Bobs Books Blog | Childrens and Young Adult Book Reviews by Bob Docherty YA? Why Not? | A Teen Librarian Writes About Teen Reads Teenreads | Australian Storytelling Guild (NSW) Creative iPad Apps for Kids, Word Mover and Trading Cards Creative iPad Apps for Kids, Word Mover and Trading Cards by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com I am really impressed with the ReadWriteThink iPad apps. For a start, they're excellent. Word Mover Word Mover allows children and teens to create “found poetry” by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text. As soon as I read about it, I downloaded Word Mover to my iPad. 30 seconds later I was creating my first poem. Word Mover is more versatile than just creating poetry, wonderful though that idea is! Check out the video below to see Word Mover in action. Trading Cards I told you about the Trading Card app in Activities for Children's Book Week 2013. Invigorate students' writing with an interactive tool that allows them to demonstrate their comprehension using a mobile app. Cards are created by following a kind of wizard, with questions that help kids hone in on key information.
ReadPlus Fiction, Children's books, eBooks, Non-fiction books, textbooks and more at Waterstones Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell has been announced as the winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. The Waterstones Children's Book Prize, now in its tenth year, celebrated on Thursday 3rd April at a ceremony at Waterstones flagship Piccadilly store, the largest bookshop in Europe. The prize champions new and emerging talent in children's writing and is unique in that it is solely voted for by booksellers. "The 2014 category winners are each of an outstanding quality which our booksellers have delighted in unearthing and passionately championing. James Daunt, Managing Director for Waterstones The lucky winners can be seen below or you can read more on the Waterstones blog. Best Fiction for 5-12s and overall winner Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell "Katherine Rundell's Rooftoppers is a hugely deserving winner of the 10th Children's Book Prize: it already feels like a classic. Melissa Cox, Children's New Titles Buyer for Waterstones Best Picture Book - Winner Best Book for Teens - Winner
Free Book Search.net - Search for books 17 Australian YA Authors You Need To Read 10/29/2013 6:26PM | Posted by: TeamEpicReads | Lists! So many wonderful authors hail from so many wonderful countries around the world, but for some unknown reason Australia seems to have a particularly high concentration of AMAZING young adult writers. So here’s to you Aussies! Thank you for koalas, the Hemsworth brothers, the phrase “A dingo stole my baby!” Oh yeah, and thanks for all of these talented blokes and sheilas: From: SydneyFun Fact: The Book Thief is published as an adult novel in Australia, not young adult! From: SydneyFun Fact: Taught secondary-school English for ten years.Must reads: Jellicoe Road and Finnikin of the Rock From: MelbourneFun Fact: Three of her favorite artists are Mark Rothko, Sam Leach and Ghostpatrol.Must reads: Graffiti Moon and A Little Wanting Song From: MelbourneFun Fact: He was once a part-time soldier in the Australian Army ReserveMust Reads: Sabriel and A Confusion of Princes From: SydneyFun Fact: She is married to Scott Westerfeld!
Secondary teaching ideas by Syllabus and Stage Articles in Scan provide many ideas for teacher-librarians and teachers working together to support syllabus outcomes across the range of KLAs. You can browse annotations of Scan articles by clicking here and then request the full article from your teacher-librarian. Secondary teaching ideas The following annotations for teaching ideas, incorporating teaching activities and units, are organised in the following KLA Stages. English Area of Study: Belonging resource list is now available. Back to top Back to Teaching ideas home