, let alone child (or teen, as she was 13) on the ship. And she was accused, and convicted, of MURDER! "To find out what happens to Charlotte, feel free to check out this book!" Marketing: The booktalk will occur in each grade level, at different times throughout the year in order to ensure each grade gets an equal chance at checking the copies out. The booktalk will occur before students are allowed to check out books in order to pique their interest. One copy will remain with the library media specialist in order to conduct a booktalk with each class for that grade level, but if copies run out, a request list will be started. |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.Audience: Students, Teachers, Parents, Staff, General Public
Vehicle & Rationale: This book will be displayed on a bulletin board, as well as a table underneath the board. The bulletin board is on a wall in the library where everyone who enters can plainly see it. Plan: The bulletin board will be advertising different banned or challenged books for Banned Book Week. The bulletin board will display a picture of the front of the books, while each book on the table will have a little synapsis of why they were banned or challenged. Marketing: I will create this display for Banned Book Week in order to promote the books that have been banned or challenged. An email will be sent to all teachers to ask them to help encourage students to check out these books. The event will also be put on the school website page, as well as in all newsletters that are sent home to parents. |
A Murder for Her Majesty |
Audience: Students Grades 5-7
Vehicle & Rationale: Booktalk to promote this book. Plan: Students in grades 5-7 will listen to a booktalk about this book. The LMS will begin by pointing out the title: A Murder for Her Majesty. The LMS will then booktalk in the point of view of Alice, the main character, who witnessed her father's murder. The LMS will continue as Alice, stating how she ran away to escape the murderers, and overheard them saying how "The Queen will be pleased." Then, she literally runs into a boy, Geoffrey, who is a choirboy with his friends. Taking her in and turning her into a choirboy as a joke, Alice pretends to be a boy, finally finding a safe place. But then, she overhears the murderers. What will happen to Alice if they find her? What will become of her? Read to find out! Marketing: The booktalk will occur in each grade level, at different times throughout the year in order to ensure each grade gets an equal chance at checking the copies out. The booktalk will occur before students are allowed to check out books in order to pique their interest. One copy will remain with the library media specialist in order to conduct a booktalk with each class for that grade level, but if copies run out, a request list will be started. |
The Adventures of Beekle, The Unimaginary FriendAudience: Grades K - 2
Vehicle & Rationale: Digital Storytelling using pictures and drawings to identify students' own imaginary friends. Plan: The students will listen to The Adventures of Beekle, The Unimaginary Friend being read aloud. Afterwards, the students will draw a picture of a stuffed animal, imaginary friend, or even a real friend. Once finished drawing the "imaginary friend," students will identify three adjectives to describe their friend. Marketing: The idea for this lesson will be placed in the school library newsletter, stating what the students will be learning. Teachers will be sent an email reminding them about the lesson before their class comes to library. It will also be placed in the teachers' newsletter for parents to see. This way, students will be able to bring a picture, or even their stuffed animal to library to let the library media specialist take a picture. |