Genre Study: A Collaborative Approach Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice Students explore literary genres by completing a series of genre studies, each spanning two to three weeks. back to top Genre Study Book List: This list offers numerous book suggestions organized by genre. Mystery Bookmark: Students use this printable bookmark, one of a set customized by genre, to record evidence that the book they are reading fits into the mystery genre. As children complete their schooling, it is important that they are exposed to and immersed in many kinds of print and many types of literature. As Smith wrote in 1991, "The analysis of different types of literature promotes cognitive development because it gives students an opportunity to apply similar skills and strategies, such as identifying themes discussed in one genre-fiction, for example-to other genres like poetry, reports, descriptive pieces, and plays." Further Reading Smith, Carl B. 1994. Hansen, Jane, and Vivian Vasquez.
Looking for the History in Historical Fiction: An Epidemic for Reading ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, videos, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Find the latest in professional publications, learn new techniques and strategies, and find out how you can connect with other literacy professionals. More Teacher Resources by Grade Your students can save their work with Student Interactives. More Home › Classroom Resources › Lesson Plans Lesson Plan Overview Featured Resources From Theory to Practice Students brainstorm what they know about communicable disease and epidemics. back to top Infectious Diseases, Illness, and Epidemics in Historical Fiction: This book list includes historical fiction that includes diseases, illness, or epidemics. Questions to Consider While Reading Historical Fiction: These guiding questions are useful for promoting critical thinking when reading any historical fiction. Further Reading
What is Historical Fiction? - Definition, Characteristics, Books & Authors Learn about a genre that takes our actual past and mixes in fictional elements. This lesson breaks down the definition of historical fiction and describes popular examples in literature. Explore our library of over 10,000 lessons Click "next lesson" whenever you finish a lesson and quiz. You now have full access to our lessons and courses. You're 25% of the way through this course! The first step is always the hardest! Way to go! Congratulations on earning a badge for watching 10 videos but you've only scratched the surface. You've just watched 20 videos and earned a badge for your accomplishment! You've just earned a badge for watching 50 different lessons. You just watched your 100th video lesson. Congratulations! Congratulations! You are a superstar! Incredible. You have earned a badge for watching 20 minutes of lessons. You have earned a badge for watching 50 minutes of lessons. You have earned a badge for watching 100 minutes of lessons.
Welcome to GLT 50 thought-provoking quotes about libraries and librarians You’ll find below a selection of quotes devoted to places and people deserving most attention: libraries and librarians. Libraries are essential in a process of giving citizens access to knowledge. In digital times they are needed more than ever before. Get your library card, and you’ll be able to borrow a print or electronic book, use free internet, or attend a course that will improve your digital skills. Most importantly, however, libraries are the places where you can expect smart and clear answers to even most difficult questions. Neil Gaiman perfectly describes what’s happening in digital times: “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers, a librarian can bring you back the right one.” In times of the internet, everyone can visit a library without leaving home. Where are you heading with your life? Please share the library quotes that are still missing. Read also 50 most inspirational quotes from books Top article An extended list of the most inspirational book quotes of all time: J.K.
Titles for Great Library and Classroom Bulletin Boards and Displays Reach for the Stars[stars / outer space / rocket ships]Reach for the Stars - Read![stars / rocket ships / hands reaching]Read - It's What Smart People Do[famous people]Read a Book - Build Knowledge[cityscape / construction materials]Read a Great Tale[animals]Read a Rainbow[red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet book covers]Read Around the World[Earth / globe / multicultural icons]READ in Many Languages[word "read" in various languages]Read in the Wildest Places[animals / jungle / forest]Read Return Repeat[recycle symbol]Read the Book, Then Pop In the Video[popcorn]Read the Reel Story[movie items / film reels]Read with Greed - You'll Want to Devour These Books![dishes / cutlery]Readathesaurus If You're Looking for the Right Word[thesaurus / dinosaurs]Reader's Review[Post colour photos of book covers on the display area. Make a form to hang underneath with a line for student name and a spot to stick a coloured dot or star.
20 year-round library display ideas | What Are You Reading? One of the most fun parts of my job is coming up with display ideas. I find that patrons really enjoy the book recommendations from displays, I see that those shelves get empty pretty fast sometimes. I dig the world wide web for ideas (why not, right? I LOOOOVE that our community is so generous to share what they do so others can be inspired by them!) and compile those I like in a personal document. Besides the regular time-sensitive events throughout the year (major holidays, celebratory months for many different causes, etc), I usually try to find timeless themes that can work at any point, specially if it will make parts of the collection that are not so popular move. So, here’s a list of 20 timeless display themes for you: 1. Grab a tissue before you read those! source 2. I bet patrons rarely kneel to see what’s on those bottom shelves. 3. Memoirs, diaries, personal stories. source 4. This one is more time-consuming, but so fun! (I did the sign above using Canva – it’s free!) 5. 6. source 7.
Project Gutenberg Australia Australia East/New Zealand | Creating Creative Writers—a PD Conference for Teachers and Teacher Librarians Date/Time Date(s) - 26/Feb/20198:30 am - 4:00 pm Location State Library NSWCorner of Macquarie Street and Shakespeare Place - Sydney, NSW 2000 A unique educational experience with some of Australia’s finest children’s book creators Tuesday 26th February 2019 at the State Library NSW Creating Creative Writers brings together teachers, librarians and some of Australia’s finest children’s authors and illustrators in a one-day professional development conference that focuses on encouraging creativity and developing enthusiastic, confident young writers. Attendees will leave with renewed enthusiasm for how to teach writing and illustration, and a barrel load of fun, practical activities and best practice ideas that can be implemented immediately in their classrooms. SCBWI is endorsed to provide the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Registered Professional Development for teachers accredited at Proficient Teacher. Program 8.30am Registration and Coffee Bookings CLICK HERE to Book at Trybooking
Brain Pickings – An inventory of the meaningful life. Searching databases - Database Searching - Library Guides at CQUniversity Search engines will search for exactly what you type into them, including words like "the". You need to make sure you're only using the words that represent your key concepts. 1. Start by writing out your research question. For example: What are the interpersonal skills accounting graduates need to be job ready in Australia? 2. 3. 4. synonyms (words that mean exactly or nearly the same), broader terms (the main subject area that your keywords belong in) and narrower terms (often specific examples of the concept). Finding alternative terms for your keywords is important because authors often use different words to mean the same thing, e.g. one article might say university, and another might say college. You won't start with a full table or mind map. Below is an example of a table for the question we analysed above.
Top 7 Alternatives to Wikipedia Touting itself as "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit", it's no wonder that Wikipedia has garnered so much bad press lately. After all, it is hard to imagine that millions of anonymous users could accurately maintain a factual and unbiased living encyclopedia. Wikipedia is a non-profit site that is policed by hundreds of volunteers, yet very few of these volunteers have the experience and knowledge of a professional writer/editor. A cultural bias has seemed to have washed over many entries on the site, as general consensus replaces cold, hard facts. Scholarpedia Scholarpedia is a site made from the same MediaWiki software as Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the most popular Web sites in the world, with mirror versions available in 251 languages. Did you enjoy this article?