Wow so much is going on right now! Last week I went to the Jr Beta Club Convention in Huntsville and had a blast. Jarod Ferguson did an excellent job with his speeches and we had several students to place in different contests. I can't wait for next year when it will be held in Mobile, AL. As most of you know, The Hunger Games comes to theatres tomorrow night. I am soooo excited. I have been so enjoying seeing all the different hype on the Internet about this movie. Anyway, I will have to let ya'll know how it is (although I am pretty sure it will be epic!) Also an annoucement: There is a YA Scavenger Hunt online next weekend. You will go to 20 different young adult fiction authors' websites and collect clues. Then from the winning entries they will draw a winner who gets a signed copy of a book from each website! That's 20 new books to read with the author's signature (Sweet!) Here is the link to the YA Scavenger Hunt blog. I want everybody to participate in it, but at the same time I don't really want anymore competition because I want those books. Happy Hunting anyway!
I have a couple new sections on the wesbsite. One of them is the 3 cool things about me prezis that some students have completed in my library activities. On this page you can see a listing of links to Prezis created by different 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders describing 3 things about them that make them unique. I have also added a page about the book Divergent by Veronica Roth. Check these two pages out. I have started teaching art for the new 9wks resource block. I am so excited about teaching this course. It is going to be tons of fun. I plan to post pictures of some of the art that the class creates so be sure to check beck soon to see all the artistic talent. ;)
On Tuesday night, I watched a live Ustream chat with Colleen Houck the author of the Tiger's Curse series. This was a really cool experience. She answered questions that fans had emailed to her, and one of them was mine. I didn't get the answer I was wanting but it was still pretty cool to hear my question in the chat. I can't wait for her to do another one of those. Secondly I got an email about a game to go along with the Divergent book. Unfortunately it goes through Facebook so we can't access at school but you could try it at home. I will post the info below. I am going to try it when I get home and see what it is all about.
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Mrs. ThomasI am the high school librarian at Ider High School. I love books, music, all things pig, the theatre, the color purple, my guinea pigs and my chickens, 3 Musketeers bars, and my family. Above all I love the Lord , Jesus Christ! Archives
August 2014
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